Abstract: The present invention relates to a discharge method of a battery, comprising: a first discharging step of discharging a battery by connecting the battery and a power converter and applying voltage thereto; and a second discharging step of discharging the battery by applying a reverse voltage of the voltage of the first discharging step, after the first discharging step. According to the present invention, electrical energy of a battery can be recovered and recycled, and an electrically safe state can be secured in a subsequent disassembly process by putting the battery in a completely discharged state in which normal operation is impossible.

Abstract: An image encoding method according to the present disclosure may include generating an atlas based on at least one two-dimensional or three-dimensional image; and encoding the atlas and metadata for the atlas. In this case, the metadata may include information about a patch packed in the atlas, and the patch information may include information about a three-dimensional point projected on a two-dimensional patch.

Abstract: A method of encoding a dynamic mesh includes creating a base mesh through mesh decimation, subdividing the base mesh, extracting displacement information for the subdivided mesh, and encoding the base mesh and the displacement information. In this instance, mesh subdivision information for subdivision of the base mesh is encoded and signaled.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a self-energy-taking hybrid direct-current circuit breaker and an application method therefor. In the self-energy-taking hybrid direct-current circuit breaker, a breaking branch is connected to a through-current branch in parallel, a first end of a grounding branch is connected to the breaking branch, and a second end of the grounding branch is grounded. When a direct-current system operates stably, the through-current branch conducts a steady-state running current of the direct-current system, and when the direct-current system breaks down, a self-energy-taking capacitor in the breaking branch assists a power electronic device in achieving the breaking of a fault current.

Abstract: A method for extracting germanium based on acid decomposition is provided, including acid decomposition and post-treatment steps, and specifically including: adding an acid to a coal ash for conditioning to obtain a material a; heating the material a to 350° C. to 800° C., and keeping the material a at this temperature for 10 min to 10 h to obtain an acid-decomposed material b; milling the acid-decomposed material b until more than 60% of a milled material has a particle size of less than 200 mesh to obtain a material c; subjecting the material c to distillation to obtain a residual slurry d and a distillation fraction e; and hydrolyzing the distillation fraction e with a dilute hydrochloric acid solution, and then oven-drying to obtain GeO2.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lens structure, a photographic device and a focusing method of lens. The lens structure includes a lens barrel, a lens assembly, a drive mechanism, a position detection device and a control device. The lens barrel is extended along a first direction. The lens assembly includes a lens group configured to be movable along the first direction. The drive mechanism is fixedly connected to the lens group and configured to drive the lens group to move along the first direction. The position detection device configured to detect a position of the lens group in real time. The control device is electrically connected to the position detection device and the drive mechanism, and is configured to control the drive mechanism to work according to the position detection device to adjust the position of the lens group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB) through a plurality of satellites from a base station that can connect to a plurality of gateways, wherein the method may comprise the steps of: controlling transmission of first SSBs corresponding to the number of beams of each satellite through respective transmission beams in a first SSB cycle; determining a transmission beam of each of the satellites on the basis of a first measurement report for the respective beams received from a terminal; and controlling transmission of second SSBs for determining one combination including two or more gateways among the plurality of gateways in a second SSB cycle.

Abstract: A method of transmitting an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet based on an optical wireless technology, and a device for performing the same are provided. A method of transmitting an IPv6 packet based on an optical wireless communication (OWC) technology in an OWC device includes receiving an IPV6 packet through an OWC link layer, and transmitting the IPV6 packet through an adaptation layer for IPV6 over OWC. An interface identifier (IID) included in an IPV6 link local address of the OWC device may be constructed using an algorithm that generates a random identifier (RID).

Abstract: An oligomer solution of a polymer electrolyte, a polymer electrolyte, and an electrochemical device are provided. The oligomer solution of the polymer electrolyte comprises monomers and an electrolyte solution, the monomers form polymer molecular chains through free radical polymerization, and the polymer molecule chain is cross-linked to form a polymer electrolyte with a three-dimensional network structure; the electrolyte solution comprises an organic solvent, which has strong mobility, permeates into pores of electrodes, promotes interface contact between the polymer electrolyte and the electrodes, improves the interface infiltration between the polymer electrolyte and the electrodes, increases the ion conductivity, facilitate lithium ion transmission, and enhances the electrochemical performance of a battery.

Abstract: A message transmission method for a roadside equipment includes the following steps. A plurality of external sensor information is received. A road intersection sign phase information and a road map information are inputted. An object position analysis, a speed analysis, and an sign analysis in object moving direction are performed based on the external sensor information, the road intersection sign phase information, and the road map information, and a classification of dangerous objects in different groups is outputted. According to a current transmission bandwidth limitation and the classification of the dangerous objects, a dangerous object message with a higher classification of the dangerous objects is preferentially selected and transmitted within available transmission bandwidth.

Abstract: A light-emitting device including an epitaxial layer, a support layer, an insulating layer, a first electrode pad, and a second electrode pad is provided. The epitaxial layer includes a first type doped semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer and a second type doped semiconductor layer, wherein the light-emitting layer is disposed on a partial area of the first type doped semiconductor layer and is between the first type doped semiconductor layer and the second type doped semiconductor layer. The support layer covers the second type doped semiconductor layer while the insulating layer covers the epitaxial layer and the support layer. The first and the second electrode pads are disposed over the insulating layer and electrically connected to the first and the second type doped semiconductor layers, respectively. The support layer extends from a first position below the first electrode pad to a second position below the second electrode pad.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus according to an example embodiment includes an abnormal state determiner configured to determine a maximum output of a fuel cell by determining whether there is an abnormality in the fuel cell, a fuel cell controller configured to control output power of the fuel cell within the maximum output based on demand power of a load, an energy storage configured to charge with power by receiving the power from the fuel cell and supply the power to the load, a charging state determiner configured to determine a charging state of the energy storage based on a charging amount of the energy storage, and a storage controller configured to control charging and discharging of the energy storage based on a difference between the demand power of the load and the output power of the fuel cell.

Abstract: The photonic integrated chip includes a laser light source configured to generate an optical carrier, a first optical splitter configured to split the optical carrier into a first optical carrier and a second optical carrier, an optical local oscillation generation unit, and a photonic frequency conversion unit. The first optical splitter sends the first optical carrier and the second optical carrier to the photonic frequency conversion unit and the optical local oscillation generation unit. The optical local oscillation generation unit generates an optical local oscillation signal and send the optical local oscillation signal to the photonic frequency conversion unit. The photonic frequency conversion unit converts a first intermediate frequency signal into a first radio frequency signal through photonic up-conversion. The photonic frequency conversion unit converts a second radio frequency signal into a second intermediate frequency signal through photonic down-conversion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a blockchain sharding method, system, and server based on locally repairable system codes. The blockchain sharding system includes k original shards and n?k encoding shards. In each round of consensus, each original shard and m corresponding encoding shards form a local verification group (m<<n?k), and each encoding shard and t original shards participating in generation of the encoding shard form local recovery groups (t<<k). The local verification group is responsible for verifying whether a to-be-verified transaction is legitimate. When a single shard in the verification group is corrupted, the remaining m shards can reach a consistent verification result. According to the principle that the minority is subordinate to the majority, the verification group can still correctly verify the legitimacy of the transaction.

Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula III that enhance the efficacy of viruses by increasing spread of the virus in cells, increasing the titer of virus in cells, or increasing the antigen expression from a virus, gene or trans-gene expression from a virus, or virus protein expression in cells. Other uses, compositions and methods of using same are also provided.

Abstract: A method for metallizing through-glass vias in a glass substrate includes functionalizing a surface of the glass substrate with a silane. The glass substrate has an average thickness t and comprises a plurality of vias extending through the thickness t. The method further includes applying an electroless plating solution comprising a copper ion to deposit a copper seed layer on the functionalized surface, disposing an electrolyte within the plurality of vias, wherein the electrolyte comprises copper ions to be deposited on the copper seed layer within the plurality of vias; positioning an electrode within the electrolyte; and applying a current between the electrode and the glass substrate, thereby reducing the copper ions into copper within the plurality of vias such that each of the plurality of vias is filled with copper and the copper has a void volume fraction of less than 5%.

Abstract: The present specification discloses a method of decoding an image. The method of decoding an image according to the method includes: obtaining transform skip information of a current block from a bitstream; obtaining multiple transform selection information of the current block on the basis of the transform skip information from the bitstream; and performing inverse transform on the current block on the basis of the multiple transform selection information, wherein the multiple transform selection information is used to set each of a horizontal transform type and a vertical transform type.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for compliance checking related to goods in import supply chain logistics is provided, including: adding received legality data elements into a blockchain ledger corresponding to an importation of the goods; establishing a smart contract of the blockchain ledger; adding received sensing data elements corresponding to the smart contract into the blockchain ledger; adding electronic lock (e-Lock) status data corresponding to the smart contract into the blockchain ledger; and adding one or more inspection results corresponding to the smart contract into the blockchain ledger. Furthermore, determining, by the smart contract, whether the goods are within the compliance according to the received legality data elements, the received sensing data elements, the e-Lock status data and the one or more inspection results, wherein in response to determining that the goods are within the compliance, unsealing the e-Locks by sending a control signal to the e-Locks.

Abstract: The slow kinetics and low efficiency of reprogramming methods to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) impose major limitations on their utility in biomedical applications. Here we describe a chemical approach that dramatically improves (>200 fold) the efficiency of iPSC generation from human fibroblasts, within seven days of treatment. This will provide a basis for developing safer, more efficient, non-viral methods for reprogramming human somatic cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exceptionally broad and potent neutralizing antibody which may comprise cross-clade neutralizing coverage of 83% at a median IC50 of 0.003 ?g/ml, compositions containing the same and uses thereof.