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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2012
Hunter Douglas Inc., Pearl River, NY (US);
Wendell B. Colson, Weston, MA (US);
Daniel M. Fogarty, Framingham, MA (US);
Paul G. Swiszcz, Niwot, CO (US);
Jörg Bohlen, Bremerhaven, DE;
Kevin M. Dann, Englewood, CO (US);
William Johnson, Milford, MA (US);
Hunter Douglas Inc., Pearl River, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to control architectural opening covering assemblies are disclosed herein. An example architectural opening covering assembly includes a manual controller operatively coupled to a tube to rotate the tube. The tube includes an architectural opening covering. The example architectural opening covering assembly also includes a motor operatively coupled to the tube to rotate the tube. A local controller is communicatively coupled to the motor to control the motor. The example architectural opening covering assembly further includes a gravitational sensor to determine an angular position of the tube.