US Patent Issued to USHIO DENKI on July 14 for "Optical measurement device and optical measurement method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,956, issued on July 14, was assigned to USHIO DENKI K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical measurement device and optical measurement method" was invented by Takuma Yokoyama (Tokyo) and Katsuya Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination device irradiates a predetermined area with measurement light whose wavelength changes over time. A light reception device includes an optical sensor that detects diffuse transmission light of an object located in the predetermined area. The light reception device is structured such that the optical sensor receives a component of the diffuse transmission light through the object which propagates i...