ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,876, issued on July 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Colorimetric apparatus and adjustment method" was invented by Masayoshi Miyakawa (Suwa, Japan) and Masahide Moriyama (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a colorimetric apparatus including a support base configured to support a colorimetric object, a carriage including a detection unit configured to detect a detection target portion formed at the colorimetric object, the carriage supporting a colorimeter, and a movement unit configured to move the carriage, an adjustment value is calculated based on a detection position of the detection unit where the ...