ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,721, issued on May 20, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging method and imaging apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroki Taoka (Kyoto, Japan), Chie Nishi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Sachiko Takeshita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging method is provided which is capable of performing a color measurement easily and appropriately by using a camera. An imaging apparatus captures an image of a face of a user together with a correction device placed close to the face of the user, and identifies a part in the image of the face of the user for which...