ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,467, issued on May 27, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Color measurement apparatus" was invented by Haruki Miyasaka (Matsumoto, Japan) and Hisayuki Akahane (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, the opening portion for causing the light arriving from the measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, an incid...