ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,263, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hunter Douglas Inc. (New York).

"Systems and methods for determining proximity of architectural structure coverings" was invented by Wesley Felteau (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques including transmitting a first signal to a plurality of architectural structure coverings, wherein a first architectural structure covering of the plurality of architectural structure coverings includes a mechanically movable material. The techniques further including receiving, from the first architectural structure covering, a second signal indicating a proximity of the first architectural s...