Patents by Inventor Andrew Tucker

Andrew Tucker 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: 20210236067
    Abstract: Systems and related methods for stationary digital chest tomosynthesis (s-DCT) imaging are disclosed. In some aspects, systems include a stationary x-ray source array with an array of x-ray pixels configured to generate x-ray beams at different viewing angles relative to a subject to be imaged that is stationary, a stationary area x-ray detector configured to record x-ray projection images of the subject, a physiological gating apparatus for monitoring at least one physiological signal of the subject and defining a physiological phase and a time window based on the at least one physiological signal, and a computing platform configured to activate the x-ray pixels based on the physiological phase and the time window and upon receipt of the at least one physiological signal from the physiological gating apparatus in order to synchronize x-ray exposure with the at least one physiological signal of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Jianping Lu, Jing Shan, Yueh Lee, Otto Z. Zhou, Jabari Calliste, Christina Inscoe, Pavel Chtcheprov, Andrew Tucker
  • Patent number: 11051771
    Abstract: Intraoral three-dimensional (3D) tomosynthesis imaging systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are used to generate one or more two-dimensional (2D) x-ray projection images and to reconstruct, using a computing platform, the one or more 2D x-ray projection images into one or more 3D images of an object, such as teeth of a patient, which can then be displayed on a monitor in order to enhance diagnostic accuracy of dental disease. The intraoral 3D tomosynthesis imaging system can include a wall-mountable control unit connected to one end of an articulating arm, the other end of which is connected to an x-ray source, which is configured to generate x-ray radiation that is acquired by an x-ray detector held at a desired position by an x-ray detector holder that is removably coupled to a collimator at an emission region of the x-ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jianping Lu, Otto Z. Zhou, Andrew Tucker, Jing Shan, Brian Gonzales
  • Publication number: 20210188613
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to dispensing beverages from a beverage dispensing machine and include determining, from computer-readable media, pour parameters for a beverage of a plurality of beverages, the pour parameters being specific to the beverage, at least one pour parameter including a tilt value, and automatically, by the beverage dispensing machine: rotating a drum that holds a vessel to achieve the tilt value, initiating dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from a tap, automatically rotating the drum to reduce the tilt value of the vessel during dispensing of the beverage, and ceasing dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from the tap, the tilt value being substantially zero upon ceasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Evan Isaac Timerding Gant, Christopher J. McClellan, Brian Cherbak, Andrew Turner Kriebel, Kyle Andrew Tucker, Amy Eleanor Loomis, James Patrick McCabe, JR., Jaewon Sam Kang, Gregory T. Schulte
  • Patent number: 10988365
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to dispensing beverages from a beverage dispensing machine and include determining, from computer-readable media, pour parameters for a beverage of a plurality of beverages, the pour parameters being specific to the beverage, at least one pour parameter including a tilt value, and automatically, by the beverage dispensing machine: rotating a drum that holds a vessel to achieve the tilt value, initiating dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from a tap, automatically rotating the drum to reduce the tilt value of the vessel during dispensing of the beverage, and ceasing dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from the tap, the tilt value being substantially zero upon ceasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Evan Isaac Timerding Gant, Christopher J. McClellan, Brian Cherbak, Andrew Turner Kriebel, Kyle Andrew Tucker, Amy Eleanor Loomis, James Patrick McCabe, Jr., Jaewon Sam Kang, Gregory T. Schulte
  • Patent number: 10980494
    Abstract: Systems and related methods for stationary digital chest tomosynthesis (s-DCT) imaging are disclosed. In some aspects, systems include a stationary x-ray source array with an array of x-ray pixels configured to generate x-ray beams at different viewing angles relative to a subject to be imaged that is stationary, a stationary area x-ray detector configured to record x-ray projection images of the subject, a physiological gating apparatus for monitoring at least one physiological signal of the subject and defining a physiological phase and a time window based on the at least one physiological signal, and a computing platform configured to activate the x-ray pixels based on the physiological phase and the time window and upon receipt of the at least one physiological signal from the physiological gating apparatus in order to synchronize x-ray exposure with the at least one physiological signal of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Jianping Lu, Jing Shan, Yueh Lee, Otto Z. Zhou, Jabari Calliste, Christina Inscoe, Pavel Chtcheprov, Andrew Tucker
  • Patent number: 10947103
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to dispensing beverages from a beverage dispensing machine and include determining, from computer-readable media, pour parameters for a beverage of a plurality of beverages, the pour parameters being specific to the beverage, at least one pour parameter including a tilt value, and automatically, by the beverage dispensing machine: rotating a drum that holds a vessel to achieve the tilt value, initiating dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from a tap, automatically rotating the drum to reduce the tilt value of the vessel during dispensing of the beverage, and ceasing dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from the tap, the tilt value being substantially zero upon ceasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Evan Isaac Timerding Gant, Christopher J. McClellan, Brian Cherbak, Andrew Turner Kriebel, Kyle Andrew Tucker, Amy Eleanor Loomis, James Patrick McCabe, Jr., Jaewon Sam Kang, Gregory T. Schulte
  • Publication number: 20210075383
    Abstract: An amplifier for a transceiver comprising plurality of power amplifiers arranged on a base, each power amplifier comprising a power amplifier input port and a power amplifier output port; a planar power splitter arranged on the base, the power splitter comprising a power splitter input port and a plurality of power splitter output ports; each power amplifier input port being connected to a power splitter output port by a planar transmission line; each power amplifier output port being connected to a waveguide transition; a plurality of waveguides each defined by a waveguide wall, each waveguide being arranged within the base, each waveguide transition being connected to waveguide; and, a waveguide power combiner arranged within the base, each waveguide being connected to the waveguide power combiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Holroyd, Jaroslaw Kolodziej, Andrew Tucker
  • Publication number: 20210002120
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to dispensing beverages from a beverage dispensing machine and include determining, from computer-readable media, pour parameters for a beverage of a plurality of beverages, the pour parameters being specific to the beverage, at least one pour parameter including a tilt value, and automatically, by the beverage dispensing machine: rotating a drum that holds a vessel to achieve the tilt value, initiating dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from a tap, automatically rotating the drum to reduce the tilt value of the vessel during dispensing of the beverage, and ceasing dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from the tap, the tilt value being substantially zero upon ceasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Evan Isaac Timerding Gant, Christopher J. McClellan, Brian Cherbak, Andrew Turner Kriebel, Kyle Andrew Tucker, Amy Eleanor Loomis, James Patrick McCabe, JR., Jaewon Sam Kang, Gregory T. Schulte
  • Publication number: 20200399111
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to dispensing beverages from a beverage dispensing machine and include determining, from computer-readable media, pour parameters for a beverage of a plurality of beverages, the pour parameters being specific to the beverage, at least one pour parameter including a tilt value, and automatically, by the beverage dispensing machine: rotating a drum that holds a vessel to achieve the tilt value, initiating dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from a tap, automatically rotating the drum to reduce the tilt value of the vessel during dispensing of the beverage, and ceasing dispensing of the beverage into the vessel from the tap, the tilt value being substantially zero upon ceasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Evan Isaac Timerding Gant, Christopher J. McClellan, Brian Cherbak, Andrew Turner Kriebel, Kyle Andrew Tucker, Amy Eleanor Loomis, James Patrick McCabe, JR., Jaewon Sam Kang, Gregory T. Schulte
  • Patent number: 10844862
    Abstract: A hydraulic pumping system for pumping a flow of aqueous liquid, for HVAC and potable water systems, through a plurality of hydraulic pump assemblies and mating branching feeder pipes extending between a main inlet pipe and a main outlet pipe for outputting the total flow of water, each of said pump assemblies in operative association with a mating feeder pipe to control aqueous liquid flow through said associated feeder pipe, wherein each of the hydraulic pump assemblies comprises an electric motor, mechanically coupled to a centrifugal pump and a variable frequency drive (VFD) electrically coupled to the motor. A controller is electrically coupled via a communication channel to the VFD of each of the hydraulic pump assemblies, the controller comprising a programmable device programmed to control the speed of each of the motors via the connected VFD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Taco, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Tucker
  • Publication number: 20200337655
    Abstract: Intraoral three-dimensional (3D) tomosynthesis imaging systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are used to generate one or more two-dimensional (2D) x-ray projection images and to reconstruct, using a computing platform, the one or more 2D x-ray projection images into one or more 3D images of an object, such as teeth of a patient, which can then be displayed on a monitor in order to enhance diagnostic accuracy of dental disease. The intraoral 3D tomosynthesis imaging system can include a wall-mountable control unit connected to one end of an articulating arm, the other end of which is connected to an x-ray source, which is configured to generate x-ray radiation that is acquired by an x-ray detector held at a desired position by an x-ray detector holder that is removably coupled to a collimator at an emission region of the x-ray source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jianping Lu, Otto Z. Zhou, Andrew Tucker, Jing Shan, Brian Gonzales
  • Publication number: 20200250325
    Abstract: System and methods of the disclosed subject matter provide segregating, at a memory storage coupled to a multitenant database system, first tenant data of a first tenant from at least second tenant data of a second tenant, based on a first tenant identifier. A first encryption key associated with the first tenant may be retrieved from a key cache memory based on the first tenant identifier, to encrypt one or more fragments of the first tenant data. The fragments of the first tenant data may be encrypted based on the retrieved encryption key. Non-encrypted header information may be generated for each of the encrypted fragments of the first tenant data, where the header information may have metadata including the first tenant identifier. The encrypted fragments of the first tenant data and the corresponding non-encrypted header information may be stored in the immutable storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Terry Chong, Jameison Bear Martin, Thomas Fanghaenel, Andrew Tucker, Nathaniel Wyatt, Raghavendran Hanumantharau, Assaf Ben-Gur, William Charles Mortimore, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200188043
    Abstract: A surgical robotics system with robotic arms is configurable to perform a variety of surgical procedures. The surgical robotics system includes a table, column, base, and robotic arms that are either column-mounted, rail-mounted, or mounted on a separate unit. In a column-mounted configuration, the column includes column rings that translate vertically and rotate about the column. The robotic arms are attached to the column rings. In a rail-mounted configuration, the base includes base rails that translate along the base. The robotic arms are attached to the base rails. In both configurations, the robotic arms move independently from each other and include a multiple arm segments. Each arm segment provides an additional degree of freedom to the robotic arm. Thus, the surgical robotics system may position the robotic arms into numerous configurations to access different parts of a patient's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Alan Yu, Frederic H. Moll, Benjamin Richter, Mark H. Olson, Jason Gonzalez, Kyle Andrew Tucker, Paxton Maeder-York, Gregory T. Schulte
  • Patent number: 10500001
    Abstract: A surgical robotics system with robotic arms is configurable to perform a variety of surgical procedures. The surgical robotics system includes a table, column, base, and robotic arms that are either column-mounted, rail-mounted, or mounted on a separate unit. In a column-mounted configuration, the column includes column rings that translate vertically and rotate about the column. The robotic arms are attached to the column rings. In a rail-mounted configuration, the base includes base rails that translate along the base. The robotic arms are attached to the base rails. In both configurations, the robotic arms move independently from each other and include a multiple arm segments. Each arm segment provides an additional degree of freedom to the robotic arm. Thus, the surgical robotics system may position the robotic arms into numerous configurations to access different parts of a patient's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Yu, Frederic H. Moll, Benjamin Richter, Mark H. Olson, Jason Gonzalez, Kyle Andrew Tucker, Paxton Maeder-York, Gregory T. Schulte
  • Publication number: 20190365818
    Abstract: The present invention provides stably tagged stem cells and methods for producing stem cells comprising one or more tagged proteins using a gene editing system. The methods described herein enable the insertion of large fluorescent tags into a plurality of genomic loci to generate stem cells that are phenotypically and functional similar to the un-modified parent population. Stem cells produced by the methods described herein additionally retain the capacity to self-renew and differentiate into specialized cell types and can be used in assays and visualization of three-dimensional live cell imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ruwanthi GUNAWARDANE, Brock ROBERTS, Amanda HAUPT, Andrew TUCKER
  • Patent number: 10454272
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for filtering common mode disturbances from a power electronic device are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a first capacitor coupled in series to a first one-way conductor, the first one-way conductor allowing current flow in one direction, wherein the first one-way conductor and the first capacitor are coupled between a load node and a reference potential and a second capacitor coupled in series to a second one-way conductor, the second one-way conductor allowing current flow in an opposite direction, wherein the second one-way conductor and the second capacitor are coupled between the load node and the reference potential. The device further includes a third capacitor being coupled between the load node and the reference potential, a first switch bypassing the first one-way conductor and a second switch bypassing the second one-way conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Andrew Tucker
  • Patent number: 10447224
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a line filter (1), which is configured to be installed onto a system cable (2), wherein the line filter (1) comprises a magnetic component (4), wherein the line filter (1) defines a cable path (6) through the line filter (1), wherein the line filter (1) is configured to allow a placement of the system cable (2) along the cable path (6) at the time of an installation, thereby providing a magnetic coupling of the system cable (2) to the magnetic component (4), and wherein the line filter (1) comprises an insulation displacement connector (16) and a shunt component (5) wherein the insulation displacement connector (16) is configured to be tightened at the time of the installation, thereby providing a galvanic connection of the system cable (2) to the shunt component (5). Further, the present invention concerns a method of installing a line filter (1) onto a system cable (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Andrew Tucker, Norbert Jarfas
  • Publication number: 20190269222
    Abstract: A device for providing safety during the process of installing eyelash extensions onto the natural eyelashes of a subject, especially when the installation is automatic. In some embodiments, the placing of extensions is carried out by a robotic mechanism utilizing computer vision, and in some embodiments, a barrier is created between the robotic mechanism and the subject in order to protect the subject in the event of a malfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: WINK ROBOTICS
    Inventors: Nathan HARDING, Kurt AMUNDSON, Michael MULLER, Kyle Andrew TUCKER, Michelle WARNER, Richard W. O'CONNOR
  • Publication number: 20190251015
    Abstract: A mainframe testing framework is provided that permits users to execute and store API and/or service test logic for mainframe APIs or services on-platform and/or of platform, and to access the mainframe system to execute the test logic on an as-needed basis. An API/service to be tested is identified and a mainframe address space is created that hosts the API/service. A command syntax, a test command and a corresponding response are received by the mainframe address space. An automated test (stored on- or off-platform) is received that invokes execution of the test command. It then is determined if the corresponding response is received in response to execution of the test command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: JESSICA ANNE TONDA, CHRISTOPHER LYNN BOEHM, JASON ANDREW TUCKER, DANIEL L. KELOSKY, SUZANNE M. DIEZ
  • Publication number: 20190121681
    Abstract: An integration framework is implemented to enable users of client side systems to integrate with and utilize mainframe systems, for example by enabling communication of commands to the mainframe and responses from the mainframe. A command is received by the integration framework via a command line interface (CLI) or in some instances an integrated development environment (IDE) on a client system. The command is converted by the integration framework to a format recognizable by an application programming interface (API) on the mainframe system. The converted command is communicated to an API on the mainframe system causing an operation corresponding to the command to be performed. A response based on the operation performed on the mainframe system is then provided back to the client system via the CLI or IDE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: DANIEL L. KELOSKY, JASON ANDREW TUCKER, CHRISTOPHER LYNN BOEHM, JESSICA ANNE TONDA