US Patent Issued to ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE on June 23 for "Swimming pool cleaning system with image capture device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,834, issued on June 23, was assigned to ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE (Belberaud, France).

"Swimming pool cleaning system with image capture device" was invented by Philippe Pichon (Villeneuve de Riviere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swimming pool cleaning system includes a pool cleaning robot, a floating device, a control unit, and a camera. The floating device is separated from the pool cleaning robot and includes an onboard power source for providing power to the pool cleaning robot. The camera is separated from the pool cleaning robot and is adapted to provide video data and/or image data to the control unit. The control uni...