Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing interactive virtual reality content capable of increasing user immersion by naturally connecting an idle image to a branched image. The method includes providing an idle image including options, wherein an actor in the idle image performs a standby operation, while the actor performs the standby operation, receiving a user selection for an option, providing a connection image, and providing a corresponding branched image according to the selection of the user, wherein a portion of the actor in the connection image is processed by computer graphics, and the actor performs a connection operation so that a first posture of the actor at a time point at which the selection is received is smoothly connected to a second posture of the actor at a start time point of the branched image.

Abstract: A magnetic field application device according to an embodiment includes a first coil assembly and a second coil assembly spaced apart in parallel from each other, a power supply configured to apply respective currents to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly, a controller, and a resonator accommodation unit disposed between the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly, wherein each of the first coil assembly and the second coil includes a coil configured to generate a magnetic field, a guide member connected to a terminal of the coil, a magnetic material mount connected to a terminal of the guide member, and a magnetic material fixed to the magnetic material mount, and wherein the controller is configured to control the currents applied from the power supply to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly.

Abstract: A LiDAR device comprising: a transmission module including a laser emitting array and a first lens assembly, wherein the laser emitting array is configured to emit a plurality of lasers at a first wavelength and wherein the first lens assembly is configured to steer the plurality of lasers at different angles within a first angle range; a reception module including a laser detecting array and a second lens assembly, wherein the laser detecting array includes at least two detectors for detecting at least a portion of the plurality of lasers and wherein the second lens assembly is configured to distribute the plurality of lasers to the at least two detectors; wherein the second lens assembly comprise: at least four lens layers including a first lens layer, a second lens layer, a third lens layer and a fourth lens layer; at least two gap layers including a first gap layer and a second gap layer; and a filter layer located in the first gap layer.

Abstract: Provided herein are a positive electrode for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a dispersant, wherein the conductive material includes bundle-type carbon nanotubes, units of which have an average strand diameter of 15 nm or less, and the positive electrode active material layer has a packing density of 3.0 g/cc or more, and has an average pore diameter of 0.1 ?m to 0.5 ?m at the packing density when a pore size distribution is measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, and thus may exhibit excellent electrolyte wetting properties. As a result, when the positive electrode is applied to a battery, wetting time of the positive electrode is shortened, and an area of the positive electrode that is not filled with an electrolyte is reduced, resulting in enhanced battery performance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image; a backlight unit for irradiating light toward a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a cover bottom formed therein with a space in which the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit are installed; and a glass attached to a front surface of the liquid crystal display panel to protect the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit are spaced apart from each other so that air moves through a space between the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. Accordingly, a sealed space is formed inside the liquid crystal display device, and the air inside the sealed space is circulated, so that thermal equilibrium is induced inside the sealed space.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a potential and a current of a battery, and a processor configured to estimate a capacity of the battery based on the current measured by the sensing unit, detect inflection points in potential-capacity data in which the potential and the estimated capacity are mapped with each other, estimate an electrode potential of each inflection point, calculate a potential difference between each estimated electrode potential and a reference electrode potential, diagnose a change of at least one of an active material area, a depth of charge and a depth of discharge of an electrode of the battery based on an increase or decrease pattern of the plurality of calculated potential differences, and determine a mode of the battery as a normal mode or a failure mode based on the diagnosis result.

Abstract: A apparatus for diagnosing battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery and a processor configured to estimate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery, detect a plurality of inflection data from SOC-voltage data of the battery where the voltage received from the sensing unit and the estimated SOC are mapped, calculate a differential coefficient increase or decrease rate at each of the plurality of inflection data detected based on a preset reference differential coefficient, diagnose a change of an electrode reaction resistance of the battery depending on whether the plurality of calculated differential coefficient increase or decrease rates belong to a preset reference increase or decrease rate range, and adjust the magnitude of a charge or discharge current of the battery only when it is diagnosed that the electrode reaction resistance is increased.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a fingerprint input unit located in one area of the electronic device to receive a fingerprint of a user; and a controller configured to control a display unit to display information on a fingerprint registration progress situation in correspondence to a plurality of fingerprints that are sequentially input to the fingerprint input unit, determine whether a fingerprint of the user is to be registered according to the fingerprint registration progress situation information, and register a fingerprint of the user by using at least some of the plurality of fingerprints. A fingerprint registration progress situation can be identified when a fingerprint is registered.

Abstract: A method for regenerating a cell having an electrode assembly, in which electrodes and a separator are alternately combined with each other, an electrolyte, and a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte according to the present invention includes performing a negative pressure processing process in which a negative pressure is applied to the cell to allow a gas disposed between the electrodes to move outside the electrode assembly and performing an ultrasonic wave processing process in which the cell is stimulated by ultrasonic waves to allow the electrolyte disposed outside the electrode assembly to move between the electrodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode which is manufactured with ease and causes little damage during storage, and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrode includes a metallic current collector and an electrode mixture, wherein the current collector has a recess formed by denting the remaining portions except edge portions having a width, and the electrode mixture is embedded in the recess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell refillable with an electrolyte, an electrolyte refilling system for a battery pack configured to include a plurality of battery cells, and an electrolyte refilling method for a battery pack of an electric vehicle.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image; a backlight unit for irradiating light toward a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a cover bottom formed therein with a space in which the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit are installed; and a glass attached to a front surface of the liquid crystal display panel by a direct bonding scheme to protect the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit are spaced apart from each other so that air moves through a space between the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. Accordingly, the liquid crystal display panel attached to the glass is directly cooled, so that thermal deformation of the liquid crystal display panel due to high-temperature radiant heat generated from the glass is prevented.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first redistribution layer. A plurality of posts is disposed on the first redistribution layer. A semiconductor chip is disposed on the first redistribution layer between the plurality of posts. A second redistribution layer is formed on the plurality of posts and the semiconductor chip. A first memory stack is disposed on the second redistribution layer. A height of each of the plurality of posts extends from an upper surface of the first redistribution layer to a lower surface of the second redistribution layer.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for detecting an obstacle. The apparatus includes a light-emitting unit configured to emit a plane beam by converting a laser beam into the plane beam having a rectangular shape; a light reception unit configured to receive the laser beam which is emitted from the light-emitting unit and reflected from the obstacle; and a control unit configured to measure a distance to the obstacle by using the laser beam received in the light reception unit. Thus, an obstacle is detected by using the plane beam having a rectangular shape, so that the measurement range may be enlarged upwardly and downwardly.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor package includes forming a release layer on a first carrier substrate. An etch stop layer is formed on the release layer. A first redistribution layer is formed on the etch stop layer and includes a plurality of first wires and a first insulation layer surrounding the plurality of first wires. A first semiconductor chip is formed on the first redistribution layer. A solder ball is formed between the first redistribution layer and the first semiconductor chip. A second carrier substrate is formed on the first semiconductor chip. The first carrier substrate, the release layer, and the etch stop layer are removed. The second carrier substrate is removed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining electrode information of a battery including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a battery pack including the apparatus. The apparatus includes a sensing unit configured to measure a voltage and a current of the battery, and a processor. The processor generates a V-dQ/dV curve based on the voltage and the current of the battery. The V-dQ/dV curve indicates a relationship between V (the voltage of the battery) and dQ/dV (a ratio of an amount of change dQ of the remaining capacity to an amount of change dV of the voltage of the battery). The processor detects a plurality of feature points from the V-dQ/dV curve. The processor determines information associated with each of the first electrode and the second electrode as the electrode information based on the plurality of feature points.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a potential and a current of a battery, and a processor configured to estimate a capacity of the battery based on the current measured by the sensing unit, detect inflection points in potential-capacity data in which the potential and the estimated capacity are mapped with each other, estimate an electrode potential of each inflection point, calculate a potential difference between each estimated electrode potential and a reference electrode potential, diagnose a change of at least one of an active material area, a depth of charge and a depth of discharge of an electrode of the battery based on an increase or decrease pattern of the plurality of calculated potential differences, and determine a mode of the battery as a normal mode or a failure mode based on the diagnosis result.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery system capable of mitigating the performance deterioration of a secondary battery cell and extending a period of use by additionally injecting a second electrolyte at a point in time when the capacity of the secondary battery cell has decreased, and a method for operating a battery system which can achieve the same.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first surface and a second surface which face each other, an alignment pattern formed on the first surface, a first redistribution layer arranged on the first surface of the first semiconductor chip, a second redistribution layer arranged on the second surface of the first semiconductor chip, and electrically connected with the semiconductor chip, and a first dielectric layer including the alignment pattern between the first redistribution layer and the semiconductor chip, the alignment pattern overlapping the first surface of the first semiconductor chip.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip on a substrate, a barrier layer on the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, the barrier layer having an opening through which at least a part of the first semiconductor chip is exposed, and a heat transfer part on the barrier layer, the heat transfer part extending along an upper face of the barrier layer and filling the opening.