Multi parameter swimming pool fluid analysis and regulating method and device

Abstract

A pool cleaning robot that includes a chemical based sensor that is configured to perform fluid quality analysis.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A pool cleaning robot comprising:
 a filtering unit;   at least one fluid quality sensor that is configured to perform chemical based sensing and generate detection signals indicative of a quality of a fluid of a pool; and   a fluid quality processor that is configured to process the detection signals.   
     
     
         2 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is a pH sensor. 
     
     
         3 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is an Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) sensor. 
     
     
         4 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is a temperature sensor. 
     
     
         5 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is selected out of a free Chlorine sensor or a combined Chlorine sensor. 
     
     
         6 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is a turbidity sensor, 
     
     
         7 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is a Cyanuric sensor. 
     
     
         8 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is an Alkalinity sensor, 
     
     
         9 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is a Salinity sensor. 
     
     
         10 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is a combination out at least two out of a pH sensor, a ORP sensor, a flow rate sensor, a free Chlorine sensor, a combined Chlorine sensor, a turbidity sensor, a Cyanuric sensor, an Alkalinity sensor, or a Salinity sensor. 
     
     
         11 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid quality sensor is a radiation sensor. 
     
     
         12 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1  wherein the pool cleaning robot is further configured to control fluid quality and hygiene parameters of the fluid of the pool. 
     
     
         13 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , comprising a controller and a sensor for sensing a status of the pool cleaning robot; wherein the controller is configured to control a movement of the pool cleaning robot based on a status of the pool cleaning robot as sensed by the sensor and based on one or more scheduled analysis of the fluid of the pool. 
     
     
         14 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 13  wherein the status of the pool cleaning robot is selected out of a speed of propagation of the pool cleaning robot, an inclination of the pool cleaning robot, an acceleration of the pool cleaning robot, and vibrations of the pool cleaning robot. 
     
     
         15 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 13 , wherein the sensor is a vibration sensor that is configured to sense vibrations of the pool cleaning robot; wherein the controller is configured to facilitate an analysis of the fluid of the pool only when the vibrations of the pool cleaning robot is below a vibrations threshold. 
     
     
         16 . The pool cleaning robot according to claim  23 , wherein the sensor is a speed sensor that is configured to sense a speed of propagation of the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the controller is configured to control a reduction of a speed of propagation of pool cleaning robot to be below a speed threshold during an analysis of the fluid of the pool. 
     
     
         17 . The pool cleaning robot according to claim  23 , wherein the sensor is a vibration sensor that is configured to sense vibrations of the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the controller is configured to control a reduction of a vibration of propagation of pool cleaning robot to be below a vibration threshold during an analysis of the fluid of the pool. 
     
     
         18 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 1 , wherein the pool cleaning robot is a pool cleaning robot that comprises a controller that is configured to schedule multiple analyses of the fluid of the pool at different locations within the pool. 
     
     
         19 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 18 , wherein at least two locations of the different locations are positioned at different distances from a bottom of the pool. 
     
     
         20 . The pool cleaning robot according to  claim 18 , wherein one location of the different locations is at a bottom of the pool and another location of the different locations is at a surface of the fluid.