Patents by Inventor Tobias Daniel

Tobias Daniel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140262787
    Abstract: The invention provides devices, systems, and methods for extracting target objects from a sample. In the method, a stream of sample containing a plurality of target and non-target objects is directed by first and second streams of buffer through a sample inlet channel into a fluid junction and through the fluid junction into a sample waste channel. In response to detecting a target object within the stream of sample, an actuator is energized to close a normally open valve, resulting in a transient burst of cross-flow into the fluid junction that briefly diverts the flow of sample within the fluid junction and results in an aliquot of sample being directed into an aliquot delivery channel. The combination of the valve and the actuator acts as a self-limiting pulse generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua I. MOLHO, Daniel G. STEARNS, I-Jane CHEN, Danh TRAN, Bradley W. RICE, Tobias Daniel WHEELER, Alexander V. DUKHOVNY
  • Publication number: 20140151229
    Abstract: The invention provides microfluidic devices, systems, and methods for manipulating an object within a channel of a microfluidic device using an external electrode. The device has a channel disposed within the device, the channel having no included electrodes. The channel has a wall, at least a portion of which is penetrable by an electric field generated external to the device, the wall being penetrable such that the electric field extends through the wall portion and into a region within the channel. The system includes the microfluidic device and an electrode external to and not bonded to the device. In the method, the external electrode is placed adjacent to the device and energized to generate an electric field that extends through the wall of the device and into the channel, thereby manipulating an object within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua I. Molho, Daniel G. Stearns, I-Jane Chen, Danh Tran, Bradley W. Rice, Tobias Daniel Wheeler
  • Patent number: 8508487
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an operation input unit including an operation surface having virtual buttons variably set thereto is disclosed. The apparatus includes a position detection unit detecting whether a user touches the operation surface of the operation input unit, and a position at which the user touches the operation surface thereof, and a pressure detection unit detecting pressure applied by the user touching the operation surface thereof. The apparatus further includes a virtual button control unit interpreting, when the position detection unit has detected the position at which the user touches the operation surface thereof, a virtual button corresponding to the detected position as a selected virtual button, and correcting, when the pressure detected is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, a layout of the virtual buttons such that a size of the selected virtual button is enlarged according to intensity of the detected pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Carsten Schwesig, Tobias Daniel Rydenhag
  • Publication number: 20080303799
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including an operation input unit including an operation surface having virtual buttons variably set thereto, a position detection unit detecting whether a user touches or almost touches the operation surface of the operation input unit, and a position at which the user touches or almost touches the operation surface thereof, and a pressure detection unit detecting pressure applied by the user touching the operation surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Carsten SCHWESIG, Tobias Daniel RYDENHAG