Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium using first to fourth toners, and includes an intermediate transfer target; a primary transfer unit that transfers a first toner image, a second toner image, a third toner image, and a fourth toner image to the intermediate transfer target in stated order; and a secondary transfer unit that collectively transfers the first to fourth toner images onto the recording medium. The first toner image, the second toner image, the third toner image, and the fourth toner image include the first toner, the second toner, the third toner, and the fourth toner, respectively. The first to fourth toners each include toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes fluororesin particles and silica particles.

Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna device for measuring biometric information by using a leaky wave. The antenna device according to an embodiment may include an antenna main body formed to surround at least some portion of the body having a target analyte. The antenna main body may include a plurality of transmission-side slots and a plurality of reception-side slots formed on a surface surrounding the body portion. An electromagnetic wave is excited inside the antenna main body may be radiated to an inside of the body portion through at least one of the plurality of transmission-side slots. Information on an analyte within the body portion may be sensed based on a frequency of an electromagnetic wave received through at least one of the plurality of reception-side slots via the body portion.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for low density parity check code decoding in a first processing device, wherein the method includes receiving a first bit-word of a first length related to a log-likelihood ratio of a bit of a signal; obtaining a second bit-word of a second length that is shorter than the first length, wherein obtaining the second bit-word comprises applying a correction to the first bit-word; and determining a message depending on a set of second bit-words, wherein the set of second bit-words includes the second bit-word.

Abstract: An apparatus for thermally treating lithium ores and other mineral raw material may include a comminution apparatus, a pelletization apparatus, and a thermal treatment apparatus. The pelletization apparatus can be a mechanical fluidized bed reactor. Further, a process for thermally treating lithium ore and other mineral raw material may involve comminuting the mineral raw material in a comminution apparatus to form a first product, pelletizing the first product in a mechanical fluidized bed reactor to form a second product, and thermally treating the second product in a thermal treatment apparatus. Ninety percent of all particles in the second product may have a particle size between 50 ?m and 500 ?m.

Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a structure in which electrodes and separators are alternately disposed; and a pouch-type exterior configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, wherein the exterior includes an accommodation part defining a space accommodating the electrode assembly; and a sealing part disposed along a circumference of the accommodation part in which some areas of the exterior are attached to each other so that the accommodation part is sealed from an outside, wherein a plurality of corners are disposed on the sealing part, at least one corner of the plurality of corners includes a recess part recessed toward the electrode assembly; and a diagonal part disposed adjacent to the recess part and extending toward the recess part in a diagonal direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the exterior.

Abstract: A battery module, including battery cells connected in series or connected in series and in parallel, a plurality of bus bars connected to corresponding electrode leads of the battery cells, and a voltage sensing member having sensing parts respectively connected to the bus bars, each of the plurality of bus bars having a pin hole perforated therethrough in a thickness direction, and each of the sensing parts having a solder pin configured to be inserted into and released from the pin hole.

Abstract: A printing system includes a printing device, a color management server, and a client device. An estimated ink use is determined for a print job within printing system. After printing operations, a baseline average ink use is determined for a set of printed pages of the print job. If the baseline average ink use varies from the estimated ink use, then a corrective action is taken to adjust ink use to be closer to the estimated ink use. The corrective action is a global corrective action for the entire document of the print job or a targeted action that adjusts only specified features or pages of the document.

Abstract: A system that synchronizes waveforms received over a network from one or more devices, such as medical devices. Because of network delays or losses, waveforms can arrive at varying rates and times. Precise post-synchronization of the received data, to within a few milliseconds, is needed for accurate analysis. Applications include automatic classification of waveforms, such as detection of myocardial infraction from heart monitor waveforms. Synchronization uses sequence numbers assigned by each device, but must also account for sequence number wraparounds. Waveforms may also be synchronized across devices, by calculating the bias between within-device synchronized times and a common time source or common disturbance. Waveform data may also be stored data in a database or data warehouse; embodiments may index the data using a key with a date-time prefix and a hash code suffix, to support distributed indexing while reducing the chance of hash collisions to a very small probability.

Abstract: A pouch type secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a pouch type secondary battery in which a cell assembly, including an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are stacked with a separator interposed therebetween, at least one electrode tab protruding from the electrode assembly, and an electrode lead connected to the electrode tab, is housed in a pouch case, wherein the secondary battery comprises a lead film positioned between the pouch case and the electrode lead, and wherein the lead film comprises a first sealing part in a region far from the electrode assembly and a second sealing part in a region close to the electrode assembly, and a thickness of the second sealing part is larger than a thickness of the first sealing part.

Abstract: An interactive vehicle safety system having capabilities to improve peripheral vision, provide warning, and improve reaction time for operators of vehicles. For example, the interactive vehicle safety system may have capabilities for portraying objects, which are being blocked by any of the structural pillars and/or mirrors of a vehicle (such as a truck, van, train, etc.). The interactive vehicle safety system disclosed may comprise one or more image capturing devices (such as camera, sensor, laser), distance and object sensors (such as ultrasonic sensor, LIDAR radar sensor, photoelectric sensor, and infrared sensor), a real-time image processing of an object, and one or more display systems (such as LCD or LED displays). The interactive vehicle safety system may give a seamless 360-degree front panoramic view to a driver.

Abstract: A process for waterless standalone power generation is disclosed that generates electricity efficiently using an ORC fluid which reduces emissions and water usage as compared to conventional power generation process. The waterless standalone power generation plant 100 includes a stabilizer 115, a condensing evaporator 120, a preheater 125, a recuperator 135, an integral chilling unit 140, a pair of condensers 145 and 175, an accumulator 160, a turbine 165, a generator 170. The condensing stabilizer 115 and evaporator 120 reduce the temperature of the flue gases to maintain it below working temperature of ORC fluid and trap the latent heat and the sensible heat which increases the efficiency of the waterless standalone power generation plant 100.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell with improved safety and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly including a positive electrode (200) and a negative electrode (300) located so as to be opposite each other in the state in which a separator (400) is interposed therebetween is received in a cell case (100), wherein the positive electrode (200) includes a positive electrode plate (210) and a positive electrode active material layer (220) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the positive electrode plate (210), the negative electrode (300) includes a negative electrode plate (310) and a negative electrode active material layer (320) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the negative electrode plate (310), the positive electrode active material layer (220) includes a first flat portion (221) and a first inclined portion (222) provided at each of opposite sides of the first flat portion (221), and

Abstract: A system for detecting a defective battery using wireless communications. The system includes first sensors and a first master device. The first sensors are matched on a 1:1 basis with first battery modules to monitor the first battery modules. The first master device communicates with the first sensors. The respective first sensors each include a first monitoring circuit which collects a primary data on a 1:1-matched first battery module in a monitoring mode, and a first communicating circuit which outputs the primary data to the first master device in a communicating mode. The first monitoring circuit is turned off in the communicating mode. The first communicating circuit is turned off in the monitoring mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to metalearning of deep neural network (DNN) architectures and hyperparameters. Precisely, the present system and method utilizes Evolutionary Population-Based Based Training (EPBT) that interleaves the training of a DNN's weights with the metalearning of loss functions. They are parameterized using multivariate Taylor expansions that EPBT can directly optimize. Further, EPBT based system and method uses a quality-diversity heuristic called Novelty Pulsation as well as knowledge distillation to prevent overfitting during training. The discovered hyperparameters adapt to the training process and serve to regularize the learning task by discouraging overfitting to the labels. EPBT thus demonstrates a practical instantiation of regularization metalearning based on simultaneous training.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells; a top plate configured to cover an upper side of the battery cell assembly; a bottom plate configured to cover a lower side of the battery cell assembly; a sensing assembly disposed to cover a front side and a rear side of the battery cell assembly; a pair of side plates disposed at side surfaces, respectively, of the battery cell assembly; and a pair of compression pads disposed between the pair of side plates and the battery cell assembly, respectively.

Abstract: A feature extractor and novel training objective are provided for content-based image retrieval. For example, a computer-implemented method includes applying a query image and a search image to a neural network of a feature extraction network of a computing device, the query image indicating an object to be searched for in the search image. The feature extraction network includes the neural network, a spatial feature neural network receiving a first output of the neural network pertaining to the search image, and an embedding network receiving a second output of the neural network pertaining to the query image. The method includes generating spatial search features from the spatial feature neural network, generating a query feature from the embedding network, applying the query feature to an artificial neural network (ANN) index, and determining an optimal matching result of an object in the search image based on an operation using the ANN index.

Abstract: A system comprising data processing hardware, and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising receiving a plurality of input data from one or more data collection devices, converting each of the plurality of input data to sub-data, converting the sub-data into a fuzzy domain by using fuzzy membership functions to create fuzzy data, performing fuzzy inference operations on the fuzzy data using a fuzzy rule base, performing deffuzification operations to convert the fuzzy data into crisp data, determining a heart disease diagnosis for a patient based on the crisp data, and transmitting data indicating a dosage amount of a medication to an administration device associated with the patient based on the heart disease diagnosis, the medication configured to treat symptoms associated with heart disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates an apparatus for sealing a secondary battery, which seals a pouch. The apparatus for sealing the secondary battery comprises: a support block configured to support a bottom surface of one-side sealing part of the pouch; a sealing member comprising a sealing roller that moves in a longitudinal direction of the one-side sealing part in a state of pressing a top surface of the one-side sealing part supported on the support block to seal the one-side sealing part supported on the support block; and a straightening member configured to flatten a surface of the one-side sealing part on which the sealing roller passes.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a pressure of battery cells includes a pressure sensor configured to measure the pressure of battery cells stacked in the interior of a battery module, the pressure sensor includes a plurality of pressure measuring units, a connection unit for connecting the plurality of pressure measuring units to each other, and an output unit connected to the connection unit and configured to output pressure values measured through the pressure measuring units, and the plurality of pressure measuring units are arranged on surfaces of the battery cells to measure the pressure of the battery cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling device for a secondary battery, the rolling device comprising: a jig member provided with a bottom plate and one or more correction frames disposed on a top surface of the bottom plate and into which the secondary battery is inserted; a pressing member provided above the jig member to press the secondary battery inserted into each of the correction frames, wherein the pressing member comprises: a support piece configured to uniformly support an entire top surface of the secondary battery inserted into the correction frame and press the entire top surface of the secondary battery inserted into the correction frame with uniform force by transmitted force; and a pressing piece configured to transmit force so that the support piece presses the entire top surface of the secondary battery inserted into the correction frame with the uniform force.