Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a display device, includes: a first unit to transfer a plurality of light emitting elements on a growth substrate to a first film; a second unit to expand the first film; a third unit to retransfer the plurality of light emitting elements to a second film; a fourth unit to determine positions of the plurality of light emitting elements on the second film; a fifth unit to bin the light emitting elements on the second film, and determine an effective light source from among the light emitting elements; a sixth unit to form a plurality of pixels on a substrate, each pixel including a first bonding electrode; a seventh unit to remove the second film after transferring one light emitting element to the first bonding electrode of one pixel; and an eighth unit to form a second electrode on the one light emitting element.

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: Disclosed herein is a separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting the contamination on the glass dome of the solar radiation observing sensor. The apparatus includes: the solar radiation observing sensor; the glass dome; a light source, wherein artificial light emitted from the light source is allowed to be incident on the medium of the glass dome at a predetermined angle and thus the artificial light incident on the medium of the glass dome is allowed to undergo total internal reflection; a light-collecting lens configured to collect natural light and a diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light; and a contamination-detecting sensor configured to detect contamination, wherein the contamination-detecting sensor measures the natural light and the diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light collected by the light-collecting lens.

Abstract: A display device includes pixels electrically connected to first scan lines, second scan lines, and emission lines, a first scan driver that applies first scan signals to the first scan lines, a second scan driver that applies second scan signals to the second scan lines, an emission control driver that applies emission signals to the emission lines, and a power supply that generates and outputs a first high voltage and a second high voltage. The second scan driver receives the first high voltage. The first scan driver and the emission control driver share the second high voltage.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a bus bar as a winding in a core of a transformer includes multiple sub-bars arranged horizontally and connected in parallel so as to minimize an AC current in the transformer, and the sub-bars have different widths and thus resistances or impedances with respect to a current flowing through the sub-bars are the same. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of designing a bus bar for resistance or impedance matching between multiple sub-bars included in the bus bar to share a current to minimize an AC current in the transformer. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a transformer, for a DC-DC converter for use in a vehicle, which is manufactured by the method of designing a bus bar.

Abstract: A method of operating a network switch for collective communication includes: receiving, via a network from external electronic devices, a first and second matrix each formatted according to a sparse matrix storage format; and generating a third matrix formatted according to the sparse matrix storage format, wherein the third matrix is generated by combining the first and second matrix according to the sparse matrix storage format, wherein, according to the sparse matrix storage format the first matrix includes first matrix positions of respective first element values and the second matrix includes second matrix positions of respective second element values, and wherein the combining includes comparing the first matrix positions with the second matrix positions.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material that contains lithium metal oxide particles, an anode facing the cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent that contains a fluorine-based organic solvent and a lithium salt. A ratio of the number of moles of lithium contained in each of the lithium metal oxide particles to the total number of moles of metals excluding lithium contained in each of the lithium metal oxide particles is 1.05 or more. A content of the fluorine-based organic solvent is in a range from 5 vol % to 60 vol % based on a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent.

Abstract: A touch sensor may include a substrate and may include electrode units, first demultiplexers, second demultiplexers, and driving pads all located on the substrate. The electrode units each may include a plurality of electrode groups, the electrode groups each including a plurality of touch electrodes. The first demultiplexers each may include a plurality of sub-demultiplexers and each may be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the electrode units. Each of the sub-demultiplexers of a first demultiplexer may be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the electrode groups of a corresponding electrode unit. The second demultiplexers may be connected between the first demultiplexers and the driving pads.

Abstract: An embodiment hook assembly for a door curtain to be installed on a door panel of a vehicle, the hook assembly includes a hook body installed to penetrate a through hole formed in the door panel, and a hook pin having an upper end hinge-connected to an upper portion of the hook body, wherein in a state in which an upper portion of the hook pin is completely inserted into the hook body, a part of the hook body is in an opened state and the hook body is locked to a circumference of the through hole such that the hook body is fastened to the through hole.

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: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a coding unit on an outline of a picture. An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment determine whether a current coding unit extends across an outline of a picture, by comparing a location of the current coding unit in the picture to at least one of a width and a height of the picture, split the current coding unit in at least one direction into a plurality of coding units based on a shape of the current coding unit upon determining that the current coding unit extends across the outline of the picture, obtain block shape information and split type information of the current coding unit from a bitstream and split the current coding unit into a plurality of coding units based on the block shape information and the split type information upon determining that the current coding unit does not extend across the outline of the picture, and decode a coding unit that is no longer split among the plurality of coding units.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a polymer, which includes: adding an alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer to a reactor and initiating polymerization; and performing polymerization while continuously adding an alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a multifunctional initiator to the reactor, wherein the continuous addition of the alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the multifunctional initiator is initiated when a polymerization conversion rate is 10 to 30%, and the continuous addition of the alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the multifunctional initiator is terminated when a polymerization conversion rate is 70 to 80%.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode disposed alternately with the dielectric layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body, wherein the dielectric layer includes a first region extending from an interfacial surface with the internal electrode to 50 nm of the dielectric layer in an inward direction and a second region excluding the first region, and wherein, in the first region, an average content of In based on overall elements excluding oxygen is 0.5 at % or more and 2.0 at % or less, and an average content of Sn based on overall elements excluding oxygen is 0.5 at % or more and 1.75 at % or less.

Abstract: A touch detection module, includes: a plurality of driving electrodes arranged side by side; a plurality of sensing electrodes staggered with respect to the driving electrodes; and a touch driving circuit configured to supply touch driving signals to the plurality of driving electrodes and to detect touch detection signals through the plurality of sensing electrodes to identify touch position coordinates, wherein the touch driving circuit is configured: to vary frequency modulation parameter set values in response to a change in a frequency of reference clocks, and to generate and supply a frequency of the touch driving signals by using the reference clocks and a varied frequency modulation parameter set value.

Abstract: A pore-filled ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane from which the surface ion exchange polyelectrolyte has been removed and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane exhibits low film resistance and low in-plane-direction swelling degree, and has a smaller film-thickness than a commercial film, and thus, can be used for various purposes. In addition, since the pore-filled ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane is continuously manufactured through a roll-to-roll process, the manufacturing process is simple, and manufacturing costs can be greatly reduced.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate, comprising a step of irradiating an optical laminate with ultraviolet rays having an emission wavelength band of 380 nm to 410 nm. The optical laminate sequentially comprises a first base film, a first adhesive layer, a linear polarizer, a second adhesive layer, a second base film and a reverse dispersion liquid crystal layer. The first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer each comprise a photosensitizer for initiating a curing reaction in a wavelength band of 350 nm to 410 nm, and the ultraviolet rays are irradiated on the first base film side of the optical laminate.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor including: a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh; wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity. This hemispherical apparatus can detect rain accurately by making the incident angles of the rain to be vertical regardless of the directions of the rain.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting the contamination on the glass dome of the solar radiation observing sensor. The apparatus includes: the solar radiation observing sensor; the glass dome; a light source, wherein artificial light emitted from the light source is allowed to be incident on the medium of the glass dome at a predetermined angle and thus the artificial light incident on the medium of the glass dome is allowed to undergo total internal reflection; a light-collecting lens configured to collect natural light and a diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light; and a contamination-detecting sensor configured to detect contamination, wherein the contamination-detecting sensor measures the natural light and the diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light collected by the light-collecting lens.

Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding a video according to an embodiment, the method including determining at least one processing block for splitting the video; determining an order of determining at least one largest coding unit in the at least one processing block; determining at least one largest coding unit on the basis of the determined order; and decoding the determined at least one largest coding unit, wherein the order is one of a plurality of orders for determining a largest coding unit.