Abstract: An imaging device comprises a first chip that includes a first semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion region. The first chip includes a first insulating layer including a first multilayer wiring electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion region. The first multilayer wiring includes a first vertical signal line (VSL1) to output a first pixel signal, and a first wiring. The imaging device includes a second chip including a second semiconductor substrate including a logic circuit. The second chip includes a second insulating layer including a second multilayer wiring electrically connected to the logic circuit. The second multilayer wiring includes a second wiring. The first chip and the second chip are bonded to one another, and, in a plan view, the first wiring and the second wiring overlap with at least a portion of the first vertical signal line (VSL1).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method o f quantifying the amount of Mock Virus Particles (MVP) removed from a solution as a result of processing that solution through a purification technique. This method involves the steps of adding MVP to a solution, processing the solution through a purification technique, quantifying the amount of MVP removed from the solution. The present invention also relates to a kit that can be used in conjunction with the method. This kit will comprise at least one stock solution of MVP and at least one quantification solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a silicon-based active material, a first conductive material including graphite, a second conductive material including a single-walled carbon nanotube, and a binder, wherein the binder includes a cellulose-based compound and a rubber-based compound, the first conductive material is included in the negative electrode active material layer in an amount of 15 wt % to 25 wt %, the second conductive material is included in the negative electrode active material layer in an amount of 0.15 wt % to 2.5 wt %, and the second conductive material and the binder are included in the negative electrode active material layer at a weight ratio of 1.5:99.5 to 20.0:80.0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power bank having a function of providing a chargeable range of a battery pack, a battery pack charging system including the same, and a method therefor, and more particularly, to a battery pack charging system that provides information on how far the battery pack can be charged with charging power of the power bank through data communication between the power bank and the battery pack charged by receiving charging power from the power bank.

Abstract: A battery module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one battery cell, and a module unit containing a unit module frame surrounding the at least one battery cell, wherein a side surface part of the unit module frame includes a recessed part.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode positioned opposite to the negative electrode, a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode includes a silicon-based active material, the silicon-based active material comprises a compound represented by SiOx, wherein 0?x<2, the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive, the additive includes a first additive and a second additive, the first additive includes a coumarin-based compound represented by Formula 1, and the second additive includes at least one of lithium fluoromalonato(difluoro)borate (LiFMDFB), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB), lithium difluorophosphate (LiDFP), or lithium difluorobis-(oxalate)phosphate (LiDFOP): wherein R and n are described herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode lead for an electrochemical device, including a nickel plating layer disposed on the surface of a metallic terminal, having a surface irregularity structure on the nickel plating layer, and including a polar group-containing coating layer. The present disclosure also relates to an electrochemical device including the electrode lead. The electrode lead for an electrochemical device provides increased binding force between the electrode lead and the lead film by increasing the contact area between the electrode lead and the lead film, while not causing damages upon the surface of the electrode lead.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine: detecting a first signal from a knock sensor in a temporal measurement window for a first load point and for a first energization duration—assigned to a pre-injection—of an injector for an operating cycle; calculating a first first evaluation point from the first signal by a first metric; detecting a second signal from the knock sensor in the temporal measurement window for the first load point and for a second energization duration—assigned to the pre-injection—of the injector for the operating cycle; calculating by the first metric a second first evaluation point from the second signal; determining an optimum energization duration as an optimum of the first first evaluation point and the second first evaluation point; and storing and/or applying the optimum energization duration to the first load point and the first combustion chamber.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor layer in which a transfer transistor is provided; a second semiconductor layer in which a pixel transistor is provided; and a wiring layer in which a gate wiring line coupled to a gate of the transfer transistor is provided. A portion or all of the pixel transistor is disposed, in plan view, in a region between a first gate wiring line and a second gate wiring line. The first gate wiring line is coupled to the gate of the transfer transistor in one of two pixels adjacent to each other. The second gate wiring line is coupled to the gate of the transfer transistor in another of the two pixels adjacent to each other.

Abstract: An article supply system according to an embodiment includes an article supply apparatus and a first recognition apparatus. The article supply apparatus reads a first image from a first surface of an article conveyed by a first conveyance path, outputs the first image, and supplies the article to an article sorting apparatus. The first recognition apparatus recognizes sorting information based on the first image and outputs a first recognition result including the recognized sorting information. The article sorting apparatus causes a second conveyance path to convey the article supplied from the article supply apparatus, reads a second image from a second surface of the conveyed article, receives the first recognition result or a second recognition result including sorting information recognized from the second image, and controls sorting of the article based on the first recognition result or the second recognition result.

Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic device for an electric vehicle according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector for attaching and detaching to/from a diagnostic controller area network (D-CAN) channel in a vehicle network system of the electric vehicle; a controller area network (CAN) transceiver connected to a first signal line and a second signal line of the D-CAN channel through the connector; a wakeup circuit connected to the first signal line or the second signal line through the connector; and a control circuit for changing from a sleep mode to a wakeup mode in response to an input of a first wakeup signal outputted by the CAN transceiver or a second wakeup signal outputted by the wakeup circuit in the sleep mode, and collect diagnosis data from the vehicle network system through the CAN transceiver in the wakeup mode.

Abstract: A cache management subsystem (CMS) for a network having network gateways logically organized into network gateway (NG) subsets, each NG subset comprising redundant network gateways and each network gateway comprising a local cache configured to store cache entries corresponding to information requests from network users. The subsystem includes (i) a cache manager configured to synchronize certain cache entries between the network gateways of an NG subset and (ii) a CMS cache configured to store, for the NG subset, other cache entries that are not synchronized between the network gateways of the NG subset. In certain implementations, the cache manager synchronizes within NG subsets recent cache entries having relatively frequent hits and the CMS cache stores recent cache entries having relatively infrequent hits, thereby increasing efficiencies if and when a redundant network gateway handles requests for a failed network gateway.

Abstract: A battery module includes a sub module including a cell stack having a plurality of battery cells and a pair of bus bar frames respectively coupled to one side and the other side of the cell stack; a module housing configured to accommodate the sub module and configured to have an air inlet and an air outlet formed to circulate air; a sprinkler provided through the module housing at one side of the cell stack in a stacking direction; and an outlet closing device configured to move by a buoyancy generated by a cooling water introduced into the module housing through the sprinkler so that the air outlet is closed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising, at least one first processor configured to carry out a first process on data input from at least one sensor to produce first processed data, a selector configured to select, according to a first predetermined condition, at least one of a plurality of second processes, and at least one second processor configured to receive the first processed data from the at least one first processor and to carry out the selected at least one of the plurality of second processes on the first processed data to produce second processed data, each of the plurality of second processes having a lower processing load than the first process.

Abstract: Provided is a technology which can produce a battery comprising a wound electrode assembly including separators having adhesive layers, with high productivity. In one suitable aspect of the method of manufacturing a battery as disclosed herein, the method comprises a first winding step of bringing a first separator and a second separator into contact with a winding core and winding the first separator and the second separator around the winding core; a second adhesive layer forming step of forming a second adhesive layer in the second separator; a first adhesive layer forming step of forming a first adhesive layer in the first separator; a second winding step of winding a positive electrode sheet and an negative electrode sheet around the winding core along with the first separator and the second separator; and a pressing step of pressing, after the second winding step, the first separator, the positive electrode sheet, the second separator, and the negative electrode sheet which have been wound.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to an electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof, and since the electrode for a lithium secondary battery is provided with an auxiliary coating layer containing inorganic particles, a phenolic compound, and a binder at the end of an electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material, thereby improving energy density of the battery due to an improvement in thickness deviation at the end of the electrode mixture layer, and preventing lithium from being precipitated at the end of the electrode, especially the negative electrode, due to increase in the adhesive strength of the separator at the end of the electrode, it has an advantage of excellent safety.

Abstract: An illumination device for a light detection device, the light detection device including a light detection sensor and an optical lens portion, wherein the illumination device includes a light source configured to emit light to a scene and a light intensity adapting device configured to adapt a light intensity profile of the light emitted by the light source for at least partially providing a uniform light intensity on the light detection sensor of light reflected from the scene and detected by the light detection sensor through the optical lens portion.

Abstract: To provide an imaging device capable of further suppressing noise in a pixel signal. An imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate (30) that includes a photoelectric conversion portion (31) configured to photoelectrically convert incident light, or a charge holding portion (32) configured to hold charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion portion; a field effect transistor provided on the photoelectric conversion portion, or on the semiconductor substrate near the charge holding portion; a contact plug (26) that extends in a direction normal to one main surface of the semiconductor substrate from a gate electrode (25) of the field effect transistor; and a projecting portion (27) that extends in an in-plane direction of the one main surface of the semiconductor substrate from the contact plug.

Abstract: A battery management system includes a current sensor to measure a battery current through a battery, a voltage sensor to measure a battery voltage across the battery, and a control circuit. In response to a key-on signal during a first rest period of the battery, the control circuit determines a fixed rest time, a fixed Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) and a fixed State Of Charge (SOC), and determines an integrated current value of the battery current during a cycle period of the battery. In response to a key-off signal during the cycle period, the control circuit starts a second rest period of the battery. The control circuit determines an interest SOC corresponding to an interest OCV, i.e., the battery voltage during the second rest period. The control circuit determines a State Of Heath (SOH) of the battery based on the fixed SOC, the integrated current value and the interest SOC.

Abstract: The catheter device comprises a drive shaft connected to a motor, and a rotor mounted on the drive shaft at the distal end section. The rotor has a frame structure which is formed by a screw-like boundary frame and rotor struts extending radially inwards from the boundary frame. The rotor struts are fastened to the drive shaft by their ends opposite the boundary frame. Between the boundary frame and the drive shaft extends an elastic covering. The frame structure is made of an elastic material such that, after forced compression, the rotor unfolds automatically.