Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a motor coupled to an electrical appliance are disclosed herein. The electrical appliance can include a motor assembly comprising at least one electric motor and a filter network including an electrical resistance component and an electrical capacitance component. The electrical appliance can also include a controller electrically coupled to the motor assembly and the filter network, the controller comprising one or more processors and a memory comprising instructions for performing a process. The process can include providing an input signal to the filter network and receiving an output signal from the filter network, the output signal being filtered by the filter network. The process can also include identifying a filter characteristic of the filter network based on the output signal and identifying a type of the electric motor based on the identified filter characteristic.

Abstract: Methods for designing and producing a security feature are provided. In general, the present disclosure provides methods of designing a printed image in a security feature, the security feature comprising an array of optical elements overlaying the printed image, wherein the printed image comprises a two dimensional matrix of rows and columns of pixels, the method comprising; correcting for a mismatch between the pixels of the printed image and the array of optical elements by doing one or more of: adding one or more pixels; removing one or more pixels; and moving one or more pixels.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-pressure composite pressure vessel for high-pressure being at or above 70 bar (1000 PSI or 7 MPa) includes providing an expandable core vessel defining a hoop section between end domes. An aligned discontinuous fiber composite material is wrapped over the expandable core vessel aligning with a plurality of load paths present in the expandable core vessel being over the hoop section and end domes. The aligned discontinuous fiber composite material has fibers in a prepreg tape that are at least 5 mm in length to 100 mm in length or less. Next, a continuous fiber-reinforced composite is wrapped over the aligned discontinuous fiber-reinforced composite along the hoop section and not wrapped along the end domes. The expandable core vessel may be pressurized and heated to consolidate the composite overwrap. Finally, the vessel is cooled under pressure resulting in the high-pressure composite pressure vessel.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor drum and a drive device. A latent image is to be formed on the photoconductor drum. The drive device drives the photoconductor drum. The drive device includes a motor, a drive pulley, a driven pulley, and a metal belt. The drive pulley is provided for the motor. The driven pulley is provided for the photoconductor drum. The metal belt is wrapped around the drive pulley and the driven pulley.

Abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) with partially known attenuation accounts for the missing attenuation. Since a computed tomography (CT) scan may provide attenuation for less than all the locations used in PET reconstruction, artificial intelligence corrects for the missing attenuation. For example, the unknown attenuation or attenuation correction factors are estimated by the artificial intelligence. The known and estimated attenuations or correction factors are used in the PET reconstruction, providing more uniform PET sensitivity and better accounting for scatter. As another example, the artificial intelligence alters intensity of the activity in some locations to account for reconstruction with missing attenuation information, correcting for sensitivity variation and/or lack of scatter information for some locations.

Abstract: Systems and method for optimal control of one or more energy storage systems are provided. Based on live, historical, and/or forecast data received from one or more data sources, one or more forecasts of one or more parameters relating to the operation of the one or more energy storage systems and an associated forecast uncertainty may be calculated by various forecasting techniques. Using one or more optimization techniques, an optimal dispatch schedule for the operation of the one or more energy storage systems may be created based on the forecasts. The optimal dispatch schedule may be used to determine one or more energy storage system parameters, which are used to control the operation of the energy storage systems.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance device includes a sheet conveyance passage, a mounting plate, and a sheet detection sensor. The mounting plate is fixed to a recessed portion formed in the inner wall surface of the sheet conveyance passage at its one side it. The sheet detection sensor is fitted on the mounting plate. The sheet detection sensor has a sensor surface. The mounting plate has a mounting surface on which the sheet detection sensor is mounted and a first projection piece which projects from the mounting surface toward the sheet conveyance passage and which is grounded. The first projection piece is disposed upstream, in the sheet conveyance direction, of the sheet detection sensor on the mounting plate. The distance from the mounting surface to the distal end of the first projection piece is greater than the distance from the mounting surface to the sensor surface.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyance device; an image forming device that forms an image on a recording paper sheet conveyed by the conveyance device; and a controller that determines a conveyance speed for the recording medium in accordance with a predetermined condition and allows the conveyance device to convey the recording medium at the determined conveyance speed for the recording medium. In allowing the conveyance device to convey the recording paper sheet and subsequently allowing the conveyance device to convey a slip sheet, the controller allows the conveyance device to convey the slip sheet at the same speed as the determined conveyance speed for the recording paper sheet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery having a vent member. The secondary battery may include an electrode assembly, a case for accommodating the electrode assembly and a vent member. The vent member is configured to protrude to the outside of the case, and one end of the vent member protruding to the outside of the case is joined to an outer side of the case.

Abstract: A measurement method includes a step of measuring an object to be measured and a reference object by a first measurement unit and a second measurement unit. The first measurement unit has a first displacement meter and a second displacement meter that face each other in a first direction and measure the distance from the object to be measured. The second measurement unit has a third displacement meter and a fourth displacement meter that face each other in the first direction and measure the distance from the reference object. A frame-like supporting member includes a first frame portion supporting the first displacement meter and the third displacement meter, a second frame portion supporting the second displacement meter and the fourth displacement meter, and a third frame portion and a fourth frame portion that connect both end portions of the first frame portion and the second frame portion to each other.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery include: an electrode stack that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed therebetween; and a battery case that accommodates the electrode stack. The battery case includes a first case and a second case, and the first case and the second case are bonded by an insulation bonding portion to seal an inner space of the battery case. The first electrode includes a first electrode current collector and a first electrode active material-layer, and the second electrode includes a second electrode current collector and a second electrode active material layer. The first electrode current collector includes a first protruded portion protruded in a first direction, and the second electrode current collector includes a second protruded portion protruded in a second direction. The first protruded portion is bonded to the first case, and the second protruded portion is bonded to the second case.

Abstract: A powder for an electrode for manufacturing a dry electrode for a secondary battery, including an active material, a conductive material and a binder, and showing a resistivity of 700 ?·cm or less when being pressurized under a pressure of 50 MPa. The present disclosure also relates to a method for preparing the powder for an electrode, a method for manufacturing a dry electrode using the powder for an electrode, a dry electrode, a secondary battery including the dry electrode, an energy storage apparatus.

Abstract: An additive for a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery, the additive including a lithium transition metal oxide, Li3PO4, Li5AlO4 and Li3BO3. The lithium transition metal oxide has an aluminum-doped form. The additive including Li3PO4, Li5AlO4 and Li3BO3 together with the lithium transition metal oxide has functionality of improving stability of a battery when used in a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery. The Li3PO4, the Li5AlO4 and the Li3BO3 are evenly mixed with the lithium transition metal oxide or some thereof form a partial coating layer, or a portion of aluminum is doped to the lithium transition metal oxide to suppress the lithium transition metal oxide from causing a side reaction with an electrolyte liquid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for circulating a slurry including, a coating die for applying a electrode active material slurry on the current collector; a tank for supplying the electrode active material slurry to the coating die; and a circulation piping for connecting the coating die and the tank, wherein the slurry circulates through the circulation piping connected from at least one of the left surface, the right surface, the rear surface, and the lower surface of the coating die to the tank at the time of a line stop.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides variant OmpG polypeptides, compositions comprising the OmpG variant polypeptides, and methods for using the variant OmpG polypeptides as nanopores for determining the sequence of single stranded nucleic acids. The variant OmpG nanopores reduce the ionic current noise versus the parental OmpG polypeptide from which they are derived and thereby enable sequencing of polynucleotides with single nucleotide resolution. The reduced ionic current noise also provides for the use of these OmpG nanopore variants in other single molecule sensing applications, e.g., protein sequencing.

Abstract: In some examples, generative network-based floor plan generation may include receiving, for a floor plan that is to be classified, a layout graph for which user constraints are encoded as a plurality of room types. The user constraints may include spatial connections therebetween. Based on the layout graph, embedding vectors for each room type of the plurality of room types may be generated. Bounding boxes and segmentation masks may be determined for each room embedding from the layout graph, and based on an analysis of the embedding vectors. A space layout may be generated by combining the bounding boxes and the segmentation masks. The floor plan may be generated based on an analysis of the space layout, and synthesized based on the space layout, noise, and a contextual graph embedding to generate a synthesized floor plan. The synthesized floor plan may be classified as authentic or not-authentic.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an alert management and real-time remediation system. The system receives an electronic file that includes an overdraft allowance information data structure comprising overdraft allowance information and automatically parses the overdraft allowance information into overdraft allowance events for the associated customers. The system sends overdraft allowance notification messages to the associated customers. The message includes a link to an authentication interface of an institution associated with the customer. After the customer is authenticated, the system provides a user interface that displays overdraft allowance information for each overdraft allowance event associated with the customer and a display element for a payment option. Responsive to the customer selecting the payment option, the system sends a payment message that causes a transfer of a payment to the institution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode including: a positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a lower layer region facing the positive electrode current collector and containing a first positive electrode active material and a first binder polymer, and an upper layer region facing the lower layer region and containing a second positive electrode active material and a second binder polymer, and the Ni content of the second positive electrode active material in the upper layer region is larger than the Ni content of the first positive electrode active material in the lower layer region. Also disclosed is a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode.

Abstract: In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a phase change material, a hydrophobic sorption material, and a viscosity modifier. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a foam and a latent heat storage material dispersed in the foam, the latent heat storage material comprising a phase change material and a hydrophobic sorption material.