Robert F Tucker

US Patent:

42274621, Oct 14, 1980

Filed:

Feb 28, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/553359

Inventors:

Robert W. Tucker - Rockville MD

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

F42C 1100
H03K 522
H03K 1700

US Classification:

102220

Abstract:

A discriminator circuit having utility in proximity fuze firing circuits is apable of distinguishing between spurious and proper signals on the basis of both amplitude and rate of amplitude rise. A firing switch, operated by a slow-charging trigger circuit, and a lock out switch, operated by a fast-charging trigger circuit, are both triggered by the same signal. If the rate of input signal envelope rise is faster than that for a proper firing signal, the lock out switch fires and inhibits triggering of the firing switch. The trigger circuits are biased to permit the firing switch to be triggered before the lock out switch when the input signal rate of rise is slow enough to be followed by the slow-charging trigger circuit. For signal rates of rise which are slower than that associated with a proper signal, a capacitor in the slow-charging trigger circuit becomes charged to block triggering of the firing switch.

US Patent:

48983683, Feb 6, 1990

Filed:

Aug 26, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/236788

Inventors:

Paul J. Schaffer - Peekskill NY
Robert C. Tucker - Brownsburg IN

Assignee:

Union Carbide Corporation - Danbury CT

International Classification:

C21C 548

US Classification:

266222

Abstract:

A tuyere having improved wear resistance at the tip, and a refractory walled metallurgical vessel incorporating the tuyere, characterized by an oxide thermal barrier coating on the outer surface of the outermost conduit of the tuyere having a thermal conductivity less than that of the refractory.

US Patent:

40121348, Mar 15, 1977

Filed:

Dec 12, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/640095

Inventors:

Edward S. Silver - Hackensack NJ
Robert E. Tucker - Passaic NJ

Assignee:

Computer Specialties Corporation - Palisades Park NJ

International Classification:

G03B 2312
B65H 5900
G03B 104
G11B 1532

US Classification:

353 26R

Abstract:

A bidirectional web medium drive for moving a web of material such as a roll of microfilm between two reels consisting of a pair of reversible motors coupled through irreversible drives to corresponding spindles which receive and support each of the film reels. A torque controller is coupled to one of the motors for applying a constant output torque to that motor while a variable speed controller is coupled to the other motor for controlling the output speed of that motor. In one embodiment, a switch is provided so that when the switch is in a first position, the torque controller is connected to one of the motors to apply a constant torque to its spindle so that its associated reel becomes the take-up reel while the speed controller is connected to the other motor so that its reel becomes the supply reel and both motors rotate in the same direction. When the switch is thrown into a second position, the outputs of the torque controller and speed controller are interchanged with respect to the motors, and the polarity of the motors is reversed so that the film moves in the opposite direction and the function of the reels are interchanged. In another embodiment, the switch is eliminated so that the motors are directly connected to the controllers and the speed controller is converted to a torque controller while the torque controller is converted to a speed controller and the polarity applied to the inputs of the motors is reversed so that the supply and take-up functions can be reversed.

US Patent:

20200201611, Jun 25, 2020

Filed:

Mar 2, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/806788

Inventors:

- Roseland NJ, US
Robert Tucker - Brooklyn NY, US
Zachary Brandt - Brooklyn NY, US
Aakash Kharche - Indore, IN
Satheesh Nagarajan - Chennai, IN
Darshan Kapadia - Secaucus NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 8/41
G06Q 10/00
G06F 40/154

Abstract:

A method of increasing a speed of operation of a computer via a metadata-based business rule interpreter. The method includes receiving, at a processor, user input defining a business rule. The method also includes translating, by the processor, the user input into a domain-specific language entirely consisting of metadata objects, wherein a translated syntax is formed, the translated syntax being an abstract syntax tree structure consisting of only the metadata objects. The method also includes executing, by the processor, an abstract syntax tree interpreter and taking as input into the abstract syntax tree interpreter the translated syntax. A compiler operation to generate computer code for implementing the business rule is avoided. Executing the abstract syntax tree interpreter produces a result in a browser without using executable code to achieve the result.

US Patent:

20200179758, Jun 11, 2020

Filed:

Nov 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/341156

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Robert Stephen Tucker - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Swimmetric, LLC - New York NY

International Classification:

A63B 24/00
G01P 13/00
G01D 21/02
G01S 5/30
G01S 11/14
G01P 15/00
G01L 19/00
G01P 1/08
A63B 33/00
A63B 71/06
B63C 11/26

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for measuring a swimmer's speed and conveying the speed to the swimmer in real time includes a plurality of ultrasonic beacons each having a transducer configured to emit ultrasonic signals in a pool or other body of water within which the swimmer is swimming. A wearable, waterproof, ultrasonic receiver worn by the swimmer, receives the ultrasonic signals and generates corresponding signal data. The receiver's microcontroller captures and uses the signal data to calculate the swimmer's position and speed in real time, and conveys this information to a wearable, waterproof, user interface device worn by the swimmer, the user interface device including a near-eye display disposed on the swimmer's googles.

US Patent:

20190317819, Oct 17, 2019

Filed:

Apr 17, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/955562

Inventors:

- Roseland NJ, US
Robert Tucker - New York NY, US
Kuntal Roy - North Brunswick NJ, US
Annelise Levitt - New York NY, US
Edgardo Aviles Lopez - New York NY, US
Kevin A. Miller - New York NY, US
Lauren Miller - New York NY, US
Lohit J. Sarma - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/50
G06F 17/30
G06F 9/48
G06F 9/54

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method of enabling distributed computers to communicate more effectively in an enterprise that provides flexible approval notifications in an organization, wherein at least one of the distributed computers stores a graph database in which attributes regarding individuals of the organization are stored. The computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a server computer in the distributed computers, a request for a task to be performed, wherein the task requires approval by at least a first person in the organization who has authority to approve the request. The computer-implemented method also includes traversing, by the server computer, the graph database, to determine an identity of the first person, wherein traversing is performed based on criteria determined at least partially by information automatically extracted from the request. The computer-implemented method also includes transmitting, automatically by the server computer, the request to a client computer to which the first person has access.

US Patent:

20190303873, Oct 3, 2019

Filed:

Mar 29, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/940836

Inventors:

- Roseland NJ, US
Darshan Kapadia - New York NY, US
Amit Maimon - New York NY, US
Lohit J. Sarma - New York NY, US
Robert Tucker - New York NY, US
Patrick Quinn - New York NY, US
Christopher Fahey - New York NY, US
Ryan Bannon - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10
H04L 12/58

Abstract:

A method, computer system, and computer program product digitally manipulate a human resources workflow on a mobile device. A selection of a human resources operation is received from a mobile application executing on the mobile device; a business rule corresponding to the human resources operation is identified. The business rule comprises a plurality of linked metadata objects forming a syntax tree. The plurality of linked metadata objects is interpreted to implement the business rule, Interpreting comprises sending a first set of chat messages that request input for the plurality of linked metadata objects, and receiving a second set of chat messages that provide the requested input. The human resources operation is performed according to the business rule, generating a workflow stage notification, and publishing the workflow stage notification to a set of mobile devices for display on a timeline of the mobile application.

US Patent:

20190065164, Feb 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug 25, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/686159

Inventors:

- Roseland NJ, US
Robert Tucker - New York City NY, US
Zachary Brandt - Brooklyn NY, US
Aakash Kharche - Indore, IN
Satheesh Nagarajan - Chennai, IN
Darshan Kapadia - Secaucus NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/45
G06F 17/22

Abstract:

A method of increasing a speed of operation of a computer via a metadata-based business rule interpreter. The method includes receiving, at a processor, user input defining a business rule. The method also includes translating, by the processor, the user input into a domain-specific language entirely consisting of metadata objects, wherein a translated syntax is formed, the translated syntax being an abstract syntax tree structure consisting of only the metadata objects. The method also includes executing, by the processor, an abstract syntax tree interpreter and taking as input into the abstract syntax tree interpreter the translated syntax. A compiler operation to generate computer code for implementing the business rule is avoided. Executing the abstract syntax tree interpreter produces a result in a browser without using executable code to achieve the result.