Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A non-motorized multihull vessel comprising:
an upper hull platform;
at least two supporting struts; and
at least two submerged hulls, each of said submerged hulls being fixedly joined to said upper hull platform by a respective one of said supporting struts, each of said submerged hulls comprising an outer wall, an inner wall, a buoyant core material disposed between said inner wall and said outer wall, a fore end and an aft end, said inner wall having an inner surface defining a cylindrical space.
2. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 1, wherein said outer wall of each of said submerged hulls has a prismatic shape.
3. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 1, wherein said fore end of each submerged hull is an angled end.
4. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 3, wherein said aft end of each submerged hull is an angled end.
5. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 3, wherein said fore end is angled at a 45 angle.
6. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said submerged hulls further comprises a pivotable rudder pivotably affixed to its said aft end.
7. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said submerged hulls further comprises a stabilizing fin rigidly affixed to said outer wall and a pivotable fin pivotably attached to said outer wall.
8. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 7, wherein each of said submerged hulls further comprises a pivotable rudder pivotably affixed to its said aft end.
9. The multihull vessel in accordance with claim 1, wherein said fore end of each of said submerged hulls is provided with a scalloped front.

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 smart antenna basestation arrangement comprising an array of antenna elements, subdivided into a number of sub-arrays wherein:
an element or selected elements from each sub-array is operable to transmit pilot signals, which are, in operation, returned by mobile terminals in the area of coverage of the basestation;
the arrangement being operable to apply stored weight data and direction of arrival data together with feedback data to enable the array to generate directional downlink beams in the direction of said mobile.
2. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the feedback signal assists in the optimisation of phase and amplitude components for the beamforming weights to be assigned for dedicated channels.
3. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the feedback signal assists in the optimisation of a phase component for the beamforming weights to be assigned for dedicated channels.
4. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the feedback signal assists in the optimisation of an amplitude component for the beamforming weights to be assigned for dedicated channels.
5. An arrangement according to claim 3 wherein the phase information of the feedback signal is used to determine a phase component of the pilot antenna weights.
6. An arrangement according to claim 8 wherein the magnitude of the feedback signal is used to determine a magnitude component of the pilot antenna weights.
7. An arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the array has a physical periodicity whereby to reduce the number of principle optimum weight sets.
8. An arrangement according to anyone of claims 1-7 wherein the array comprises a circular array with a regular space between adjacent elements.
9. An arrangement according to anyone of claims 1-7 wherein the array comprises a square array.
10. An arrangement according to anyone of claims 1-7 wherein the antennas comprise directional antennas.
11. An arrangement according to anyone of claims 1-7 wherein the antennas comprise omni-directional antennas.
12. An arrangement according to any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein a number of angular directions are selected within an angle formed by two adjacent elements whereby to obtain the basic optimum weight set group.
13. A method of operating a smart antenna basestation arrangement comprising an array of antenna elements, subdivided into a number of sub-arrays, the method comprising the steps of:
transmitting. from an element or selected elements of each sub-array pilot signals,
receiving feedback signals returned by mobile terminals in the area of coverage of the basestation;
the arrangement being operable to apply stored weight data and direction of arrival data together with feedback data to enable the array to generate directional downlink beams in the direction of said mobile.
14. A method according to claim 13 wherein the feedback signal assists in the optimisation of phase and amplitude components for the beamforming weights to be assigned for dedicated channels.
15. A method according to claim 13 wherein the feedback signal assists in the optimisation of a phase component or the beamforming weights to be assigned for dedicated channels.
16. An arrangement according to claim 13 wherein the feedback signal assists in the optimisation of a amplitude component for the beamforming weights to be assigned for dedicated channels.

1. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus comprising:
an x-ray radiator that emits x-rays;
a control device connected to said x-ray radiator for controlling the emission of x-rays from the x-ray radiator;
a patient-positioning table adapted to receive a patient thereon for irradiation by said x-rays;
a radiation detector on which said x-rays are incident after attenuation by a patient on the patient-positioning table; and
a body mass index calculator, supplied with data identifying a body length and a weight of a patient on the patient-positioning table, for calculating the body mass index of the patient on the patient-positioning table and for supplying said body mass index to said control device, said control device controlling the emission of said x-rays from said x-ray radiator dependent on said body mass index.
2. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising an image processing system supplied with image data from said radiation detector for processing said image data, and wherein said body mass index calculator also supplies said body mass index to said image processing system, and wherein said image processing system uses said body mass index in processing said image data.
3. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said patient-positioning table comprises a weighing device or determining said weight, and for supplying said weight to said body mass index calculator.
4. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising sensors associated with said patient-positioning table for determining said body length, and for supplying data representing said body length to said body mass index calculator.
5. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said sensors are built into said patient-positioning table.
6. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein said sensors comprise photodiodes adapted to be covered by a patient on the patient-positioning table for determining said body length.
7. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein said sensors comprises photosensitive barriers mounted laterally on said patient-positioning table for determining said body length.
8. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein said sensors comprise temperature-measurement sensors in said patient-positioning table adapted to be covered by a patient on the patient-positioning table for determining said body length.
9. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein said sensors comprise pressure sensors adapted to be covered by a patient on the patient-positioning table for determining said body length.
10. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein said sensors comprise induction loops in said patient-positioning table adapted to be covered by a patient on the patient-positioning table for determining said body length.
11. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising a pressure sensor in said patient-positioning table adapted to interact with a patient on the patient-positioning table for determining said weight, and for supplying said weight to said body mass index calculator.
12. An x-ray diagnostic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said body mass index calculator comprises a communication interface to a hospital information system for automatically supplying data representing the body mass index, the body length and the weight of a patient on the patient-positioning table for inclusion in an electronic patient record of a patient on the patient-positioning table.

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. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first setting unit configured to set, in a case where a login request is received and authentication of a user is successful, a setting value of individual setting information for the user to setting information of the image forming apparatus based on individual setting information associated with user identification information for identifying the user; and
a second setting unit configured to set, in a case where a logout request is received, a setting value of common setting information to the setting information of the image forming apparatus based on common setting information,
wherein the second setting unit omits, in a case where a login request of a new user is received while the user is logged in, a process for setting the setting value of the common setting information to the setting information of the image forming apparatus based on the common setting information, and the first setting unit sets a setting value of individual setting information for the new user to the setting information of the image forming apparatus based on individual setting information associated with user identification information for identifying the new user.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first setting unit omits, in a case where the login request of the new user is received when the first setting unit performs setting of the setting value of the individual setting information for the user to the setting information of the image forming apparatus, a process for setting the setting value of the individual setting information for the user to the setting information of the image forming apparatus and sets, based on the individual setting information associated with the user identification information for identifying the new user, the setting value of the individual setting information for the new user to the setting information of the image forming apparatus.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting information includes display language information.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting information includes initial screen information.
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting information includes address book information.
6. An information processing method executed by an image forming apparatus comprising:
first-setting, in a case where a login request is received and authentication of a user is successful, a setting value of individual setting information for the user to setting information of the image forming apparatus based on individual setting information associated with user identification information for identifying the user; and
second-setting, in a case where a logout request is received, a setting value of common setting information to the setting information of the image forming apparatus based on common setting information,
wherein, in a case where a login request of a new user is received while the user is logged in, setting of the setting value of the common setting information to the setting information of the image forming apparatus based on the common setting information is omitted in the second-setting, and a setting value of individual setting information for the new user is set to the setting information of the image forming apparatus in the first-setting based on individual setting information associated with user identification information for identifying the new user.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
first-setting, in a case where a login request is received and authentication of a user is successful, a setting value of individual setting information for the user to setting information of the computer based on individual setting information associated with user identification information for identifying the user; and
second-setting, in a case where a logout request is received, a setting value of common setting information to the setting information of the computer based on common setting information,
wherein, in a case where a login request of a new user is received while the user is logged in, setting of the setting value of the common setting information to the setting information of the computer based on the common setting information is omitted in the second-setting, and a setting value of individual setting information for the new user is set to the setting information of the computer in the first-setting based on individual setting information associated with user identification information for identifying the new user.