Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery, a positive electrode active material manufactured by using thereof, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. More specifically, it relates to a positive electrode active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery as a secondary particle comprising transition metals, and formed by gathering of a plurality of primary particles having different a-axis direction length to c-axis direction length ratio, wherein the a-axis direction length to c-axis direction length ratio of the primary particle making up the secondary particle is increased from the center to the surface of the secondary particle; a positive electrode active material; and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing a tactile sensation for a virtual image are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus includes: a display unit for displaying an image including a virtual image; an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a user body; a determiner unit for determining whether or not a user attempts an interaction with the virtual image by using an image acquired by the image acquisition unit; a content analyzer unit for acquiring a time at which a virtual image is shown and position information of the shown virtual image from a displayed content; a tactile-sensation provider unit for providing a tactile sensation to a preset body part of the user based on a determination result of the determiner unit; and a tactile-sensation provision controller for adjusting an ejector nozzle of the tactile-sensation provider unit based on a virtual image showing time and position acquired by the content analyzer unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting channel quality information by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information on a plurality of transmission nodes capable of performing CoMP transmission; transmitting first channel state information on one or more preferred transmission nodes from among the plurality of transmission nodes; receiving pattern information consisting of a plurality of combinations of CoMP sets, each of which corresponds to a relevant time interval according to the pattern information; and performing an operation for transmitting second channel state information on the combination of CoMP sets corresponding to a subframe n.

Abstract: Disclosed are a ReRAM, which is a non-volatile memory device, and a production method therefor. A resistance-variable layer, which varies the resistance in accordance with an applied pulse, has a multilayered structure comprising 3 oxide films. Each oxide film consists of an oxide film of the same type as the neighbouring oxide film(s), but the oxygen ratios in the compositions of neighbouring oxide films differ from each other.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus employ wide dynamic range imaging. The image processing method includes: providing a radiance map; decomposing a luminance value of the radiance map into a base layer and a detail layer; generating a weight using a ratio between the luminance value of the radiance map and the base layer; creating a compressed luminance using the base layer, the detail layer, and the weight; and generating a tone-mapped image using a color value of the radiance map, the luminance value of the radiance map, and the compressed luminance value. The image processing method provides a display image with enhanced local contrast and details.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing a preference channel are provided which can reduce a delay time when a channel change is made between preference channels, by storing a preference channel directly selected by a mobile terminal user in a mobile broadcast system. A mobile terminal receives and demultiplexes multiplexed logical channels on which data streams are transmitted from a service provider through a communication network. Preference channels of the demultiplexed logical channels are dynamically allocated to decoding buffers using stored information. A decoding time at which data of the decoding buffers is accessed and decoded is computed using reference information. A decoding operation is performed at the computed decoding time, and decoded channel-by-channel elementary streams are stored in a memory. The decoded channel-by-channel elementary streams stored in the memory are displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a single-layer cholesteric liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal composition of a cholesteric phase is formed between a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of liquid crystal layers are formed by sequentially adjusting the temperature of the cholesteric phase liquid crystal composition and performing a plurality of optical curing processes on the cholesteric phase liquid crystal composition. Each of the plurality of liquid crystal layers corresponds to one of the plurality of subpixels.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for charge control are provided. The apparatus for charge control may include an integrated direct current-to-direct current (DC/DC) converter configured to step up an output voltage level of a load to be greater than or equal to a supply voltage level set in a power amplifier, and the power amplifier configured to convert a direct current (DC) voltage stepped up by the integrated DC/DC converter into an alternating current (AC) voltage based on a resonant frequency, and to amplify the converted AC voltage. The apparatus for charge control may include a rectification unit configured to convert an AC power received wirelessly into a DC power; and a DC/DC converter configured to step down a voltage level of the DC power to a voltage level required by a load in the receiving mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image filtering method for detecting an orientation component of an edge and an image recognizing method using the same. The image filtering method includes receiving an original image, generating a plurality of first images by filtering the original image with filters respectively generated along a plurality of channels, generating a second image by selecting a channel having a maximum value for each image unit, from the generated first images, and generating an output image whose edge is detected so as to maintain the consistency of channel by filtering the second image with filters respectively generated along the plurality of channels to generate a plurality of third images and comparing the channel of the second image with the channels of the third images.

Abstract: Disclosed are a tailor welded blank and a manufacturing method thereof. The tailor welded blank is manufactured by connecting blank elements of different materials or thicknesses, thereby eliminating quality problems in a welded zone. A hot stamped component is manufactured by hot stamping the tailor welded blank formed by laser-welding blank elements made of coated steel plates having different strengths or thicknesses using a filler wire, wherein a laser-welded zone has a martensite structure.

Abstract: Provided are compounds for inhibiting Snail-p53 binding and therapeutic agents for cancer including the compounds as an effective component. The Snail-p53 binding inhibitors induce expression of p53 in K-Ras mutant cell lines, thereby enabling effective treatment or prevention of K-Ras mutant cancer, such as, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, cholangioma, and colon cancer, of which diagnosis or treatment is not easy.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and methods of fabricating the same, the electronic device include a device-substrate, a stacked structure, and an electrode. The stacked structure includes a graphene thin film between a first insulator and a second insulator. The electrode is disposed over the stacked structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains capable of producing in high yield and preparation methods thereof. The strains anchor an expression vector carrying either or both of a nucleotide sequence coding for acetyl-CoA carboxylase carboxytransferase subunit alpha of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a nucleotide sequence coding for malonyl-CoA-[acyl-carrier-protein] transacylase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and/or a nucleotide sequence coding for acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase of Streptococcus pyogenes. The recombinant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains are genetically stable and have high lipid or fatty acid contents, thus being applicable to the mass production of fatty acids.

Abstract: An active safety apparatus for vehicles and a method of controlling the apparatus, which can actively control the operation of a safety device, such as an airbag device or a seatbelt device installed in a vehicle for restraining a passenger behavior and protecting a passenger in a vehicle collision, based on the conditions of a vehicle collision and the passenger behavior which vary depending on the conditions of the vehicle collision, thereby optimally protecting the passenger for the conditions of the vehicle collision and improving passenger safety of the vehicle.

Abstract: An EGR system control method of an engine may include calculating a target mass flux ({dot over (m)}egrd) of EGR gas flowing an EGR line, calculating an effective flowing area (EFA) of an EGR valve disposed on the EGR line, calculating an EGR flow sensitivity by dividing the target mass flux with the effective flowing area, and controlling a real opening rate of the EGR valve by applying the EGR flow sensitivity to a target opening rate of the EGR valve. Accordingly, a gain value is varied on a real time according to an effective flowing area of the EGR valve and a target mass flux of EGR gas such that real opening rate of an EGR valve is accurately and precisely controlled.

Abstract: The display apparatus includes: a touch input sensing unit that senses a touch type, a touch position, and a touch time by a user touch input in a work command area formed in a band type along each side of the touch screen; a work type selecting unit that selects scroll of an image displayed on the touch screen as a work type when the touch type is a single touch, and selects rotation of the image or scaling of the image by the touch position when the touch type is a dual touch, based on the touch type, the touch position, and the touch time sensed from the touch input sensing unit; and a work executing unit that executes any one work of the scroll, rotation, and scaling of the image based on the work type selected from the work type selecting unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode active material, method for preparing same, and a lithium secondary battery having same, and more specifically, to a composite cathode active material, a method for preparing same, and a lithium secondary battery having same, the composite cathode active material having excellent lifespan characteristics and charge/discharge characteristics due to the stabilization of crystal structure, and thermostability even in high temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive active material for a lithium sulfur battery and a lithium sulfur battery comprising the same, and the positive active material for a lithium sulfur battery comprises a core comprising Li2S and a carbon layer formed on the surface of the core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium-air battery, and more particularly, to a lithium-air battery which comprises a gas diffusion-type positive electrode formed in a portion thereof contacting air, and which employs a low-volatility electrolyte, thus exhibiting the effect of preventing volatilization of the electrolyte, thereby enabling the battery to be used over a long period of time without safety problems and without degradation of the charging/discharging characteristics of the battery, and the effect of air flowing into the battery being provided in a quicker and more uniform manner while passing through the gas diffusion-type positive electrode, thus improving the performance of the battery.

Abstract: A system for linking and controlling terminals is disclosed. A user terminal includes an image unit configured to output image data corresponding to a first image to be shared with a receiving terminal viewed by a user of the user terminal, and a signal unit configured to transmit the image data outputted from the image unit and position information of a touch means touching the user terminal to the receiving terminal. Here, the position information is position information of the touch means touching the user terminal at a preset pressure level or lower or with a preset contact area or smaller, and is displayed on the receiving terminal in an image form.