US20020065112A1 - Vehicle-installed telephone apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus that is installed on vehicles and the like.
- the above-mentioned vehicle-installed telephone apparatus has a problem that the ringing sounds of the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus are suddenly rung or vibrations are suddenly started when an incoming call is received while driving.
- a driver concentrates his consciousness on driving a vehicle, he/she would be instantaneously surprised by suddenly making ringing sounds or starting vibration, and while he/she would be preoccupied with the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus, he/she could not concentrate on driving vehicles and the like. Therefore, he/she would become scatterbrained and enter in a very dangerous condition.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus which can particularly make a driver be able to concentrate on driving vehicles and the like without preoccupying with the vehicle-installed telephone in view of the problems in the prior arts of the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus.
- a telephone apparatus which is installable on vehicles, and comprises running detecting means for detecting that the vehicle is running, incoming call detecting means for detecting that an incoming call is received, announcing means for announcing that the incoming call has been received, and control means for controlling the announcing means.
- the control means controls in such a manner as to invalidate the operation of the announcing means, which is controlled by a microcomputer built in a portable phone. Accordingly, the driver is not bothered with the ringing sound of the portable phone while driving and can concentrate on driving, thereby the safety of driving is improved.
- the control means controls in such a manner as to send messages stored in the message transmitting means when the running detecting means detects that the car is running and the incoming call detecting means detects that the incoming call is received at the same time. Because of this, it is possible to announce that the driver can not answer the incoming call because of while driving, and the sending-side can avoid being concerned because the sending-side can know the reason why the driver can not answer the incoming call.
- the control means controls in such a manner that messages on the basis of the data of incoming call records stored in the memory are converted into voice by the voice synthesizing means, and that the voice is output, when the running detecting means detects that the vehicle is not running. Therefore, the driver can know immediately that incoming calls are received, because the data of incoming call records is read out automatically when the vehicle is stationary, and can deal with them by calling back from the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a system of a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 2 a and 2 b are flow chart diagrams illustrating a basic operation of the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
- a reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus.
- the vehicle installed telephone apparatus 1 comprises a main body 2 of the apparatus, a portable phone 2 a with announcing means controlled by a microcomputer, and a parking brake detecting switch 3 a .
- running detecting means 3 that detects whether the vehicle is running or stationary according to a signal from the parking brake detecting switch 3 a
- incoming call detecting means 4 that detects whether the portable phone 2 a receives an incoming call or not
- a decision unit 5 where each of signals from the running detecting means 3 and the incoming call detecting means 4 are input
- control means 6 control means
- the decision unit 5 makes a decision whether any incoming calls are received by the portable phone 2 a or not, and under what kind of vehicle conditions they are received, and then output signals of the decision are output to the control means 6 .
- the control means 6 controls a plurality of means, which are described later, provided inside the main body 2 of the apparatus according to the output signals from the decision unit 5 .
- Output signals from the control means 6 can be fed to message transmitting means 7 which previously holds messages such as that the driver can not answer to a sending-person because of while driving to transmit the messages, a memory 8 where data of incoming call records is stored, and voice synthesizing means 9 which convert messages according to the data of incoming call records into voice.
- control means 6 and the memory 8 are allowed to input and to output signals between the both means, and the memory 8 is provided with not only the function of storing the data of incoming call records but also the functions of an automatic sound recording, forming read-out data lists of the incoming call records and memorizing them.
- the output signals of the message transmitting means 7 are input to the microcomputer of the portable phone 2 a .
- control signals from the control means 6 are also directly input to the microcomputer of the portable phone 2 a .
- the microcomputer of the portable phone 2 a controls the announcing means of the portable phone 2 a so as to be brought into operation or not.
- the voice signals from the voice synthesizing means 9 is input to an amplifying unit 10 , and then it is output from a speaker 11 .
- step 1 whether an incoming call to the portable phone 2 a is present or absent is judged. If the incoming call is present, go to step 2 and if the incoming call is absent, go to step 10 . In the case of going to step 10 , it will be described later.
- step 2 whether a parking brake is brought into operation or not is judged. If the operation is not detected, go to step 3 and if it is detected, go to step 5 . In the case of going to step 5 , it will be described later.
- step 3 the line is connected with a sending-side without making ringing sounds of the portable phone 2 a and a previously set message, for example, such as “I will call back later, because I am driving now.” is replied to the sending-side without attracting the driver's attention.
- step 4 a call subscriber number, which is hereinafter referred to as a calling number, and the like are stored as incoming call records into the memory 8 which stores the data of the incoming call records.
- the call Upon hanging up at the sending-side, the call is terminated, and then the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus 1 is on standby until receiving next incoming call.
- step 5 in order to announce that the portable phone 2 a has received an incoming call, ringing sounds are rung.
- step 6 in order to announce that the portable phone 2 a has received an incoming call, ringing sounds are rung.
- step 6 in order to announce that the portable phone 2 a has received an incoming call, ringing sounds are rung.
- step 6 if it is made a judgement that the portable phone 2 a is off-hooked, go to step 7 , then upon switching the portable phone 2 a to the speaking mode, the portable phone 2 a is turned in normal speaking condition. If it is made a judgement that the portable phone 2 a is not off-hooked, go to step 8 , then the ringing sounds are rung until a predetermined time Ts has elapsed.
- step 9 After the predetermined time has elapsed, go to step 9 , and while the portable phone 2 a is switched to the automatic sound recording mode, messages from the sending-side are recorded in the memory 8 . Upon hanging up at the sending-side, the call is terminated.
- step 10 In the case of going to step 10 , if it is made a judgement according to the output signals from the running detecting means 3 that the vehicle is stationary, go to step 11 , and if the vehicle is running, then the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus 1 is on standby until receiving a next incoming call.
- step 11 it is confirmed whether unread data among all data of incoming call records stored in the memory 8 is present or absent. If it is present, go to step 12 , the unread data of incoming call records stored in the memory 8 is converted into voice by the voice synthesizing means 9 . Then the converted voice is amplified by the amplifying unit 10 , and the first calling number of the sending-side is automatically read out with the voice through the speaker 11 .
- a driver selects one of these data of incoming calls and wants to originate a call to it, it can be automatically done with pushing one key.
- the sending-side is called up at step 14 , the line is connected, the driver has a conversation at step 15 , and then the call is terminated, when the driver-side or the sending-side hangs up at step 16 . Then the corresponding data is deleted from the data list of incoming call records stored in the memory 8 at step 17 . Next, return to step 11 in order to retrieve any unread data of incoming call records.
- step 18 If the driver does not select to originate a call to the data of incoming call records at step 13 , then go to step 18 , where it is selected whether the corresponding data should be deleted from the data of incoming call records in the memory 8 . If Yes, go to step 17 . If No, go to step 19 , then the corresponding data is transferred to the read-out data lists of incoming call records. When the corresponding data is deleted at step 17 or is finished transferring to the read-out data lists of incoming call records, return to step 11 in order to retrieve any other unread data of incoming call records. And the sequential processing in compliance with the flow chart from step 11 to step 19 is performed until all the unread data of incoming call records are disappeared, and if the unread data of incoming call records can not be retrieved, the processing is terminated.
- the incoming call detecting means 4 connected with the portable phone 2 a outputs the signals received by the portable phone 2 a to the decision unit 5 .
- the decision unit 5 makes a judgement according to the output signals from the running detecting means 3 that the vehicle is running
- the signals that the portable phone 2 a received an incoming call while the vehicle was running are output to the control means 6 .
- the control means 6 outputs control signals that announcement is invalidated to the microcomputer within the portable phone 2 a . Since the microcomputer which received the control signals controls in such a manner as to invalidate the operation of the announcing means such as ringing sounds within the portable phone 2 a , the ringing sounds of the portable phone 2 a are not rung.
- control means 6 connects the line with a sending-side without making ringing sounds of the portable phone 2 a and a previously set message, for example, such as “I will call back later, because I am driving now.” is replied to the sending-side without attracting the driver's attention.
- control means 6 stores a calling number and the like as incoming call records into the memory 8 which stores the data of the incoming call records. Upon hanging up at the sending side, the call is terminated, and then the portable phone 2 a is on standby until receiving the next incoming call.
- the control means 6 outputs the control signals that the announcement such as ringing sounds is validated, to the microcomputer within the portable phone 2 a . Then, since the microcomputer receiving the control signals controls in such a manner as to validate the operation of the announcing means within the portable phone 2 a , the ringing sounds of the portable phone 2 a are rung.
- the portable phone 2 a is off-hooked, upon switching the portable phone 2 a to the speaking mode, it is turned in normal speaking condition. If it is made a judgement that the portable phone 2 a is not off-hooked, the ringing sounds are rung until a predetermined time has elapsed. After the predetermined time has elapsed, while the portable phone 2 a is switched to the automatic sound recording mode, the messages from the sending-side are recorded in the memory 8 , then the portable phone 2 a is on standby until receiving the next incoming call.
- the control means 6 confirms whether any unread data among the data of incoming call records stored in the memory 8 is present or absent. If it is present, the unread data of incoming call records stored in the memory 8 is converted to voice by the voice synthesizing means 9 , the voice is amplified by the amplifying unit 10 , and then the calling number of the sending-side is automatically read out one by one with voice through the speaker 11 .
- the driver selects to call to one of the unread data of incoming call records, it can be automatically done to call with pushing one key.
- the sending-side is called up, when the line is connected, the driver has a conversation, and then the call is terminated, while the driver-side or the sending-side hangs up. Then the corresponding data is deleted from the data list of incoming call records within the memory 8 .
- the driver can select to delete the corresponding data from the data of incoming call records within the memory 8 , or to transfer them to the read-out data lists of incoming call records. Then, when the driver re-originates a call from the read-out data of incoming call records, a name and a telephone number are indicated similar to the case of ordinary originating a call from a telephone directory function of the portable phone.
- the above-mentioned detection of whether a vehicle is running or stationary may be detected by a vehicle speed sensor, instead of the shown example of using the parking brake detecting switch 3 a.
- the portable phone even if the portable phone receives an incoming call while a vehicle is running, the driver is not bothered with the ringing sounds of the portable phone and can concentrate on driving, so that the safety can be improved since the control means provided in the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus controls in such a manner as to invalidate the operation of the announcing means controlled by the microcomputer incorporated in the portable phone.
- the sending-side since the sending-side can know the reason why the receiving side can not answer the incoming call by automatically announcing that the driver can not answer the incoming call because of while driving to the sending-side with the control means, the sending-side can avoid being concerned.
- the data of incoming call records is read out by the control means when the vehicle is stationary, the driver can know at once that any incoming calls are received, and can deal with them by calling back immediately from the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus.
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- The present invention relates to a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus that is installed on vehicles and the like.
- Recently, with the spread of car telephones and portable phones, the scene, that drivers respond to the incoming call of a portable phone and the like, is often observed on the street. Since the danger of the case where drivers call while driving vehicles and the like is well known, it has been beginning to emerge the necessity for taking measures that the drivers do not have to respond to the incoming call of the portable phone. Therefore, in the prior art, proposed was a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus having a function that when an incoming call of the telephone is confirmed while a vehicle is running, it is automatically switched to the speaking state and announces that the driver can not respond because of while driving, in order not to have to respond immediately to the portable phone, even if its ringing sounds are rung while the vehicle is running (Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. 7-115680).
- In addition, there is another prior art in which the driver is informed that an incoming call is received through the direct conduction of vibration to the driver by means of a vibrator function of the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus without making ringing sounds when they become an incoming state.
- However, the above-mentioned vehicle-installed telephone apparatus has a problem that the ringing sounds of the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus are suddenly rung or vibrations are suddenly started when an incoming call is received while driving. In other wards, when a driver concentrates his consciousness on driving a vehicle, he/she would be instantaneously surprised by suddenly making ringing sounds or starting vibration, and while he/she would be preoccupied with the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus, he/she could not concentrate on driving vehicles and the like. Therefore, he/she would become scatterbrained and enter in a very dangerous condition.
- Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus which can particularly make a driver be able to concentrate on driving vehicles and the like without preoccupying with the vehicle-installed telephone in view of the problems in the prior arts of the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus.
- According to the present invention, there is provided a telephone apparatus, which is installable on vehicles, and comprises running detecting means for detecting that the vehicle is running, incoming call detecting means for detecting that an incoming call is received, announcing means for announcing that the incoming call has been received, and control means for controlling the announcing means. When the running detecting means detects that the vehicle is running and the incoming call detecting means detects that the incoming call is received at the same time, the control means controls in such a manner as to invalidate the operation of the announcing means, which is controlled by a microcomputer built in a portable phone. Accordingly, the driver is not bothered with the ringing sound of the portable phone while driving and can concentrate on driving, thereby the safety of driving is improved.
- It is a further object of the present invention to provide the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus, further comprising message transmitting means controlled by the control means. The control means controls in such a manner as to send messages stored in the message transmitting means when the running detecting means detects that the car is running and the incoming call detecting means detects that the incoming call is received at the same time. Because of this, it is possible to announce that the driver can not answer the incoming call because of while driving, and the sending-side can avoid being worried because the sending-side can know the reason why the driver can not answer the incoming call.
- It is another object of the present invention to provide the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus further comprising voice synthesizing means controlled by the control means and a memory where data of incoming call records is stored. The control means controls in such a manner that messages on the basis of the data of incoming call records stored in the memory are converted into voice by the voice synthesizing means, and that the voice is output, when the running detecting means detects that the vehicle is not running. Therefore, the driver can know immediately that incoming calls are received, because the data of incoming call records is read out automatically when the vehicle is stationary, and can deal with them by calling back from the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus.
- The present invention, together with objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description of the presently preferred embodiments together with the accompanying drawings in which:
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a system of a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus according to the present invention, and
- FIGS. 2a and 2 b are flow chart diagrams illustrating a basic operation of the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
- Referring to FIG. 1, a
reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle-installed telephone apparatus. The vehicle installedtelephone apparatus 1 comprises amain body 2 of the apparatus, aportable phone 2 a with announcing means controlled by a microcomputer, and a parkingbrake detecting switch 3 a. Within themain body 2, there are provided running detecting means 3 that detects whether the vehicle is running or stationary according to a signal from the parkingbrake detecting switch 3 a, incoming call detecting means 4 that detects whether theportable phone 2 a receives an incoming call or not, adecision unit 5 where each of signals from the running detecting means 3 and the incoming call detecting means 4 are input, and control means 6. Thedecision unit 5 makes a decision whether any incoming calls are received by theportable phone 2 a or not, and under what kind of vehicle conditions they are received, and then output signals of the decision are output to the control means 6. The control means 6 controls a plurality of means, which are described later, provided inside themain body 2 of the apparatus according to the output signals from thedecision unit 5. Output signals from the control means 6 can be fed to message transmittingmeans 7 which previously holds messages such as that the driver can not answer to a sending-person because of while driving to transmit the messages, amemory 8 where data of incoming call records is stored, and voice synthesizing means 9 which convert messages according to the data of incoming call records into voice. Particularly, the control means 6 and thememory 8 are allowed to input and to output signals between the both means, and thememory 8 is provided with not only the function of storing the data of incoming call records but also the functions of an automatic sound recording, forming read-out data lists of the incoming call records and memorizing them. The output signals of the message transmitting means 7 are input to the microcomputer of theportable phone 2 a. Additionally, the control signals from the control means 6 are also directly input to the microcomputer of theportable phone 2 a. Depending on the control signal from the control means 6 received by the microcomputer of theportable phone 2 a, the microcomputer of theportable phone 2 a controls the announcing means of theportable phone 2 a so as to be brought into operation or not. Moreover, the voice signals from the voice synthesizing means 9 is input to an amplifyingunit 10, and then it is output from aspeaker 11. - Next, the basic operation of the vehicle-installed
telephone apparatus 1 according to the present invention will be explained by means of the flow chart in FIGS. 2a and 2 b. - At
step 1, whether an incoming call to theportable phone 2 a is present or absent is judged. If the incoming call is present, go tostep 2 and if the incoming call is absent, go tostep 10. In the case of going tostep 10, it will be described later. Next, atstep 2, whether a parking brake is brought into operation or not is judged. If the operation is not detected, go tostep 3 and if it is detected, go tostep 5. In the case of going tostep 5, it will be described later. - In the case of going to
step 3, the line is connected with a sending-side without making ringing sounds of theportable phone 2 a and a previously set message, for example, such as “I will call back later, because I am driving now.” is replied to the sending-side without attracting the driver's attention. Next, go tostep 4 and a call subscriber number, which is hereinafter referred to as a calling number, and the like are stored as incoming call records into thememory 8 which stores the data of the incoming call records. Upon hanging up at the sending-side, the call is terminated, and then the vehicle-installedtelephone apparatus 1 is on standby until receiving next incoming call. - In the case of going to
step 5, in order to announce that theportable phone 2 a has received an incoming call, ringing sounds are rung. Next go tostep 6, and if it is made a judgement that theportable phone 2 a is off-hooked, go tostep 7, then upon switching theportable phone 2 a to the speaking mode, theportable phone 2 a is turned in normal speaking condition. If it is made a judgement that theportable phone 2 a is not off-hooked, go tostep 8, then the ringing sounds are rung until a predetermined time Ts has elapsed. After the predetermined time has elapsed, go to step 9, and while theportable phone 2 a is switched to the automatic sound recording mode, messages from the sending-side are recorded in thememory 8. Upon hanging up at the sending-side, the call is terminated. - In the case of going to
step 10, if it is made a judgement according to the output signals from the running detecting means 3 that the vehicle is stationary, go tostep 11, and if the vehicle is running, then the vehicle-installedtelephone apparatus 1 is on standby until receiving a next incoming call. Atstep 11, it is confirmed whether unread data among all data of incoming call records stored in thememory 8 is present or absent. If it is present, go to step 12, the unread data of incoming call records stored in thememory 8 is converted into voice by the voice synthesizing means 9. Then the converted voice is amplified by the amplifyingunit 10, and the first calling number of the sending-side is automatically read out with the voice through thespeaker 11. At step 13, if a driver selects one of these data of incoming calls and wants to originate a call to it, it can be automatically done with pushing one key. The sending-side is called up at step 14, the line is connected, the driver has a conversation atstep 15, and then the call is terminated, when the driver-side or the sending-side hangs up at step 16. Then the corresponding data is deleted from the data list of incoming call records stored in thememory 8 at step 17. Next, return tostep 11 in order to retrieve any unread data of incoming call records. - If the driver does not select to originate a call to the data of incoming call records at step13, then go to
step 18, where it is selected whether the corresponding data should be deleted from the data of incoming call records in thememory 8. If Yes, go to step 17. If No, go to step 19, then the corresponding data is transferred to the read-out data lists of incoming call records. When the corresponding data is deleted at step 17 or is finished transferring to the read-out data lists of incoming call records, return to step11 in order to retrieve any other unread data of incoming call records. And the sequential processing in compliance with the flow chart fromstep 11 to step 19 is performed until all the unread data of incoming call records are disappeared, and if the unread data of incoming call records can not be retrieved, the processing is terminated. - Moreover, it is possible to re-originate a call from the read-out data of incoming call records. In this case, a name and a telephone number are indicated similar to the ordinary originating call from a telephone directory function of the portable phone.
- Next, explained is the process in a case where the
portable phone 2 a receives an incoming call while a vehicle is running. - First of all, the incoming call detecting means4 connected with the
portable phone 2 a outputs the signals received by theportable phone 2 a to thedecision unit 5. When thedecision unit 5 makes a judgement according to the output signals from therunning detecting means 3 that the vehicle is running, the signals that theportable phone 2 a received an incoming call while the vehicle was running, are output to the control means 6. Then, the control means 6 outputs control signals that announcement is invalidated to the microcomputer within theportable phone 2 a. Since the microcomputer which received the control signals controls in such a manner as to invalidate the operation of the announcing means such as ringing sounds within theportable phone 2 a, the ringing sounds of theportable phone 2 a are not rung. - On the other hand, the control means6 connects the line with a sending-side without making ringing sounds of the
portable phone 2 a and a previously set message, for example, such as “I will call back later, because I am driving now.” is replied to the sending-side without attracting the driver's attention. - Next, the control means6 stores a calling number and the like as incoming call records into the
memory 8 which stores the data of the incoming call records. Upon hanging up at the sending side, the call is terminated, and then theportable phone 2 a is on standby until receiving the next incoming call. - Further, explained is the process in a case where the
portable phone 2 a receives an incoming call while a vehicle is stationary. - First of all, when the
portable phone 2 a receives an incoming call, whether the vehicle is stationary or not is judged at thedecision unit 5 according to the signals detected by the parkingbrake detecting switch 3 a. If it is made a judgement that the vehicle is stationary, the control means 6 outputs the control signals that the announcement such as ringing sounds is validated, to the microcomputer within theportable phone 2 a. Then, since the microcomputer receiving the control signals controls in such a manner as to validate the operation of the announcing means within theportable phone 2 a, the ringing sounds of theportable phone 2 a are rung. Next, if it is made a judgement that theportable phone 2 a is off-hooked, upon switching theportable phone 2 a to the speaking mode, it is turned in normal speaking condition. If it is made a judgement that theportable phone 2 a is not off-hooked, the ringing sounds are rung until a predetermined time has elapsed. After the predetermined time has elapsed, while theportable phone 2 a is switched to the automatic sound recording mode, the messages from the sending-side are recorded in thememory 8, then theportable phone 2 a is on standby until receiving the next incoming call. - Last, explained is the process in a case where the
portable phone 2 a receives an incoming call while a vehicle is running, and then the vehicle is brought into a standstill. - When it is made a judgement at the
decision unit 5 according to the output signals from therunning detecting means 3 that the vehicle is stationary, the control means 6 confirms whether any unread data among the data of incoming call records stored in thememory 8 is present or absent. If it is present, the unread data of incoming call records stored in thememory 8 is converted to voice by the voice synthesizing means 9, the voice is amplified by the amplifyingunit 10, and then the calling number of the sending-side is automatically read out one by one with voice through thespeaker 11. - If the driver selects to call to one of the unread data of incoming call records, it can be automatically done to call with pushing one key. The sending-side is called up, when the line is connected, the driver has a conversation, and then the call is terminated, while the driver-side or the sending-side hangs up. Then the corresponding data is deleted from the data list of incoming call records within the
memory 8. - Then, if the driver does not select to call to the corresponding data, the driver can select to delete the corresponding data from the data of incoming call records within the
memory 8, or to transfer them to the read-out data lists of incoming call records. Then, when the driver re-originates a call from the read-out data of incoming call records, a name and a telephone number are indicated similar to the case of ordinary originating a call from a telephone directory function of the portable phone. - The above-mentioned detection of whether a vehicle is running or stationary may be detected by a vehicle speed sensor, instead of the shown example of using the parking
brake detecting switch 3 a. - As described above, according to the present invention, even if the portable phone receives an incoming call while a vehicle is running, the driver is not bothered with the ringing sounds of the portable phone and can concentrate on driving, so that the safety can be improved since the control means provided in the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus controls in such a manner as to invalidate the operation of the announcing means controlled by the microcomputer incorporated in the portable phone. At that time, since the sending-side can know the reason why the receiving side can not answer the incoming call by automatically announcing that the driver can not answer the incoming call because of while driving to the sending-side with the control means, the sending-side can avoid being worried. Moreover, since the data of incoming call records is read out by the control means when the vehicle is stationary, the driver can know at once that any incoming calls are received, and can deal with them by calling back immediately from the vehicle-installed telephone apparatus.
- While the presently preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is to be understood that these disclosures are for the purpose of illustration and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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