CN115052061A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides an electronic device, the electronic device includes: the device comprises a device main body and a flexible screen arranged on the device main body; the equipment main body is provided with a main display surface and an auxiliary display surface which is arranged opposite to the main display surface; the flexible screen is positioned on the main display surface and can slide relative to the equipment main body; the device body is further configured to be foldable along the axis, and at least partial area of the flexible screen slides from the main display surface to the auxiliary display surface after the device body is folded. Through the mode, the user can slide the flexible screen positioned on the main display surface to the auxiliary display surface for use after the device main body is folded, so that the flexible screen can be reused.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to electronic equipment.

Background

With the continuous development of electronic devices, electronic devices have become indispensable entertainment tools and social tools in people's daily life, and people have higher and higher requirements for electronic devices. Taking a mobile phone as an example, in order to obtain a larger display area, some manufacturers have proposed foldable mobile phones to bring different use experiences with a tablet phone to users. However, the screen of most folding cellular phones can be used only in the unfolded state, but cannot be used in the folded state. Therefore, how to enable the screen of the folding mobile phone to be still used in the folded state has become a main concern of those in the industry.

Disclosure of Invention

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes: the device comprises a device main body and a flexible screen arranged on the device main body; the equipment main body is provided with a main display surface and an auxiliary display surface opposite to the main display surface; the flexible screen is positioned on the main display surface and can slide relative to the equipment main body; wherein the device main body is further configured to be foldable along an axis, and at least a partial area of the flexible screen slides from the main display surface to the auxiliary display surface after the device main body is folded.

The electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided, through with the flexible screen locate equipment main body's main display surface with sliding on, and the flexible screen at least part region still can slide to equipment main body after equipment main body is folded along the axis on the vice display surface that sets up with main display surface back of the body mutually for the flexible screen still can slide to the vice display surface after equipment main body is folded and use, realized multiplexing to the flexible screen.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 10 provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the electronic device 10 in fig. 1 in a folded state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a portion of the electronic device 10 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a portion of the electronic device 10 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another portion of the electronic device 10 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another portion of the electronic device 10 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a further portion of the electronic device 10 of FIG. 2;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present application

Detailed Description

As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, an apparatus that is configured to receive/transmit communication signals via a wireline connection, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection, and/or another data connection/network, and/or via a wireless interface (e.g., for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter, and/or another communication terminal). A communication terminal arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A cellular phone is an electronic device equipped with a cellular communication module.

The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the following drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present application, and do not limit the scope of the present application. Likewise, the following examples are only some examples and not all examples of the present application, and all other examples obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without any inventive work are within the scope of the present application.

Reference in the specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the specification. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1 to 2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the electronic device 10 in fig. 1 in a folded state.

The electronic device 10 provided in the embodiment of the present application may be a foldable mobile phone, a foldable tablet computer, a foldable personal digital assistant, a foldable electronic book reader, and other devices with a display function, and the following description will be given by taking the electronic device 10 as a foldable mobile phone. As shown in fig. 1 to 2, the electronic device 10 may include: a device body 100 and a flexible screen 200. The device body 100 may be folded to change the form of the electronic device 10. The flexible screen 200 may be disposed on the apparatus body 100 and may slide with respect to the apparatus body 100, and at least a partial region of the flexible screen 200 may slide from one side of the apparatus body 100 to the other side of the apparatus body 100 after the apparatus body 100 is folded. With such a configuration, the flexible screen 200 can be used as the main screen of the electronic device 10 before the device main body 100 is unfolded, and can also be used as the sub-screen of the electronic device 10 after the device main body 100 is folded, so that the flexible screen 200 can be used for two purposes by one screen, and the purpose of multiplexing the flexible screen 200 is achieved.

The apparatus body 100 may be folded along the axis Y to change the form of the electronic apparatus 10. As shown in fig. 1 to 2, the axis Y may be a symmetrical folding line of the apparatus body 100, i.e., the apparatus body 100 may be substantially symmetrically disposed along the axis Y. Meanwhile, the apparatus body 100 may be folded along the axis Y by using an inward folding method. In addition, the device main body 100 may further include a middle frame, a rear cover, and various functional components connected to the middle frame, such as a hinge, a circuit board, a camera, and a battery. The specific structure and folding manner of the device main body 100 may refer to a folding screen mobile phone in the prior art, which is not limited herein.

Alternatively, the axis Y may be an asymmetric folding line of the apparatus body 100, for example, a third or a fourth area of the apparatus body 100 may be folded along the axis Y. Meanwhile, the apparatus main body 100 may be folded along the axis Y in an inward folding manner, or may be folded along the axis Y in an outward folding manner, which is not limited in this embodiment.

All directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indication is changed accordingly. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Referring to fig. 3 to fig. 5, fig. 3 is a partial structure diagram of the electronic device 10 in fig. 1, fig. 4 is a partial structure diagram of the electronic device 10 in fig. 2, and fig. 5 is another partial structure diagram of the electronic device 10 in fig. 2. The following description will be given only by taking an example in which the apparatus main body 100 shown in the drawings is folded along the axis Y in a folded-in manner.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the apparatus body 100 may have a main display surface 110 and a sub display surface 120 disposed opposite to each other before being unfolded. Since the device body 100 is folded in a folded manner, the main display surface 110 can be hidden after the device body 100 is folded, and the sub display surface 120 can be exposed outside the electronic device 10 before and after the device body 100 is folded. Meanwhile, the main display surface 110 may be used to carry the flexible screen 200 before the device body 100 is unfolded, so that the flexible screen 200 may be used as a main screen of the electronic device 10 before the device body 100 is unfolded to provide a larger display area for the electronic device 10. The secondary display surface 120 may be used to carry at least part of the flexible screen 200 after the device main body 100 is folded, so that at least part of the flexible screen 200 can be used as a secondary screen of the electronic device 10 after the device main body 100 is folded, so that a user can operate the device main body 100 in a folded state through the flexible screen 200 on the secondary display surface 120. In this embodiment, when the device main body 100 is folded, only a partial region of the flexible screen 200 may slide from the main display surface 110 to the sub display surface 120, so as to reduce the sliding stroke of the flexible screen 200 and reduce the wear of the flexible screen 200 during the sliding process.

Compared with the scheme of independently designing and fixing the auxiliary screen on the auxiliary display surface 120, the flexible screen 200 of the embodiment can be used for two purposes, which is beneficial to reducing the material cost and the use power consumption of the electronic device 10. Meanwhile, since the flexible screen 200 does not slide onto the sub-display surface 120 before the apparatus main body 100 is unfolded, there is no fear that the apparatus main body 100 may be scratched onto the flexible screen 200 when placed on a desktop for use before being unfolded. In addition, considering the use time, the use scene and the production cost, the fixed auxiliary screen in the foregoing scheme generally does not have the same performance as the main screen, and the two screens have differences in parameters such as refresh rate, resolution, color gamut and the like, but the embodiment has dual purposes through the flexible screen 200, and can also eliminate the performance difference existing in the main screen and the auxiliary screen, thereby improving the use experience of the user.

Optionally, when the device body 100 is folded in an outward folding manner, in order to facilitate the user to use the electronic device 10, the positions of the main display surface 110 and the sub display surface 120 may be interchanged, that is, the main display surface 110 may be exposed outside the electronic device 10 before and after the device body 100 is folded, and the sub display surface 120 may be hidden after the device body 100 is folded. As such, when the device main body 100 is in the folded state, at least a portion of the flexible screen 200 may be hidden on the secondary display surface 120, thereby reducing an area of the flexible screen 200 exposed outside the electronic device 10, so as to reduce a probability that the flexible screen 200 is exposed to an impact or abrasion. In this embodiment, in order to enable the user to use the device main body 100 in the folded state, only a partial region of the flexible screen 200 may be hidden by sliding the main display surface 110 onto the sub display surface 120, and the remaining region may still be located on the main display surface 110, so that the user can operate the device main body 100 in the folded state by using the flexible screen 200 located on the main display surface 110.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the main display surface 110 may have a first main display surface 111 and a second main display surface 112 partitioned by an axis Y, and the first main display surface 111 and the second main display surface 112 may be symmetrically disposed about the axis Y. Wherein, when the apparatus body 100 is not folded, the first main display surface 111 and the second main display surface 112 may be in the same plane. When the device main body 100 is folded, the first main display surface 111 and the second main display surface 112 may be respectively located in two parallel or approximately parallel planes. Meanwhile, the first main display surface 111 and the second main display surface 112 may be used to collectively carry the flexible screen 200 before the device main body 100 is unfolded, so as to provide a larger display area for the electronic device 10. When the device main body 100 is folded, the flexible screen 200 on the first main display surface 111 can slide onto the sub display surface 120, and the flexible screen 200 on the second main display surface 112 can slide onto the first main display surface 111. In this embodiment, since only a partial region of the flexible screen 200 slides onto the secondary display surface 120 after the device main body 100 is folded, the secondary display surface 120 may be only a surface of the device main body 100 opposite to the first main display surface 111.

Optionally, the first main display surface 111 and the second main display surface 112 may not be symmetrically disposed about the axis Y, and the proportion of the two may also be adjusted according to the design requirement of the electronic device 10, which is not limited in this embodiment. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", "third" in the present application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, the flexible screen 200 may slide on the sub display surface 120 after the device body 100 is folded, in addition to only a partial region thereof, the entire region thereof may also slide on the sub display surface 120 after the device body 100 is folded. At this time, in order to facilitate the secondary display surface 120 to bear the entire flexible screen 200, the secondary display surface 120 may include a surface of the device body 100 opposite to the first main display surface 111, and may also include a surface of the device body 100 opposite to the second main display surface 112. In this embodiment, since the enlarged sub-display surface 120 may affect the rear-view image capturing of the electronic device 10, the rear-view image capturing of the electronic device 10 may preferably adopt an off-screen image capturing scheme.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the apparatus body 100 may further have curved surfaces 130 respectively connecting the first main display surface 111 and the sub display surface 120. After the device body 100 is folded along the axis Y, a partial region of the flexible screen 200 can also slide onto the curved surface 130, and the curved surface 130 can support the flexible screen 200, so that the region of the flexible screen 200 on the curved surface 130 can form a curved screen effect, and the appearance expression of the electronic device 10 is improved. Meanwhile, since the flexible screen 200 is overlaid on the first main display surface 111 and the sub display surface 120 after the apparatus main body 100 is folded, the flexible screen 200 is formed with a shallow folding line by the folding of the apparatus main body 100 and a deep folding line by the influence of the curved surface 130. For this reason, curved surface 130 may also have a larger bending radius to weaken the fold of flexible screen 200 supported by curved surface 130, so that flexible screen 200 may not have a significant fold when used as a main screen.

Alternatively, in order to enable the apparatus main body 100 to have the curved screen effect also in the state before the apparatus main body 100 is unfolded, when the apparatus main body 100 is not folded, the flexible screen 200 may be simultaneously located on the curved surface 130 in addition to the first main display surface 111 and the second main display surface 112 to form the effect of the curved screen under the support of the curved surface 130.

Further, in order to prevent the sub display surface 120 from being directly exposed to the outside to affect the appearance refinement of the electronic apparatus 10, the apparatus body 100 may be further provided with a decoration 140. As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the decoration 140 may be disposed on the secondary display surface 120, and may have an appearance effect similar to that of the rear cover in the device body 100, so as to shield and decorate the secondary display surface 120 when the flexible screen 200 is not slid onto the secondary display surface 120, thereby improving the appearance expressive force of the electronic device 10. Meanwhile, since the deco 140 is located on the secondary display surface 120, the deco 140 may also support the flexible screen 200 slid onto the secondary display surface 120.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the device main body 100 may further be provided with a driving mechanism 150 connected to the flexible screen 200, and after the driving mechanism 150 is powered on, the driving mechanism 150 may adopt a driving force to drive the flexible screen 200 to slide relative to the device main body 100, so as to realize dual purposes of the flexible screen 200. For example, the driving mechanism 150 may include a driving motor 151, a gear 152 connected to an output shaft of the driving motor 151, and a rack gear 153 engaged with the gear 152. Wherein, the rack 153 may be located on the middle frame of the apparatus main body 100 and may slide relative to the apparatus main body 100 under the action of the gear 152. The flexible screen 200 may be connected to the rack 153 and may slide with respect to the apparatus main body 100 by the rack 153. Meanwhile, the rotation of the output shaft of the driving motor 151 may be linked with the folding of the apparatus body 100. For example, a sensor for sensing parameters such as the folding angle, the folding direction, and the folding speed of the device body 100 may be disposed in the device body 100, and the parameters obtained by the sensor may be transmitted to a chip for controlling the rotation of the driving motor 151, so that the driving motor 151 may drive the sliding of the flexible screen 200 relative to the device body 100 according to the folding parameters of the device body 100, so as to improve the synchronization between the folding of the device body 100 and the sliding of the flexible screen 200.

Referring to fig. 6 to 7, fig. 6 is a schematic view of another part of the electronic device 10 in fig. 1, and fig. 7 is a schematic view of another part of the electronic device 10 in fig. 2.

Alternatively, instead of electrically driving the flexible screen 200 to slide, an external force push-pull mode may be used to slide the flexible screen 200. As shown in fig. 6 to 7, the apparatus main body 100 may be provided with a push-pull mechanism 160 connected to the flexible screen 200, and the push-pull mechanism 160 may drive the flexible screen 200 to slide relative to the apparatus main body 100 by pushing and pulling an external force. For example, the push-pull mechanism 160 may include: a slider 161 provided on the middle frame of the apparatus main body 100, and a stopper 162 provided on the slider 161 and the middle frame of the apparatus main body 100, respectively. The sliding member 161 may be exposed outside the electronic device 10, and the sliding member 161 may slide relative to the middle frame of the device body 100 under the push and pull of the user. The position limiter 162 may be a magnetic member with magnetic attraction capability, which can be used to attract and fix the position of the sliding member 161 when the sliding member 161 slides in place. In this way, the flexible screen 200 can also slide relative to the device body 100 in a manner that a user pushes or pulls, so as to reduce power consumption of the electronic device 10 in use.

It is understood that the structures of the driving mechanism 150 and the push-pull mechanism 160 are only exemplary, and the specific configurations of the two mechanisms can be adjusted adaptively according to the design requirements of the electronic device 10, and are not limited to the structures described in the foregoing embodiments, which are not limited by the present embodiment.

The flexible panel 200 may be an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) panel, which may have a display panel, a touch panel, and a protective film sequentially stacked. The display panel is mainly used for displaying a picture and can be used as an interactive interface to instruct a user to perform the touch operation on the protective film. The touch panel may be configured to respond to a touch operation of a user and convert the corresponding touch operation into an electrical signal to be transmitted to the processor of the electronic device 10, so that the electronic device 10 can respond to the touch operation of the user. The protective film may be made of a flexible material such as Polyimide (PI) or Colorless Polyimide (CPI), and may be used to protect the display panel. Meanwhile, the protective film, the display panel, the touch panel and the protective film may be bonded together by means of an optical Adhesive (OCA) or a Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA). Alternatively, the touch panel may be directly integrated into the display panel.

The flexible screen 200 may be located on the main display surface 110, and a partial region of the flexible screen 200 may slide from the main display surface 110 onto the sub display surface 120 after the apparatus main body 100 is folded along the axis Y. As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the flexible screen 200 may include: the first display region 210 and the second display region 220, and the first display region 210 and the second display region 220 may be symmetrically disposed about the axis Y. Before the device main body 100 is unfolded, the first display area 210 may be located on the first main display surface 111, the second display area 220 may be located on the second main display surface 112, and the two areas may be used together as a main screen of the electronic device 10, so that the electronic device 10 may have a larger display area. When the device main body 100 is folded, at least a partial region of the first display area 210 may slide from the first main display surface 111 to the sub-display surface 120, and at least a partial region of the second display area 220 may slide from the second main display surface 112 to the first main display surface 111. At this time, the first display region 210 may be used alone as the sub-screen of the electronic device 10, so that the main and sub-screens of the electronic device 10 may have the same performance. In this embodiment, when the apparatus main body 100 is folded, the entire area of the first display region 210 may slide onto the sub display surface 120, and the entire area of the second display region 220 may slide onto the first main display surface 111.

Alternatively, when the device main body 100 is folded, only a partial region of the first display area 210 may slide onto the sub-display surface 120, and only a partial region of the second display area 220 may slide onto the first main display surface 111. Meanwhile, the first display area 210 and the second display area 220 may not be symmetrically disposed about the axis Y, and the proportion of the first display area and the second display area may also be adjusted according to the design requirement of the electronic device 10, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Further, the flexible screen 200 may further include a third display area 230 interfacing with the first display area 210 and the second display area 220, respectively. As shown in fig. 3 to 4, when the apparatus body 100 is not folded, the third display area 230 is disposed along the axis Y, and the first display area 210 and the second display area 220 may be respectively located at opposite sides of the third display area 230. When the device body 100 is folded, the third display area 230 can slide onto the curved surface 130 and can be bent under the support of the curved surface 130, so that the flexible screen 200 can have the effect of a curved screen to improve the appearance of the electronic device 10.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural component diagram of an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 8, the electronic device 10 may include an RF circuit 910, a memory 920, an input unit 930 (i.e., a touch panel in the above-described embodiment), a display unit 940 (i.e., a display panel in the above-described embodiment), a sensor 950, an audio circuit 960, a wifi module 970, a processor 980, a power supply 990 (i.e., a battery in the above-described embodiment), and the like. The RF circuit 910, the memory 920, the input unit 930, the display unit 940, the sensor 950, the audio circuit 960, and the wifi module 970 are respectively connected to the processor 980, and the power supply 990 is configured to provide power to the entire terminal device 900. Meanwhile, the RF circuit 910 is used for transceiving signals; the memory 920 is used for storing data instruction information; the input unit 930 is used for inputting information, and may be a touch panel or other input devices such as operation keys; the display unit 940 may be used for image display; the sensor 950 includes an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, etc. for detecting a user approach signal, a distance signal, etc.; the speaker 961 and the microphone 962 are connected to the processor 980 through the audio circuit 960 for emitting and receiving sound signals; the wifi module 970 is used for receiving and transmitting wifi signals, and the processor 980 is used for processing data information of the mobile terminal device.

According to the electronic device 10 provided by the embodiment of the application, the flexible screen 200 is slidably disposed on the main display surface 110 of the device main body 100, and at least a partial region of the flexible screen 200 can also slide from the main display surface 110 to the auxiliary display surface 120, which is opposite to the main display surface 110, on the device main body 100 after the device main body 100 is folded along the axis Y, so that the flexible screen 200 can also slide to the auxiliary display surface 120 for use after the device main body 100 is folded, thereby implementing multiplexing of the flexible screen 200.

The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes performed by the content of the present application and the attached drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are also included in the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises: the device comprises a device main body and a flexible screen arranged on the device main body;

the equipment main body is provided with a main display surface and an auxiliary display surface opposite to the main display surface; the flexible screen is positioned on the main display surface and can slide relative to the equipment main body; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the device main body is further configured to be foldable along an axis, and at least partial area of the flexible screen slides from the main display surface to the auxiliary display surface after the device main body is folded.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the main display surface has a first main display surface and a second main display surface separated by the axis;

the flexible screen is positioned on the first main display surface and the second main display surface, and the auxiliary display surface is arranged opposite to the first main display surface; when the device main body is folded, a partial area of the flexible screen slides to the auxiliary display surface.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the device body further has a curved surface connecting the first main display surface and the sub display surface, respectively; when the device main body is folded, a partial area of the flexible screen also slides to the curved surface.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the flexible screen comprises: a first display area and a second display area;

the first display area is positioned on the first main display surface, and the second display area is positioned on the second main display surface; when the device main body is folded, at least partial area of the first display area slides to the auxiliary display surface; at least partial area of the second display area slides to the first main display surface.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the flexible screen further comprises a third display area interfacing with the first display area and the second display area, respectively; when the device main body is folded, the first display area slides to the auxiliary display surface, the second display area slides to the first main display surface, and the third display area slides to the curved surface.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the device body is further provided with a decoration on the secondary display surface, and the decoration is configured to shield the device body and support the flexible screen slid onto the secondary display surface.

7. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first major display surface and the second major display surface are symmetrically disposed about the axis.

8. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the first display area and the second display area are symmetrically disposed about the axis.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the device body is further provided with a drive mechanism coupled to the flexible screen, and wherein the drive mechanism is configured to electrically drive the flexible screen to slide relative to the device body.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the device body is further provided with a push-pull mechanism connected to the flexible screen, and the push-pull mechanism is configured to slide the flexible screen relative to the device body by pushing and pulling through an external force.

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