US 12,313,467 B2
Color measurement apparatus
Haruki Miyasaka, Matsumoto (JP); and Hisayuki Akahane, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,111.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-188423 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146317 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01J 3/51 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01J 3/51 (2013.01) [G01J 3/0272 (2013.01); G02B 26/001 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A color measurement apparatus comprising:
an opening portion former in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface of the color measurement apparatus;
an incident light sensor that processes light incident through the opening portion former and is positioned above the opening portion former in a first direction that is a vertical direction intersecting with the bottom surface and an upper surface which is a surface on an opposite side from the bottom surface;
a decision button that executes color measurement, wherein a center of the decision button coincides with a center of the opening portion along the first direction; and
a battery that supplies power to the incident light sensor and is positioned above the incident light sensor in the first direction, wherein
in a view from the first direction, the incident light sensor, the battery, and the opening portion have an overlapping part.