KENNETH LAWRENCE STATON
Pilots at Wellington Dr, San Carlos, CA

6583424, Jun 24, 2003

Jun 25, 2001

09/892209

Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA
Andreas N. Dorsel - Menlo Park CA

Agilent Technologies Inc. - Palo Alto CA

G01N 2164

2504612, 2502521, 2504591

A self-calibrating scanning system and method are used in the analysis of biomolecules on a microarray. The self-calibrating scanning system comprises an excitation light source, an optical portion, a detection portion and a calibration portion that includes a calibration apparatus and compensation portion. The calibration apparatus comprises a light source having a highly reproducible or calibrated light based on a preselected or reference light level. The calibration apparatus emits the calibrated light that is measured by the detection portion of the scanning equipment. If the detection components are stable, the components will measure a constant output value for the calibrated light over time. As a detection component changes with time, the output value will change for the same calibrated light. The method comprises the steps of initially calibrating the detection portion of the scanning system and subsequently calibrating the detection portion to compensate for sensitivity changes.

6592036, Jul 15, 2003

Apr 16, 2002

10/124138

John W. Sadler - Belmont CA
Andreas N. Dorsel - Menlo Park CA
Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA

Agilent Technologies Inc. - Palo Alto CA

G06K 714

235454, 23546223, 235470, 369 4425, 369 4434

Apparatus and method for scanning a surface. An optical system generates a light beam to illuminate a surface. A carrier supports the surface for reciprocating motion with respect to the light beam to form one axis of a raster. A propulsion system moves the carrier at a substantially constant speed and a position sensor provides an output signal representing the surface position with respect to the light beam. A control system responsive to the output signal modulates a sample period reciprocally to carrier speed to achieve substantially constant scan length per sample and to control data acquisition timing.

6486457, Nov 26, 2002

Oct 7, 1999

09/415184

Andreas N. Dorsel - Menlo Park CA
Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA
Cassandra Dey - Palo Alto CA
George P. Tsai - San Jose CA

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

G02B 2764

2502014, 2502012

A laser generates a collimated laser beam which passes through a lens off-axis. The beam is focused at a focal plane on a substrate surface. A first position sensitive detector receives the laser beam reflected from the substrate surface through the lens to generate a first signal proportional to lateral beam offset. A beam splitter may be provided to direct a portion of the laser beam before passing through the lens toward a second position sensitive detector to generate a second signal proportional to laser beam pointing instability. Apparatus computes the difference between the first and second signals, the difference being a defocused error signal. It is preferred that the first position sensitive detector be located at a distance from the lens that is at least twice the lens focal length.

5834957, Nov 10, 1998

Dec 20, 1996

8/770313

Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

H03K 300

327141

A design method for an asynchronous sequential circuit that employs synchronous design techniques wherein a synchronous sequential circuit is designed to perform a desired function. A terminating state for the synchronous sequential circuit is then defined wherein the terminating state occurs before a transition to an idle state in the synchronous sequential circuit. A circuit is provided for latching at least one asynchronous input for the asynchronous sequential circuit and a circuit is provided for generating a synchronous clock that drives the synchronous sequential circuit such that the synchronous clock is enabled by a latched asynchronous input and is disabled by the terminating state of the synchronous sequential circuit.

7067783, Jun 27, 2006

Sep 30, 2002

10/261359

Bo U. Curry - Redwood City CA, US
Andreas N. Dorsel - Menlo Park CA, US
Jayati Ghosh - San Jose CA, US
Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA, US

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

G02B 7/04

2502013, 250226

Automated methods and systems for determining an in-focus-distance for a position on the surface of a molecular array substrate using a molecular array scanner are provided. A signal from a first position of an array substrate is detected and noise is filtered out of the detected signal using a symmetrical filter to produce an in-focus-distance. In one embodiment, the in-focus-distance is utilized as an estimated in-focus-distance at a second position of the array substrate. The method finds use in maintaining the focus of a light source while scanning the array by the scanner. Also provided are methods of assaying a sample using the methods and systems of the invention, and kits for performing the invention. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different applications, including both genomics and proteomics applications.

8410783, Apr 2, 2013

Sep 30, 2009

12/570622

Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G01N 27/416

324433, 324429, 320DIG 21

One particular implementation conforming to aspects of the present invention takes the form of a method for detecting the end of life of a battery for an electronic device. The method may include calculating the voltage of the battery in an unloaded state, holding the sampled unloaded battery voltage, measuring a loaded battery voltage, calculating the difference between the unloaded and loaded battery voltages and amplifying the calculated difference. Other implementations may take the form of a circuit to perform one or more of the operations of the above method. The circuit may include a sample and hold section and a differential amplifier to provide the amplified difference to a microcontroller for analysis. The microcontroller may also provide a warning or indication to the device or to a user of the device when the battery nears the end of life.

6956203, Oct 18, 2005

May 24, 2004

10/852904

Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA, US
Andreas N. Dorsel - Menlo Park CA, US

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

G01N021/64

2502521, 2504612, 2504591

A self-calibrating scanning system and method are used in the analysis of biomolecules on a microarray. The self-calibrating scanning system comprises an excitation light source, an optical portion, a detection portion and a calibration portion that includes a calibration apparatus and compensation portion. The calibration apparatus comprises a light source having a highly reproducible or calibrated light based on a preselected or reference light level. The calibration apparatus emits the calibrated light that is measured by the detection portion of the scanning equipment. If the detection components are stable, the components will measure a constant output value for the calibrated light over time. As a detection component changes with time, the output value will change for the same calibrated light. The method comprises the steps of initially calibrating the detection portion of the scanning system and subsequently calibrating the detection portion to compensate for sensitivity changes.

8514203, Aug 20, 2013

Sep 26, 2008

12/239630

Kenneth Lawrence Staton - San Carlos CA, US
Richard Wei Kwang Lim - Cupertino CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06F 3/041, G01D 7/00, H01L 23/58, G01R 35/00, H04B 17/00

345178, 73862046, 257 48, 324601, 367 13

The efficient calibration of multi-touch sensor panels that have non-flat surfaces is disclosed. The calibration of the sensor panels can be accomplished using a calibration device with a flexible calibration surface. The flexible calibration surface is particularly well-suited for curved or other non-flat touch sensor panels, such as those that might be present on a mouse or other device designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The flexible apparatus can conform to the non-flat touch sensor panel and apply the equivalent of a conductive touch over most or all of the pixels.

8358276, Jan 22, 2013

Dec 21, 2007

11/963716

Steve Porter Hotelling - San Jose CA, US
Kenneth Lawrence Staton - San Carlos CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06F 3/041

345173

A multi-touch capacitive touch sensor panel can be created using a substrate with column and row traces formed on separate layers of the substrate. The column and row traces can include sections extending from a central trace and forming a rectilinear trace pattern with sections of the columns and rows interdigitated with one another. The trace pattern can comprise a plurality of pixels arranged continuously across the sensor panel. In this manner, the sensor panel can provide a linear or near linear response to touches across the touch sensor panel.

2011031, Dec 22, 2011

May 15, 2011

13/107923

Kenneth L. Staton - San Carlos CA, US
Michael Andrew Cretella - San Francisco CA, US
John Depew - Sunnyvale CA, US
Wing Kong Low - Sunnyvale CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G01R 31/36, G06F 19/00

702 63

A method and apparatus for monitoring battery life in a human input device powered by replaceable batteries includes repeatedly measuring battery charge by use of a measuring arrangement forming part of the input device. Battery charge is measured while the input device is in a relatively inactive condition and when it is in an active condition, and a time value is associated with each battery charge measurement. A usage model may be constructed based on the battery charge measurements, and calculation of an expected battery life may be based at least in part on the usage model.