Abstract: In response to a detected presence of an intended target appliance within a logical topography of controllable appliances identity information associated with the intended target appliance is used to automatically add to a graphical user interface of a controlling device an icon representative of the intended target appliance and to create at a Universal Control Engine a listing of communication methods for use in controlling corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance. When the icon is later activated, the controlling device is placed into an operating state appropriate for controlling functional operations of the intended target appliance while the Universal Control Engine uses at least one of the communication methods to transmit at least one command to place the intended target appliance into a predetermined operating state.

Abstract: A power package includes a power substrate; one or more power devices arranged on the power substrate; an assembly having a top surface, first sides, and second sides; power contacts; and signal contacts. Additionally, the signal contacts are configured on the top surface, in the top surface, and/or to extend from the top surface. Furthermore, the signal contacts are arranged in a middle section of the top surface between the second sides.

Abstract: An embodiment anode for an all-solid-state battery, the anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer disposed on the anode current collector and including an anode active material, the anode active material including a plate-type carbon material, wherein a length ratio (a/c) of a major axis (a) to a thickness (c) of the plate-type carbon material is 4 or more, and a coating layer coating a portion of a surface of the plate-type carbon material, wherein the coating layer includes a lithiophilic material.

Abstract: The inventors discovered a battery treatment and a battery with an atomic layer deposition (ALD) coating on a graphite powder in the anode that leads to superior properties enabling a short treatment time and excellent stability. A superior anode material is obtained by atomic layer deposition (ALD) onto graphite and/or silicon-graphite powder. Powder compositions and methods of forming them are described.

Abstract: A battery cell includes A anode electrodes, C cathode electrodes, and S separators arranged between the A anode electrodes and the C cathode electrodes, where A, C, and S are integers greater than one. The S separators include a composite gel membrane that is cured in-situ using ultraviolet light and includes a polymer, a solid electrolyte comprising greater than 20 wt % of the composite gel membrane, an initiator, and a liquid electrolyte.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack in which hydrogen sulfide that may be generated from a battery containing a sulfide solid electrolyte can be effectively removed, and a method for removing such hydrogen sulfide in a battery pack. A battery pack 1 of the present disclosure comprises an outer container 10, batteries 20, which are housed in the outer container 10 and each contain a sulfide solid electrolyte, and a hydrogen sulfide absorbent 40, which is housed in the outer container 10, or arranged in a flow path 30 communicating with the inside of the outer container 10. The hydrogen sulfide absorbent is selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, limestone, dolomite, and a combination thereof. The method for removing hydrogen sulfide in a battery pack according to the present disclosure comprises removing hydrogen sulfide using a hydrogen sulfide absorbent in a battery pack of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A power storage device includes a power storage stack including a plurality of power storage cells, a lower case accommodating the power storage stack, an upper cover covering the power storage stack, an outside elastic body made of an elastic material and provided on an outer surface of the upper cover, and an inside elastic body made of an elastic material and provided on an inner surface of the upper cover. The inside elastic body has a spring constant larger than a spring constant of the outside elastic body.

Abstract: A battery pack including, in one example, a battery block including a cell array including a plurality of prismatic cells arranged in a row, a pair of side plates disposed on each of both sides of the cell array, and a pair of end plates disposed on each of front and rear surfaces of the cell array, wherein both ends of the end plates in the width direction are fixed to side brackets provided at both ends of the side plates in the longitudinal direction of the side plates, so that the cell array is constrained as a single block; and a pack case in which a plurality of the battery blocks are mounted, wherein the end plate includes an end bracket that is fixed to a mounting part provided in the pack case.

Abstract: The power storage device includes a power storage stack including a plurality of power storage cells, a case that opens upward and accommodates the power storage stack, and a restriction member that restricts upward separation of the power storage stack from the case. The case includes a side wall provided on a side of the power storage stack in one direction. The restriction member includes a fixed restriction portion fixed to the side wall, and an interposed restriction portion interposed between the fixed restriction portion and the power storage stack. The fixed restriction portion has a shape in which the thickness in the one direction gradually increases toward the upper side. The interposed restriction portion has a shape in which the thickness in the one direction gradually increases toward the lower side.

Abstract: Provided are a separator, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrochemical device including the separator. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a separator is provided which includes a porous substrate; and an inorganic particle layer which is formed on at least one surface of the porous substrate and includes a binder and inorganic particles, wherein the binder includes a first water-soluble polymer including a metal carboxylate group and a second water-soluble polymer based on (meth)acrylamide.

Abstract: A system having a Reconfigurable ReflectArray (RRA) structure includes a radiation layer and a control layer. The radiation layer includes at least one P-Intrinsic-N (P-I-N) diode and a plurality of reconfigurable reflective units. At least one part of the reconfigurable reflective units is electrically connected to the at least one P-I-N diode. The control layer includes at least one switch element and at least one control unit. The at least one switch element is electrically connected to the radiation layer. The at least one control unit is electrically connected to the at least one switch element. The number of the reconfigurable reflective units is different from the number of the at least one switch element.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a phase-locked loop (PLL) of a programmable logic device (PLD) (e.g., a field programmable gate array (FPGA)) with reduced static phase error (SPE). The PLD may perform various operations using an internal clock signal generated by the PLL. The PLL may include a charge pump maintaining a phase alignment of the internal clock signal based on a reference clock signal. The charge pump may include a first pair of source follower transistors to reduce the leakage current when the charge pump is deactivated. Alternatively or additionally, the charge pump may include a second pair of source follower transistors to reduce a differential voltage between internal nodes and an output terminal when the charge pump is activated. As such, the charge pump may generate the internal clock signal with reduced SPE and/or phase drift based on including the first and/or second pair of source follower transistors.

Abstract: A system and method for a federated deep learning platform utilizing homomorphically-compressed and encrypted data. The system comprises multiple client devices, each with a local dataset, and a central server hosting a deep learning core. Client devices convert local data into codewords, which are also homomorphically encrypted. The central server processes these encrypted codewords without decryption, preserving data privacy. The platform supports at least two architectural variants: a conventional Transformer trained on codewords, and a Latent Transformer operating on latent space vectors. Both variants eliminate the need for embedding and positional encoding layers. The system aggregates encrypted model updates from clients, enabling collaborative learning while maintaining data confidentiality. Additional features comprise differential privacy implementation and adaptive federated optimization techniques.

Abstract: Methods and systems for machine-readable code-based access in absence of a physical authentication token. In some embodiments, the system receives, from a mobile device, a text message, in which the mobile device is operating on a mobile network and associated with a user digital identifier relating to the mobile network, and the text message indicates a first request for access in absence of the physical authentication token. The system determines whether to authenticate the first request based on mobile device information relating to the mobile device. In response to authenticating the first request, the system provides a first machine-readable code associated with a user account; and receives a second request from a third party for accessing the user account. The system assesses second information based on a prediction model and first information associated with the first machine-readable code; and in response to a satisfactory assessment result, authenticates the second request.

Abstract: The operating method of a server for providing a metaverse in which a call between user terminals may be performed may include: generating a first avatar based on profile information of a first user terminal and a second avatar based on profile information of a second user terminal; providing a map space in which the first avatar and the second avatar are able to travel; mediating a call between the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on whether a plurality of avatars including the first avatar and the second avatar have entered a first audio space included in the map space; and completing matching between the first user terminal and the second user terminal when a first sign of attraction to the second avatar is transmitted from the first user terminal and a sign of attraction to the first avatar is transmitted from the second user terminal.

Abstract: Techniques for improved peer-to-peer communication are provided. A first peer-to-peer device associated with a first wireless AP, may transmit a first peer-to-peer transmission schedule to a second wireless AP, where the first peer-to-peer transmission schedule was accepted by the first wireless AP. In response to receiving an acceptance from the second wireless AP, the first wireless AP transitions from to the second wireless AP. The first peer-to-peer device performs peer-to-peer communication in accordance with the first peer-to-peer transmission schedule.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure has: a printing unit configured to print a chart image including a patch extending in a main scanning direction intersecting a conveyance direction of a sheet and having a uniform density and a marker for identifying a position in the main scanning direction; a scanning unit configured to read the chart image printed by the printing unit; and a correction unit configured to correct reading characteristics of the scanning unit based on reading results read by the scanning unit, wherein the marker is arranged in the main scanning direction based on information relating to unevenness in the main scanning direction of the printing unit or the scanning unit.

Abstract: A video bitstream including coded information of a current block in a current picture is received. The current block is divided into a plurality of subblocks based on a region division shape of a plurality of region division shapes that is associated with an intra prediction mode of the current block. A weight set is determined for each of the plurality of subblocks, where the weight set includes a first weight for an intra prediction of the respective subblock and a second weight for an inter prediction of the respective subblock. Each of the plurality of subblocks is reconstructed based on the weight set, the intra prediction, and the inter prediction that are associated with the respective subblock.

Abstract: This application discloses an encoding and decoding method and apparatus, and a computer device, and is applied to the field of image processing technologies. In the method, a feature map of an image is obtained through an encoding network. A boundary value of a first element in the feature map is determined, and a target range corresponding to the first element is determined based on the boundary value. If the first element is in the target range, entropy encoding is performed on the first element. If the first element is outside the target range, the first element is modified to the boundary value corresponding to the first element, and entropy encoding is performed on the modified first element, or the first element is marked as an out-of-bounds element, and variable-length code encoding is performed on the first element.

Abstract: The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is one of “ref_idx_l0” and “ref_idx_l1”.