Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning duct through which air flows; a humidity controlling device disposed in the air conditioning duct; a heat pump cycle including a condenser disposed in the air conditioning duct on a downstream side of the humidity controlling device; and a control unit for controlling the humidity controlling device and the heat pump cycle in response to an operation mode. The control unit comprises a warm-up mode in which the air is heated by the humidity controlling device at the start of a heating operation mode of the heat pump cycle.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes one or more layers, and any one of the one or more layers of the negative electrode active material layer contains oxygen in an amount of 2 to 10 at %. A lithium-ion secondary battery containing the negative electrode and a method of making the negative electrode are also provided.

Abstract: A composite binder, a preparation method thereof, and an electrochemical device are provided. The composite binder has a core-shell structure, wherein, a core of the core-shell structure is a phase change material, and a phase change temperature of the phase change material is ?10° C. to 70° C. A shell of the core-shell structure is a polymer binder. The preparation method includes the following steps: subjecting a mixture of an oil phase and a water phase to shearing treatment and polymerization reaction for production. The oil phase includes the phase change material and a raw material of the polymer binder, and the raw material of the polymer binder at least includes a monomer. The water phase includes water and an emulsifier.

Abstract: A cooling system for a fuel cell onboard a vehicle includes a plenum, a coolant circuit, and a liquid-to-air heat exchanger. The plenum is configured to receive an airflow from an ambient environment. The coolant circuit is configured to circulate a coolant through the coolant circuit and through a portion of the fuel cell. The liquid-to-air heat exchanger includes a thermally conductive wall having a first side that at least partially defines an airflow channel in fluid communication with the plenum and an opposite second side that at least partially defines a coolant channel in fluid communication with the coolant circuit. The first side of the thermally conductive wall includes a porous wick. When a working fluid is introduced into the porous wick, the porous wick is configured to evaporatively cool the coolant flowing through the coolant channel by promoting evaporation of the working fluid therefrom.

Abstract: A method and a system for optimizing a lifetime of a fuel cell system based on adjustment and constraint of a thermoelectric ratio are provided. The method includes obtaining initial reference voltages of a plurality of single-machine fuel cell systems, and performing a durability test under a normal operating condition to obtain variation relationships of reference voltage over time; monitoring an operating voltage of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems in real-time under the normal operating condition to obtain a real-time monitored voltage and a real-time voltage deviation; calculating a performance expected attenuation profile of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems under the normal operating condition; obtaining current density distribution and actual available heat of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems, and calculating a health state boundary of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems in stable operation, so as to optimize operating modes of the systems.

Abstract: Provided is a gel polymer electrolyte including a matrix polymer including an oligomer containing a fluorine-substituted polyether unit and at least one acrylate unit at the end thereof. The gel polymer electrolyte increases a degree of freedom of Li ions through the immobilization and stabilization of anions to realize an effect of reducing the resistance of a battery, thereby realizing high lithium-ion conductivity. In addition, the matrix polymer structure in the gel polymer electrolyte provides enhanced high-temperature durability, and thus allows the manufacture of a lithium secondary battery having improved high-voltage high-temperature stability.

Abstract: Provided is an electrolyte solution capable of providing a lithium-sulfur secondary battery that has excellent cycle characteristics and that is less likely to generate gas. The electrolyte solution is intended to be used in a lithium-sulfur secondary battery that includes: a positive electrode containing a sulfur-containing electrode active material that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of simple sulfur, lithium polysulfide (Li2Sn: 1<n<8), an organic sulfur compound, and an inorganic sulfur compound; and a negative electrode containing a material that occludes and releases a lithium ion. The electrolyte solution contains a non-aqueous electrolyte and a solvent. The solvent contains an acyclic diether having a ?{?×P(?)} value, where ??0.01 (e/?2), falling within a range indicated by the formula (1) (i.e., 0<?{?×P(?)}<0.24; where ? represents a screening charge density and P(?) represents an ?-profile).

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device including: a first case communicating with an exhaust manifold of an engine and internally including a first exhaust gas purification body for removing a carbon compound; and a second case communicating with an exhaust outlet of the first case and internally including second exhaust gas purification bodies for removing a nitrogen compound. The first case and the second case are arranged above the engine and in an L-shape to respectively extend along two side surfaces of the engine, the two side surfaces being adjacent to each other.

Abstract: The present invention a buoyant actuator (11) for use in a system which converts wave motion to energy. The buoyant actuator (11) comprises a body (19) which presents an exterior surface. The body (19) provides at least one first tank (23) and at least one second tank (25), whereby an upper portion (21) of the body (19) is located above a fluid surface (12) of a fluid body (13) when the buoyant actuator is in a transportation position. When in the transportation position a volume of each of the at least one first tank (23) and the at least one second tank (25) above a waterline (112) of the buoyant actuator (11) is substantially empty.

Abstract: Techniques for evaluating use of one or more construction products in a construction project, the techniques involving executing a construction software platform to perform: (A) obtaining an initial construction project model for the construction project; (B) obtaining a selection of a first construction product for evaluating its use in the construction project, the first construction product being in a first construction project category; (C) identifying, using the first construction product category, a first mapping software program for mapping the first construction product to the initial construction project model; (D) executing the first mapping software program to map the first construction product to the initial construction project model to obtain an updated construction project model; and (E) outputting the updated construction project model.

Abstract: A method for generating a mask image for fabricating a mask includes: generating the mask image from a target pattern using a first artificial intelligence (AI) model; calculating a first loss function based on a difference between the mask image and a mask image corrected according to a mask rule; and updating the first AI model based on the first loss function.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing scanning data, a device, and a medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of frames of images to be processed including auxiliary feature points, the auxiliary feature points having corresponding distribution true values; performing processing based on the plurality of frames of images to be processed to obtain all three-dimensional coordinate points in a same coordinate system in conjunction with a current camera pose; performing measurement processing on all the three-dimensional coordinate points to obtain target three-dimensional coordinate points; and determining a target position transformation relationship based on the target three-dimensional coordinate points and the distribution true values.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sensor and a wearable device. The sensor includes a sensing element. The sensing element is applied to a housing. The housing is configured to carry the sensing element. The sensing element includes an electrode and a detecting end, each electrode corresponding to a detecting end. One end of the detecting end is connected with the electrode, and the other end of the detecting end is connected with a circuit of the sensor. The electrode connects an impedance of the body of a user into the sensor when the user is in contact with the electrode or the housing in a region corresponding to the electrode.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing a voice input. The method includes identifying a first candidate text output from a first list of candidate text outputs, the first list of candidate text outputs being generated based on a voice input being received from a user. The method includes validating a feasibility of executing the first candidate text output based on an analysis of a first contextual data related to the first candidate text output, user-specific data, historical data related to previous validations of the voice assistant device, and one of an execution result or a no-action result corresponding to the first candidate text output. The method includes, based on the feasibility of executing the first candidate text output being validated as not feasible for execution, identifying failure information associated with the first candidate text output.

Abstract: A device is disclosed and includes an input stage circuit, a switching circuit, and a first latch circuit. The input stage circuit generates a first input signal having a first voltage and a second input signal based on a third input signal. The switching circuit operates in response to a first control signal, and adjusts a voltage level of a first data line according to the first input signal and a voltage level of a second data line according to the second input signal. The first latch circuit is coupled to the switching circuit by the first data line and the second data line. The first latch circuit latches a data in response to the first control signal and a second control signal, and adjusts the voltage level of the first data line based on a second voltage different from the first voltage.

Abstract: To provide a system and method that can effectively utilize the biometric data obtained in the daily life of users for maintaining and promoting the health of users. The system includes a first sensor installed in a first facility that continuously collects biometric data of the user, a second sensor installed in a second facility that continuously collects the biometric data which is the same kind of data as the first sensor from the user, an analysis device that composes to perform analysis including comparison of the biometric data collected by the first sensor and the second sensor, and to determine the health condition of the user, and a program generation device that composes to generate a health promotion program according to the user based on the determination result of the health condition.

Abstract: The application provides an inductor structure. The inductor structure comprises a magnetic core, a first winding unit, a second winding unit and an insulating object/insulating composition, wherein the insulating object/insulating composition is pressed and has little rebound at normal temperature, so that the risk that the magnetic core is broken due to rebound of the insulating material during pressing can be effectively reduced; the resistivity of the insulating object/insulating composition is greater than or equal to 2 Mohm·m; and the melting temperature of the insulating object is smaller than the annealing temperature of the magnetic material. When the insulating object is subjected to high-temperature annealing, the insulating object is in at least part of the melting state, and the micropore structure between the particles of the magnetic core material can effectively buffer the volume expansion when the insulating object is melted.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical device includes a substrate having a silicon layer, and a semiconductor element formed of a III-V group compound semiconductor and bonded to the silicon layer. The silicon layer includes a first waveguide, a first recess, a terrace, and a first slab portion. The first recess is a recessed portion lower than a surface of the first waveguide, a surface of the terrace, and a surface of the first slab portion. The first recess and the terrace are disposed in this order on each of two sides of the first waveguide. The first waveguide is connected to one end of the first slab portion. The first slab portion is connected to the terrace. The semiconductor element includes a second slab portion, a projecting portion, and a mesa. The second slab portion is located on or above the first slab portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a seismic isolation apparatus for electric power equipment having a function of absorbing vibration in a wide range and an earthquake-proof distributing board, and an outer vertical spring is disposed in a vertical direction between an upper holder and a lower holder to be compressed or expanded according to a change in a vertical interval between the upper holder and the lower holder, and an inner vertical spring having an elastic coefficient greater than that of the outer vertical spring and a diameter smaller than that of the outer vertical spring is inserted into an inside of the outer vertical spring to be compressed or expanded according to a change 10 in a vertical interval between an upper cover and the upper holder, and thus, it is possible to smoothly absorb vertical vibrations whose intensity is distributed over a wide range, and to prevent the electric power equipment from falling by a center shaft that passes through the inner vertical spring, the outer vertical sp

Abstract: An imaging device capture three or more frame images including a turning-on frame image exposed when a light emitter is turned on, a turning-off frame image exposed when the light emitter is turned off, and another one of the turning-on frame image or the turning-off frame image, calculates a motion vector of each pixel from the two of the turning-on frame images or the two of the turning-off frame images, adjusts a length of the motion vector of each pixel according to a time difference between a time at which the turning-on frame image is captured and at time at which the turning-off frame image is captured, generates a virtual frame image by correcting each pixel of the turning-off frame image based on the adjusted motion vector of each pixel, and subtracts the virtual frame image from the turning-on frame image.