Abstract: A battery module and an energy storage device including a battery rack including a plurality of battery modules, and a rack fuse cutting off a circuit when an overcurrent occurs in the battery rack, each of the plurality of battery modules includes a battery cell and a module fuse that cuts off a circuit when an overcurrent occurs in the battery module, the module fuse has a voltage specification capable of corresponding to an output voltage of the battery rack, and has a short circuit specification lower than a short circuit specification of the rack fuse.

Abstract: A display device may include pixels disposed on a substrate, each of the pixels including a via layer disposed on the substrate and formed of an organic layer; first and second alignment electrodes disposed on the via layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the first and second alignment electrodes; a first bank pattern disposed on the first insulating layer on the first alignment electrode, and a second bank pattern disposed on the first insulating layer on the second alignment electrode; a second insulating layer disposed on the first and second bank patterns and the first insulating layer; at least one light emitting element disposed on the second insulating layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the light emitting element and the first alignment electrode; and a second electrode electrically connected to the light emitting element and the second alignment electrode. The first insulating layer may include an organic layer.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to technologies for a sensor network, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT). This disclosure can be utilized in intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail sales, security and safety related services, etc. This disclosure relates to a method for generating an instruction for controlling equipment on the basis of biometric information, comprising: a step of obtaining at least one biometric information; a step of determining whether to calculate a calorific value by using stored biometric information and the obtained biometric information, and calculating the calorific value by using the stored biometric information and the obtained biometric information according to the determined result; and generating an instruction for controlling the equipment on the basis of the calculated calorific value.

Abstract: A display device includes a first alignment electrode and a second alignment electrode spaced apart from each other and disposed on a substrate, light emitting elements disposed between the first alignment electrode and the second alignment electrode, and an amorphous silicon layer disposed on the light emitting elements. The amorphous silicon layer includes an electrode portion disposed on a first end portion and a second end portion of each of the light emitting elements, and an insulating portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same, more particularly to a positive electrode active material including a particulate structure of a core-shell structure which comprises a core part and a shell part covering the whole surface or a part of the surface of the core part, wherein the core part comprises a sulfur compound, and the shell part comprises a polythiophene acetic acid-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer. The positive electrode active material of the present disclosure has excellent electrochemical reactivity and adsorbs lithium polysulfide to improve capacity and lifetime characteristics of the lithium-sulfur battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for recognition of objects near a ship by using a deep neural network to prevent a collision with the object by recognizing a neighboring object that may be risky to the ship sailing in a restricted condition such as a foggy environment. All object movements within a predetermined radius are detected and recognized so that collision accidents with objects on the sea in an environment such as fog caused by bad weather at sea can be prevented, and a risk alarm is notified to a captain when the object is detected so that collision accidents can be remarkably reduced. In addition, peripheral environments are detected by only installing a CCTV camera so that expenses can be reduced, human negligence can be prevented, and the system can be easily constructed to prevent collisions.

Abstract: A driving apparatus having transformable wheels including: a drive unit generating forward/reverse torque; a wheel assembly traveling on the ground by receiving torque from the drive unit, the wheel assembly being variable in a diameter; a power transmission transmitting the forward/reverse torque generated by the drive unit to the wheel assembly in only one direction; and a mode switching unit changing the diameter of the wheel assembly depending on a rotation direction of the drive unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery which can improve battery performance by coating the modified bottom-up graphene oxide (SBGO) on the positive electrode active material, and thus preventing the leaching of lithium polysulfide, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the positive electrode. The positive electrode for the lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material; and bottom-up graphene oxides coated on a surface of the positive electrode active material, where the bottom-up graphene oxides are cross-linked with each other through a hydrocarbon compound containing a cationic functional group.

Abstract: A display device includes a base layer; a via layer over the base layer, the via layer having a concave groove; a light emitting element in the groove; a first electrode over the via layer; a second electrode over the via layer and spaced from the first electrode; and an anchor over the light emitting element within the groove. A first conductor is in the groove and covers an end of the light emitting element.

Abstract: A lower cross member for a vehicle is disposed on a floor of a vehicle. The lower cross member includes a core member and a reinforcing layer. The core member is made of a composite material containing 70 wt. % or more of unidirectional carbon fibers, and the reinforcing layer is made of a composite material containing 70 wt. % or more of fiberglass.

Abstract: A method of forming a contact trench structure in a semiconductor device, the method includes performing a first selective deposition process to form a contact on sidewalls of a trench, each of the sidewalls of the trench comprising a first cross section of a first material and a second cross section of a second material, performing a second selective deposition process to form a metal silicide layer on the contact, performing a first metal fill process to form a contact plug within the trench, the first metal fill process including depositing a contact plug metal material within the trench, performing an etch process to form an opening within the trench, comprising partially etching the contact plug metal material within the trench, and performing a second metal fill process, the second metal fill process comprising depositing the contact plug metal material within the opening.

Abstract: An energy storage system (ESS) including a plurality of battery modules and a battery protection unit, the battery protection unit includes a microcontroller (MCU) for controlling charge and discharge of the ESS, a first main contactor and a second main contactor connecting or disconnecting between the plurality of battery modules and an output terminal of the ESS under control of the MCU, and a disconnector disposed between the first main contactor and the second main contactor and connecting or disconnecting the plurality of battery modules, the first main contactor, and the second main contactor, the first main contactor and the second main contactor are turned on or off, by the MCU, depending on whether a predetermined voltage is applied.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology that gap-fills stairwells for memory devices. The memory device is manufactured by forming a liner film on a trench of a stairwell layer of the memory device; depositing a doped silicon dioxide film on the liner film, wherein doping of the doped silicon dioxide film is performed during the deposition; and performing a pressurized and steamed anneal on the doped silicon dioxide film deposited on the liner film to form a reflowed doped silicon dioxide film.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converting circuit includes: an analog-to-digital converter suitable for performing an analog-to-digital conversion on pixel signals of a plurality of pixels provided in a pixel array; a ramp signal generator suitable for providing a ramp signal to the analog-to-digital converter; and an auto-zero controller suitable for providing a reference voltage to the analog-to-digital converter to perform an auto-zeroing operation by using a row pixel for which a readout operation is performed by the analog-to-digital converter.

Abstract: A display device includes a conductive layer including a voltage line and a conductive pattern on the substrate, a via layer on the conductive layer and including a plurality of contact holes exposing a portion of the conductive layer, a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other on the via layer, a first insulating layer on the first electrode and the second electrode and including a plurality of openings exposing the contact holes, light emitting elements on the first electrode and the second electrode on the first insulating layer, and a first connection electrode on the first electrode and in contact with the light emitting element, and a second connection electrode on the second electrode and in contact with the light emitting element, wherein the first connection electrode is in direct contact with the conductive pattern through a first opening exposing a first contact hole.

Abstract: An embodiment battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a cooling channel disposed below the plurality of battery cells, a heat transfer material disposed between the plurality of battery cells and the cooling channel, end plates covering outer surfaces of outermost battery cells of the plurality of battery cells, wherein an installation space is provided at a lower end of each of the end plates, temperature sensors disposed in the installation spaces at the lower ends of the respective end plates, wherein the temperature sensors are configured to measure temperatures of the plurality of battery cells, and sensor covers combined with outer surfaces of the end plates at points respectively provided with the temperature sensors installed therein, wherein the sensor covers include a lower end bent to cover a lower surface of a corresponding one of the temperature sensors.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a main area and a sensor area. Sensor devices overlap the sensor area of the display panel in a thickness direction of the display panel. The display panel includes first subpixels, which are disposed in the sensor area, and second subpixels, which are disposed in the main area. The number of transistors of each of the first subpixels is different from the number of transistors of each of the second subpixels.

Abstract: A multi-phase electrolyte film includes a first phase comprising a metal oxide, wherein the metal oxide is amorphous, crystalline, or a glass; and a second phase comprising a lithium salt having a decomposition temperature in air of greater than 200° C. or a lithium halide. The first phase is dispersed in the second phase and has an average particle size of 5 to 200 nanometers. Methods for the manufacture of the electrolyte film are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a display area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a light source unit overlapping the display panel and including at least one light source. The light source unit irradiates infrared light to a predetermined region within the display area when displaying an image on the display area to change the luminance of pixels disposed in the predetermined region.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; an overlapping layer on the substrate; a pixel on the substrate and the overlapping layer; and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line that are connected to the pixel. The pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor connected to the scan line and the data line; a driving transistor including a gate electrode, an input terminal, and an output terminal, and to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode from the output terminal; and a voltage application transistor to apply a voltage to the overlapping layer. An output of the second transistor is connected to the input terminal of the driving transistor, and the overlapping layer is between the driving transistor and the substrate while overlapping with the driving transistor on a plane.