ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,174, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Maytronics Ltd. (Kibbutz Yizrael, Israel).
"Wireless based pick-up and in pool navigation" was invented by Vladimir Raikhman (Nesher, Israel) and Malka Klein-Frucht (Yuvalim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for navigating a dynamic pool equipment unit is disclosed. The system comprises a wireless unit physically connected to the dynamic pool equipment unit deployed in a water pool, allowing the wireless unit to move with the equipment while partially out of the water. The wireless unit includes a first interface for communicating with the equipment unit via a first communicatio...