Abstract: A device including a photon counting sensor array including emitters for emitting a light to an object, a detector array including a first pixel and a second pixel separated from each other, and a mask material disposed on the second pixel, the first pixel receives a light reflected from the object, and the mask material is not disposed on the first pixel.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel disposed on a back-light unit; and a viewing angle control unit disposed between the back-light unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the viewing angle control unit includes light-blocking patterns having a light-blocking material and variable patterns disposed between a first control electrode and a second control electrode, wherein the variable patterns are extended in a direction perpendicular to the light-blocking patterns, and wherein transmittance of each variable pattern is changed according to a voltage applied to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, thereby preventing a distraction of people around a user by selectively sharing a realized image.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack, the temperature of which is maintained within a certain range by a heating component or a heat dissipating component attached thereto. The battery pack includes an upper end cover provided above cylindrical cells to protect an inside of the battery pack, a first metal panel positioned below the upper end cover and jointed to the upper portion of the cylindrical cells, a second metal panel jointed to a lower portion of the cylindrical cells, a holder configured to surround and fix an outer side surface of the entire cylindrical cells and the lower portion of the second metal panel, and a lower end cover positioned below the second metal panel and the holder to form a lower end portion of the battery pack.

Abstract: A pre-folding apparatus for a pouch-type battery includes: a main frame, a rib, a pusher support portion, and a pusher. The main frame includes a pair of columns and a horizontal bar configured to connect upper portions of the columns. The rib installed to be fixed across the pair of columns under the horizontal bar has a forming protrusion whose upper end is flat. The pusher support portion disposed above the rib includes a linear driving portion configured to move the pusher support portion in a vertical direction along the columns. Finally, the pusher installed at the pusher support portion is aligned with the forming protrusion.

Abstract: An induction cooktop includes an upper plate glass on which a cooking container is placed, a working coil generating a magnetic field to heat the cooking container, an inverter driven to flow a current through the working coil, an impedance calculation unit calculating the impedance of the cooking container on the basis of a parameter of the inverter, and an overheated state determination unit determining whether the cooking container is overheated, based on the impedance.

Abstract: A display apparatus can include a substrate having a penetrating area and a separating area, the penetrating area including a substrate hole, a first buffer layer having a first-buffer lower layer, and a first-buffer upper layer, a first thin film transistor including a first semiconductor pattern, a first gate electrode, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, a first interlayer insulating film; a second interlayer insulating film, an opening extending through the second interlayer insulating film, the first interlayer insulating film, the first gate insulating film and the first-buffer upper layer, and a separation structure in the opening, the separation structure including a first separation layer having a same stacked structure as the first-buffer upper layer, a second separation layer having a same stacked structure as the first gate insulating film, and a third separation layer having a same stacked structure as the first gate electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery. Since the lithium secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes a lithium transition metal oxide having a stabilized lattice structure with a hetero-element introduced therein, gas generation during charging and discharging can be suppressed, and improved safety and lifespan can be achieved.

Abstract: A negative electrode for 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, in which the first and second negative electrode active material layers include a silicon-based active material and natural graphite, the natural graphite has an average particle diameter (D50) of 10 ?m or less, and the OI (004/110) of the first and second negative electrode active material layers is 8 or less, and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, a UE transmits a random access preamble (RAP) on a physical random access channel (PRACH) and a common control channel (CCCH) service data unit (SDU) on a physical uplink channel (PUSCH). The UE receives a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) based on transmitting the RAP and the CCCH SDU. The MAC PDU may include a MAC PDU associated with a contention resolution identity (CRID) in the MAC PDU. The UE determines whether a MAC SDU is present or not in the MAC PDU, based on the MAC SDU indicator associated with a CRID in the MAC PDU in a state in which the CRID matches the CCCH SDU.

Abstract: A display panel can include an active area including a general area including a first type of subpixels, and a light sensing area including a second type of subpixels and transmissive pixel areas to transmit light therethrough, the light sensing area being configured to overlap an optical sensor. The display panel including a first-first color subpixel of the first type disposed in the general area, the first-first color subpixel including a first-first electrode, a first-second electrode, and a first-first main light-emissive layer disposed between the first-first electrode and the first-second electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or the separator.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition with improved high temperature safety and a lithium secondary battery including the same is described herein. The electrolyte composition containing a primary additive comprising a compound represented by Formula 1, and specific amount of a secondary additive that contains one or more of cyclic carbonates, can not only reduce the generation of gas during secondary battery charge-discharge, but also improve storage characteristics and the lifespan characteristics under a high temperature condition by strengthening the SEI coating film on the surface of an electrode. wherein all the variables are described herein.

Abstract: The quantum dot comprises a ligand which is a copolymer comprising a first repeating unit comprising at least one or more hole transporting functional groups and a second repeating unit comprising at least one or more photocrosslinking functional groups.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a phosphoric acid-based additive represented by Formula 1 below, which improves the high temperature stability in a lithium secondary battery: wherein R is described herein.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery containing a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a phosphoric acid-based additive of Formula 1 below, which significantly improves the high temperature stability of the lithium secondary battery: wherein R is described herein.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes a jelly-roll having a first electrode tab protruding upward and a second electrode tab protruding downward, a battery can configured to accommodate the jelly-roll through a top opening and electrically connected to the second electrode tab, a first current collecting plate coupled to the first electrode tab at an upper portion of the jelly-roll, an insulating shrink tube having a first cover portion for covering at least a part of the first current collecting plate and a second cover portion for covering a top end of an outer circumference of the jelly-roll, and a top cap electrically connected to the first current collecting plate and configured to cover the opening.

Abstract: An antibacterial composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present technology comprises one or more compounds comprising a quaternary ammonium structure having an acrylate group or a methacrylate group, in which a critical micelle concentration of the compound comprising the quaternary ammonium structure is 0.1 wt % to 3 wt %.

Abstract: A positive electrode material comprising: a first positive electrode active material in the form of single particles; and a second positive electrode active material in the form of single particles which has a lager particle diameter than that of the first positive electrode active material, wherein at least one of the first or second positive electrode active materials has a coating layer comprising boron (B) and cobalt (Co) provided on at least a portion of a surface of the single particle, and a positive electrode and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, a method of preparing the same, and a positive electrode and lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide which contains 60 mol % or more of nickel based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium in the lithium transition metal oxide, wherein the oxide is in a form of a secondary particle which is an aggregate of primary particles, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide satisfies Equation 1: 1 ? x y ? 20 Wherein x is a minimum area of a rectangle including all pores having an area greater than 0.002 ?m2 among closed pores distributed in the secondary particle, and y is a total sum of areas of the pores having an area greater than 0.002 ?m2 among the closed pores distributed in the secondary particle.

Abstract: A negative electrode for 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, in which at least one of the first and second negative electrode active material layers includes a lithium-substituted carboxymethyl cellulose, and the second negative electrode active material layers includes a silicon-based active material, and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a step difference between a lip and a shim of a slot die includes: a laser sensor configured to measure a step difference between a lip and a shim of a slot die, the laser sensor being disposed to face the lip and the shim of the slot die, and a jig configured to come into contact with at least a part of the body where a portion of the slot die from which the ink is discharged is positioned. A method to implementing the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of a super absorbent polymer having excellent basic absorbency and liquid permeability at the same time by optimizing the degree of cross-linking of a base resin powder and a surface cross-linked layer, and a super absorbent polymer prepared therefrom.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene resin composition capable of improving transparency and moisture barrier properties without deterioration in physical properties of a film, and a film including the same, wherein the polyethylene resin composition comprises a nucleating agent and a lubricant both containing a cation of a same metal selected from Group 2 or Group 12 metals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel transition metal compound that exhibits excellent catalytic activity in polyethylene polymerization and is useful for preparing polyethylene having a high intramolecular short-chain branch content without deteriorating physical properties such as molecular weight, melting point, and density; a catalyst composition comprising the same; and a method for preparing polyethylene using the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and an exterior material including the same. The thermoplastic resin composition included 90 to 99.5% by weight of styrene-based resins each including 5 to 30% by weight of acrylate rubber having a DLS average particle diameter of 0.25 to 0.32 ?m or a TEM average particle diameter of 0.2 to 0.27 ?m based on a total weight of the styrene-based resins; and 0.5 to 10% by weight of a polyamide resin, and an exterior material including the thermoplastic resin composition. According to the present disclosure, a low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition having excellent aesthetics, such as softness, luxuriousness, and naturalness, due to uniformity, low gloss, and improvement in surface texture while having mechanical properties and processability equal or superior to those of conventional ASA resins; and an exterior material including the low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition may be provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a portable printer including a main body in a portable form which is capable of accommodating a cartridge having a nozzle for delivering a printing material to a target having a soft or hard surface, a seating part which is provided to be exposed to an outside from a lower portion of the main body to face the surface of the target and at least partially surrounds the nozzle, a roller provided respectively at the front and rear of the nozzle at the lower portion of the main body with respect to a direction in which the main body moves along the surface of the target to deliver the printing material to the target, and a printing adjustment unit configured to adjust a height difference between the nozzle and the roller to adjust a height difference between the nozzle and the surface of the target.

Abstract: Discussed is an electrode tab disconnection inspection apparatus of a battery cell that can include an impedance measurement part connected to electrode leads of a battery cell to be inspected, and configured to measure an impedance value according to a frequency of the battery cell; and a determination part configured to compare impedance value data according to the frequency of the battery cell to be inspected acquired by the impedance measurement part and a predetermined impedance value data group according to a frequency of normal battery cells having no disconnected electrode tabs or a frequency of tab disconnected battery cells having disconnected electrode tabs to determine whether the electrode leads of the battery cell to be inspected is disconnected.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a main relay that controls connection between a battery pack and a load may comprise a resistor dividing circuit including a plurality of resistors, wherein the resistor dividing circuit is connected between a first main relay connected to a positive terminal of the battery pack and the load and between a first end of a second main relay connected to a negative terminal of the battery pack and a second end of the second main relay, and a diagnosing module connected to the resistor dividing circuit and a voltage source and outputting a relay diagnosis voltage to be used for diagnosing the first main relay and the second main relay.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cloud server, comprising a communication unit transmitting and receiving data to and from at least one robot and an external device; and a control unit which receives a first signal including operating system information of a first robot, hardware information of the first robot, and software information of the first robot from a first robot among the at least one robot; if no software image corresponding to the first signal is present, extracts the operating system information of the first robot, the hardware information of the first robot, and the software information of the first robot from the first signal; generates a software image based on the extracted operating system information of the first robot, the extracted hardware information of the first robot, and the extracted software information of the first robot; and transmits the generated software image to the first robot.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for obtaining a raw material which extracts a color raw material for cosmetics having a target color, wherein when a target color development value is input, raw material information is extracted using a genetic algorithm.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight unit configured to supply light to the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a light source array including a plurality of blocks each including a plurality of light sources, and a light source driver configured to control the plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks are divided into a plurality of groups, and blocks belonging to a same group are arranged consecutively in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel substrates disposed on a lower substrate to be spaced apart from each other and where at least one pixel is disposed; a plurality of connection substrates which includes a plurality of curved areas configured to connect a plurality of adjacent pixel substrates, among the plurality of pixel substrates; and a plurality of connection lines configured to electrically connect pads disposed on the plurality of adjacent pixel substrates on the plurality of connection substrates, and the connection substrate includes a first side surface and a second side surface and the second side surface has a different tilt angle from that of the first side surface, thereby improving the stretching reliability.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to displayed devices wherein the characteristics of the transistor(s) may be maintained. In one aspect, a display panel includes a substrate; a first active layer on the substrate and including a channel, a first region positioned at a first side of the channel, and a second region positioned at a second side of the channel; a gate insulating film on the first active layer; a first electrode on the gate insulating film and electrically connected to the first region; a second electrode on the gate insulating film and electrically connected to the second region; a first insulating film on the gate insulating film and including a first hole overlapping at least a portion of the channel; and a third electrode overlapping the first hole.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels, and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the first substrate being made of one of transparent conducting oxide and oxide semiconductor; an inorganic layer on the first substrate; a planarization layer on the inorganic layer; a bonding layer on the inorganic layer and the planarization layer; and a second substrate on the bonding layer. The planarization layer includes a first planarization layer overlapping the first substrate in a plan view, and a second planarization layer surrounding a side surface of the first planarization layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device including the same: wherein A1 to A4, X, Y, n1 and n2 are described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula 1, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or an isomer thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing proteasome-mediated diseases, comprising the same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A cup washer includes a tub providing a space in which a cup is accommodated, and a sprayer disposed on the tub and configured to spray water toward the cup. The sprayer includes a first spray nozzle and a second spray nozzle coupled to the first spray nozzle. The second spray nozzle is disposed on a central portion of the first spray nozzle. The first spray nozzle extends away from an outer circumference of the second spray nozzle. The first spray nozzle is rotatable around the second spray nozzle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite filler comprising: porous inorganic particles including a sintered body of calcium-based particles and pores distributed in the sintered body; and a biodegradable carrier, and a product including the same.

Abstract: A roll mill for super absorbent polymer that grinds introduced super absorbent polymer particles and discharges them. The roll mill for super absorbent polymer includes at least one pair of rollers that have plural corrugations formed on each outer perimeter surface of the roller, and are arranged parallel to each other while being spaced by a roll gap, and the number of corrugations per unit circumference of the roller may be 0.89/mm˜1.15/mm. Also disclosed is a method for preparing super absorbent polymer using the roll mill.

Abstract: A preparation method for an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer capable of obtaining a high-purity ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer without an excessive washing process is described herein. According to the present disclosure, an efficiency of the washing process for obtaining the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer after performing saponification on ethylene-vinyl acetate can be increased, thereby improving productivity, and minimizing the amount of wastewater generated.

Abstract: A cooktop includes a memory that stores material classification data; a measurement unit that acquires output values for each frequency in a search frequency range; and a material determination unit that compares the output values with the material classification data so as to obtain the material information of the cooking container.

Abstract: A separator for a secondary battery, including a separator body having a porous structure and a particle type polymer embedded in the separator body. The particle type polymer includes a material having a heat resistance higher than a heat resistance of the separator body, whereby it is possible to provide a thin separator with improved thermal shrinkage.

Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator that may include an insulation member disposed to surround a first shelf holder and a shelf decoration fastened to the first shelf holder so that the decoration panel can press the insulation member. Due to this structure, even when the width of the cold air duct increases, the warping phenomenon occurring in the central area of the cold air duct may be reduced enough to reduce the central convex portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibration test jig for a cylindrical battery cell, including: a main body for accommodating a cylindrical battery cell; and a connection unit electrically connected to an electrode terminal of the cylindrical battery cell, wherein the connection unit includes: a connection member electrically connected to the electrode terminal and withdrawn to the outside of the main body; a support member for supporting the connection member; and a fixing member for fixing the support member on the main body. The vibration test jig enables the cylindrical battery cell mounted in the jig to be electrically connected to an external voltage and resistance measuring device through the connection unit. During a vibration test, an electrical state of the battery cell can be monitored in real time, and it can be checked whether and when an electrode tab is disconnected by using the measured voltage or resistance value.

Abstract: Discussed is a secondary battery low-voltage defect determination system, which can include a database unit configured to store existing data on battery manufacturing process conditions, activation process conditions, voltage measurement conditions, and a battery voltage measured after an activation process of a battery, a detection unit configured to detect experimental data on the manufacturing process conditions, the activation process conditions, the voltage measurement conditions, and the battery voltage measured after the activation process of the battery, and a calculation unit configured to calculate target voltage drop correction data based on the existing data stored in the database unit and the experimental data detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a mixture of microparticles having a predetermined average particle size (D50) and macroparticles having a larger average particle size (D50) than the microparticles. The microparticles have the average particle size (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m and are at least one selected from the group consisting of particles having a carbon material coating layer on all or part of a surface of primary macroparticles having an average particle size (D50) of 1 ?m or more, particles having a carbon material coating layer on all or part of a surface of secondary particles formed by agglomeration of the primary macroparticles, and a mixture thereof. The macroparticles are secondary particles having an average particle size (D50) of 5 to 20 ?m formed by agglomeration of primary microparticles having a smaller average particle size (D50) than the primary macroparticles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode binder composition for a rechargeable battery and an electrode mixture including the same. The electrode binder composition comprising an emulsified polymer particle having a core-shell structure can maintain a structural stability of the electrode even in repeated charge and discharge cycles, while having excellent properties in terms of a binding force, a mechanical property or the like, thereby improving the overall performance of the rechargeable battery.

Abstract: The catalyst for methane reformation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application comprises: a porous metal support; perovskite-based catalyst particles supported on the porous metal support; and a perovskite-based binder supported on the porous metal support, and the perovskite-based catalyst particles and the perovskite-based binder each independently comprise the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: Sr1-xAxTi1-yByO3-???[Chemical Formula 1] wherein all the variables are described herein.

Abstract: A battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; bus bars connected in a pre-determined pattern to electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells; a sensing unit connected to each of the bus bars to sense voltages of the plurality of battery cells; a connector mounted on a side of the sensing unit; and a bus bar frame including a frame main body that covers a side portion of the cell stack and allows the bus bars to be attached to a front surface of the frame main body, and a connector mount portion on which the connector is mounted, wherein the connector mount portion is rotatably provided on an upper end of the frame main body so that the connector is located in front of the bus bars.

Abstract: A display device prevents an increase in chip size and cost by calculating an APL value without a frame memory connected to a timing controller and includes a display panel, a timing controller configured to control an operation of the display panel, a memory configured to store image data of an image frame, and a processor configured to calculate an average picture level (APL) value using the image data stored in the memory, and transfer the calculated APL value to the timing controller.