Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosis of a cell group including a plurality of battery cells connected in series, includes a voltage sensing circuit configured to periodically generate a voltage signal indicating a cell voltage of each battery cell, and a control circuit configured to generate time series data indicating a change in cell voltage of each battery cell over time based on the voltage signal. The control circuit is configured to (i) determine a first average cell voltage and a second average cell voltage of each battery cell based on the time series data, wherein the first average cell voltage is a short term moving average, and the second average cell voltage is a long term moving average, and (ii) detect an abnormal voltage of each battery cell based on a difference between the first average cell voltage and the second average cell voltage.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for the removal of a direct drive unit (DDU) housed in an enclosure, such as a direct drive turbine (DDT) connected to a gearbox for driving a driveshaft connected to a pump for use in hydraulic fracturing operations.

Abstract: A paintbrush holding apparatus for a paint tray that includes a trough. A brush holding body is attached to the trough. The brush holding body includes an inner portion separated from an outer portion. The inner portion includes a magnetic portion formed thereon. The magnetic portion is structured to hold a ferrule of a brush and maintain the paintbrush above or within the tray. The outer portion includes a magnetic portion formed thereon. The magnetic portion is structured to hold a ferrule of a brush and maintain the paintbrush above or within the trough. An attachment structure is attached to the brush holding body. The attachment structure grasps a wall of the paint tray. The brush holding body is positioned within a volume of the paint tray and the trough is positioned outboard of the volume of the paint tray.

Abstract: Disclosed are combination radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags and methods of producing such tags. The claimed method is characterized by feeding a first plurality of first type inlays and a second plurality of second type inlays into a laminating machine, wherein each of the first and second type inlays are formed on first and second substrates, respectively; laminating the first type inlays to the second type inlays, thereby forming a plurality of pairs of the first and second type inlays, each of the pairs comprising an RFID inlay and an EAS inlay, wherein the RFID inlay and the EAS inlay of each pair are functionally independent.

Abstract: A method of providing a reinforcement learning, RL, agent for decision-making to be used in controlling an autonomous vehicle. The method includes: a plurality of training sessions, in which the RL agent interacts with a first environment including the autonomous vehicle, each training session having a different initial value and yielding a state-action value function Qk(s, a) dependent on state and action; an uncertainty evaluation on the basis of a variability measure for the plurality of state-action value functions evaluated for one or more state-action pairs corresponding to possible decisions by the trained RL agent; additional training, in which the RL agent interacts with a second environment including the autonomous vehicle, wherein the second environment differs from the first environment by an increased exposure to a subset of state-action pairs for which the variability measure indicates a relatively higher uncertainty.

Abstract: When an autonomous vehicle plans a new drive mission in a confined area, a first set of environmental information, and after a time interval, a second set of environmental information, are obtained by a device flying above a confined area including the departure point and the destination point of the vehicle, each set of environmental information including locations and geometries of objects in the confined area. Then, an object that is present at the same location in the first set of environmental information and in the second set of environmental information is classified as a semi-static object, and an object that is present at different locations in the first set of environmental information and in the second set of environmental information is classified as a dynamic object. A map including location and geometry of each object classified as a semi-static object is then created.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a lithium battery includes a positive electrode having a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-based electrode active material wherein nickel has a content of 80 mol % or greater, relative to the other transition metals, a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative electrode active material, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt, the lithium salt being contained in a concentration of 1.8 M to 5 M, and wherein the lithium salt includes LiPF6 and a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.

Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery containing the same. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed thereon and includes a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode additive represented by Formula 1 (LipCo(1-q)M1qO4), a conductive material, and a binder. Furthermore, Equation 1 (RLCZO/R0) is 1.55 or less, wherein RLCO represents an electrode sheet resistance when the positive electrode additive represented by Formula 1 is contained in the positive electrode mixture layer, and R0 represents an electrode sheet resistance when the positive electrode additive represented by Formula 1 is not contained in the positive electrode mixture layer. The positive electrode is manufactured using a pre-dispersion containing the positive electrode additive in a positive electrode mixture layer as an irreversible additive.

Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell stack constituted by stacked pouch-shaped battery cells, a busbar coupled to an electrode lead of each of the pouch-shaped battery cells, a housing configured to fix a position of the busbar, and a sensing unit coupled to the housing. The sensing unit is attached to a first surface of the housing that faces the battery cell stack and to a second surface of the housing, the second surface being an outer surface opposite to the first surface.

Abstract: An electrode packing device includes: a transferring unit that transfers a wound electrode; and a packaging unit for packaging the electrode transferred by the transferring unit, wherein the packaging unit includes: a packaging bag supporting part for supporting the inlet of the packaging bag in an opened state; an electrode supporting part that supports the electrode from the outside the packaging bag, after the electrode is put into the packaging bag; and a sealing part that seals the inlet of the packaging bag, and the electrode supporting part includes a gripper that presses the core of the electrode and a side pad that presses the side of the electrode in a state in which the electrode is put in the packaging bag.

Abstract: A platform that utilizes QR codes, Radio Frequency Identification and/or Near Field Communication for geolocation in securing users safety and a MESH network to ensure emergency safety device performs under any network configuration cellular/wifi/bluetooth. The platform enables the dashboard and/or application programs executing thereon to effectively secure users of platform with audio/visual recordings of any such events which may endanger an associate working in a discrete location on their own. A user can also locate the associate in the case of an emergency. The platform also enables speech enabled summoning of the panic button. The platform plans to utilize ultra wide band technologies in addition to cellular/wifi/bluetooth channels. The platform is also available to emergency services based on the severity of an issue that may arise. The platform can also transmit single channel walkie talkie services to users of platform at the same location.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which an electrode tab is improved in mechanical strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention includes: an electrode provided with a coating portion coated with an active material on an electrode collector and a non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector in a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector and a notching tab part extending from the coating portion in a width direction of the electrode collector without coating with the active material and overlapping each other to form two or more layers when the electrode is wound.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in any of SEQ ID NO: 19 to 36, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NO: 1 to 18, as well as variants and fragments thereof.

Abstract: A charging/discharging test system includes a charging/discharging test device; and a controller to output a first control signal commanding to start a charging/discharging test for a first battery. The charging/discharging test device repeatedly performs a first charge/discharge cycle until a cumulative capacity of the first battery by the first charge/discharge cycle reaches a reference capacity in response to the first control signal. The first charge/discharge cycle is comprised of a first constant current charging until a first end-of-charge voltage is reached, a first rest period, a first constant current discharging until a first end-of-discharge voltage is reached and a second rest period in a sequential order, at a first temperature condition. Each time the first charge/discharge cycle is performed, the controller adds the cumulative capacity and a voltage drop of the first battery over the first rest period to a first test dataset.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a web conferencing system that allows a shared material to be easily searched for and shared without disturbing the progress of the web conference. [Solution] A web conferencing system 1 that connects a first terminal 3, a second terminal 5, and a third terminal 7, the web conferencing system 1 comprising: a web conference screen display unit 11 configured to display a web conference screen on the first terminal 3 and the third terminal 7; and a material sharing unit 13 configured to: receive a sharing instruction to share a shared material from the second terminal 5; cause the first terminal and the third terminal to share the shared material.

Abstract: A dishwasher appliance including at least one upper rack assembly. Adjacent panels along a transverse direction of the dishwasher appliance form a pivotable connection at the longitudinal sides between adjacent panels that allow adjacent panels to collapse or fold towards each other such that the upper rack assembly may be selectively collapsed or extended along the transverse direction by movement of the plurality of panels towards or away from each other.

Abstract: An optical receiver capable of substantially measuring the phase and amplitude of a received intensity- or amplitude-modulated optical signal by performing digital-signal processing. In an example embodiment, a DSP of the receiver operates to reduce the detrimental effects of relative phase noise between the optical reference oscillator and optical carrier based on an optical pilot present in the received optical signal. The DSP may employ a sequence of digital filters configured to select a signal component that represents a non-vestigial modulation sideband and then perform signal equalization thereon. The signal equalization may include but is not limited to dispersion compensation. In some embodiments, the optical receiver can be a direct-detection optical receiver. In an example embodiment, the optical reference oscillator and optical carrier are generated using two respective independently running lasers that may or may not be co-located.

Abstract: A rope releasing apparatus includes an actuator, a wireless receiver for receiving a wireless signal to control the actuator, and a rope securing mechanism mechanically coupled to the actuator. The rope securing mechanism secures a rope. The rope is attached to a fishing net. In response to receiving the wireless signal, the wireless receiver activates the actuator to cause the rope securing mechanism to release the rope.

Abstract: A method for generating an MRI sequence (1) which is characterized in that a first time segment type and a second time segment type differing therefrom are predefined and the MRI sequence (1) is constructed by time segments (5, 6) of the first time segment type and time segments (5, 6) of the second time segment type being strung together alternately.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrodynamic acoustic transducer is disclosed. The electrodynamic acoustic transducer comprises a frame and/or a housing, a membrane, at least one coil and a magnet system, wherein the coil, in a cross sectional view with a coil axis being part of the sectional plane, comprises a plurality of conductive layers formed by an electrical conductor of the coil. The electrical conductor has a rectangular cross section in said cross sectional view, wherein a longer side of the rectangular cross section is substantially perpendicular to the loop axis. According to this method, a stack of conductive layers is made from the electrical conductor by stacking of separate pieces of the electrical conductor and electrically connecting the stacked separate pieces and/or by folding of the electrical conductor.