ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,324, issued on April 7, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Intrusion detection system, apparatus and method" was invented by Brandon Gruber (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and apparatus is described, for monitoring entry doors and windows for unauthorized entry. Passive objects are installed onto movable portions of doors and windows in the structure. An optical base station is mounted to a wall or ceiling of the structure in view of at least some of the passive objects. The passive objects are configured to reflect visible and/or infrared light and, in some cases, comp...