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Matthew Sean Tucker

About Matthew Sean Tucker

Matthew Sean Tucker is an Attorney practicing with a particular focus on patents, trademarks and personal injury, including car accidents, slip & falls, and dog bites, and other acts of negligence. Matthew holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida. Furthermore, Matthew received his J.D. at the University Of Baltimore School Of Law with a dual concentration in intellectual property law and business law. He is also a member of the Florida Bar, and an inventor of several patent pending inventions.

Patent on Camera Shooting Method for 3D modeling

U.S. Patent 9,921,054 On March 20, 2018, Week 12, Number 1448-3, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published issued U.S. Patent Number 9,921,054.  The patent was issued to Samsung Electronics.  The patent was published for all patent attorneys to see as US 2014/0354784.  It appears on first glance to show a camera shooting method for three dimensional modeling using multiple images. The purpose of the invention appears to be using a shooting method for creating three-dimensional camera modeling.  The camera senses a position of the electronic device, calibrates the sensors, and stores the position information as metadata for each captured image. The patent claims provide, inter alia: A shooting method for three dimensional modeling in an electronic device having at least one sensor for sensing position information and an image sensor for image capture, the shooting method comprising: calibrating the at least one sensor; obtaining position information used for the three dimensional modeling using the at least one sensor; identifying a least number of required images to be used for the three dimensional modeling of a target object; displaying a guide including a field of view of the image sensor and indicating an optimized position information of the image sensor for capturing an image based on the obtained position information and the least number of required images, wherein the optimized position information includes height information of the electronic device, relative angle information between the electronic device and the target object, and relative distance information between the electronic device and the target object; capturing multiple images according to the least number of required images of the target object based on the displayed guide; and storing the position information as metadata of each captured image. FIG. [...]

By |2023-01-09T04:54:46-05:00April 12th, 2018|Patents, What's Patenting|Comments Off on Patent on Camera Shooting Method for 3D modeling
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Patent for an Office Chair

U.S. Patent 9,913,539 Yesterday we looked at a Buzz Lightyear straw patent that had an immediate cool factor.  Today, we look at an office chair that has none of the same.  While this office chair certainly doesn’t excite like a Buzz Lightyear straw, it definitely appears to provide some great ergonomic support for the person sitting in the chair.  It visually looks as though the main cruz of the patent is related to a slidable member that run vertical along the chair back.  Commonly when we discuss patents with new clients, a chair is the common patent example to explain patents in a simple manner.  I doubt this would make it into our new patent client discussion, but we wouldn’t hesitate to try this chair out in our office. On March 13, 2018, Week 11, Number 1448-2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published issued U.S. Patent Number 9,913,539.  The patent describes an office chair with what appears to this patent attorney to be some type of moveable back support.  Reviewing the other figures, it appears that the inventor has attempted to cove a number of different chair shapes without the movable central back support member. FIGS. 1-27 are directed to: an aspect of the office chair 10 including a back support structure 12 including a pair of generally vertical support posts 18, and a plurality of support arms 21 extending outwardly from the support posts 18. FIGS. 1 and 1A show views of a completed version of the chair 10. The chair generally includes a chair frame 20, a back support structure 12, a seat support 15, and an armrest assembly 22 extending from the chair frame 20. The chair frame 20 may [...]

By |2023-01-09T04:54:46-05:00April 11th, 2018|Patents, What's Patenting|Comments Off on Patent for an Office Chair
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Buzz Lighter Year Straw Patent

U.S. Patent 9,913,554 Some patents just need pictures to appreciate the cool factor.  This patent is one of them.  The patent claims a novelty straw.  However, the straw appears to be a buzz lightyear star with expandable wings connected to the straw.  The patent attorney that drafted the patent had fun with this one.  Judging by the figure—before even reading the patent—it is obvious that when the child sucks through the straw, the Buzz Lightyear wings go up and when the child stops drinking, the wings go back down.  It is obvious based on the arrows in FIG. 1 in conjunction with the position of the wings in the figure.  This invention could clearly be extended "up up and beyond" Buzz Lightyear as it is not clear if the inventor has a license to use the trademark/copyright of Buzz Lightyear. On March 13, 2018, Week 11, Number 1448-2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published issued U.S. Patent Number 9,913,554. In the background section, the patent attorney describes how drinking stars also exist that move novelty items that are external to the straw.  The patent attorney provides examples of such prior art such prior art straws are exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 3,332,622 to Lombard, entitled Drinking Straw, U.S. Pat. No. 2,811,808 to Briese, entitled Drinking Tube, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,129,292 to Leung, entitled Novelty Drinking Straw. With such prior art, the liquid passing through the straw is used directly to create the mechanical motion. As such, the mechanisms within the straws are hydraulic in nature. The patent attorney identified a problem shared by all such prior art straws is that since the mechanisms are hydraulic, the mechanisms become contaminated by the flowing [...]

By |2023-01-09T04:54:47-05:00April 10th, 2018|Patents, What's Patenting|Comments Off on Buzz Lighter Year Straw Patent
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Foot Balancing Device

U.S. Patent 9,913,508 On March 13, 2018, Week 11, Number 1448-2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published issued U.S. Patent Number 9,913,508. The invention appears to be related to a way to increase balance while walking.  It is believed this invention was directed by the patent attorney to be used while walking with shoes as a show insert.  The invention further appears to be owned by an orthotics company out of Taipei. The patent claims, inter alia: A foot balancing device, consisting of: a shoe insert having a foot contact surface and a bottom surface, the shoe insert defining a front-of-sole region, an arch region, and a heel region sequentially arranged in a longitudinal direction of the shoe insert, the foot contact surface and the bottom surface each being a flat surface; a main balancing element formed as a protuberance in the arch region and located on the shoe insert at a position corresponding to a fulcrum for a front part of a sole of a user's foot and a heel of the foot; wherein the main balancing element is located in the arch region of the shoe insert corresponding to a geometric center between a first metatarsal bone point, a fifth metatarsal bone point, and a heel point of the shoe insert, wherein the main balancing element protrudes above the flat surface of the foot contact surface or protrudes below the flat surface of the bottom surface, and wherein the first metatarsal bone point corresponds in position to a first metatarsal bone of the foot, the fifth metatarsal bone point corresponds in position to a fifth metatarsal bone of the foot, and the heel point corresponds in position to the heel of [...]

By |2018-04-09T16:48:54-04:00April 9th, 2018|Patents, What's Patenting, What's Patenting|Comments Off on Foot Balancing Device
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Patent Office Grants Wrist-Mounted Device

U.S. Patent 9,913,591 On March 13, 2018, Week 11, Number 1448-2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published issued U.S. Patent Number 9,913,591.  The patent claims, inter alia: A wearable device comprising: a housing; a mount configured to mount the housing to a first external body surface, wherein the first external body surface is at a wrist location of a particular arm of a wearer; a first electrical contact disposed on an inner surface of the mount, wherein the first electrical contact is configured to contact skin at the first external body surface responsive to the housing being mounted to the first external body surface; a second electrical contact disposed on an outer surface of the mount, wherein the second electrical contact is configured to be contacted by skin of a second external body surface, and wherein the second external body surface is at a location other than the particular arm; a third electrical contact disposed also on the inner surface of the mount, wherein the third electrical contact is electrically isolated from the first electrical contact, wherein the third electrical contact is configured to contact skin at the first external body surface responsive to the housing being mounted to the first external body surface, a signal conditioner disposed in the housing, wherein the signal conditioner is electrically coupled to the first electrical contact, the second electrical contact, and the third electrical contact, and wherein the signal conditioner is configured to determine data indicative of a biological state of the wearer based on voltage fluctuations between the second electrical contact and an average voltage of the first electrical contact and the third electrical contact. The patent attorney that drafted U.S. Patent No. 9,913,591 provided [...]

By |2018-04-09T16:43:34-04:00April 8th, 2018|Patents|Comments Off on Patent Office Grants Wrist-Mounted Device
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