KR20140127423A - Parking lot management system and parking fee payment method - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a parking managing system and a parking fee payment method enabling users to pay for parking fee using issued parking ticket and for issuing parking tickets when vehicle number recognition is failed. The parking managing system of the present invention comprises: entrance devices arranged at every parking lot entrance; exit devices arranged at every parking lot exit; a parking fee computing device arranged at several places in a parking lot; and a parking lot managing server. The entrance device issues a parking ticket when vehicle number recognition is failed. A driver still can pay for the parking fee using the parking ticket when vehicle number recognition is failed. Also, if there is an error in recognizing numbers, the vehicle number can be corrected when paying for the parking fee. According to the present invention, even when vehicle number recognition is failed when a vehicle enters, going out of a parking lot is convenient like other vehicles entered, having no recognition error.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a parking lot management system and a parking fee payment method,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking management system and a parking fee payment method. More particularly, the present invention relates to a parking management system for issuing a parking ticket when an identification of an incoming vehicle fails, And a payment method.

A typical parking management system is designed to close the entrance and exit with a breaker installed at the entrance and exit of the parking lot. When the user stops the vehicle at the entrance of the parking lot, the parking ticket is drawn, the transportation card / credit card is put on the terminal, It is confirmed that the vehicle is allowed to enter into the parking lot by opening the breaker installed at the entrance and opening the entrance, and when the vehicle leaves the exit, the parking ticket is settled or the RF tag is confirmed.

Such a parking management system should recognize that the vehicle is an authorized vehicle by unplugging the parking card or confirming the RF tag when entering the parking lot, paying the parking agent the parking agent when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, It is necessary to input a fixed parking ticket or check the RF tag so that it is necessary to recognize that the vehicle is an authorized vehicle. Therefore, it takes a long time to enter the vehicle and depart from the vehicle. When the vehicle is driven at a time, severe congestion occurs in the parking lot, There is a problem that a parking ticket must be possessed.

In order to solve such a problem, it is necessary to record the entering time and the leaving time by recognizing the entrance number and the vehicle number of the arriving vehicle, and to reduce the entrance and departure time by correcting the parking fee based on this, A parking management system has been proposed and used. (For example, Patent Registration No. 823150, Patent Publication No. 2008-0094116)

However, in such a parking management system, there is a problem that when the recognition error of the vehicle number occurs due to contamination or collapsing of the license plate, the vehicle can not be used or the entrance and departure must be performed manually, which is rather inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicular automatic transmission that recognizes a vehicle number of an intruding vehicle, automatically raises a breaker, recognizes a vehicle number of an outgoing vehicle, The present invention also provides a parking management system and a parking fee payment method which allow a parking fee to be easily settled even when a recognition error of a car number is made while a procedure is simple.

The parking lot management system of the present invention includes an entrance device provided for each entrance of a parking lot, an exit device provided for each parking exit, a parking fee adjuster provided at various places of the parking lot, and a parking lot management server.

The parking lot management server stores the vehicle number or the unique ID of the vehicle entering the parking lot, the entrance time of the vehicle, and whether the parking fee is paid or not.

The entrance device includes a circuit breaker for preventing entry of the vehicle, a camera for photographing a license plate of a vehicle entering the parking lot entrance, a parking ticket issuing unit for recording the entry time of the vehicle in a parking ticket and issuing the ticket, An entrance control unit for controlling the parking ticket issuance unit to issue a parking ticket in which a unique ID is recorded when the recognition error of the license plate occurs, and to control the circuit board to raise the circuit breaker when recognition of the license plate is successful or when a parking ticket is issued; A vehicle number or a unique ID, and an entrance time to the parking lot management server. The information recorded in the parking ticket can be recorded as a QR code, a bar code, RFID, magnetic information, or the like.

The parking fee adjuster includes input means for inputting the vehicle number, parking ticket reading means for reading the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket, payment means for performing parking fee payment, information for parking lot management server and parking fee payment, And communication means for transmitting and receiving settlement completion information.

The exit device includes a circuit breaker for preventing vehicle departure, a camera for photographing a license plate of a vehicle approaching to the parking lot exit, a license plate number recognition unit for recognizing the license plate number of the photographed vehicle, And an exit device including an exit side control unit for controlling the vehicle to raise the breaker when the parking fee payment is completed and a communication means for communicating information on the recognized vehicle number, departure time, and parking fee payment to and from the parking lot management server.

When the parking ticket is issued, the entrance device transmits to the parking lot management server a portion recognized as a unique ID of the parking ticket and the vehicle number of the corresponding incoming vehicle. The parking fee adjuster transmits the unique ID read out from the parking ticket to the parking lot management server, receives the information of the recognized portion associated with the unique ID from the parking lot management server and displays it on the screen, Receives the information of the failed recognition part, and transmits it to the parking lot management server.

The exit device may further include parking ticket reading means for reading the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket and payment means for performing parking fee payment. When the license plate recognition fails or the recognized vehicle number is not stored in the parking lot management server, the exit device reads the unique ID recorded in the parking lot by the parking lot reading means and transmits it to the parking lot management server, It is possible to receive the information for the parking fee payment of the parking lot and perform the parking fee payment.

When recognizing the number plate of the vehicle photographed by the entrance device, it is possible to calculate the recognition rate of each part of the vehicle number and judge that the vehicle number recognition error occurs when the recognition rate is less than the predetermined standard.

 Parking fees can be paid by smartphone. To this end, the parking lot management server receives the unique ID from the external parking lot payment server, calculates the parking charge of the vehicle linked to the unique ID, and transmits it to the parking lot payment server. When the parking lot management server receives the parking payment completion information from the parking lot payment server, it records that the parking lot payment has been completed for the unique ID.

The present invention also provides a method for paying a parking fee on a smartphone. The method can be performed in a payment application installed in a smartphone. The method includes the steps of reading information recorded in a parking ticket, transmitting the read information to a parking fee payment server, receiving parking fee information and recognized car number information from the parking fee payment server, Displaying the number information and the parking fee information on a screen and transmitting the corrected car number to the parking fee payment server when the driver corrects the car number; and performing the parking fee payment. The information recorded in the parking ticket may further include information on the unique ID and the parking lot.

According to the present invention, a vehicle in which the vehicle number is recognized passes through the entrance and exit of the parking lot without needing to pick up the parking ticket, but the vehicle in which the vehicle number recognition error has occurred is paid parking ticket by using the parking fee adjuster or mobile phone, , It is convenient because it is possible to leave the car as soon as the vehicle number is recognized. Further, when the parking ticket is used to settle the parking charge, the portion of the car number that has been successfully recognized is displayed, and only the portion where the recognition error has occurred is input, so that even when the car number recognition error occurs at the time of entry, Is convenient.

1 is a system block diagram illustrating a parking management system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the entrance apparatus in the parking management system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the parking fee adjuster in the parking management system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary screen for the settlement of parking fees in the parking lot adjuster or the smartphone in the parking management system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an example of a screen for inputting a car number in a parking fee adjuster or smartphone in a parking management system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for explaining a parking fee settlement operation using a smartphone in a parking management system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the outlet device in the parking management system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a system block diagram illustrating a parking management system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the parking management system 20 of the present invention, an entrance device 220 is provided at each entrance to the parking lot. The entrance device 220 includes a camera 222 for photographing a license plate of a vehicle entering a parking lot entrance, a breaker 223 for preventing entry of the vehicle, a parking ticket issuing unit 224 for recording the entry time of the vehicle in a parking ticket, Communication means 225 for transmitting the recognized vehicle number or unique ID and an entrance time to the parking lot management server 210 and an entrance side control unit 221 for controlling the overall operation of the entrance device 220 . The entrance-side control unit 221 controls the camera 222 to photograph the number plate of the vehicle entering the parking lot entrance, recognizes the number plate of the photographed vehicle, and sends it to the parking ticket issuance unit 224 Thereby issuing a parking ticket in which the unique ID is recorded. In addition, the entrance-side control unit 221 controls the circuit-breaker 223 to be raised when the recognition of the license plate is successful or when the parking ticket is issued.

The entrance control unit 221 can transmit to the parking lot management server 210 a portion of the parking lot that has been successfully recognized from the unique ID of the parking lot and the vehicle number of the corresponding lane of the vehicle when the parking lot is issued due to a recognition error of the license plate.

In the parking management system 20 of the present invention, an exit device 230 is also provided for each exit of the parking lot. The exit device 230 includes a camera 232 for photographing a license plate of the vehicle approaching to the parking lot exit, a circuit breaker 233 for preventing vehicle exit, An exit side controller 231 for controlling the management server to check whether the parking fee is paid or not and to raise the breaker when the parking fee payment is completed and the information about the recognized car number, And communication means 235 for sending and receiving.

The exit device 230 may further include a parking ticket reading means for reading the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket, and a parking ticket settlement unit 234 including a payment means for performing the parking fee payment. In this case, the exit device 230 can make a payment immediately when a vehicle without a parking fee settlement wants to leave. A driver who has not received a parking ticket can not pay a parking fee by using the parking fee payment means of the exit device. When the vehicle that has not paid a fee approaches the exit device, the exit device recognizes the license plate and requests the parking lot management server 210 to determine whether to pay the parking fee and the parking charge information. When receiving the parking charge information from the parking lot management server 210, A voice or a text message requesting the driver to charge the parking fee from the driver of the vehicle.

The parking fee adjuster 240 includes input means for inputting the vehicle number, parking ticket reading means for loading the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket, payment means for performing parking fee payment, information for parking lot management server and parking fee payment And communication means for transmitting and receiving the parking payment completion information. The driver who has received the parking ticket due to an error in the car number recognition can read the parking ticket at the parking fee adjuster 240 and settle the parking fee. The parking ticket can be read by various methods such as reading the QR code printed on the parking ticket, reading the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic tape of the parking ticket, or reading the RFID recorded in the parking ticket. The payment of the parking fee can use various payment methods such as cash, discount coupon, credit card, and smartphone payment. The parking fee adjuster 240 transmits the unique ID read out from the parking ticket to the parking lot management server 210 and receives the car number associated with the unique ID from the parking lot management server 210 and displays it on the screen. At this time, the information of the failed part in the car number can be inputted from the driver and transmitted to the parking lot management server.

The parking lot management server 210 stores the information such as the vehicle number or unique ID of the incoming vehicle received from each entrance device 220 and the entrance time of the vehicle into the memory and transmits the information to the parking fee adjuster 240 or the exit device 230 If the request for calculation of the parking fee is received from the vehicle ID number or the car number, the parking fee is calculated and transmitted to the parking fee adjuster 240 or the outlet device 230. When the parking fee payment is completed for the vehicle, It is stored in association with the number or unique ID.

On the other hand, the parking fee payment may be performed using a payment application installed in a smart phone. For this purpose, a parking fee payment server 30 may be provided outside or inside the parking lot management system 20. When the driver executes the payment application installed in his smartphone 10 and reads the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket, the payment app transmits the unique ID to the parking fee payment server 30. On the other hand, in addition to the unique ID, parking lot information may also be recorded along with the parking lot. In this case, information on the parking lot is transmitted along with the unique ID. Or it may be configured to include information on the parking lot in the unique ID. The parking charge payment server 30 transmits the unique ID to the parking lot management server 210 and the parking lot management server 210 that receives the unique ID from the parking charge payment server 30 calculates the parking charge of the vehicle linked to the unique ID And transmits it to the parking fee payment server. The parking lot payment server 30 that has received the parking lot information and the recognized car number information related to the unique ID from the parking lot management server 210 transmits the received parking lot information and the recognized car number information to the smartphone 10 , The payment app installed in the smartphone 10 displays the received car number information and parking fee information on the screen. If there is an error in the vehicle number, the driver can correct the vehicle number. When the driver corrects the vehicle number, the payment app transmits the charge to the parking fee payment server 30 and performs the parking fee payment. When payment is completed, the parking fee payment server 30 transmits the corrected car number and parking fee payment completion information to the parking lot management server 210. Upon receiving the parking fee payment completion information, the parking lot management server 210 records that the parking fee payment has been completed for the unique ID.

Next, the operation of the inlet device will be described with reference to Fig.

When the vehicle enters the parking lot entrance, the entrance-side control unit 221 controls the camera 222 to photograph the number plate of the vehicle, and recognizes the vehicle number from the photographed image (step S210). The entrance-side control unit 221 also stores the recognized car number in the memory and transmits the car number to the car park management server 210 together with the entrance time, and the car park management server 210 stores it in the memory (step S220) .

The entrance-side control section 221 confirms whether there is an error in the recognized car number (step S230). When recognizing the number plate of the vehicle photographed by the entrance device 220, it is possible to calculate the recognition rate of each part (character of each digit) of the vehicle number, and to determine that the vehicle number recognition error occurs when the recognition rate is less than the predetermined standard have. For example, if the recognition rate for each digit is 91, 89, 72, 92, 93, 88, 99 when recognizing the car number of '01 2345 ', the recognition error is detected at the third digit lower than the recognition rate of 80 And may transmit the recognized car number to the parking lot management server 210 as '01x2345'.

When an error occurs in the identification of the car number, the entrance device 220 issues a parking ticket (step S240). When issuing a parking ticket, a unique ID of the corresponding parking ticket is also generated and recorded in the parking ticket. In addition, the entrance time and the parking lot information can be recorded together with the parking ticket. Or it may be configured to generate the unique ID using the entry time and / or the parking lot information. Information such as a unique ID can be printed on a parking ticket in the form of a bar code, a QR code, or the like, or recorded on magnetic tape, IC, NFC tag, or the like. When the unique ID is generated and a parking ticket is issued, the information is also transmitted to the parking lot management server 210. [ The entrance-side control unit 221 controls the circuit-breaker 223 to raise when the recognition of the license plate is successful or when the parking ticket is issued. According to the embodiment, the parking ticket can be issued even when the vehicle number is normally recognized.

Next, the operation in the parking fee adjuster will be described with reference to FIG.

When the driver enters the parking ticket into the parking fee adjuster 240, the parking fee adjuster 240 reads the information (unique ID) recorded in the parking ticket (step S310). When the information is recorded in the form of a bar code, a QR code, an RFID, or the like in the parking lot, the parking lot is loaded by the reader of the parking lot setter 240 to read the information.

The parking fee adjuster 240 requests information such as the parking fee while transmitting the unique ID of the entered parking ticket to the parking lot management server 210. The parking lot management server 210 calculates the parking fee of the vehicle corresponding to the unique ID, do. In addition, the vehicle number recognized at the time of entry is also transmitted. It is preferable to send the vehicle number of the remaining number of digits except for the number of digits for which the recognition fails. The parking fee adjuster 240, which receives the parking fee and the car number from the parking lot management server 210, displays the received information on the screen. An example of the screen at this time is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. 4 and 5 may be displayed on the screen of the smartphone even when the parking fee is settled by using the smartphone. In Figs. 4 and 5, "? &Quot; is displayed as the number of digits in which the recognition failed. The driver can correct the vehicle number by touching the portion where "?" Is displayed or a portion where a number or letter is normally displayed to input the vehicle number of the corresponding spot (Step S330). 5 is an example of a screen when the driver touches a portion marked with "? &Quot;, wherein the driver can input the number to enter the corresponding place using the displayed key board. If it is not necessary to correct the vehicle number or if the driver does not want to correct the vehicle number, step S330 may be omitted. Alternatively, the driver may be configured to re-input the entire vehicle number.

Finally, the driver pays the parking fee displayed on the screen (step S340). Payment can be made using various media such as cash, traffic card, credit card, discount ticket, etc. It is also possible to make a payment using a smartphone. When the payment is made, the parking fee adjuster 240 transmits the information thus set to the parking lot management server 210. At this time, it is preferable that the corrected vehicle number and the settlement time are transmitted to the parking lot management server 210 as well.

A parking fee payment server 30 may be provided outside or inside the parking lot management system 20 by using a payment application installed in a smart phone. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a case of payment using a smartphone.

The driver executes the payment app installed in his smartphone 10 and reads the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket (step S610). Then, the payment application transmits the read unique ID to the parking fee payment server 30 (step S620). On the other hand, in addition to the unique ID, parking lot information may also be recorded along with the parking lot. In this case, information on the parking lot is transmitted along with the unique ID. Or it may be configured to include information on the parking lot in the unique ID.

The parking fee payment server 30 inquires of the parking fee while transmitting the unique ID to the parking lot management server 210 (step S630). The parking lot management server 210 receiving the unique ID from the parking lot payment server 30 calculates the parking charge of the vehicle linked to the unique ID and transmits it to the parking lot payment server 30, And transmits the parking fee information and the recognized car number information to the smartphone 10. Then, the payment app installed in the smartphone 10 displays the received car number information and parking fee information on the screen as in the example of Fig. 4 (step S640). On the other hand, if the car number is erroneous even when the parking fee is paid using the smart phone, the driver can correct the car number. An example of the screen at this time is shown in Fig.

When the driver corrects the vehicle number, the payment application transmits the charge to the parking fee payment server 30 and performs the parking fee payment (step S650). When payment is completed, the parking fee payment server 30 transmits the corrected car number and parking fee payment completion information to the parking lot management server 210. Upon receiving the parking fee payment completion information, the parking lot management server 210 records that the parking fee payment has been completed for the unique ID. When the corrected vehicle number is received, the corresponding vehicle number is stored in association with the unique ID.

Next, the operation of the outlet device will be described with reference to Fig.

When the vehicle approaches the parking exit, the camera 232 of the exit device 230 photographs the license plate of the approaching vehicle, and the exit control 231 recognizes the vehicle number from the photographed image (step S710). The exit side controller 231 transmits the recognized vehicle number to the parking lot management server 210. If the parking lot management server 210 has a matching vehicle number, the exit side controller 231 determines whether the vehicle has settled the parking charge, If there is no matching vehicle number, it is notified that there is no matching vehicle number.

The exit side controller 231 checks whether there is a vehicle number that matches the recognized vehicle number (step S720). If there is no vehicle number that matches the recognized vehicle number, the exit side controller 231 inputs the parking ticket to the parking ticket settlement unit 234 And receives the parking ticket from the driver (step S730). The exit side controller 231 reads the unique ID from the parking ticket and inquires of the parking lot management server 210 whether the parking fee of the vehicle corresponding to the unique ID has been set (step S740).

In the case where the parking fee is not settled, the parking fee is informed to the driver through character display, voice guidance, etc. (step S750), and the parking ticket settlement unit 234 is used to pay the parking fee (step S760).

If the settlement is completed through step S760 or the result of the determination in step S740 is a settled vehicle, the breaker is opened to allow the vehicle to exit the parking lot (step S770).

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a semiconductor recording medium, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In the above description, the vehicle number is recognized by each of the entrance devices or the exit devices. However, the vehicle number recognizing means may be provided in the parking lot management server or as a separate device, To the vehicle number recognizing means so that the vehicle number recognizing means recognizes the vehicle number. The parking lot payment server may be installed in the parking lot or outside the parking lot, and may be configured as one parking lot or a plurality of parking lots. Alternatively, For example.

Furthermore, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or "having" described above mean that a component can be implanted unless otherwise specifically stated, But should be construed as including other elements.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

10 smartphones,
20 parking management system,
30 parking fee payment server,
210 parking lot management server,
220 inlet equipment,
230 outlet device,
240 Parking Fee Settlement.

Claims (10)

A parking lot management server that stores a car number or a unique ID of the car entered into the parking lot, an entrance time of the car, and whether to pay parking fees;
A camera for photographing a license plate of a vehicle coming into the entrance of the parking lot, a parking ticket issuing unit for recording the entrance time of the vehicle by recording it in a parking ticket, a recognition plate of the photographed vehicle, An entrance control unit for controlling the parking ticket issuance unit to issue a parking ticket in which a unique ID is recorded and to control the parking ticket issuing unit to raise the breaker when recognition of the license plate is successful or when a parking ticket is issued; ID, and entrance time to a parking lot management server;
Parking ticket reading means for reading the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket, payment means for performing parking fee payment, information for parking fee payment and parking fee payment completion information A parking fee adjuster including communication means for transmitting and receiving data; And
A camera for photographing a license plate of a vehicle approaching to the exit of the parking lot, a license plate number of the photographed vehicle, and a confirmation of the parking fee payment to the parking lot management server for the recognized car number, An exit control unit for controlling the parking control unit to raise the breaker in case that the vehicle is parked, and communication means for communicating information on the recognized vehicle number, departure time, and parking fee payment to and from the parking lot management server;
The parking management system comprising: The method according to claim 1,
The entrance device transmits to the parking lot management server a portion of the parking lot that has been successfully recognized among the unique ID of the parking ticket and the vehicle number of the corresponding lane departure vehicle,
The parking fee adjuster transmits the unique ID read out from the parking ticket to the parking lot management server, receives the information of the recognized portion associated with the unique ID from the parking lot management server, displays the information on the screen, Receives information of a failed part of the car number, and transmits the information to the parking lot management server. The method according to claim 1,
The exit device further includes parking ticket reading means for reading the unique ID recorded in the parking ticket and payment means for performing parking fee payment,
When the license plate recognition fails or the recognized vehicle number is not stored in the parking lot management server, the exit device reads the unique ID recorded in the parking lot by the parking lot reading means and transmits it to the parking lot management server, Wherein the parking lot management system carries out parking fee payment by receiving information for parking fee payment of the vehicle. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein when the license plate of the vehicle photographed by the entrance device is recognized, the recognition rate of each part of the vehicle number is calculated and it is determined that a vehicle number recognition error occurs when the recognition rate is less than a predetermined standard. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Wherein the information recorded in the parking ticket is recorded in a QR code. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The parking lot management server calculates the parking fee of the vehicle associated with the unique ID when receiving the unique ID from the external parking lot payment server and transmits the calculated parking fee to the parking fee payment server. And records that the parking fee payment has been completed for the ID. In a method for payment of a parking fee on a smartphone,
A step of reading information recorded in the parking ticket,
Transmitting the read information to the parking fee payment server,
Receiving parking fee information and recognized car number information from a parking fee payment server;
Displaying the received car number information and parking fee information on a screen and transmitting the car number to the parking fee payment server when the driver corrects the car number;
Steps to perform parking fee payment
The parking fee payment method. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the information recorded in the parking ticket includes a unique ID. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the information recorded in the parking ticket further includes information on the parking lot. 10. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9,
Wherein the information recorded in the parking ticket is recorded using a QR code.

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