ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,972, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Colorimetry device, printing device, and calibration method" was invented by Tomoyuki Shiiya (Matsumoto, Japan) and Yuji Hanaoka (Okaya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A colorimetry device includes: a colorimetry unit including an irradiation unit including a substrate provided with a LED, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive reflected light that is light irradiated from the LED and reflected by the color chart image, the colorimetry unit being configured to perform colorimetry of the color chart image; a movement unit configured to cause the colorime...