1. A method for mapping a visual image path, the method implemented on a computing device by a processor configured to execute instructions that, when executed by the processor, direct the computing device to perform acts comprising:
receiving one or more current images of a predefined area, wherein at least a subset of the one or more current images are real-time or near real-time images of the predefined area obtained via a camera within the predefined area;
receiving one or more input path parameters associated with the one or more current images, the one or more input path parameters indicative of a desired path through the predefined area;
integrating the one or more current images and the one or more input path parameters into a mapped visual path through the predefined area where a wireless user is located, wherein the integrating further comprises combining the one or more current images with one or more delayed images through an image stitching operation; and
displaying the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path comprising the one or more current images of the desired path through the predefined area in response to one or more input path parameters, the displaying including correlating a time parameter with the mapped visual path to provide an interval for displaying andor retrieving the one or more current images for the mapped visual path.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
sequentially displaying the one or more current images of the mapped visual path on a mobile device of the wireless user.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the displaying the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path comprising the one or more current images of the path through the predefined area in response to one or more input path parameters includes:
wirelessly receiving a location parameter included as one of the one or more input path parameters;
receiving a timing parameter included as one of the one or more input path parameters, the timing parameter identifying a periodicity for collecting the one or more current images; and
receiving an identification of a user included as the one or more input path parameters.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving one or more current images of a predefined area includes:
receiving an image history taken from one or more public cameras andor one or more private cameras.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving one or more current images of a predefined area includes:
connecting to a server operably couplable to a mobile device to wirelessly receive the one or more current images.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the displaying the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path comprising the one or more current images of the path through the predefined area in response to one or more input path parameters includes:
enabling a user of a fixed andor a mobile device to display the mapped visual path.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving one or more current images of a predefined area includes:
receiving at least one current image for the visual path where a mobile device user is located or should be located, which current image is collected in real-time or near real-time.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the integrating the one or more current images and the one or more input path parameters into a mapped visual path through the predefined area where a wireless user is located includes:
receiving an identifier associated with an object on the one or more displayed current images, the identifier indicative of an action to be taken with respect to the object.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
taking the action with respect to the object, the action including one or more of highlighting the object, removing the object, andor altering the object.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein the receiving an identifier associated with an object on the one or more current images, the identifier indicative of an action to be taken with respect to the object includes:
matching the object to a person.
11. The method of claim 8 wherein the receiving an identifier associated with an object on the one or more current images, the identifier indicative of an action to be taken with respect to the object includes:
matching the object to a class of persons, the object acted upon according to an association with the class of persons.
12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving the input path parameters, the input path parameters including at least one location or at least one timing parameter.
13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
combining the one or more displayed current images to create the mapped visual path which is scrollable with respect to the predefined area.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein the combining the one or more displayed current images to create the mapped visual path, which is scrollable with respect to the predefined area includes:
combining the one or more displayed current images through an image stitching operation.
15. The method of claim 13 wherein the combining the one or more displayed current images to create the mapped visual path which is scrollable with respect to the predefined area includes:
correlating a time parameter with the visual path to provide an interval for displaying andor retrieving the one or more current images for the mapped visual path.
16. A computer program product comprising:
computer readable media bearing computer executable instructions including one or more instructions for receiving one or more current images of an area where a wireless user is located, wherein at least a subset of the one or more current images are real-time or near real-time images of the predefined area obtained via a camera within the predefined area;
one or more instructions for receiving one or more input path parameters indicative of a visual path and associated with the one or more current images;
one or more instructions for integrating the one or more current images and the one or more input path parameters into a map of the area, wherein the integrating further comprises combining the one or more current images with one or more delayed images through an image stitching operation; and
one or more instructions for mapping the visual path through the area to generate a mapped visual path in response to one or more input path parameters and the map, the displaying including correlating a time parameter with the mapped visual path to provide an interval for displaying andor retrieving the one or more current images for the mapped visual path.
17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the computer readable media comprises:
a recordable medium.
18. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising:
one or more instructions for sequentially displaying the mapped visual path of the one or more current images on a mobile device of the wireless user.
19. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving one or more current images of an area include:
one or more instructions for receiving an image history of the visual path taken from one or more public cameras andor one or more private cameras.
20. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving one or more current images of an area include:
one or more instructions for connecting to a server operably couplable to a mobile device to wirelessly receive the one or more current images.
21. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the one or more instructions for mapping the visual path through the area to generate a mapped visual path in response to one or more input path parameters and the map includes:
one or more instructions for enabling a user of a fixed andor a mobile device to display the mapped visual path.
22. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the one or more instructions for integrating the one or more current images and the one or more input path parameters into a display a map of the area include:
one or more instructions for receiving an identifier associated with an object on the one or more current images, the identifier indicative of an action to be taken with respect to the object.
23. The computer program product of claim 22 further comprising:
one or more instructions for taking the action with respect to the object, the action including one or more of highlighting the object, removing the object, andor altering the object.
24. The computer program product of claim 22 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving an identifier associated with an object on the one or more current images, the identifier indicative of an action to be taken with respect to the object include:
one or more instructions for matching the object to a person.
25. The computer program product of claim 22 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving an identifier associated with an object on the one or more current images, the identifier indicative of an action to be taken with respect to the object include:
one or more instructions for matching the object to a class of persons, the object acted upon according to an association with the class of persons.
26. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising:
one or more instructions for receiving the input path parameters, the input path parameters including at least one location or at least one timing parameter.
27. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising:
one or more instructions for combining the one or more current images to create the mapped visual path which is scrollable with respect to the predefined area.
28. The computer program product of claim 27 wherein the one or more instructions for combining the one or more current images to create the mapped visual path which is scrollable with respect to the predefined area include:
one or more instructions for combining the one or more current images through an image stitching operation.
29. The computer program product of claim 27 wherein the one or more instructions for combining the one or more current images to create the mapped visual path which is scrollable with respect to the predefined area include:
one or more instructions for correlating a time parameter with the visual path to provide an interval for displaying andor retrieving the one or more current images of the visual path.
30. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the one or more for mapping the visual path through the area to generate a mapped visual path in response to one or more input path parameters and the map includes:
one or more instructions for wirelessly receiving a location parameter included as the one or more input path parameters;
one or more instructions for receiving a timing parameter included as the one or more input path parameters, the timing parameter identifying a periodicity for collecting the one or more current images; and
one or more instructions for receiving an identification of the wireless user included as the one or more input path parameters.
31. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving one or more current images of an area include:
one or more instructions for receiving at least one current image collected in real-time or near real-time.
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 rotary milling head for preparing a tube end comprising,
a milling head body with a first side having a hole of a diameter larger than the tube end extending through the first side, which milling head body is rotatable around a center of rotation that is the center of the hole, and a second side adapted to be connected to a means of rotation,
a plurality of axially extending cutting piece supports attached to the first side of the milling head body, each cutting piece support having a face, sides and a back, each cutting piece support further having a hole in its face with walls, said walls having first the shape of a truncated conical section with a large end and a small end, the large end being closer to the face, and then a generally cylindrical shape continuing through a side or the back of the cutting piece support, and
a plurality of cutting pieces, each cutting piece comprising a cutting blade with a first side being the cutting face and a second side attached to a cutting piece body in the shape of a truncated conical section of approximately the same size and shape as the walls of a hole in a cutting piece support, such that the cutting piece is removably secured in the hole by forces exerted on it by material being cut and friction between the cutting piece body and the walls of the hole without any other securing means.
2. The rotary milling head of claim 1 wherein the second side of the head is adapted to be connected to a means of rotation by having a cylindrical bore for removably receiving rotary gearing of a rotary milling tool.
3. The rotary milling head of claim 1 wherein the face of a cutting blade is substantially parallel to a radius of the hole in the first side of the milling head body.
4. The rotary milling head of claim 1 wherein the cutting blade is cylindrical.
5. The rotary milling head of claim 4 wherein the face of the cutting blade is circular.
6. The rotary milling head of claim 5 wherein the face of the cutting blade is concave.