Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and vehicle including the same. An electrode assembly, in which a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound about an axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes, at a long side end portion, an uncoated portion exposed beyond the separator in a direction of the axis. At least a part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to define a bent surface region having overlapping layers of the uncoated portion. The bent surface region includes a welding target region having a number of the overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and the welding target region extends along a radial direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface, the first electrode including a first uncoated region in which an active material layer is not coated along a winding direction; a housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an open portion at a lower end thereof; a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed in the housing; a cap to cover the open portion; and a spacer between the first current collector and the cap and having a height corresponding to a distance between the first current collector and the cap.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a PET-coated wire for a hanger wherein the wire is coated with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, and a hanger made of the wire. The PET coating apparatus for a wire used for a hanger of the present invention comprises a preheating device 20 for preheating the cleaned wire 10 to 220 to 250° C., an extruder 30 and a dice 40 for coating the preheated wire 10 with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, a cooling bath 50 for cooling the PET-coated wire 100, and a winding device 60 for drawing out and winding the cooled wire. The cooling bath 50 of the present invention is designed such that the wire passes through the cooling bath 50 having a length of 5 m three times for sufficient cooling when the wire proceeds at a high speed of 220 to 300 m/min.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a PET-coated wire for a hanger wherein the wire is coated with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, and a hanger made of the wire. The PET coating apparatus for a wire used for a hanger of the present invention comprises a preheating device 20 for preheating the cleaned wire 10 to 220 to 250° C., an extruder 30 and a dice 40 for coating the preheated wire 10 with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, a cooling bath 50 for cooling the PET-coated wire 100, and a winding device 60 for drawing out and winding the cooled wire. The cooling bath 50 of the present invention is designed such that the wire passes through the cooling bath 50 having a length of 5 m three times for sufficient cooling when the wire proceeds at a high speed of 220 to 300 m/min.

Abstract: A touch display device includes a touch display panel for displaying an image corresponding to a touch applied from outside the touch display device, a gate driver for sequentially driving all gate lines of the touch display panel once during a unit field period including at least two continuous field periods, in such a manner that a total gate driving period corresponding to a sum of individual gate driving periods of all gate lines is shorter than the unit field period, and a touch control unit for defining periods of the unit field period other than the total gate driving period, as a touch sensing period, and performing an operation for sensing a touch on the touch display panel during the touch sensing period.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes switches. Low and high voltages of a selection control signal applied to each of gate electrodes of the switches are varied according to whether one of positive and negative data voltages is applied to each of the source electrodes of the switches. As such, the swing width of the selection control signal can be maintained regardless of the positive and negative data voltages. In accordance therewith, undesired power consumption can be prevented.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes an organic electroluminescent diode receiving a driving voltage and a first ground voltage; first and second driving thin film transistors for providing a driving current to the organic electroluminescent diode; a first switching thin film transistor receiving a data voltage and switched by an nth scan signal; a second switching thin film transistor switched by a current providing signal; a third switching thin film transistor receiving a second ground voltage and switched by a selection signal; a fourth switching thin film transistor disposed among an output terminal of the second switching thin film transistor; and a first capacitor disposed among the output terminal of the first switching thin film transistor, the gate terminal of the first driving thin film transistor and the gate terminal of the second driving thin film transistor.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional mouse device using several body parts, and a marionette control system using the same. The three-dimensional mouse device includes: a support member that is worn on at least one of a head, a face, an arm, and a foot among body parts; an action recognition module that is mounted on the support member; and an action recognition module that is attached to the support member to sense a motion of the body parts and output a sensing signal to the action recognition module.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional mouse device using several body parts, and a marionette control system using the same. The three-dimensional mouse device includes: a support member that is worn on at least one of a head, a face, an arm, and a foot among body parts; an action recognition module that is mounted on the support member; and an action recognition module that is attached to the support member to sense a motion of the body parts and output a sensing signal to the action recognition module.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes switches. Low and high voltages of a selection control signal applied to each of gate electrodes of the switches are varied according to whether one of positive and negative data voltages is applied to each of the source electrodes of the switches. As such, the swing width of the selection control signal can be maintained regardless of the positive and negative data voltages. In accordance therewith, undesired power consumption can be prevented.

Abstract: Discussed are an apparatus and method for driving a liquid crystal display device, whereby the apparatus includes a data driver for driving data lines of a liquid crystal panel, setting detectable temperatures for different temperature detection time points, detecting an ambient temperature at each temperature detection time point, and outputting a gate drive voltage variation signal and a common voltage variation signal in accordance with the set and detected temperatures at each temperature detection time point, and a power supplier for varying levels of a gate drive voltage and a common voltage in accordance with the gate drive voltage variation signal and the common voltage variation signal, and supplying the gate drive voltage and common voltage to a gate driver and the liquid crystal panel, respectively.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes a plurality of pixels, each one of the plurality of pixels including: a switching transistor that is connected to a gate line and a data line; a driving transistor, wherein a data voltage of the data line passing through the switching transistor is reflected into a gate of the driving transistor; a sampling transistor that samples a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, wherein a gate of the sampling transistor is connected to a control line, and the sampled threshold voltage is reflected into the gate of the driving transistor; an initializing transistor, wherein a gate of the initializing transistor is connected to a previous or next gate line, and an initialization voltage passing through the initializing transistor is reflected into the gate of the driving transistor; and an organic light emitting diode that is connected to the driving transistor, wherein a driving current of the organic light emitting diode is adjusted according to a voltage of

Abstract: A method for controlling an organic electro luminescence display device, the device including a display panel including a plurality of data lines that cross a plurality of scan lines, and including electro luminescence elements arranged at intersections of the plurality of data lines and the plurality of scan lines; a pre-charge driver configured to select one of a plurality of pre-charge current levels in accordance with a gray level of incoming data, and supply a pre-charge current, corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of pre-charge current levels, to the electro luminescence elements via the plurality of data lines prior to supplying a data current, corresponding to the incoming data, to the electro luminescence elements, so as to pre-charge the electro luminescence elements; and a data driver configured to subsequently supply the data current to the pre-charged electro luminescence elements via the plurality of data lines.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display wherein power consumption of a gate drive circuit is reduced and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having pixel regions defined by intersection of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a timing controller to output a clock pulse selectively having a first voltage level, second voltage level and third voltage level of different voltage levels and a data control signal, a gate drive unit to drive the gate lines in response to the clock pulse, and a data drive unit to drive the data lines in response to the data control signal.

Abstract: A touch display device includes a touch display panel for displaying an image corresponding to a touch applied from outside the touch display device, a gate driver for sequentially driving all gate lines of the touch display panel once during a unit field period including at least two continuous field periods, in such a manner that a total gate driving period corresponding to a sum of individual gate driving periods of all gate lines is shorter than the unit field period, and a touch control unit for defining periods of the unit field period other than the total gate driving period, as a touch sensing period, and performing an operation for sensing a touch on the touch display panel during the touch sensing period.

Abstract: An LCD device is discussed which includes: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines arranged on a substrate; a data driver configured to apply data voltages the data lines; a gamma generator configured to apply a plurality of gamma voltages to the data driver, wherein the data line receives the data voltage which has an inverted polarity to those of data voltages on the adjacent data lines thereto, is inverted n times in polarity for every frame, and is over-driven for the gate lines opposite to time points of the polarity inversions.

Abstract: A flat display device includes a flat panel including a plurality of gate lines; a first gate driving portion connected to odd gate lines among the plurality of gate lines; a second gate driving portion connected to even gate lines among the plurality of gate lines; a driving mode selection portion generating a driving mode signal corresponding to source output inputted thereto; and a timing control portion operating in a moving image mode or a still image mode in response to the driving mode signal, wherein the first and second gate driving portions alternately operate per a frame in the still image mode, or wherein the first and second gate driving portions alternately operate per a field in the moving image mode, in which the field is shorter than the frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device for reducing consumption of an electric power in screen protecting mode. The light emitting device includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of pixels, a controller, a data driving circuit and a scan driving circuit. The data lines are disposed in a first direction. The scan lines are disposed in a second direction different from the first direction. The pixels are formed by the data lines and the scan lines. The controller transmits a plurality of first display data. The data driving circuit provides data current corresponding to the first display data transmitted from the controller to the data lines. The scan driving circuit drives the scan lines by a unit of two or more lines under control of the controller when the first display data are repeatedly transmitted to the data driving circuit.