WO2005060478A2 - Dispositifs et procedes pour l'affichage eclaire d'informations - Google Patents

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WO2005060478A2
WO2005060478A2 PCT/US2004/038430 US2004038430W WO2005060478A2 WO 2005060478 A2 WO2005060478 A2 WO 2005060478A2 US 2004038430 W US2004038430 W US 2004038430W WO 2005060478 A2 WO2005060478 A2 WO 2005060478A2
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Carey Ryerson
Brett L. Anderson
Thomas G. Oppenheimer, Jr.
Robert Childress
Timothy M. Scarberry
Rick Connell
Anita Sayed
Nate Schilling
Joseph Nemeth
Bruce Gregg
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Colorado Time Systems, Llc
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    • G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
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    • G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
    • G09F9/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
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  • embodiments of the inventive technology relate to information display apparatus and methods for presenting information in a manner improved over that associated with conventional, entirely opaque displays. More specifically, embodiments of the inventive technology relate to LED based displays of information, where LED components (a term including the LED's themselves) are suspended by a transparent support, thereby enabling the unscattered passage of light through the support, and where the information includes time related information and time-independent information.
  • LED's light emitting diodes
  • a transparent support as opposed to being supported by an opaque support (e.g., aluminum painted black) as in currently available products.
  • LED's light emitting diodes
  • LED's are well suited for affixation within or on a transparent support or foundation to create an information display that offers a substantially unobstructed view through the display to certain individuals such as spectators at a sporting event - spectators who otherwise would have their view through the display entirely obstructed or blocked.
  • inventions of the inventive technology relate to methods and apparatus relative to an improved lighted indicia display of time related and or time independent information. More specifically, embodiments may relate to an LED based display of information, where LED's, perhaps in the form of LED segments, and at least some electrical components are supported by a transparent support (a broad term including a transparent, supportive medium) thereby significantly mitigating the view obstruction problems associated with conventional opaque supports of light emitting device components.
  • Time related information presented by the inventive apparatus may include but is not limited to time of day, date, time remaining, count up time, count down time, period, quarter, inning, time elapsed and any other time related to a sporting event (e.g., basketball).
  • Time-independent information includes but is not limited to: score, timeouts remaining, and even information unrelated to sporting events, including, as but one example, truck scale weight readouts and the number of an individual currently being served.
  • One broad goal of at least one embodiment of the instant inventive technology is to allow substantially unobstructed view of a sporting event through an LED display of game- or sport-related information (time (including shot clock time and game time) and score, as but a few examples) to spectators at a sporting event.
  • game- or sport-related information time (including shot clock time and game time) and score, as but a few examples
  • One broad goal of at least one embodiment of the instant inventive technology is to allow for the placement of certain expressive indicia (e.g., advertisements, team logos) behind the invention's display such that viewers in front of the display can see the indicia, and such that the indicia can be changed as desired.
  • certain expressive indicia e.g., advertisements, team logos
  • One broad goal of at least one embodiment of the instant inventive technology is to afford to an aquatic viewer of the display (e.g., a display of time related information such as lap times) the impression that the display, when placed underwater, is floating or suspended in the water.
  • One broad goal of at least one embodiment of the instant inventive technology is to simply present a less visually obtrusive time and/or score (or perhaps other information) clock that blends in with the surrounding environment by enabling the substantially unscattered passage of light through the transparent support of the light emitting devices
  • One broad goal of at least one embodiment of the instant inventive technology is the provision of a transparent support used to support LED's (including LED components) for an information (e.g., time) display, where this support enables a reduction in the depth
  • FIG. 1 shows a cross-section of a one-sided face of a lighted indicia display apparatus having LED segment components suspended in a transparent support according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a general systems outlay for the lighted indicia display apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3a shows a three sided display according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3b shows a four sided display according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows conventional three and four sided displays.
  • FIG. 5 shows a two sided display according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows a pace clock having the ability to count up, count down, and show time of day.
  • FIG. 7 shows the electrical components according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 shows a three (or four) sided game clock according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 shows another perspective of a three (or four) sided game clock according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 shows a close-up view of four LED segments that make up part of a single character LED arrangement according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 11 shows a display face of a game clock according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 12 shows a one (or two) sided game clock according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 13 shows a closed, four-sided game clock according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 14 shows an open, four-sided game clock according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 15 shows a wired display control embodiment.
  • FIG. 16 shows a wireless display control embodiment
  • the present invention includes a variety of aspects, which may be combined in different ways.
  • the following descriptions are provided to list elements and describe some of the embodiments of the present invention. These elements are listed with initial embodiments, however it should be understood that they may be combined in any manner and in any number to create additional embodiments.
  • the variously described examples and preferred embodiments should not be construed to limit the present invention to only the explicitly described systems, techniques, and applications.
  • At least one embodiment of the invention is an lighted indicia display apparatus 1
  • indicia may include any one or more of time-related information and time independent information, as but two examples
  • light emitting diodes 2 and electrical components 3 e.g., wires 4, a power source, perhaps wireless communication components, etc.
  • a transparent support 5 one made from acrylic or transparent polyurethane may act to retain the LED's in fixed position (so the LED's do not more relative to one another and/or as a unit).
  • the transparent support may enable the unscattered passage of a majority (including but not limited to more than 80%, more than 90 %; more than 95%; more than 98%) of light incident on the display apparatus through the display apparatus.
  • the information indicia may include time related indicia and/or time independent indicia.
  • the LED's 2 may be part of LED segments 6 (e.g., straight LED segments, which may also comprise components such as a circuit board 29 and wires 30) that may be arranged to form one or more single character LED arrangements 7 (e.g., seven segments may be arranged to form the eight-shaped LED arrangement and capable of showing one of several characters (e.g., numbers) at a time, depending on which LED's or LED segments are lighted).
  • LED segments 6 e.g., straight LED segments, which may also comprise components such as a circuit board 29 and wires 30
  • single character LED arrangements 7 e.g., seven segments may be arranged to form the eight-shaped LED arrangement and capable of showing one of several characters (e.g., numbers) at a time, depending on which LED's or LED segments are lighted).
  • the electrical components configured to enable lighting of the light emitting elements 13 may comprise control components 8 and a power source 9 (e.g., a battery, generator or an electrical outlet and any necessary cabling).
  • the power source is typically established apart from the transparent support, although it certainly is feasible that a battery could be established as part of or contiguous with the transparent support.
  • Control components may include a control input element 10 (e.g., a control board 11, or even merely an on/off switch) to which the light emitting elements may be responsive, and an input communication element 12 (e.g., at least one wire connected to the input element and perhaps to a circuit board that the light emitting elements are themselves connected to) that communicates an input signal to control the light emitting elements.
  • the input element may further comprise circuitry (e.g., a CPU 14 and associated circuitry) that enables selection and activation of an operational program or mode and that generates a signal or signals that, once communicated to the light emitting elements components 15, can be used to light as intended.
  • circuitry e.g., a CPU 14 and associated circuitry
  • One example of an operational program is a fifteen minute quarter count-down and a twenty-four second shot clock, each capable of being manually interrupted.
  • the input communication element 12 (which communicates a signal(s) generated by the input element to the electrical components enabling lighting of the light emitting elements) may be wireless 16 (wireless control components) or wired (wired control capability).
  • it may comprise a wireless signal generator 17 (e.g., a radio wave signal generator) and a wireless signal receiver 18 (e.g., a radio wave signal receiver).
  • a wireless signal generator includes that components necessary to turn input into a wireless signal and the wireless signal receiver includes components necessary to receive the wireless signal, convert it to a form usable by the LED's (when necessary), and communicate that signal to the LED's.
  • the support is rigid, as where it is rigid enough to enable mid-air suspension of the support and the LEDs that it establishes in substantially fixed physical relation to one another.
  • the support may be a substantially non-hollow, solid support 19 (e.g., a solid sheet, even where it has a filled cavity in which some LED components is established).
  • the support is transparent. Advantages of such embodiments include enablement of a substantially unscattered passage of light through the display's transparent support so that persons, e.g., spectators at a sporting event such as basketball, can see in satisfactory manner through the support and observe an event(s).
  • Such a transparent support substantially eliminates such blind spots currently experienced by some people, e.g., sporting event spectators, behind a conventional game clock.
  • the use of a transparent support for LED's may still have benefits.
  • the use of a transparent support for LED's may conform the display to the surrounding environment better, thereby lessening the visual impact of the display and the visual discontinuity an opaque display may cause.
  • the transparent materials used for the support may enable a reduction in the depth 20 of the display, and thus, a reduction in the weight of a given display.
  • the transparent materials used for the display may weigh less per given volume as compared with conventional supporting materials and structures.
  • support is specified as support for LED's this support is different from framing 21 for the larger display itself (which may include suspension wires and/or a frame).
  • the transparent support for the LED segments is substantially flat (e.g., uniplanar), and may be a sheet having a depth 20 (or thickness) that is relatively small compared with the larger of the dimension (e.g., height and width) of the surface of the support for the single character LED arrangement.
  • the depth may be less than % the larger of the dimensions of the surface of the support for the LED's. Or, it may be less than 1/6, less than 1/8, less than 1/10, less than 1/12, less than 1/15, less than 1/18, less than 1/20, less than 1/24 or less than 1/25 this larger dimension
  • the dimensions of the transparent support may include width and height (where the support's flat, larger surface is rectangular or square) or radius (where the support is circular), or other characteristic dimensions relative to whichever shape the support has (e.g., elliptical, e.g.). Of course all shapes would have a depth (although it may be very small in some embodiments), which when the display 22 is mounted in operative position (e.g., by hanging from thin but sufficiently strong wires) would typically be in the horizontal direction (while the flat, larger surface would typically be vertical when the display were mounted in operating position). It should be noted that where sheets are used for the transparent support, one transparent sheet may be used for one or more display characters. When more than one sheet is to be used in a single, multiple character display, discrete individual sheets may be bonded together (e.g., by any type of epoxy or adhesive which is transparent) where appropriate.
  • Steps such as retaining light emitting elements in fixed position with the transparent support (e.g., through use of the transparent support), in addition to establishing a power source (e.g., merely by plugging in a cord or hooking up a battery) and enabling the unscattered passage of a majority of light incident on the lighted information display through the lighted information display may be included in such methods.
  • a power source e.g., merely by plugging in a cord or hooking up a battery
  • the verb "establishing” is a broad term that may include situating or placing, among other things.
  • a timer at a sporting or athletic event, particularly where the timer must be placed in a position where certain spectators will have their vision of the sporting event compromised (e.g., entirely blocked) if the support for the timer's light emitting elements (e.g., LED's, liquid crystal displays, etc.) is opaque;
  • any event-related information display including time of day, count up time, count down time, game time, penalty time, quarter, period, inning, round, score, weight, number of customer being served, e.g.,) that would substantially compromise view (via partial or complete obstruction) through the display if the display were to include an opaque support for
  • the lighted indicia display apparatus may be a lighted, event related information display.
  • the above mentioned list is neither mutually exclusive, as a certain application may indeed fall within more than one of the above-mentioned categories, nor is the list necessarily exhaustive.
  • not all advantages listed need be found in an apparatus in that the claims read on for it to be covered by the claims.
  • Advantages listed are merely possible advantages, not requisite.
  • a certain number of these segments e.g., seven
  • the segments are obtained from a manufacturer (perhaps as part of an arrangement of a plurality of single character LED arrangements) and are straight, but other configurations are also envisioned by the inventors.
  • a game clock (a broad term that may indicate any one or more of game time such as time remaining in a period or quarter, shot clock, and score, as but a few examples) may have a total of eight LED segments in each of six single character LED arrangements, in addition to a "colon-type" LED arrangement 23 to distinguish minutes from seconds, e.g.
  • LED's in substantially fixed position may be any material that allows through it the passage of light such that a person can visually discern in adequate and sufficient manner items, persons, action, or events on the opposite side of the material.
  • Such transparent material should be substantially rigid (upon curing, e.g.) and includes, but is not limited to, acrylic, or any transparent polymer, including transparent polyurethane.
  • Light emitting elements such as light emitting diodes (whether in the form of segments or individually) may in some manner be supported by the transparent material. Such support may be effected by positioning the LED's (individually or in segments) so that the LED's are affixed within or on the transparent material.
  • the LED's lie within the transparent material so that the face(s) of the display have an even surface (see Figure 1).
  • a cavity 24 in which the LED's (whether in the form of segments or individually) and some electrical components are eventually positioned, may first be created in the transparent material.
  • Such step may involve machining (e.g., via a router) a cavity (e.g., a recess or groove) into a transparent material such as a sheet (again, this term includes, but is not limited to, uniplanar, tabletop-like blocks having a non-negligible, but relatively small, depth) and then establishing (e.g., placing) LED components (e.g., LED's and a circuit board and wires) into the cavity.
  • machining e.g., via a router
  • a cavity e.g., a recess or groove
  • a transparent material such as a sheet
  • LED components e.g., LED's and a circuit board and wires
  • potting compound 25 e.g., Dow Sylgard 184, or other types of curable elastomers, silicone elastomers, or insulating resins (e.g., pourable insulating resins)
  • the potting compound may be used to fill in the cavity on the open side of the cavity adjacent the LED's placed in the cavity so that so that a smooth, flush surface can be established where the cavity once was.
  • the potting compound may flow (or it may be forced) to the bottom of the cavity so that it is not only on the sides 13 of and above the components, but also below the components at the bottom of the cavity.
  • the potting compound is applied at the opening of the cavity after LED components have been placed in the cavity, and the potting compound is then either allowed to or forced to flow beneath the LED components at the bottom of the cavity.
  • the potting compound may be first placed in a layer at the bottom of the cavity, then the LED components may be positioned directly onto and set into this layer, and then additional potting compound may be established substantially on the sides of and above the components.
  • the potting compound may be established substantially around the light emitting diodes and at least some of the electrical components.
  • the potting compound may also serve to protect the LED components from shock and environmental exposure. It should be noted that where the LED segments are established in a cavity, the
  • LED's themselves may be positioned so that they are either facing the bottom of the cavity (preferred embodiment) or facing the open side 26 of the cavity. Whenever potting compound is used immediately adjacent 27 the LED's themselves, it should be transparent. Potting compound used on the "other side” need not be transparent, although in a preferred embodiment, only one potting compound (which is transparent) is used so that it surrounds (in cross-section) the LED (see Figure 1) - both above, below and to the sides within the cavity established for them.
  • Certain embodiments of the inventive technology includes any manner of positioning the LED's within the cavity; it is not limited to the use of a potting compound. Although the preferred embodiment may involve the use of potting compound, any manner of affixing the LED within a cavity of the transparent support (including merely using adhesive and/or screws as appropriate) without blocking light emitted from the LED's is within the ambit of the inventive technology. It is notable that any type of curable, transparent elastomer may be used in certain embodiments to sufficiently affix the LED within the cavity.
  • Certain embodiments may use a potting compound below and to the sides of the LED's, but not on the open face of the LED's. This design may be used with any other design that does not require potting compound be placed on the open side of the cavity above the LED segments.
  • At least one embodiment of the invention contemplates installation of the only a part of the LED components (e.g., the LED's themselves, any wires, and any circuit board) in the cavity, while the remaining part (e.g., the circuit board and the wires, or just the wires) may be left outside the cavity. Or the circuit board and the wires, e.g., may be left outside the cavity while the LED's themselves are in the cavity.
  • the LED components may be established substantially directly on an unadulterated surface 30 (i.e., non-cavitied) of the transparent material. Such may result in a less expensive manufacturing process (because the step of creating a cavity in the transparent material is eliminated) but it may in some designs preclude benefits relative to a flush surface, in addition to those benefits afforded by the use of a potting compound within the cavity housing the LED segments (e.g., shock absorption and protection from environmental exposure).
  • simple techniques such as affixing with screws 29, bolts 29 or adhesive 28 (as but two examples), may be employed.
  • the LED components includes a circuit board(s) 29 to which the LED's and wires 4 may be attached (in addition to including the LED's themselves).
  • the circuit board in at least one embodiment, is not transparent (although in others it is), and thus will block light incident upon it. However, this circuit board(s)'s height and width dimensions are small, and thus will not obstruct much of the light passing through the display. Further, the circuit board may be placed on the side of the LED opposite the intended audience of the information indicia. However, at least one embodiment of the invention contemplates the use of LED components that all are transparent where possible.
  • At least one embodiment of the invention contemplates a three sided, lighted display (see Figure 3 a) having a transparent LED support and usable for competitive basketball (e.g., professional basketball), one face of which may be viewable substantially straight-on from a camera located off-court but at half court on one side (meaning, e.g., located along a half court line in a basketball arena, on one side of the court, and approximately 50 seats or so from the court).
  • the dimensions of such a three sided display conform with new 2002 rules promulgated by the NBA intended to improve the television viewers' enjoyment of the game by providing a better view of the game clock to cameras in their typical off-court locations.
  • a three sided display (and a four-sided display as shown in Figure 3b) would block (at least partially) the view of several fans behind the clock if conventional opaque materials were used for the supports for the light emitting devices.
  • the three-sided display may be closed triangular (see Fig. 4) or open triangular (see Fig. 3a), as but two examples.
  • the three sided display with a transparent LED support may be adapted so that it is a four sided lighted display.
  • fans behind the clock could not only see through nearly all of the game clock, but they would have a view of the game clock on their side of the court also.
  • the four sided display may be closed box (see Fig. 4); or it may be open box; or it may be triangular with one support having oppositely facing displays (see Fig. 3b), as but a few examples.
  • a simple two sided display in which both sides of a display have LED segments that are substantially aligned with each other, and a one-sided display (see Figure 1), is within the scope of the inventive technology.
  • An embodiment of the invention may include framing (e.g., welded aluminum framing) to establish at least a portion of the outer edge of the transparent support. Typical framing designs are shown in Exhibit A-7. Such framing is a type of display mounting apparatus. It should be noted that the electrical LED circuitry used with the transparent support (see Figure 7) that suspends it can be designed and configured according to design tools well known to those in the art of LED time displays. Control wires for each single character LED arrangement may be fed through a cavity (where in fact there is one) to the base of the display, where they may then be connected to a control board (see Figure 1, 2 and 7). Figure 2 shows an overall outlay diagram of the display and its peripheral electronic components.
  • framing e.g., welded aluminum framing
  • the display may be mounted in operative position in any well-known manner, including hanging the display (perhaps via wires each attached at one end to the transparent support sheet of the display) and/or attaching a frame 21 to the display and attaching the frame to a separate structure (a wall, a basketball backboard, a basketball backboard frame, a game clock tower, or any other type of physical structure) and/or attaching the display directly to the separate structure (a wall, a basketball backboard, a basketball backboard frame, or any other type of physical structure); or (as where the display is intended for underwater use), secured to a pool gutter or lane lines.
  • the mounting of the display may be facilitated by a frame (e.g., a welded aluminum frame) that surrounds a lower edge of the display's support and provides a structural mounting point for attaching (via adhesive, bolting, clamping and welding, as but a few examples) the display.
  • a frame e.g., a welded aluminum frame
  • attaching via adhesive, bolting, clamping and welding, as but a few examples
  • no such frame is used and direct attachment to the clear support is made using conventional means of attaching (including adhesive, bolting, and clamping, as but a few examples).
  • the exhibits show only possible embodiments relative to the inventive technology.
  • Exhibit A shows as follows: - Exhibit A-l shows various lower support frames that may be used for the three sided display embodiments of the invention, in addition to showing a three-sided support frame for a single support sheet (although such three sided frame is not preferred). - Exhibit A-2 shows a single side of a framed, multi-faced display according to at least one embodiment of the invention. This framed display is unpreferred, as all are framed displays (whether framed on all sides or merely on the sides and the lower edge). - Exhibit A-3 shows a perspective view of the framed three faced display according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • - Exhibit A-4 shows LED segments of each the game time indicator and the shot time indicator of a game clock according to at least one embodiment of the invention.
  • - Exhibit A-5 shows a profile, including a lower support frame (usable to attach the display to a structure), of a single faced display according to at least one embodiment of the inventive technology.
  • - Exhibit A-6 shows a side profile of a three-faced display, including a four sided support frame, according to at least one embodiment of the inventive technology.
  • - Exhibit A-7 shows specific frames that may be used along the outer edges of the clear support of the display.
  • - Exhibit A-8 shows a perspective view of an outer edge framed, single faced display including a support frame, according to at least one embodiment of the inventive technology.
  • non-preferred preferred embodiments that the claim reads on are also within the ambit of the inventive technology.
  • the basic concepts of the present invention may be embodied in a variety of ways. It involves both information display techniques as well as devices to accomplish the appropriate display of information.
  • the information display techniques are disclosed as part of the results shown to be achieved by the various devices described and as steps which are inherent to utilization. They are simply the natural result of utilizing the devices as intended and described.
  • the devices are disclosed, it should be understood that these not only accomplish certain methods but also can be varied in a number of ways. Importantly, as to all of the foregoing, all of these facets should be understood to be encompassed by this disclosure.
  • each of the various elements of the invention and claims may also be achieved in a variety of manners.
  • the term "element” is to be understood as encompassing individual as well as plural structures that may or may not be physically connected. This disclosure should be understood to encompass each such variation, be it a variation of an embodiment of any apparatus embodiment, a method or process embodiment, or even merely a variation of any element of these. Particularly, it should be understood that as the disclosure relates to elements of the invention, the words for each element may be expressed by equivalent apparatus terms or method terms — even if only the function or result is the same. Such equivalent, broader, or even more generic terms should be considered to be encompassed in the description of each element or action.
  • each of the display devices as herein disclosed and described ii) the related methods disclosed and described, iii) similar, equivalent, and even implicit variations of each of these devices and methods, iv) those alternative designs which accomplish each of the functions shown as are disclosed and described, v) those alternative designs and methods which accomplish each of the functions shown as are implicit to accomplish that which is disclosed and described, vi) each feature, component, and step shown as separate and independent inventions, vii) the applications enhanced by the various systems or components disclosed, viii) the resulting products produced by such systems or components, ix) each system, method, and element shown or described as now applied to any specific field or devices mentioned, x) methods and apparatuses substantially as described hereinbefore and with reference to any of the accompanying examples, xi) the various combinations and permutations of each of the elements disclosed, and xii) each potentially dependent claim or concept as a dependency on each and every one of
  • any claims set forth at any time are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this description of the invention, and the applicant expressly reserves the right to use all of or a portion of such incorporated content of such claims as additional description to support any of or all of the claims or any element or component thereof, and the applicant further expressly reserves the right to move any portion of or all of the incorporated content of such claims or any element or component thereof from the description into the claims or vice-versa as necessary to define the matter for which protection is sought by this application or by any subsequent continuation, division, or continuation-in-part application thereof, or to obtain any benefit of, reduction in fees pursuant to, or to comply with the patent laws, rules, or regulations of any country or treaty, and such content incorporated by reference shall survive during the entire pendency of this application including any subsequent continuation, division, or continuation-in-part application thereof or any reissue or extension thereon.

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L'invention concerne l'affichage d'informations, par exemple du type associées à une manifestation sportive, et/ou dépendant du temps. Selon au moins une variante, on décrit des procédés et des dispositifs qui font intervenir des LED et tous éléments éventuellement associés, reposant sur un support transparent.
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