Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of automatic detection of structure integrity threats. A threat detection engine detects integrity threats in structures, such as underwater structures, and segments the structures in an image using convolutional neural networks (“CNN”). The threat detection engine may include a dataset module, a CNN training module, a segmentation map module, a semi-supervision module, and an efficiency module. The threat detection engine may train a deep learning model to detect anomalies in videos. To do so, a dataset module with videos may be used where the dataset module includes annotations detailing at what timestamps one or more anomalies are visible.

Abstract: A processor may receive physical parameter data associated with a physical parameter of an object. The processor may receive pathway data associated with one or more potential pathways for transporting the object from an origin point to a destination point. The processor may determine a recommended pathway, the recommended pathway may have one or more path segments for transportation of the object from the origin point to the destination point. The processor may determine a first recommended orientation and a first recommended movement for transportation of the object through a first path segment of the recommended path. The processor may provide, to a user, a virtual rendering of the first recommended orientation and the first recommended movement of the object through the first path segment of the recommended path.

Abstract: Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising sulfonate or carboxylate salt based compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte comprising at least two electrolyte co-solvents, wherein at least one electrolyte co-solvent comprises a sulfonate or carboxylate salt based compound.

Abstract: The vehicle battery case structure includes a top plate and a bottom plate, a side plate provided around the bottom plate, a partition plate provided in a lattice shape on the top surface of the bottom plate to form a plurality of regions for accommodating the battery pack with the side plate, a slit portion into which the side plate and the partition plate can be inserted, and a fixing portion to which the top plate is fixed, and a fastening member bonded to the top surface of the bottom plate at the intersection of the side plate and the partition plate and at the intersection of the partition plates in a state in which at least one of the side plate and the partition plate is inserted into the slit portion.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode for lithium ion capacitor that allows increasing the capacity of a lithium ion capacitor. A method for producing a positive electrode for lithium ion capacitor disclosed herein includes a the steps of: giving a positive electrode mixture containing an activated carbon, a binder and a solvent, to a positive electrode collector; drying the positive electrode collector having the positive electrode mixture given thereto, to form a positive electrode mixture layer; and thermally treating the formed positive electrode mixture layer in an inert gas atmosphere or under reduced pressure, so that oxygen-containing functional groups present on the surface of the activated carbon detach from the surface of the activated carbon.

Abstract: When providing alternating current (AC) power to operate AC powered devices such as power tools (such as drills, table saws, miter saws), equipment (such as lawn mowers), and consumer products (such as refrigerators, television, lights) without being tied to a fixed utility power supply typically requires a generator (such as an internal combustion engine based generator) or a battery powered inverter. In order to meet power and runtime needs for these devices, a battery powered inverter must be relatively large and expensive. This simple fact prohibits their use in many environments.

Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, in which the capacity retention rate after high temperature storage is high, the gas amount after high temperature storage is suppressed, the resistance after high temperature storage is low, the amount of metal dissolution from a positive electrode is small, and the amount of heat generation at a high temperature is small. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode with a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing a metal ion; a negative electrode with a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing a metal ion; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution; wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal compound, and the positive electrode active material includes at least Ni, Mn and Co, wherein the molar ratio of Mn/(Ni+Mn+Co) is larger than 0 and not larger than 0.32, the molar ratio of Ni/(Ni+Mn+Co) is 0.

Abstract: A battery comprises: at least one electrical energy storage cell; an enclosure in which the at least one electrical energy storage cell is housed, the enclosure having a bottom made from a material with low thermal conductivity having at least one flow channel for a cooling fluid; a thermal plate made from a material with a high thermal conductivity, laying down on the bottom the thermal plate being in thermal contact with the at least one electrical energy storage cell; and a cradle, facing the bottom and separated from the bottom by a space.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte for an energy storage device comprising: an alkali metal salt; a first aprotic organic solvent coordinating to an alkali metal ion in the alkali metal salt, and not including a fluorine atom; a second aprotic organic solvent including a fluorine atom; and an additive comprising a polar group and a group including a fluorine atom, wherein a content of the alkali metal salt is no less than 0.9 mol/kg and less than 2 mol/kg, a content of the first aprotic organic solvent with respect to the content of the alkali metal salt in terms of a molar ratio is no less than 0.7 and no greater than 4, and a content of the second aprotic organic solvent with respect to a total amount of the first aprotic organic solvent, the second aprotic organic solvent and the additive is no less than 40% by volume.

Abstract: Heterocyclic sulfonyl fluoride additives for electrolyte composition for lithium batteries An electrolyte composition containing •(i) at least one aprotic organic solvent; •(ii) at least one conducting salt; •(iii) at least one compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently H or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group which may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more substituents selected from F, CN, OS(O)2F, and S(O)2F and which may contain one or more groups selected from —O—, —S—, —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, and —OS(O)2—; wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is substituted by one or more S(O)2F groups; and •(iv) optionally one or more additives.

Abstract: An animation system wherein a machine learning model is adopted to generate animated facial actions based on parameters obtained from a live actor. Specifically, the anatomical structure such as a facial muscle topology and a skull surface that are specific to the live actor may be used. A skull surface that is specific to a live actor based on facial scans of the live actor and generic tissue depth data. For example, the facial scans of the live actor may provide a skin surface topology of the live actor, based on which the skull surface underneath the skin surface can be derived by “offsetting” the skin surface with corresponding soft tissue depth at different sampled points on the skin surface.

Abstract: A position posture identification device includes: an actual measurement data acquisition unit which acquires actual measurement data on the shape of a workpiece; a virtual measurement data generation unit which generates, from shape data defined for the workpiece, virtual measurement data; a filter processing unit which performs, based on the measurement property of the three-dimensional measuring machine, affine transformation on the virtual measurement data; a feature point extraction unit which extracts feature point data from the actual measurement data and the virtual measurement data; a storage unit which stores, as model data of the workpiece, the feature point data extracted from the virtual measurement data; and a position posture calculation unit which checks the feature point data of the actual measurement data against data obtained by performing coordinate transformation on the feature point data included in the model data so as to calculate the position posture of the workpiece.

Abstract: A battery cell of a venting structure using taping is disclosed. The battery cell includes a battery case including a first case and a second case, at least one of the first and second cases being provided with a receiving part for receiving the electrode assembly, thermally bonded edges for sealing the receiving part being provided outside the receiving part, a positive electrode lead and a negative electrode lead protruding outward from the battery case, and an electrode assembly received in the battery case, the electrode assembly having electrode tabs protruding from one end thereof, the electrode tabs being coupled to the positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead, wherein seal reinforcement tapes are attached to some of the thermally bonded edges so as to surround outer ends of the some thermally bonded edges.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a LiNi composite oxide having low internal resistance and excellent thermal stability. The positive electrode active material is obtained by performing a water washing process using a water spray on a LiNi composite oxide powder obtained by a firing step until the filtrate has an electric conductivity of 30 to 60 mS/cm, and then dried, where the LiNi composite oxide is represented by the composition formula (1): LibNi1?aM1aO2, where M1 represents at least one kind of element selected from transition metal elements other than Ni, group 2 elements, and group 13 elements, and 0.01?a?0.5, and 0.85?b?1.05.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a prussian blue analogue positive electrode material, a preparation method therefor and an electrochemical energy storage device. A molecular formula of the prussian blue analogue positive electrode material is AxMc[M?(CN)6]1-y(b-H2O)6y-dLd.?y.(i-H2O)z, where, A is one or more selected from a group consisting of alkali metal cation, alkaline-earth metal cation, Zn2+ and Al3+; M is a metal with the valence of 2+ or 3+; M? is a metal with the valence of 2+ or 3+; b-H2O is a coordinated water; ? is a M?(CN)6 cavity; L is a neutral ligand, the neutral ligand is one or more selected from a group consisting of CH3CN, NH3, CO and C5H5N; i-H2O is an interstitial water; 0<x?2; 0<c?1; 0<y<1; 0<d?6y; 0?z?16.

Abstract: An electrode including an additive for forming pores with an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or greater, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrode. The porosity of the porous particles may be from 50% to 95%. The porosity of the electrode increases by including the additive for forming pores. As the porosity of the electrode increases by the additive for forming pores, and accordingly, effects of having excellent electrode reactivity and enhanced initial capacity are obtained even under high loading.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for tracking objects comprise one or more optical sensors for capturing one or more images of a scene, wherein the one or more optical sensors capture a wide field of view and corresponding narrow field of view for the one or more images of a scene, a localization module, coupled to the one or more optical sensors for determining the location of the apparatus, and determining the location of one more objects in the one or more images based on the location of the apparatus and an augmented reality module, coupled to the localization module, for enhancing a view of the scene on a display based on the determined location of the one or more objects.

Abstract: The present invention provides a slurry composition comprising (a) a binder comprising a polymer comprising a fluocopolymer dispersed in a liquid medium; and (b) at least one conductive carbon material having a BET surface area of greater than 100 m2/g. Also provided are electrodes and electrical storage devices.

Abstract: The development of a novel battery comprising of high-oxidation-state periodate complex cathode and zinc anode is disclosed. A periodate complex H7Fe4(IO4)3O8 was prepared by a precipitation reaction between Fe(NO3)3 and NaIO4, and was used in battery development for the first time. NaMnIO6 double periodate salts were also synthesized from MnSO4 and NaIO4 using the same techniques. The H7Fe4(IO4)3O8 alone showed specific capacity of 300 mAh g?1; while NaMnIO6 showed specific capacity as high as 750 mAh g?1. Compared to single-electron processes in conventional cathode reactions, the possibility to significantly enhance cathode specific capacity via a multi-electron process associated with valence change from I(VII) to I2 is demonstrated. Novel 3D-printed reserve battery casing designs comprising replaceable electrodes also disclosed. Batteries featuring an ion-exchange membrane dual-electrolyte design are disclosed. Periodate based dry cell batteries utilizing polymer electrolytes are also disclosed.

Abstract: A pouch cell includes a generally rectangular cell housing formed of a metal laminated film that includes a box portion and a lid portion that is formed separately from the box portion. The active material including the electrode and an electrolyte is placed into the box portion and the lid portion is welded to the box portion. The box portion and the lid portion are formed and assembled together without using a drawing or a punching process. Instead, the pouch cell housing is formed via a series of folding and welding steps, whereby the pouch cell size is not limited by the draw depth of the metal laminated film.