US Patent Issued to Pentair Water Pool and Spa on Sept. 30 for "Algorithm for a pool cleaner" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,865, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Pentair Water Pool and Spa Inc. (Cary, N.C.).

"Algorithm for a pool cleaner" was invented by Kevin J. Braidic (Carlsbad, Calif.), John Rotundo (Carlsbad, Calif.), Daniel B. Freve (Somerville, Mass.) and William Sowerwine (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pool cleaner is provided. The pool cleaner includes a housing and an imaging device mounted to the housing. The imaging device is configured to acquire at least one image of an aquatic environment. The pool cleaner also includes a controller in communication with the imaging device. The controller identifies candidate debris...