ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,083, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Measuring apparatus, measuring method, and storage medium" was invented by Takahiro Masumura (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring apparatus is configured to acquire information on a target. The measuring apparatus includes an irradiating unit configured to irradiate a specific area of the target with irradiation light, a detecting unit configured to receive exit light from the target which is caused by irradiating the specific area with the irradiation light, and a processing unit configured to process a signal output from the detecting unit. The proc...