ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,099, issued on May 20, was assigned to Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Control apparatus, measuring instrument, and method of preventing condensation" was invented by Toshihiko Kyakuno (Musashino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus includes a controller configured to execute a condensation prevention process for preventing condensation on a window according to an ambient temperature and humidity of a chamber and a surface temperature of the window at the inside of the chamber, the chamber including the window and housing a light receiving element configured to receive light entering the chamber from the window...