1. A glass tube making apparatus comprising:
a forming device comprising an outer tube and a shaping member,
the outer tube including an inner surface defining an interior area configured to provide passage of molten glass, wherein the inner surface includes an upstream portion and a downstream portion, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the upstream portion of inner surface taken perpendicular to an axis of the outer tube is geometrically different than a cross-sectional shape of the downstream portion of the inner surface taken perpendicular to the axis, and
the shaping member is positioned within the downstream portion of the outer tube, wherein molten glass is configured to be drawn with a glass tube cross-sectional profile defined by a cross-sectional area between the downstream portion of the inner surface and an outer surface of the shaping member.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the upstream portion of the inner surface is substantially circular.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the downstream portion of the inner surface is oblong.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shaping member includes a pair of opposed recessed walls extending between opposed end portions of the shaping member.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the shaping member is configured to deliver an air interface between the shaping member and the glass tube being drawn from the forming device.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the downstream portion of the inner surface diverges in a downstream direction.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area between the downstream portion of the inner surface and the outer surface of the shaping member is configured to draw the glass tube cross-sectional profile with a wall thickness that varies about a periphery of the glass tube.
8. A method of making a glass tube comprising the steps of:
providing a forming device including an outer tube and a shaping member;
passing a quantity molten glass through an upstream portion of the outer tube, wherein the molten glass includes a first cross-sectional shape taken along a direction perpendicular to an axis of the outer tube;
passing the quantity of molten glass through a downstream portion of the outer tube, wherein the first cross-sectional shape is transitioned to a second cross-sectional shape defined between the inner surface of the downstream portion of the outer tube and an outer surface of the shaping member; and
drawing a molten glass tube from the forming device including a tube wall cross-sectional profile defined by the second cross-sectional shape.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of providing an air interface between a lower portion of the shaping member and the inner surface of the molten glass tube.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the outer periphery of the first cross-sectional shape is substantially circular and the outer periphery of the second cross-sectional shape is oblong.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the tube wall cross-sectional profile is drawn with a wall thickness that varies about a periphery of the glass tube.
12. A method of making a glass tube comprising the steps of:
(I) drawing a glass tube from a forming device, wherein a glass tube portion is drawn into a viscous zone; and
(II) modifying a cross-sectional shape of the glass tube portion by application of forming forces to an outer surface of the glass tube portion with an air bearing.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein prior to step (II), further comprising the steps of passing the glass tube portion into a transition zone downstream from the viscous zone, and reheating the glass tube portion.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein, prior to step (II), further comprising the steps of:
(a) passing the glass tube portion into a transition zone downstream from the viscous zone;
(b) inspecting a feature of the glass tube portion within a first inspection zone;
(c) modifying a device upstream from the first inspection zone based on the inspected feature obtained during step (b); and
(d) reheating the glass tube portion.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein step (b) is carried out in a hardened zone downstream from the transition zone.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein step (c) modifies a drive device to change the rate that the glass tube is drawn from the forming device.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the upstream device of step (c) comprises the forming device.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein the feature inspected during step (b) comprises a thickness of the glass tube.
19. The method of claim 14, wherein the feature inspected during step (b) comprises a shape of the glass tube.
20. The method of claim 12, wherein, after step (II), further comprising steps of:
inspecting a post-modified feature of the portion of the glass tube in a second inspection zone; and
modifying an upstream device based on the post-modified feature obtained during the step of inspecting the post-modified feature.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for indexing and searching according to a set of attributes of a person comprising:
extracting a set of attributes of a person monitored by a set of sensors in a zone of interest;
indexing each of the set of attributes of the person within an index of an extensible indexing and search tool; and
enabling a search of the index of the extensible indexing and search tool according to at least one of the set of attributes of the person.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising searching the index of the extensible indexing and search tool using a graphical user interface that allows a user to specify a query to the index of the extensible indexing and search tool, and view a result of the query.
3. The method according to claim 2, the result of the query comprising at least one of the following: an identification of a sensor used to capture the person in the zone of interest, a timestamp indicating a date and time that the person is captured in the zone of interest, an image capture of the person depicted in a video image, or a representation of sensor data received from at least one of the set of sensors.
4. The method according to claim 1, the set of attributes of the person comprising at least one of the following: a physical attribute, a behavioral attribute, or a physiological attribute.
5. The method according to claim 1, the indexing further comprising relating each of the set of attributes of the person to a canonical person model using a set of extensible indexing schemes.
6. A system for indexing and searching according to a set of attributes of a person comprising:
a set of sensors for monitoring a zone of interest;
at least one processing unit;
memory operably associated with the at least one processing unit; and
an extensible indexing and search tool storable in memory and executable by the at least one processing unit, the extensible indexing and search tool comprising:
an extraction component configured to receive sensor data from at least one of the set of sensors and extract a set of attributes of a person in the zone of interest;
an index component configured to index each of the set of attributes of the person within an index of the extensible indexing and search tool; and
a search component configured to enable a search of the index of the extensible indexing and search tool according to at least one of the set of attributes of the person.
7. The extensible indexing and search tool according to claim 6, the search component comprising a query component configured to enable a query to the index of the extensible indexing and search tool.
8. The extensible indexing and search tool according to claim 7, the search component further configured to search the index of the extensible indexing and search tool using a graphical user interface that enables a user to specify the query to the index of the extensible indexing and search tool, and view a result of the query.
9. The extensible indexing and search tool according to claim 8, wherein the search component is extensible.
10. The extensible indexing and search tool according to claim 8, the result of the query comprising at least one of the following: an identification of a sensor used to capture the person in the zone of interest, a timestamp indicating the time and date that the person is captured in the zone of interest, an image capture of the person in a video image, or a representation of sensor data received from at least one of the set of sensors.
11. The extensible indexing and search tool according to claim 7, wherein the query component is extensible.
12. The extensible indexing and search tool according to claim 6, the index component further configured to relate each of the set of attributes of the person to a canonical person model using a set of extensible indexing schemes.
13. The extensible indexing and search tool according to claim 6, the set of attributes of the person comprising at least one of the following: a physical attribute, a behavioral attribute, or a physiological attribute.
14. A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions, which when executed, enables a computer system to index and search according to a set of attributes of a person, the computer instructions comprising:
extracting a set of attributes of a person monitored by a set of sensors in a zone of interest;
indexing each of the set of attributes of the person within an index of an extensible indexing and search tool; and
enabling a search of the index of the extensible indexing and search tool according to at least one of the set of attributes of the person.
15. The computer-readable medium according to claim 14 further comprising computer instructions for searching the index of the extensible indexing and search tool using a graphical user interface that allows a user to specify a query to the index of the extensible indexing and search tool, and view a result of the query.
16. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, the result of the query comprising at least one of the following: an identification of a sensor used to capture the person in the zone of interest, a timestamp indicating a date and time that the person is captured in the zone of interest, an image capture of the person depicted in a video image, or a representation of sensor data received from at least one of the set of sensors.
17. The computer-readable medium according to claim 14, the indexing further comprising computer instructions for relating each of the set of attributes of the person to a canonical person model using a set of extensible indexing schemes.
18. The computer-readable medium according to claim 14, the set of attributes of the person comprising at least one of the following: a physical attribute, a behavioral attribute, or a physiological attribute.
19. A method for deploying an extensible indexing and search tool for use in a computer system that provides for indexing and searching according to a set of attributes of a person, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure operable to:
extract a set of attributes of a person monitored by a set of sensors in a zone of interest;
index each of the set of attributes of the person within an index of an extensible indexing and search tool; and
enable a search of the index of the extensible indexing and search tool based on at least one of the set of attributes of the person.
20. The method according to claim 19, the computer infrastructure further operable to relate each of the set of attributes of the person to a canonical person model using a set of extensible indexing schemes.