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1. A situation communication mirror adapted for mounting to a transportation vehicle, said situation communication mirror comprising:
a rearward facing reflective member comprising at least three integrally-formed and arcuately distinct reflective surface areas;
the first reflective surface area having a relatively slight curvature defining a relatively focused driver field of view, and wherein the first reflective surface area extends from a top edge of said reflective member towards a bottom edge of said reflective member, and from an inside edge of said reflective member towards an outside edge of said reflective member;
the second and third reflective surface areas each having an increased curvature as compared to the first surface area, and respectively defining wider driver fields of view, wherein the second reflective surface area comprises a longitudinal outside margin of said reflective member opposite the first reflective surface area, and extends from the top edge of said reflective member towards the bottom edge of said reflective member, and wherein the third reflective surface area comprises a longitudinal bottom margin of said reflective member, and extends from an inside edge of said reflective member towards an outside edge of said reflective member; and
first, second, and third reflective elongated transition zones adjacent respective first, second, and third reflective surface areas, each transition zone having a degree of curvature intermediate the slight curvature of the first reflective surface area and the increased curvature of the second and third reflective surface areas, and said transition zones dividing the first, second, and third reflective surface areas and defining a visual transition between the relatively focused driver field of view provided by the first reflective surface area and the wider driver fields of view provided by the second and third reflective surface areas, and wherein the first transition zone extends longitudinally adjacent and between the first and second reflective surface areas, and has a width dimension greater than 20% of a width of said second reflective surface area, and wherein the second transition zone extends longitudinally adjacent and between the first and third reflective surface areas, and has a width dimension greater than 20% of a width of said third reflective surface area, and wherein the third transition zone extends diagonally adjacent and between the second and third reflective surface areas, and has a width dimension equal to the width dimension of said first and second transition zones.
2. A situation communication mirror according to claim 1, wherein said first reflective surface area is greater in dimension than said second and third reflective surface areas.
3. A situation communication mirror according to claim 1, wherein said first reflective surface area has a curvature radius in the range of 500 to 3000 mm.
4. A situation communication mirror according to claim 1, wherein said second reflective surface area has a curvature radius in the range of 300 to 600 mm.
5. A situation communication mirror according to claim 1, wherein said third reflective surface area has a curvature radius in the range of 200-400.
6. In combination with a transportation vehicle, a situation communication mirror mounted to the vehicle and comprising:
a rearward facing reflective member comprising at least three integrally-formed and arcuately distinct reflective surface areas;
the first reflective surface area having a relatively slight curvature defining a relatively focused driver field of view, and wherein the first reflective surface area extends from a top edge of said reflective member towards a bottom edge of said reflective member, and from an inside edge of said reflective member towards an outside edge of said reflective member;
the second and third reflective surface areas each having an increased curvature as compared to the first surface area, and respectively defining wider driver fields of view, wherein the second reflective surface area comprises a longitudinal outside margin of said reflective member opposite the first reflective surface area, and extends from the top edge of said reflective member towards the bottom edge of said reflective member, and wherein the third reflective surface area comprises a longitudinal bottom margin of said reflective member, and extends from an inside edge of said reflective member towards an outside edge of said reflective member; and
first, second, and third reflective elongated transition zones adjacent respective first, second, and third reflective surface areas, each transition zone having a degree of curvature intermediate the slight curvature of the first reflective surface area and the increased curvature of the second and third reflective surface areas, and said transition zones dividing the first, second, and third reflective surface areas and defining a visual transition between the relatively focused driver field of view provided by the first reflective surface area and the wider driver fields of view provided by the second and third reflective surface areas, and wherein the first transition zone extends longitudinally adjacent and between the first and second reflective surface areas, and has a width dimension greater than 20% of a width of said second reflective surface area, and wherein the second transition zone extends longitudinally adjacent and between the first and third reflective surface areas, and has a width dimension greater than 20% of a width of said third reflective surface area, and wherein the third transition zone extends diagonally adjacent and between the second and third reflective surface areas and has a width dimension equal to the width dimension of said first and second transition zones.
7. A combination according to claim 6, wherein said first reflective surface area is greater in dimension than said second and third reflective surface areas.
8. A combination according to claim 6, wherein said first reflective surface area has a curvature radius in the range of 500 to 3000 mm.
9. A combination according to claim 6, wherein said second reflective surface area has a curvature radius in the range of 300 to 600 mm.
10. A combination according to claim 6, wherein said third reflective surface area has a curvature radius in the range of 200-400.
11. A combination according to claim 6, wherein said situation communication mirror is mounted to a body of the vehicle adjacent at least one of the driver and passenger side doors.
12. A combination according to claim 6, wherein said situation communication mirror is mounted to a body of the vehicle adjacent at least one of the driver and passenger side fenders.

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 laser scanning system comprising: at least one laser scanning module for detecting properties of a surface passing through a 3-D scanning volume defined by a 3-D omni-directional scan pattern, said laser scanning module utilizing holographic optical elements to direct laser light into said 3-D scanning volume and collect laser light reflected off surfaces in said 3-D scanning volume; and visible indicia, visibly discernable by users of the system, characterizing location of the 3-D scanning volume.
2. The laser scanning system of claim 1, wherein the surface is part of an object moved through the 3-D scanning volume under human control.
3. The laser-scanning system of claim 1, wherein said visible indicia comprises visible markings affixed to a surface over which the objects are moved.
4. The laser-scanning system of claim 3, wherein said visible markings comprises paint applied to said surface.
5. The laser-scanning system of claim 3, wherein said visible markings comprise tape applied to said surface.
6. The laser-scanning system of claim 1, wherein said visible indicia comprises a visible light pattern that characterizes location of the 3-D scanning volume.
7. The laser-scanning system of claim 6, wherein said visible light pattern comprises light emitted from one of at least one white light source, at least one light-emitting diode, and at least one visible laser diode.
8. The laser-scanning system of claim 6, wherein said visible light pattern is pulsed.
9. The laser-scanning system of claim 8, wherein the visible light pattern is pulsed at a frequency less than the critical flicker frequency.
10. The laser scanning system of claim 6, wherein shining of the light pattern on a surface over which the objects are moved through the 3-D scanning volume provides a visible indication of points substantially corresponding to the boundary of the projection of the 3-D scanning volume onto said surface.
11. The laser-scanning system of claim 1, wherein said visible indicia is generated by controlling the at least one laser scanning module to repeatably scan select scan lines that pass through the 3-D scanning volume thereby providing a pulsing of such scan lines, wherein said pulsing of such scan lines characterizes location of the 3-D scanning volume.
12. The laser scanning system of claim 1, wherein said properties comprise at least bar code symbols affixed to surfaces of objects passing through the 3-D scanning volume.
13. The laser scanning system of claim 1, wherein said 3-D omni-directional scanning pattern includes different multi-directional scan patterns at varying focal zones within the 3-D scanning volume.
14. The laser scanning system of claim 13, wherein said focul zones cover a depth of field greater than one foot.
15. The laser scanning system of claim 13, wherein said focul zones cover a depth of field greater than one meter.
16. The laser scanning system of claim 1, wherein said 3-D omni-directional scanning pattern is characterized by a well-defined boundary comprised of substantially planar polygonal surfaces.
17. The laser scanning system of claim 1, further comprising a mechanism for generating an indication that the user has entered a region corresponding to the 3-D scanning volume.
18. The laser scanning system of claim 17, wherein the mechanism utilizes infra-red beams to detect that the user has entered said region.
19. The laser scanning system of claim 17, wherein said indication comprises one of an audio signal and a visual signal.
20. The laser scanning system of claim 1, stationarily mounted above a work environment, wherein the 3-D scanning volume projects downward toward a surface to scan objects that are moved under human control over said surface.
21. The laser scanning system of claim 1, wherein said visible indicia characterizes location of said 3-D scanning volume by visually indicating at least one of center, edges, and other portions of said 3-D scanning volume.
22. A method for detecting properties of an object comprising the steps of: providing at least one laser scanning module scanning a 3-D scanning volume defined by a 3-D omni-directional scan pattern, said laser scanning module utilizing holographic optical elements to direct laser light into said 3-D scanning volume and collect laser light reflected off surfaces in said 3-D scanning volume: generating visible indicia, visibly discernable by users of the laser scanning module, characterizing location of the 3-D scanning volume; and manually moving the object through the 3-D scanning volume such that scanning of the at least one laser scanning module detects properties of the object.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein said visible indicia comprises visible markings affixed to a surface over which the objects are moved.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein said visible markings comprise paint applied to said surface.
25. The method of claim 23, wherein said visible markings comprise tape applied to said surface.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein said visible indicia comprises a visible light pattern that characterizes location of the 3-D scanning volume.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein said visible light pattern comprises light emitted from one of at least one white light source, at least one light-emitting diode, and at least one visible laser diode.
28. The method of claim 26, wherein said visible light pattern is pulsed.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the visible light pattern is pulsed at a frequency less than the critical flicker frequency.
30. The method of claim 26, wherein shining of the light pattern on a surface over which the objects are moved through the 3-D scanning volume provides a visible indication of points substantially corresponding to the boundary of the projection of the 3-D scanning volume onto said surface.
31. The method of claim 26, wherein said visible indicia is generated by controlling the at least one laser scanning module to repeatably scan select scan lines that pass through the 3-D scanning volume thereby providing a pulsing of such scan lines, wherein said pulsing of such scan lines characterizes location of the 3-D scanning volume.
32. The method of claim 22, wherein said properties comprise bar code symbols affixed to surfaces of objects passing through the 3-D scanning volume.
33. The method of claim 22, wherein said 3-D omni-directional scanning pattern includes different multi-directional scan patterns at varying focal zones within the 3-D scanning volume.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein said focul zones cover a depth of field greater than one foot.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein said focul zones cover a depth of field greater than one meter
36. The method of claim 22, wherein said 3-D omni-directional scanning pattern is characterized by a well-defined boundary comprised of substantially planar polygonal surfaces.
37. The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of generating an indication that the user has entered a region corresponding to the 3-D scanning volume.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein infra-red beams are used to detect that the user has entered said region.
39. The method of claim 37, wherein said indication comprises one of an audio signal and a visual signal.
40. The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one laser scanning module is stationarily mounted above a work environment, wherein the 3-D scanning volume projects downward toward a surface to scan objects that are moved under human control over said surface.
41. The method of claim 22, wherein said visible indicia characterizes location of said 3-D scanning volume by visually indicating at least one of center, edges, and other portions of said 3-D scanning volume

1. A method for receiving a signal of a Random Access Channel (RACH) in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the method comprising:
receiving the signal through each transmission beam of a transmitter from the transmitter; and
detecting symbols by switching to reception beams corresponding to the symbols included in the signal during reception of the signal.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal is allocated to a total frequency band of the wireless communication, and to one of subbands obtained by dividing the total frequency band.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the signal is allocated to one of the subbands, the subbands to which the signal is not allocated are allocated to signals transmitted by transmitters of other users.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the symbols comprises:
resetting a reception beam of the receiver, upon receipt of the signal,
determining the reception beam as a best reception beam if a signal strength of a symbol detected by the reset reception beam is equal to or larger than a threshold, and
determining a timing of the reception beam between the transmitter and the receiver; and
transmitting, to the transmitter, detection information including information about the best reception beam, a transmission beam mapped to the best reception beam, and the timing of the reception beam.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the detecting of the symbols further comprises:
if the signal strength of the symbol detected by the reset reception beam is smaller than the threshold, comparing a signal strength of a symbol detected by a next reception beam with the threshold.
6. A receiver for receiving a signal of a Random Access Channel (RACH) in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the receiver comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive the signal through each transmission beam of a transmitter from the transmitter; and
a controller configured to detect symbols included in the signal by switching to reception beams corresponding to the symbols during reception of the signal.
7. The receiver of claim 6, wherein the signal is allocated to a total frequency band of the wireless communication, and to one of subbands obtained by dividing the total frequency band.
8. The receiver of claim 7, wherein if the signal is allocated to one of the subbands, the subbands to which the signal is not allocated are allocated to signals transmitted by transmitters of other users.
9. The receiver of claim 6, wherein upon receipt of the signal, the controller resets a reception beam of the receiver, determines the reception beam as a best reception beam if a signal strength of a symbol detected by the reset reception beam is equal to or larger than a threshold, determines a timing of the reception beam between the transmitter and the receiver, and controls the transceiver to transmit, to the transmitter, detection information including information about the best reception beam, a transmission beam mapped to the best reception beam, and the timing of the reception beam.
10. The receiver of claim 9, wherein if the signal strength of the symbol detected by the reset reception beam is smaller than the threshold, the controller compares a signal strength of a symbol detected by a next reception beam with the threshold.
11. A method for transmitting a Random Access Channel (RACH) signal in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the method comprising:
generating an RACH signal including repeated symbols corresponding to reception beams of a receiver; and
transmitting the RACH signal to the receiver by each transmission beam.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating of the RACH signal comprises:
if the wireless communication system comprises a plurality of receivers, dividing a total frequency band of the wireless communication system into as many subbands as the number of the receivers, and allocating the subbands to the receivers.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating of the RACH signal comprises:
inserting a guard interval between the symbols, taking into account a switching time between reception beams at the receiver.
14. A transmitter for transmitting a Random Access Channel (RACH) signal in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the transmitter comprising:
a controller configured to generate an RACH signal including repeated symbols corresponding to reception beams of a receiver; and
a transceiver configured to transmit the RACH signal to the receiver by each transmission beam.
15. The transmitter of claim 14, wherein if the wireless communication system comprises a plurality of receivers, the controller divides a total frequency band of the wireless communication system into as many subbands as the number of the receivers and allocates the subbands to the receivers.
16. The transmitter of claim 14, wherein the controller inserts a guard interval between the symbols, taking into account a switching time between reception beams at the receiver.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1.
18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 11.

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 improving microcirculation andor acute wound healing in a subject who is about to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone surgery or a physical trauma comprising introducing into the subject’s bloodstream a therapeutically effective number of genetically modified CD34-stem cells, wherein (a) each of the genetically modified CD34-stem cells contains an exogenous nucleic acid comprising (i) a region encoding a protein which enhances endothelial cell growth, which region is operably linked to (ii) an endothelium-specific promoter or promoterenhancer combination, and (b) the introduction of the genetically modified CD34-stem cells is not preceded, accompanied or followed by myeloablation.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject is human.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the surgery is abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery or plastic surgery.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the surgery is laproscopic surgery.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the surgery is open surgery.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the physical trauma is childbirth.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein the physical trauma is a flesh wound caused by a violent act, and the genetically modified CD34-stem cells are introduced into the subject’s bloodstream immediately following the physical trauma.
8. The method of claim 2, wherein the physical trauma is a burn wound, and the genetically modified CD34-stem cells are introduced into the subject’s bloodstream immediately following the physical trauma.
9. The method of claim 2, wherein the promoterenhancer combination is the Tie2 promoterenhancer and the protein which enhances endothelial cell growth is a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) associated with angiogenesis.
10. The method of claim 2, wherein the genetically modified CD34-stem cells are allogenic with respect to the subject.
11. The method of claim 2, wherein the genetically modified CD34-stem cells are autologous with respect to the subject.
12. The method of claim 2, wherein the therapeutically effective number of genetically modified CD34-stem cells is from about 1\xd7103 to about 1\xd7107 cellskg body weight.