Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system of a vehicle includes a valve controlling a flow of a coolant, a first line having ends connected to the valve, a radiator and an electrical component on the first line, a second line having ends connected to the valve, a battery module on the second line, a first connection line including a first end connected to the valve, a chiller on the first connection line, a second connection line including ends connected to the second and first connection lines, and a third connection line including a first end connected to a second end of the first connection line and a second end connected to the first line between the radiator and the electrical component, wherein the valve operates such that the first, second, or first connection line is connected to another line or to itself depending on the selected mode.

Abstract: A lighting device of a steering wheel and an assembling method of the lighting device improving an assembly process and mass productivity of the lighting device by simplifying an assembly structure thereof, includes a grip body forming a rim of the steering wheel and including a body groove portion formed in a shape in which the body groove portion is cut away along the rim, a bezel fitted to the body groove portion and assembled to the grip body so that the body groove portion is covered by the bezel, the bezel including a center portion provided with a light transmission hole, and includes a light emitting body assembled to the bezel to overlap the light transmission hole from between the body groove portion and the bezel, the light emitting body being configured to emit light through the light transmission hole.

Abstract: Provided are a compound capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element; a composition comprising the same; an organic electronic element using same; and an electronic device thereof.

Abstract: A mount base for a rearview mirror includes: a base body including a first material; and an insert embedded in the base body and including a second material. The base body has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the insert has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the first material is softer than the second material, and the second material has higher stiffness than the first material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery. The secondary battery includes a can configured to accommodate an electrode assembly; and a cap assembly bonded to an opening of the can. The cap assembly includes an upper cap provided in the opening and connected to an electrode tab of the electrode assembly and a lower cap configured to bond the upper cap to the opening. The lower cap includes a first bonding part bonded to a bottom surface of the upper cap to support the upper cap and a second bonding part formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first bonding part to fix the upper cap while being bonded to the upper cap.

Abstract: Provided are an epitaxial growth apparatus and a multi-layer gas supply module used therefor, the epitaxial growth apparatus including: a reaction chamber; a susceptor positioned in the reaction chamber and configured to seat a wafer thereon; and a multi-layer gas supply module configured to supply a gas to the reaction chamber to form an epitaxial layer on the wafer, wherein the multi-layer gas supply module includes an injector including ports of a plurality of layers, each of which discharges a different gas for each layer, among the ports of the plurality of layers, the ports of each layer including a center port corresponding to a central region of the wafer, and a pair of edge ports corresponding to both edge regions of the wafer, and a flow distribution unit configured to distribute gas flows input to the center port and the edge port among the ports of each layer independently from each other.

Abstract: Proposed is a method in which a server presents content through a chat room. The method may include acquiring information about a keyword or theme of the content, information about a condition for presenting the content, and information about the chat room, wherein the chat room is related to the keyword or theme and a plurality of users are able to participate in the chat room. The method may also include providing the chat room to a user terminal in association with the information about the keyword or theme of the content. The method may further include searching for the content in a content pool based on the keyword or theme, and when the condition for presenting the content is satisfied, presenting at least some items of the searched content to the user terminal through the chat room.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intra prediction method including: deriving neighbor prediction mode information from a left neighbor prediction mode and an upper neighbor prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a decoding target unit by using the derived neighbor prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction on the decoding target unit based on the intra prediction mode. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to image processing, and more particularly, to a video coding/decoding method using a clipped motion vector and an apparatus thereof. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of decoding an image. The method includes clipping a motion vector of a reference picture in a predetermined dynamic range to generate a clipped motion vector, storing the clipped motion vector in a buffer, deriving a motion vector of a coding treeblock using the motion vector stored in the buffer, and performing inter prediction decoding process using the motion vector of the coding treeblock. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a size of a memory required for storing motion vectors may be reduced.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a function-adding area, of which at least a portion is surrounded by the display area, and a detour area disposed between the display area and the function-adding area. The display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in the display area. A plurality of driving lines are electrically connected to the pixel circuits and extend in a direction in the display area. A first detour line is disposed in the detour area and is electrically connected to a first driving line. A second detour line is disposed in the detour area. The second detour line is electrically connected to a second driving line and is disposed in a different layer from the first detour line.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus, a dipole alignment method, and a display device manufacturing method are provided. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a stage, a print head part disposed above the stage, and an electric field generating part that provides an electric field to a space between the stage and the print head part. The dipole alignment method includes providing an electric field at an area above a target substrate, spraying ink including a dipole onto the target substrate through the area, and landing the dipole on the target substrate. The display device manufacturing method includes preparing a base layer on which first and second electrodes are disposed, spraying ink including a light emitting element onto the base layer through the area, landing the light emitting element between the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: Proposed is an incubator that comprises a body including a bottom plate to lay a baby on an upper portion, a fixed frame connected at a lower portion to a side of the body, an elevation frame connected to the fixed frame and configured to be moved up and down with respect to the fixed frame, a heater configured in conjunction with movement of the elevation frame and being moved up and down with up-down movement of the elevation frame, a hood connected to the elevation frame and configured to open and close a top of the body by moving up and down in conjunction with movement of the elevation frame, and a driving mechanism for moving up and down the elevation frame and the hood, and further comprises a tilting means of tilting the heater at a predetermined angle in conjunction with up-down movement of the elevation frame.

Abstract: Provided are an epitaxial growth apparatus and a gas supply control module used therefor, the epitaxial growth apparatus including: a reaction chamber; a susceptor positioned in the reaction chamber and configured to seat a wafer thereon; and a gas supply control module configured to control a flow of a gas flowing into the reaction chamber, wherein the gas supply control module includes an injector including a center port corresponding to a central region of the wafer, a pair of edge ports corresponding to both edge regions of the wafer, and a pair of middle ports respectively disposed between the center port and the pair of edge ports, and a flow distribution unit configured to independently distribute the gas flow input from a source module to the ports.

Abstract: The simulation system for predicting heating and cooling loads of a building comprises the collection unit collecting measurement data of a target building from a BEMS, the identification unit identifying indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, and insolation measured in the building in real time based on RTS method, the correlation derivation unit deriving a correlation between energy usage based on the BEMS measurement data collected by the collection unit and the cooling and heating loads according to indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, and insolation identified by the identification unit, the simulation unit predicting a change in cooling and heating loads according to a change in at least one of pieces of measurement data based on the correlation derived from the correlation derivation unit to perform a simulation, and the information provision unit providing a simulation result from the simulation unit in a visible form to a user terminal.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.

Abstract: A method of decoding a motion vector includes: obtaining information indicating a motion vector resolution (MVR) of a current block from a bitstream, selecting one candidate block from among at least one candidate block, based on the MVR of the current block; and obtaining a motion vector of the current block corresponding to the MVR, by using a motion vector of the determined one candidate block as a prediction motion vector of the current block.

Abstract: Provided herein is a battery cell and electrode. The battery cell can include a component. The battery cell can include MxFy disposed in the component, where M is a metal element different from Mn, and 1?x?3 and 1?y?3. The electrode can include an anode active material. The electrode can include a solid electrolyte interphase on the anode active material. The solid electrolyte interphase can include MxMn(O1-yFy)z, where M is a metal element different from Mn, and x?1, 0?y?1, and z?3.

Abstract: Provided herein is an electrode. The electrode can include a current collector. The electrode can include a first layer on a first surface of the current collector. The first layer can include a first electrode active material and an electrically conductive material. The electrode can include a second layer on the first layer. The second layer can include a second electrode active material. An amount of the second electrode active material in the second layer can be greater than an amount of the first electrode active material in the first layer.

Abstract: An apparatus can include a layered electrode. The layered electrode can include a current collector material including a first side. The layered electrode can include a first electrode layer applied to the first side of the current collector material, the first electrode layer including a first applied viscosity of a first slurry. The layered electrode can include a second electrode layer applied to the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer including a second applied viscosity of a second slurry. The first applied viscosity of the first slurry can be greater than the second applied viscosity of the second slurry.

Abstract: A two-way welding gun includes a first welding tip or a second welding tip selected to be used depending on the shape of the flange of a vehicle body panel, which is an object for the spot welding, so that flanges of first vehicle body panels each including a shape matching the first welding tip are easily spot welded to each other using the first welding tip, and flanges of second vehicle body panels each including a shape different from the first welding tip but matching the second welding tip are easily spot welded to each other using the second welding tip.