Abstract: A laser cutting apparatus capable of reducing a time required for replacement of equipment when changing an electrode model, increasing in replacement interval of the equipment due to deterioration, and improving efficiency of a process by including a mask jig for preventing an electrode from moving during the process is described. The laser cutting apparatus for notching a moving electrode sheet to provide an electrode tab includes: a laser emitter that repeatedly emits laser onto a notching region of the electrode sheet along a preset path; a drum that moves the electrode sheet; and a mask jig disposed at a side opposite to the laser emitter with the notching region therebetween so as to support the notching region. The mask jig may be detachable from the drum.

Abstract: An elastic member according to an embodiment includes a substrate foldable based on a folding axis and having a first direction corresponding to the folding axis and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the substrate includes a first pattern part of a groove or hole provided in a first region including the folding axis, and a second pattern part of a groove or hole provided in a second region located further from the folding axis than the first region, the second region includes an end facing in the first direction, and the second pattern part includes a second-first pattern part and a second-second pattern part which are alternately disposed along the second direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner including a suction part, a dust separating part configured to separate dust from air sucked through the suction part, and a suction motor configured to provide a flow force of air, in which the dust separating part includes a first cyclone part configured to separate debris from the air sucked into the suction part, a second cyclone part configured to separate debris from the air having passed through the first cyclone part, and a third cyclone part configured to separate debris from the air having passed through the second cyclone part, in which any one of the second cyclone part and the third cyclone part is disposed to surround the other of the second cyclone part and the third cyclone part, and in which the first cyclone part is disposed to surround any one of the second cyclone part and the third cyclone part, thereby providing a three-stage cyclone structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a foreign substance from waste plastic, and for example, to an apparatus for removing a foreign substance from waste plastic that removes a foreign substance attached to a surface of waste plastic by enhancing frictional performance of a surface of a waste plastic flake, and improves cooling performance by supplying moisture in the form of mist to frictional heat generated at that time.

Abstract: An optical system includes first to fourth lenses aligned on an optical axis from an object side toward a sensor side. Each of the first to fourth lenses has an object-side surface and a sensor-side surface. A power of the first lens is negative, an object-side surface of the first lens has a convex shape on the optical axis, and the object-side surface and the sensor-side surface of the first lens are spherical on the optical axis. An object-side surface and a sensor-side surface of the fourth lens are aspherical on the optical axis. A center distance between the first lens and the second lens is greater than an edge distance, and the object-side surface and the sensor-side surface of the fourth lens may have convex shapes on the optical axis.

Abstract: A battery module includes a module case; a plurality of battery cells accommodated inside the module case and arranged to be stacked in one direction; a bus-bar frame configured to support a bus-bar connected to electrode leads of the battery cells; and a flame emission blocking unit connected to the bus-bar frame and disposed on the plate surface of the bus-bar frame and the upper surface of the battery cells so as to block flame from being discharged to the front and rear surfaces of the battery cells, where the electrode leads are located, and/or the upper surface of the battery cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pouch-shaped battery cell having an electrode assembly in a pouch-shaped battery case, the electrode assembly including positive electrodes and negative electrodes, each of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes having a structure in which the length of the electrode in a width direction is less than the length of the electrode in a length direction, each of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes has an uncoated portion extending parallel to outer peripheries of the electrode in the overall width direction or outer peripheries of the electrode in the overall length direction and a coated portion, which is coated with an electrode mixture, formed at the remaining portion of the electrode excluding the uncoated portion, and a stepped structure is formed at the part of the pouch-shaped battery case corresponding to the uncoated portion so as to be recessed inwards.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes an IoT device. The IoT device may include a sensing circuit configured to obtain state values of a battery cell at a time interval, a communication circuit configured to establish a wireless communication connection with a server at a transmission timing of data including the state values obtained during a designated time period, and a processor. The processor of the IoT device may be configured to transmit the data including the state values obtained during the designated time period to the server through the communication circuit, in response to failure in transmission of the data, divide the data into sub-data corresponding to a division number based on a number of retransmissions of the data and sequentially retransmit the sub-data through the communication circuit at a transmission time interval based on the number of retransmissions.

Abstract: The objective of the present disclosure is to control the state of sub-configurations of a channel state information (CSI) report configuration in a wireless communication system. This method, performed by a terminal, may comprise the steps of: receiving configuration information for at least one CSI report including a plurality of sub-configurations; receiving a message including information related to activation for each of the plurality of sub-configurations; generating at least one CSI on the basis of at least one activated sub-configuration from among the plurality of sub-configurations; and transmitting a CSI report including the at least one CSI.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving time division duplexing (TDD) configuration information for configuring a downlink time interval and an uplink time interval in a time resource period; receiving first indication information which specifies a first time interval related to a full-duplex operation of a base station during the time resource period; receiving second indication information which specifies a second time interval among the first time interval; and communicating with the base station on the basis of the TDD configuration information, the first indication information, and the second indication information.

Abstract: A method of performing user authentication in a quantum communication system is provided. More specifically, the method includes transmitting, to a receiving terminal, quantum bit error rate (QBER) estimation information generated based on a checking sequence for QBER estimation for determining whether there is an eavesdropping on a quantum channel; performing the QBER estimation with the receiving terminal based on the QBER estimation information; and performing the authentication with the receiving terminal by reusing the checking sequence, based on a result of the QBER estimation. The authentication is performed based on (i) the reused checking sequence and (ii) a pre-shared symmetric key between the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station and a dust collection method of the cleaner station.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition having antioxidant activity. According to the present disclosure, a cosmetic composition that has 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging ability and thus can exhibit excellent antioxidant activity is provided.

Abstract: Provided are a ligand compound having Formula 1, which exhibits high catalytic activity while exhibiting high 1-hexene and 1-octene selectivity, thereby allowing ethylene oligomerization to be achieved with excellent efficiency, an organic chromium compound, a catalyst composition including the organic chromium compound, and a method for oligomerizing ethylene by using same: wherein R1 to R5 are described herein.

Abstract: A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can: recognize food from an image captured by a camera; obtain cooking setting information for cooking the recognized food; obtain cooking status information for the food while cooking the food according to the obtained cooking setting information; and transmit the obtained cooking status information to a terminal.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first display region including a plurality of first pixels and a second display region including a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of monopixels, and a sensor configured to receive light through the second display region, wherein the second display region operates in a sensing mode in which light is incident on the sensor when the sensor operates and in a display mode in which an image is displayed, and in the display mode, the plurality of monopixels have different gray levels.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode slurry, an electrode including the same, a lithium secondary battery, and a battery pack. The electrode can ensure battery characteristics while preventing thermal runaway. The electrode slurry includes an electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, a solvent for forming a slurry, and a flame-retardant material, in which the flame-retardant material has a solubility of less than 10 mg/cc in a carbonate-containing solvent at 20 °C and includes a specific type of compound.

Abstract: A positive electrode slurry includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, an aliphatic organic acid having 5 or less carbon atoms, and a solvent, wherein the aliphatic organic acid is included in an amount of 0.02 parts by weight or more and less than 0.1 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of a total solid content of the positive electrode active material, the conductive material, the binder, and the aliphatic organic acid in the positive electrode slurry, and wherein the positive electrode slurry has a viscosity of 5,000 cp or more and 27,500 cp or less at room temperature.

Abstract: A method by which a first device performs wireless communication and a device for supporting same are presented. For example, the first device can: acquire information related to a resource set in a shared spectrum; generate, on the basis of an LCP, a first MAC PDU related to a first CAPC; perform, on the basis of the first CAPC, LBT related to the resource set in the shared spectrum; multiplex, on the basis that (i) available data is generated from a logical channel and (ii) a second CAPC value related to the available data is less than or equal to the first CAPC value, the available data in the first MAC PDU so as to generate a second MAC PDU; and transmit the second MAC PDU on the basis of the LBT.

Abstract: In transmitting a downlink signal by a base station in a wireless communication system, a method for transmitting a downlink signal, according to embodiments, may comprise: generating a physical broadcast channel for a cell; mapping a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and the physical broadcast channel to symbols for a synchronization signal block comprising the primary synchronization signal, the secondary synchronization signal, and the physical broadcast channel; additionally mapping the physical broadcast channel to additional symbols that are not symbols in the synchronization signal block; transmitting the synchronization signal block on a cell on the basis of a maximum terminal channel bandwidth of reduced capability; receiving a random access preamble; and transmitting a random access response.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of performing operations for a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: receiving a first data unit from an upper layer; receiving a congestion indicator from a network; and based on the first data unit being a critical data unit, transmitting the first data unit to the network, wherein, based on the first data unit not being the critical data unit, the first data unit is discarded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for conditional mobility configuration in a wireless communication system is provided. The method performed by a wireless device comprises: receiving information related to conditional mobility for one or more candidate PCells and one or more candidate PSCells; based on that a pair of a candidate PCell and a candidate PSCell related to the candidate PCell satisfying each execution condition for the conditional mobility exists:—performing the conditional mobility for the candidate PCell and the candidate PSCell; and based on that a pair of a candidate PCell and a candidate PSCell related to the candidate PCell satisfying each execution condition for the conditional mobility does not exist:—performing the conditional mobility for a candidate PCell or a candidate PSCell which fulfills an execution condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method by which a user equipment (UE) performs sidelink positioning in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: on the basis of receiving a transmission request message of a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS), transmitting the SL-PRS to a target UE while running a sidelink-timing alignment timer (SL-TAT); and on the basis of receiving a sidelink-timing advance command (SL-TAC) from the target UE, restarting the SL-TAT, wherein on the basis that the SL-TAT is running, timing advance (TA) for the SL-PRS is considered valid.

Abstract: A circuit board including a build-up structure including a plurality of insulating layers stacked along a vertical direction, a protective layer disposed on the build-up structure and including a through hole, and a plurality of insulating members disposed on the protective layer and spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction around the through hole.

Abstract: A semiconductor package according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer; an electrode part disposed on the insulating layer; and a protective layer disposed on the electrode part, wherein the protective layer includes a first region provided around an upper surface of the protective layer; and a second region excluding the first region, and a step is provided between an upper surface of the first region and an upper surface of the second region.

Abstract: The parameter estimation apparatus may include an acquisition unit configured to acquire battery information comprising current, temperature, and state of charge of a battery unit, and a parameter estimation unit configured to estimate parameters of an equivalent circuit model for the battery unit based on the battery information, wherein the equivalent circuit model may include a first resistor, a second resistor connected in series with the first resistor, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the second resistor, and the parameter estimation unit may estimate the resistance of the first resistor among the parameters by inputting the current of the battery unit into an equation comprising at least one predetermined value corresponding to the temperature and the state of charge, with the current as a variable.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a data management unit configured to calculate an open circuit voltage (OCV) of each of a plurality of batteries and a controller configured to calculate an average OCV of the plurality of batteries and calculate a diagnosis deviation that is a deviation between the OCV and the average OCV for each of the plurality of batteries, classify the diagnosis deviation of each of the plurality of batteries according to a range of the average OCV to generate a diagnosis deviation for each range of the average OCV, and diagnose at least one of the plurality of batteries based on the diagnosis deviation for each range of the average OCV of each of the plurality of batteries.

Abstract: A user terminal includes: a microphone configured to receive a voice message; a communication module including an antenna and configured to enable terrestrial network (TN) communication and non-terrestrial network (NTN) communication using a satellite; and a processor operably connected to the communication module and configured to transmit the voice message using at least one communication method from among the TN communication and the NTN communication, wherein the processor is configured to: predict a communication zone corresponding to an expected location on a driving path of the user terminal, based on a TN signal or an NTN signal each collected through the antenna; determine a transmission protocol or a data format of the voice message based on a result of the prediction; and transmit, to a server, the voice message constructed according to the determination.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly in which first and second electrodes and a separator provided between the first and second electrodes are wound, the first and second electrodes each comprising a non-coated portion disposed at a long side end thereof, exposed to an outside of the separator, and having no active material applied thereto, and a current collecting plate provided at one end of the electrode assembly at which the non-coated portion is exposed. The current collecting plate includes one or more first through-holes penetrated by at least a part of the non-coated portion. The at least the part of the non-coated portion of the first electrode is a protruding portion. The non-coated portion further includes a debossed portion recessed by cutting the non-coated portion.

Abstract: This antenna module comprises: a dielectric substrate; a plurality of antenna elements disposed in one axial direction on one surface of the dielectric substrate, the plurality of antenna elements including first and second antenna elements facing each other; and a stub pattern disposed so as to connect, in the one axial direction, the facing sides of the first and second antenna elements. The stub pattern may comprise: a horizontal stub pattern; and vertical stub patterns that extend perpendicularly in another axial direction from different points of the horizontal stub pattern.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery control apparatus located in a battery system including a plurality of batteries. The battery control apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory configured to store at least one instruction executed by the at least one processor. The at least one instruction may include an instruction to identify an operation mode of the battery system, an instruction to determine a reference voltage based on a reference voltage setting criterion defined in correspondence with the identified operation mode, an instruction to select one or more target batteries of the plurality of batteries having a voltage within a predetermined range from the reference voltage, and an instruction to control the target batteries to be connected in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A battery pack may include a pack housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) for a battery management system (BMS), the PCB being mounted in the pack housing, and a flexible flat cable (FFC) connected to the printed circuit board, wherein the flexible flat cable includes a plurality of conductive wires arranged in parallel, a covering portion covering the plurality of conductive wires, and an uneven portion protruded or recessed from an outer peripheral surface of the covering portion, the uneven portion including an area that is extended in a direction that is not parallel to a length direction of the plurality of conductive wires.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery that includes a structure in which stress generated in a core part of an internal jelly roll-type electrode assembly during charging and discharging of the secondary battery is relieved and supported to prevent electrode deformation. Such deformation may lead to collapse of the core part. A battery module includes the secondary battery.

Abstract: A display apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. A display apparatus for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present comprises: a display including an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel comprising a public pixel and a privacy pixel; and a signal processing device configured to output an image signal to the display, wherein the signal processing device is configured to: divide and display an image into a public area based on the public pixel and a privacy area based on the privacy pixel; and sequentially move a boundary area between the public area and the privacy area. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce degradation of a boundary area of the OLED panel, where a viewing angle is adjustable.

Abstract: There is provided a method of operating an electronic device in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving configuration information from a base station (BS), receiving a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) from the base station, transmitting one or more SSBs of the plurality of SSBs to a user equipment (UE) based on the configuration information, receiving, from the UE, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in a time resource related to a specific random access channel occasion (RACH occasion, RO) associated with a specific SSB of the one or more SSBs, and transmitting the PRACH preamble to the base station based on the specific SSB.

Abstract: A signal processing device including a first processor configured to receive a first message based on a first communication scheme and to perform signal processing of the received first message, wherein the first message includes a sensor signal in a vehicle, a second processor configured to receive a second message based on a second communication scheme and to perform signal processing of the received second message, wherein the second message includes a communication message received from an external source, a shared memory configured to operate to transmit the first message or the second message between the first processor and the second processor, and an interrupt router configured to output an interrupt signal to the first processor or the second processor, wherein the first processor or the second processor is configured to receive the first message or the second message stored in the shared memory based on the interrupt signal, wherein the interrupt router is configured to dynamically adjust a number o

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for a sounding procedure related to an aggregated-physical layer protocol data unit (A-PPDU) support in a WLAN system. A method for performing a sounding procedure by a first station (STA) in a wireless LAN system comprises the steps of: receiving at least one null data PPDU (NDP) announcement frame from a second STA on a first frequency unit associated with a first type PPDU format and a second frequency unit associated with a second type PPDU format; receiving at least one NDP from the second STA on the first frequency unit and the second frequency unit; receiving at least one trigger frame from the second STA on the first frequency unit and the second frequency unit; and transmitting a feedback frame for at least one of the first frequency unit and the second frequency unit to the second STA, wherein the at least one NDP may be received from the second STA on the basis of a first type of training sequence and a second type of training sequence.

Abstract: A transparent display apparatus can include a display area in which a plurality of pixels each having a first non-transmissive area and a first transmissive area are disposed, a bezel area adjacent to the display area and in which a plurality of dummy pixels each having a second non-transmissive area and a second transmissive area are disposed, a first dummy color pattern partially disposed in the first transmissive area, and a second dummy color pattern partially disposed in the second transmissive area. An area of the second dummy color pattern can vary depending on a position in the bezel area.

Abstract: A UE comprising: detecting, in a cell, a synchronization signal block (SSB) comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH); acquiring, from the SSB, information related to whether system information block 1 (SIB1) is on-demand system information (SI); transmitting a SIB1 request on the basis that the SIB1 is the on-demand SI; on the basis of the SIB1 request, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) associated with the SIB1; and, on the basis of detecting the PDCCH, receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for carrying the SIB1.

Abstract: A semiconductor package substrate according to an embodiment an insulating layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a through electrode passing through the upper surface and the lower surface of the insulating layer, wherein a side surface of the through electrode includes a concave portion and a convex portion alternately provided along a vertical direction. In addition, a semiconductor package substrate according to another embodiment includes an insulating layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a through hole passing through the upper surface and the lower surface of the insulating layer, wherein a side wall of the through hole includes a concave portion and a convex portion alternately provided along a vertical direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner, more particularly, to a battery including a protrusion protruding toward one side from the battery body; and a button configured to selectively fix the battery body to the battery receiving part, and is capable of allowing easy operation of the button to release the handle, and allowing the button to be formed compact without protruding outward.

Abstract: This display device comprises: a plurality of display modules disposed in up-down and left-right directions; and a filler filled between adjacent display modules, wherein the filler comprises binder resin, transmittance adjustment particles, and refractive index adjustment particles. The filler between the adjacent display modules may minimize optical distortion caused by a step difference of the plurality of display modules and a gap between the plurality of display modules.

Abstract: A secondary battery including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer provided on the current collector; and a second negative electrode active material layer provided on the first negative electrode active material layer, wherein the first negative electrode active material layer includes natural graphite subjected to isotropic pressure processing, and wherein the second negative electrode active material layer includes artificial graphite in the form of secondary particles and artificial graphite in the form of single particles is provided. A method for manufacturing the negative electrode for a secondary battery is also provided.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly including a heat sink having a plurality of ribs extending in a longitudinal direction of the heat sink, open first and second end faces at respective first and second longitudinal ends and a flow path for a coolant formed by the ribs. The flow path includes an inlet flow path, at least one outlet flow path and a return flow path. A plurality of first end plugs close the first end face. A second end plug closes the second end face. The second end plug includes a flow guide on the return flow path. The flow path is configured so that a coolant introduced from the first longitudinal end flows along the inlet flow path, along the return flow path by the flow guide into the at least one outlet flow path and then flows to the first longitudinal end.

Abstract: A battery system according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a battery connected through a first line supplying current to a load and a second line supplying additional current to the load and a battery management apparatus configured to manage the battery, in which the battery management apparatus is configured to control, based on a state of the load, the current supplied to the load through the first line and the second line.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells, a heatsink configured to contact the plurality of cylindrical battery cells to cool the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a cell cover configured to cover the plurality of cylindrical battery cells is provided. A first battery cell among the plurality of cylindrical battery cells contacts a first surface of the heatsink, and a second battery cell among the plurality of cylindrical battery cells contacts a second surface of the heatsink, which is opposite to the first surface. A battery pack and a vehicle including the battery module are also provided.

Abstract: A cooling device for cooling a cell stack assembly within a battery pack may use a cooling fluid supplied from a coolant storing part, and a battery pack may include the cooling device. Specifically, the cooling device includes: a heat sink including a plurality of cooling channels; and a pipe assembly coupled to the heat sink to allow fluid to enter and exit the cooling channel, wherein the pipe assembly includes: a plurality of connectors coupled to each of the cooling channels, and formed as a hollow type to allow cooling fluid to pass therein; and a connecting pipe connecting each of the connectors, wherein the connector includes: a main port connected to a coolant storing part; and a plurality of sub-ports connected via the main port and the connecting pipe, wherein the main port includes: a first pipe communicating the coolant storing part and the connecting pipe; and a second pipe branching from the first pipe and connecting with a cooling channel.

Abstract: A pouch manufacturing method and a pouch manufacturing device are disclosed. The pouch manufacturing method includes: (1) a seating process of seating a pouch sheet on a seating jig; (2) a support process of pressing and supporting the pouch sheet through a support jig located on the opposite side with the pouch sheet interposed therebetween with respect to the seating jig; and (3) a folding process of securing the pouch sheet through the seating jig and the support jig in the support process, and then moving a plurality of folding jigs and folding the pouch sheet seated on the seating jig to form a receiving portion. An electrode assembly may be accommodated in the receiving portion.

Abstract: A battery module includes a cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells and a module housing configured to accommodate the cell assembly therein. The module housing includes an upper plate covering an upper portion of the cell assembly, a left plate covering a left portion of the cell assembly, a right plate covering a right portion of the cell assembly, and a lower plate covering a lower portion of the cell assembly. At least one of the left and right plates includes a support portion having a shape protruding toward the cell assembly from an inner surface facing the plurality of battery cells to pressurize at least a part of the cell assembly with a relatively small volume expansion. An adhesive is applied to fix at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the cell assembly to an inner surface of the module housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 2-step method for preparing 3-HP, comprising a first step of culturing cells at a high concentration and a second step of producing 3-HP using the high-concentration cultured cells as a catalyst, which is a method for preparing 3-HP and/or a method for improving productivity of 3-HP by adjusting the DO and/or culture temperature and pH in the second step, while controlling the cell production rate through high-concentration cell culture in the first step, and can produce a high concentration of 3HP from a high concentration of glycerol while stably maintaining cell activity.