Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding using a nonrectangular block splitting structure prediction and transform accordingly. The video coding method and the apparatus additionally apply a nonrectangular block splitting structure, in addition to an existing splitting structure, to a current block. The video coding method and the apparatus generate reference samples according to the applied splitting structure and effectively perform prediction and transform on split blocks.

Abstract: A patterning method includes: forming a first photoresist layer on a substrate; performing first divisional exposure on the first photoresist layer with first exposure energy, higher than or equal to threshold energy, using a reticle having lines and spaces of a mask pattern and an exposure apparatus; and shifting the reticle below a line width of the mask pattern and performing second divisional exposure on the first photoresist layer with second exposure energy, higher than or equal to the threshold energy, using the reticle to form a photoresist pattern. A spatial distribution of the first exposure energy may overlap a spatial distribution of the second exposure energy.

Abstract: A method according to an embodiment is for recovering a valuable metal from a waste electrode material of a lithium secondary battery by using lithium carbonate. An anode-cathode mixed electrode material that has been separated by draining, crushing, screening, and sorting a waste lithium secondary battery is preprocessed. A precipitation operation performed by adding lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) to a metal melt acquired by performing sulfuric acid dissolution using sulfuric acid. A valuable metal such as nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminum, and copper is recovered as a residue in the form of a carbonate composite, and a lithium sulfate (Li2SO4) aqueous solution including lithium is recovered as a filtrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for an electrochemical device comprising an electrode current collector, a conductive polymer layer that is located on at least one surface of the electrode current collector; and an electrode active material layer that is located on an upper surface of the conductive polymer layer and includes an electrode active material and a binder polymer, wherein the conductive polymer layer includes a poly(thiophene)-based polymer represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein R1 to R4, m and n are describe herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor and, more specifically, to an air compressor for a vehicle, which can support a rotor disk and form a cooling flow channel by a first cover and a second cover, and thus can improve cooling efficiency while increasing manufacturability.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clock generator and a display device including the same. The clock generator includes a first clock generation circuit configured to output a clock, data, and a timing control signal; a first wiring through which the clock is serially transmitted; a second wiring through which the data is serially transmitted; a third wiring through which a pulse of the timing control signal is serially transmitted; a second clock generation circuit connected to the first clock generation circuit through the first wiring, the second wiring, and the third wiring and configured to generate pre-clocks in which phases are sequentially shifted based on the data and the clock; and a clock adjustment circuit configured to receive the pulse of the timing control signal and the pre-clock and output an output clock.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes a lower can having a bottom surface; an upper can having a top, the upper can and the lower can being coupled to define a space therein; an electrolyte in the space; an electrode assembly in the space and including a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode wound together; a gasket between the upper can and the lower can to electrically insulate the upper and lower cans; a top insulator that is electrically insulating and covering a top surface of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator that is electrically insulating and covering a bottom surface of the electrode assembly. The top and bottom insulators are each configured to expand in volume by absorbing the electrolyte. Surfaces of at least one of the top insulator and the bottom insulator are coated with a protective layer to prevent thermal shrinkage from occurring.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a gas exhaust unit and a gas spray unit. The gas exhaust unit includes first and second sidewalls disposed side by side along a first direction, and an upper plate disposed on the first and second sidewalls, a first partition disposed between the first and second sidewalls and extending away from a lower surface of the upper plate in a second direction. The gas spray unit includes first and second spray portions spraying first and second gases in the second direction. The first partition includes first and second surfaces, a third surface connecting the first surface to the second surface, first and second horizontal openings formed at the first and second surfaces, a first vertical opening formed at the third surface, and a first sub exhaust path connecting the first and second horizontal openings, and the first vertical opening with each other.

Abstract: A button type secondary battery includes a wound electrode assembly; a lower can with the electrode assembly and an electrolyte in the lower can; a top plate to close the lower can; a positive electrode terminal coupled to the top plate through a gasket to be electrically insulated from the top plate with a portion of the positive electrode terminal passing through a hole in the top plate to be bonded to a positive electrode tab; a top insulator covering a top surface of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator covering a bottom surface of the electrode assembly. The top insulator and the bottom insulator are each configured to expand in volume by absorbing the electrolyte. Surfaces of at least one or more of the top insulator and the bottom insulator are coated with a protective layer configured to prevent thermal shrinkage from occurring.

Abstract: An air compressor according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a housing; a rotating shaft which is disposed in the housing; a compression unit which is connected to the rotating shaft to compress and discharge inlet air; a motor unit which drives the rotating shaft; a control board which controls the motor unit; and a filter unit which filters out noise from external power and supplies the external power to the control board, wherein the housing includes a first cooling flow channel for cooling the motor unit and a second cooling flow channel for cooling the filter unit, and the first cooling flow channel communicates with the second cooling flow channel.

Abstract: A method of a first terminal may include: identifying first RB set(s) to be used for SL communication among consecutive RB sets through an LBT procedure; identifying a first subchannel group included in the first RB set(s) and a second subchannel group including a first PRB in the first RB set(s), the first PRB being not included in the first subchannel group; configuring the first PRB within the second subchannel group as an SL communication resource; and transmitting, to a second terminal, control information indicating that the first PRB is configured as the SL communication resource.

Abstract: An eyeglass frame having a foldable bridge includes: a pair of rims facing each other from both sides such that lenses are coupled/configured, respectively; and a bridge configured to be individually separated from the pair of rims, the pair of rims being rotatably connected to inner portions of the bridge, which face each other, such that the pair of rims are unfolded forwards from both sides and then folded rearwards. The bridge includes: a connection plate configured such that inner front surfaces of the pair of rims contact both sides thereof, respectively; and a rotating support coupled to the front of the connection plate such that inner portions of the pair of rims are rotatably coupled to both sides of the connection plate, respectively, front surfaces of the pair of rims being folded.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for encoding/decoding using a transform-based feature map. An optimal basis vector is extracted from one or more feature maps, and a transform coefficient is acquired through a transform using the basis vector. The basis vector and the transform coefficient may be transmitted through a bitstream. In an embodiment, one or more feature maps are reconstructed using the basis vector and the transform coefficient, which are decoded from the bitstream.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel electrode including silver, a pixel-defining film on the pixel electrode and exposing the pixel electrode, a barrier layer on the pixel electrode and the pixel-defining film and including a low-resistance area and a high-resistance area which has a higher resistance than the low-resistance area, an emission layer on the barrier layer, and a common electrode on the emission layer. The low-resistance area of the barrier layer overlaps with the pixel electrode, and the high-resistance area of the barrier layer overlaps with the pixel-defining film.

Abstract: An electrified vehicle and a method of inspecting the electrified vehicle, includes determining a charge time in each of voltage period corresponding to different charge current values, respectively, and determining a state of health of a battery based on charge times in at least one or more periods of the determined charge times in the periods.

Abstract: An eyeglass frame having a foldable bridge includes: a pair of rims facing each other from both sides such that lenses are coupled/configured, respectively; and a bridge configured to be individually separated from the pair of rims, the pair of rims being rotatably connected to inner portions of the bridge, which face each other, such that the pair of rims are unfolded forwards from both sides and then folded rearwards. The bridge includes: a connection plate configured such that inner front surfaces of the pair of rims contact both sides thereof, respectively; and a rotating support coupled to the front of the connection plate such that inner portions of the pair of rims are rotatably coupled to both sides of the connection plate, respectively, front surfaces of the pair of rims being folded.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and data lines and gate lines connected to the pixels, a timing controller configured to output source driving bit information and gate driving bit information through an intra-interface signal, a source driver configured to generate data driving signal based on the source driving bit information and to supply the data driving signal to the data lines, and a gate driver configured to generate a gate driving signal based on the gate driving bit information and to supply the gate driving signal to the gate lines, wherein the intra-interface signal is configured with predetermined data transmission units and includes both the source driving bit information and the gate driving bit information every 1 data transmission unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor and, more specifically, to an air compressor for a vehicle, which can support a rotor disk and form a cooling flow channel by a first cover and a second cover, and thus can improve cooling efficiency while increasing manufacturability.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting a lane is provided. The lane detection apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a front image of a vehicle; and a processor configured to input the image acquired through the acquisition unit to an AI model, and to detect information of a lane on a road, and the AI model is trained to detect lane information that is expressed in a plane form from an input image. Accordingly, data imbalance between a lane area and a non-lane area can be solved by using the AI model which learns/predicts lane information that is expressed in a plane form, not in a segment form such as a straight line or curved line.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an alignment data generation circuit aligning first and second latch data generated from a first group of input data in synchronization with a first internal strobe signal, outputting the aligned first and second latch data as first alignment data, aligning a first and second latch data generated from a second group of the input data in synchronization with a second internal strobe signal, and outputting the aligned first and second latch data as second alignment data. The semiconductor device includes a write data generation circuit generating first and second write data from the first and second alignment data in synchronization with a latch clock after the start of a first operation mode and generating the first and second write data from the first alignment data in synchronization with the latch clock after the start of a second operation mode.