ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,350, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Determination method" was invented by Ryoki Watanabe (Matsumoto, Japan), Hikaru Kurasawa (Shiojiri, Japan), Yoshihiro Oshita (Shiojiri, Japan) and Masashi Kanai (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a determination method that includes obtaining measurement data, selecting one or more second wavelengths from a plurality of first wavelengths including at least one of a plurality of measurement wavelengths to generate a plurality of individuals, by using a genetic algorithm, inputting, to a first model learned to reproduce a correct answer label of...