Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion, and a cooling portion surrounded by the tobacco medium portion, the filter portion, and the wrapper so as to have a space therein.

Abstract: A battery pack mounting structure for vehicles, includes a frame side member extending in a front and rear direction on each side of a vehicle to form a chassis frame, a battery disposed to be overlapped horizontally on inside of both frame side members, and a battery case enclosing the battery therein, wherein a case side portion provided on a side of the battery case is coupled to a lower side of the frame side member.

Abstract: An energy storage system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the energy storage system includes a battery module including at least one battery cell, and a battery enclosure structured to accommodate the battery module. The battery module includes a case structured to include a first case forming a side of the battery module. The first case includes a first case body forming the side of the battery module, and a vent portion formed in the first case body. The battery enclosure includes an enclosure frame structured to accommodate the battery module, and a wall assembly forming a wall of the battery enclosure and coupled to the enclosure frame. The wall assembly includes a duct module including a duct coupled to the first case and structured to communicate with the vent portion.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion and a filter portion coupled to a side of the tobacco medium portion and cooling and filtering an aerosol delivered from the tobacco medium portion. The filter portion may include a first filter segment disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion and filtering the aerosol, an inner wrapper surrounding the first filter segment and extending toward the tobacco medium portion, and a second filter segment surrounded by the tobacco medium portion, the first filter segment, and the inner wrapper so as to have a space therein.

Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar system, including: a plurality of transmit channels configured to sequentially transmit signals with transmit-channel-designated Doppler division multiplexing (DDM) modulations; and processing circuitry configured to: determine, for each of the transmit channels, an impulse response of phase modulation errors due to DDM coupling of the respective transmit channel from each of the other transmit channels; and generate, based on the impulse response, a reconstruction matrix of modulation DDM coupling factors.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a frame side member forming a chassis frame and disposed on both sides of a vehicle in a forward-backward direction, a battery disposed to overlap inwardly from the frame side member in a horizontal direction, and a battery case surrounding the battery and coupled to the frame side member, wherein a cross section of the frame side member forms a plurality of closed spaces.

Abstract: Provided is a virtual costume fitting system including: a data input unit that receives a three-dimensional (3D) body model and a costume model; a corresponding point matching unit that matches corresponding points between the body model and the costume model; a costume deformation unit that moves a vertex of the costume model; a pose estimation unit that estimates a pose of the body model; a texture mapping unit that maps a texture of the costume model; a crease surface generation unit that generates a crease of a costume; a texture upgrading unit that updates a texture of the crease; a costume model renewal unit that corrects the texture; a mesh separation unit that separates a 3D mesh; and a mesh integrating unit that integrates the body model with the deformed costume model to generate a body model fitted with the costume.

Abstract: A battery pack mounting structure of a vehicle includes: a frame side member of a chassis frame provided so that an upper end portion thereof is located at a position spaced downward by a predetermined reference downward distance from a step height set in consideration of ease of boarding of passengers; a battery case provided so that a battery accommodated in the battery case overlaps the frame side member in a horizontal direction thereof; a case side portion forming a side surface of the battery case, coupled to a lower side of the frame side member, and including a lower end portion aligned with a lowest ground height of the vehicle; and a case lower plate forming the battery case while supporting a lower side of the battery and disposed at a position spaced upwards from the lowest ground height.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. An image sensor includes: a substrate including an active pixel sensor region, an optical black sensor region, and a boundary region provided between the active pixel sensor region and the optical black sensor region; a photoelectric conversion element provided inside the substrate on the boundary region; a passivation layer provided on the substrate; a grid trench formed on the boundary region of the substrate and extending from an upper surface of the passivation layer toward an inside of the passivation layer; grid patterns, each of the grid patterns being provided on the passivation layer on each of the active pixel sensor region and the boundary region of the substrate, at least a part of a grid pattern being provided inside the grid trench; and a color filter provided between the grid patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polarized light generating device based on an optical waveguide, which includes first to fourth input optical waveguides, respectively, for receiving input light from an outside, first to fifth optical splitters configured to receive at least one light and output the received at least one light as at least one light, and an optical converter configured to receive at least one light from the fifth optical splitter and convert the received light to generate polarized light. The polarized light generating device receives the input light through one of the first to fourth input optical waveguides, and generates a first polarized light, a second polarized light, a third polarized light, and a fourth polarized light. The first to fourth polarized lights belong to elements of two arbitrary two-dimensional mutually unbiased basis sets.

Abstract: An embodiment rear side member of a vehicle includes a front portion extending forward in a vehicle length direction, a rear portion extending rearward in the vehicle length direction and disposed offset to an inside of the vehicle with respect to the front portion, and a transition portion in a curved shape connecting a rear end of the front portion and a front end of the rear portion and passing through both a first point configured to engage with a first arm of a first type suspension and a second point configured to engage with a second arm of a second type suspension different from the first type suspension.

Abstract: A battery pack mounting structure of a vehicle includes: a frame side member of a chassis frame provided so that an upper end portion thereof is located at a position spaced downward by a predetermined reference downward distance from a step height set in consideration of ease of boarding of passengers; a battery case provided so that a battery accommodated in the battery case overlaps the frame side member in a horizontal direction thereof; a case side portion forming a side surface of the battery case, coupled to a lower side of the frame side member, and including a lower end portion aligned with a lowest ground height of the vehicle; and a case lower plate forming the battery case while supporting a lower side of the battery and disposed at a position spaced upwards from the lowest ground height.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin including a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a housing provided with first and second magnets for moving the bobbin by interaction with the first coil, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, and a first position sensor for detecting a sum of intensities of magnetic fields of the first and second magnets, wherein the first position sensor is disposed in a space between the first magnet and the second magnet when the bobbin is disposed at an initial position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a speed reduction device for a vehicle motor. The speed reduction device includes an output gear connected to an output shaft of the motor, a transmission gear engaged with the output gear, a cam formed to be integrated with the transmission gear, a cycloid inner gear, a pair of wedges compressed against the inner peripheral surface of a through hole of the cycloid inner gear by elastic restoring force of a spring and configured to closely contact the cam, a ring gear partially engaged with the cycloid inner gear when the cycloid inner gear is eccentrically rotated, an end plate, and a final output gear configured to finally output rotational force of the cycloid inner gear, thereby preventing backlash between gears during rotational driving of the motor and reliably preventing movement of a seat after swivel adjustment is completed.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a parabolic reflector; a dielectric support pedestal; a sub-reflector connected to an upper part of the dielectric support pedestal; and a waveguide connected to a lower part of the dielectric support pedestal, wherein the parabolic reflector has a curved surface in which a ratio of a focal length to a diameter is greater than a preset value, and at least one corrugation configured to suppress a cross polarization is formed in a region of the dielectric support pedestal.

Abstract: Proposed is a multi-view camera-based iterative calibration method for generation of a 3D volumetric model that performs calibration between cameras adjacent in a vertical direction for a plurality of frames, performs calibration while rotating with the results of viewpoints adjacent in the horizontal direction, and creates a virtual viewpoint between each camera pair to repeat calibration. Thus, images of various viewpoints are obtained using a plurality of low-cost commercial color-depth (RGB-D) cameras. By acquiring and performing the calibration of these images at various viewpoints, it is possible to increase the accuracy of calibration, and through this, it is possible to generate a high-quality real-life graphics volumetric model.

Abstract: In the case of a gas in which several gases are mixed, a type and concentration of the gas may be incorrectly measured when measured using only an optical band-pass filter. The invention of the present application is directed to providing a technology in which a plurality of broadband band-pass filters having overlapping regions are provided to calculate a magnitude of absorption for each wavelength band for light passing through each broadband band-pass filter, thereby identifying the presence of a gas of interest and the presence of a gas other than the gas of interest.

Abstract: A frame structure for a vehicle includes: an inner panel connected to a side member and defining an inner side of a rear part of the side member; an outer panel connected to a rear side of the side member and coupled to an outer side of the inner panel defining a closed cross-section together with the inner panel and defining an outer side of the rear part of the side member; an opening portion formed below the inner and outer panels partially opening the closed cross-section so that a front end of a rear suspension arm can be inserted into the opening portion; and a reinforcing member disposed in the opening portion defining the closed cross-section together with the outer panel and the inner panel and configured to close an internal space in the outer and inner panels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an alkali metal ion conductive chalcogenide-based solid electrolyte, a solid electrolyte prepared thereby, and an all-solid-state battery comprising the same.

Abstract: Provided are a PCR buffer composition for increasing the activity of a DNA polymerase having increased gene mutation specificity, a PCR kit for detecting a gene mutation or SNP comprising the PCR buffer composition and/or the DNA polymerase having increased gene mutation specificity, and a method for in vitro detecting one or more gene mutations or SNPs in one or more templates by using the kit.