US 11,739,549 B2
Smart pool skimmer with cloud-based pool monitoring system
Jeffrey S. Jensen, Houston, TX (US); and Andrew D. Higgins, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to KETO A.I, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by KETO A.I, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,117.
Application 17/661,117 is a continuation of application No. 16/181,279, filed on Nov. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,319,722, issued on May 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/582,104, filed on Nov. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251862 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04H 4/12 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01C 9/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2022.01); G01K 1/14 (2021.01)
CPC E04H 4/1272 (2013.01) [E04H 4/1263 (2013.01); G01C 9/00 (2013.01); G01F 23/00 (2013.01); G01K 1/14 (2013.01); G01N 33/1886 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pool skimmer unit, comprising:
a body comprising:
a top cover, and
a bottom cover;
a controller unit disposed between the top cover and the bottom cover, and
a sensor fairing coupled to the bottom cover of the body and comprising openings therethrough so that an interior of the sensor fairing is in fluid communication with an exterior of the sensor fairing; at least one sensor disposed inside the sensor fairing, the at least one sensor connected to the controller unit through an annulus in the bottom cover of the body, the at least one sensor secured and sealed to the body through the annulus and configured to detect a water level within the interior of the sensor fairing; and
a communication unit in communication with the controller unit.