Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a cylindrical secondary battery in which a positive electrode terminal is adhered and fixed to a cylindrical can by an insulating sheet, and thus sealing between the cylindrical can and the positive electrode terminal can be facilitated due to an increased contact area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reservation and payment system using SNS and a method therefor, and in particular, when one of a specific text and a specific image displayed while an SNS is used is selected, a reservation page corresponding to the selected one of the specific text and the specific image may be called or a corresponding reservation screen may be displayed by executing a reservation app installed in a terminal, and a reservation function or waiting number provision function may be performed by using personal information pre-stored in the terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a pedestrian protection apparatus. An image capturer captures a far infrared (FIR) image of an object in front of a vehicle. A sensor is mounted on a bumper of the vehicle and senses at least one of a change in acceleration and a change in pressure of the bumper caused by a collision between the vehicle and an object located in front of the vehicle. A controller determines whether or not the object is a pedestrian candidate in accordance with the FIR image captured by the image capturer, determines whether or not the pedestrian candidate is a pedestrian in accordance with at least one of the change in the acceleration and the change in the pressure sensed by the sensor, and operates a protector for pedestrian protection in response to the pedestrian candidate being identified as the pedestrian.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for protecting a pedestrian and a control method thereof. The apparatus for protecting a pedestrian includes a front object detection unit configured to detect an object in front of a vehicle; a collision detection unit configured to detect a collision of a vehicle; a protection module driving unit configured to drive a protection module for protecting a pedestrian when the pedestrian collides with the vehicle; and a control unit configured to determine the front object as a hood lift target on the basis of a detection result of the front object detection unit, to determine the collision as a hood lift target collision on the basis of a detection result of the collision detection unit, and to operate the protection module driving unit in case of the hood lift target collision of the hood lift target.

Abstract: A pedestrian collision sensing device may include: a bumper skin having one or more pressure sensor installation parts formed thereon; a bumper absorber disposed at a rear of the bumper skin, and having an installation groove part formed therein; a pressure transfer tube extended in a lateral direction along the installation groove part; a tube mounting member configured to cover a circumference of the pressure transfer tube, and inserted and installed into the installation groove part; and one or more pressure sensors each connected to an end of the pressure transfer tube and coupled to the pressure sensor installation part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pedestrian collision determination system including a collision detection sensor and a control unit, the collision detection sensor including a conductive pattern disposed on a front surface of a shock absorber of a vehicle bumper to form an electromagnetic field by an application of alternating current power and a conductive material disposed at a position facing the conductive pattern on an inner surface of a bumper skin of the vehicle bumper, and the control unit determining an occurrence or non-occurrence of a collision of a pedestrian based on a change of a current flowing in the conductive pattern.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for protecting a pedestrian and a control method thereof. The apparatus for protecting a pedestrian includes a front object detection unit configured to detect an object in front of a vehicle; a collision detection unit configured to detect a collision of a vehicle; a protection module driving unit configured to drive a protection module for protecting a pedestrian when the pedestrian collides with the vehicle; and a control unit configured to determine the front object as a hood lift target on the basis of a detection result of the front object detection unit, to determine the collision as a hood lift target collision on the basis of a detection result of the collision detection unit, and to operate the protection module driving unit in case of the hood lift target collision of the hood lift target.

Abstract: Provided is a pedestrian protection apparatus. An image capturer captures a far infrared (FIR) image of an object in front of a vehicle. A sensor is mounted on a bumper of the vehicle and senses at least one of a change in acceleration and a change in pressure of the bumper caused by a collision between the vehicle and an object located in front of the vehicle. A controller determines whether or not the object is a pedestrian candidate in accordance with the FIR image captured by the image capturer, determines whether or not the pedestrian candidate is a pedestrian in accordance with at least one of the change in the acceleration and the change in the pressure sensed by the sensor, and operates a protector for pedestrian protection in response to the pedestrian candidate being identified as the pedestrian.

Abstract: A pedestrian collision sensing device may include: a bumper skin having one or more pressure sensor installation parts formed thereon; a bumper absorber disposed at a rear of the bumper skin, and having an installation groove part formed therein; a pressure transfer tube extended in a lateral direction along the installation groove part; a tube mounting member configured to cover a circumference of the pressure transfer tube, and inserted and installed into the installation groove part; and one or more pressure sensors each connected to an end of the pressure transfer tube and coupled to the pressure sensor installation part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a passenger identification device including: a weight sensor assembled to a seat of a vehicle, sensing a weight of a passenger and including a stud unit that protrudes upward; a base bracket positioned on the top of the weight sensor and mediating mounting of the weight sensor; an upper damper and a lower damper contacting the top and the bottom of the base bracket, respectively to absorb an error moment; and an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve positioned on the top of the upper damper and the bottom of the lower damper, respectively and used to fix the position of the damper and protect the damper.

Abstract: Disclosed is a passenger identification device including: a weight sensor assembled to a seat of a vehicle, sensing a weight of a passenger and including a stud unit that protrudes upward; a base bracket positioned on the top of the weight sensor and mediating mounting of the weight sensor; an upper damper and a lower damper contacting the top and the bottom of the base bracket, respectively to absorb an error moment; and an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve positioned on the top of the upper damper and the bottom of the lower damper, respectively and used to fix the position of the damper and protect the damper.

Abstract: A vehicle according to the present invention includes: a weight sensor disposed in a seat to sense the weight of a passenger sitting on the seat; a weight-keeping-exerted time measurer measuring how long the weight of the passenger sensed by the weight sensor is exerted; a vehicle speed sensor sensing the traveling speed; and a passenger identification unit setting the class of the seat by using the passenger's weight sensed by the weight sensor and the weight-keeping-exerted time measured by the weight-keeping-exerted time measurer and finally fixing the set class, when the traveling speed sensed by the vehicle speed sensor is a fixed reference speed or more.

Abstract: Provided is an occupant classifying device which can detect an occupant sitting on a seat by a change in an electric field between first and second electrodes that is caused by the occupant sitting on the seat. The occupant classifying device includes: a seat for an occupant to sit on; a first electrode disposed in the seat; a second electrode disposed in the seat, spaced apart from the first electrode, and forming an electric field between the first and second electrodes; and a current measuring device for measuring a variation in current value corresponding to changes in the electric field caused by the occupant sitting on the seat.

Abstract: A passenger distinguishing apparatus is provided. The passenger distinguishing apparatus includes: a plurality of lower brackets that are fixed to a floor of a vehicle room; upper brackets that assist mounting of a passenger seat disposed at an upper part of the lower brackets; and a plurality of sensors that are disposed between the lower brackets and the upper brackets to detect a weight of a passenger seated in the passenger seat, wherein in an upper end part and a lower end part of the sensors, male screw threads for bolt-fastening to fastening holes formed at each of the lower bracket and the upper bracket are formed, and in at least one of the upper end part and the lower end part of the sensors, dampers for absorbing assembling tolerance of the sensors while being fixed due to a contact with nuts tightened and fixed to a portion in which the male screw threads are formed, are formed. Therefore, an assembling process can be improved, a cost can be reduced, and durability of the sensor can be improved.

Abstract: A passenger distinguishing apparatus is provided. The passenger distinguishing apparatus includes: a weight detection sensor that is assembled in a vehicle seat to detect a passenger's weight; and a first bracket and a second bracket that assemble the weight detection sensor in the seat, wherein the weight detection sensor has a length direction in a horizontal direction of the seat, and a first damper for absorbing assembling tolerance of the weight detection sensor is disposed between the first bracket and the weight detection sensor. Therefore, assembling tolerance can be absorbed with minimum parts, production can be improved, contact noise can be reduced, and a weight and cost can be reduced.

Abstract: A vehicle according to the present invention includes: a weight sensor disposed in a seat to sense the weight of a passenger sitting in the seat; a weight-keeping-exerted time measurer measuring how long the weight of the passenger sensed by the weight sensor is exerted; a vehicle speed sensor sensing the traveling speed; and a passenger identification unit setting the class of the seat by using the passenger's weight sensed by the weight sensor and the weight-keeping-exerted time measured by the weight-keeping-exerted time measurer and finally fixing the set class, when the traveling speed sensed by the vehicle speed sensor is a fixed reference speed or more.

Abstract: Provided is an occupant classifying device which can detect an occupant sitting on a seat by a change in an electric field between first and second electrodes that is caused by the occupant sitting on the seat. The occupant classifying device includes: a seat for an occupant to sit on; a first electrode disposed in the seat; a second electrode disposed in the seat, spaced apart from the first electrode, and forming an electric field between the first and second electrodes; and a current measuring device for measuring a variation in current value corresponding to changes in the electric field caused by the occupant sitting on the seat.

Abstract: A passenger distinguishing apparatus is provided. The passenger distinguishing apparatus includes: a plurality of lower brackets that are fixed to a floor of a vehicle room; upper brackets that assist mounting of a passenger seat disposed at an upper part of the lower brackets; and a plurality of sensors that are disposed between the lower brackets and the upper brackets to detect a weight of a passenger seated in the passenger seat, wherein in an upper end part and a lower end part of the sensors, male screw threads for bolt-fastening to fastening holes formed at each of the lower bracket and the upper bracket are formed, and in at least one of the upper end part and the lower end part of the sensors, dampers for absorbing assembling tolerance of the sensors while being fixed due to a contact with nuts tightened and fixed to a portion in which the male screw threads are formed, are formed. Therefore, an assembling process can be improved, a cost can be reduced, and durability of the sensor can be improved.

Abstract: A passenger distinguishing apparatus is provided. The passenger distinguishing apparatus includes: a weight detection sensor that is assembled in a vehicle seat to detect a passenger's weight; and a first bracket and a second bracket that assemble the weight detection sensor in the seat, wherein the weight detection sensor has a length direction in a horizontal direction of the seat, and a first damper for absorbing assembling tolerance of the weight detection sensor is disposed between the first bracket and the weight detection sensor. Therefore, assembling tolerance can be absorbed with minimum parts, production can be improved, contact noise can be reduced, and a weight and cost can be reduced.

Abstract: A passenger differentiating apparatus with an independent frame structure includes a passenger seat disposed to be movable in a back-and-forth direction within a car by a user, a pair of guide rails disposed below the passenger seat and configured to guide the movement of the passenger seat, a pair of load sensors disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a back-and-forth direction on one of the pair of guide rails to sense a load of a passenger sitting on the passenger seat, and an overload prevention unit disposed on the guide rails and configured to prevent damage to the pair of load sensors.