Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a can having an accommodation space therein; an electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodation space in the can; and a cap assembly sealed with the can. The can has a beading part recessed into a side wall of the can at a region below where the cap assembly is accommodated, and the beading part has an acute angle with respect to the side wall of the can.

Abstract: Provided is a portable apparatus for measuring a manipulation force. The apparatus includes a manipulation force measurement unit configured to measure a manipulation force applied on a manipulated part in a first direction of pushing forward or pulling backward and measure a manipulation force in a second direction of moving toward left or right, and a controller configured to process the measured manipulation force to generate manipulation force information over time.

Abstract: Disclosed is an endoscope apparatus. The endoscope apparatus of the present invention includes: an endoscope including a flexible insertion section to be inserted into a human body; a flexible channel attached to the insertion section so that a part forms a passage in a longitudinal direction of the insertion section; and an assistant arm movably inserted into the passage and manipulated by a control device, and the assistant arm includes forceps capable of gripping a human body tissue, and a bending section bent by the control device to pull the human body tissue griped by the forceps.

Abstract: A display device includes a display area which includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixels and a second display area including at least one second pixel and at least one light-transmitting portion, a peripheral area disposed around the display area, a data line including a first portion and a second portion spaced apart from each other in a predetermined direction with the light-transmitting portion therebetween, and a conductive pattern disposed at a different conductive layer from the data line. The conductive pattern includes a first pattern portion including a bypass portion that bypasses a periphery of the second display area in a plan view and disposed in the first display area, and the first pattern portion includes a first end electrically connected to the first portion of the data line and a second end electrically connected to the second portion of the data line.

Abstract: A vehicle recommendation system according to an embodiment includes a user tendency determiner configured to determine a user tendency and a trim tendency of a user corresponding to the user tendency based on a response to a user tendency test received from a user terminal. An embodiment can include a price index calculation unit configured to derive a price index of each vehicle based on a price of each vehicle and a vehicle purchase budget of the user. An embodiment can include an optimal tendency matcher configured to derive vehicles each conforming the trim tendency of the user and having the price index equal to or greater than a predetermined critical price index based on at least the trim tendency of the user and the price index. The plurality of candidate vehicles can include a vehicle to be determined whether it is suitable for recommendation to the user as a purchase vehicle.

Abstract: An embodiment is a vehicle comparing method including providing a user question and a user propensity test to an application through a user terminal, receiving a response to the user question and the user propensity test from the user terminal, determining a user propensity based on the response, calculating a plurality of vehicle compatibilities representing vehicle-specific characteristics for each of the plurality of vehicles, determining a reference vehicle among the plurality of vehicles by comparing the user propensity with each of the plurality of vehicle compatibilities, and when receiving a response that either vehicle depreciation rate and a vehicle maintenance cost is considered, providing vehicle purchase information in which the reference vehicle is compared with a target vehicle corresponding to a higher trim or model of the reference vehicle according to a result of considering at least one of the depreciation rate of the vehicle and the vehicle maintenance cost.

Abstract: A vehicle recommendation system includes: a user tendency determinator configured to determine a user tendency based on a response to a user tendency test received from a user terminal, a vehicle tendency determination device configured to determine a plurality of vehicle tendencies for each of a plurality of vehicles, and an optimal tendency matcher configure to generate a tendency matching index indicating a degree of matching between the user tendency and the vehicle tendency for each of the plurality of vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle matching method performed by a service providing server includes: receiving responses to a user question and a user propensity test from a user terminal and determining a user propensity based on the responses; calculating a plurality of vehicle propensities representing vehicle-specific characteristics; setting a plurality of option groups for each of the plurality of vehicles according to trim and option specifications of each vehicle; matching one option group among the plurality of option groups to the user based on the user propensity; determining a degree of matching between a vehicle propensity of each of a plurality of target vehicles belonging to a vehicle purchase budget range among the plurality of vehicles corresponding to the one option group and the user propensity; and determining at least one optimal vehicle among the plurality of target vehicles based on the degree of matching with the plurality of target vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle recommendation system includes: an optimum tendency matcher configured to determine an optimal vehicle type suitable for a user tendency among a plurality of vehicles based on the user tendency and a vehicle tendency of each of the plurality of vehicles; an option group classifier configured to generate a plurality of option groups by grouping predetermined option specifications, for each of a plurality of vehicle types, among a plurality of specifications of the vehicle type; and an option group matcher configured to determine an optimal vehicle by matching an option group corresponding to the user tendency among the plurality of option groups of the optimal vehicle type based on the user tendency.

Abstract: An embodiment method includes providing a question for a user and a user propensity test, receiving responses to the question for the user and the user propensity test and determining a user propensity based on the responses, and calculating vehicle propensities for indicating vehicle characteristics on vehicles. Calculating the vehicle propensities includes extracting a platform applying time of each of the vehicles and a used fuel type from vehicle data and determining a weight on one of a plurality of vehicle propensity elements by summing platform scores according to the platform applying time and energy source scores according to the used fuel type. The method further includes determining target vehicles belonging to a budget range from among the vehicles and determining an optimal vehicle from among the target vehicles based on matching degrees of the user propensity and the respective target vehicles.

Abstract: Provided is a portable apparatus for measuring a manipulation force. The apparatus includes a manipulation force measurement unit configured to measure a manipulation force applied on a manipulated part in a first direction of pushing forward or pulling backward and measure a manipulation force in a second direction of moving toward left or right, and a controller configured to process the measured manipulation force to generate manipulation force information over time.

Abstract: A vehicle and a method for controlling the same are provided to induce inertial driving of a driver by guiding the inertial driving of the vehicle and controlling an accelerator pedal so that a pedal effort is applied to the accelerator pedal. The vehicle includes a display configured to display an object guiding the inertial driving, and a controller configured to apply a pedal effort to an accelerator pedal when guiding the inertial driving to induce the inertial driving.

Abstract: A vehicle can include: a sensing device configured to acquire driving information of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine whether a current driving mode of the vehicle is changeable based on the driving information, to identify a driving mode among a plurality of driving modes which corresponds to the driving information upon determining that the current driving mode is changeable, and to control an operation of the vehicle so as to change the current driving mode to the identified driving mode.

Abstract: A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which has an engine and a motor and travels using a power of the engine and an electric power of the motor, includes: a battery configured to supply a drive energy of the motor; a battery sensor configured to measure a state of charge (SOC) of the battery; and a controller configured to estimate an average mileage per cycle established using traveling information of the vehicle, estimate an average SOC per cycle using the measured SOC, and control a reference power needed for driving the engine according to the estimated average mileage and the estimated average SOC.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle, which is capable of controlling engine starting in consideration of entry into a specific area, and method of controlling the same. A method of controlling engine starting of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether catalyst heating is necessary, determining whether a current location corresponds to a specific area associated with exhaust emissions, determining whether a first mode driving is possible, when it is determined that the current position corresponds to the specific area and the catalyst heating is necessary, and performing the first mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be possible, or a second mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be impossible. Here, the first mode driving is performed by using an electric motor, and the second mode driving is performed by using at least an engine.

Abstract: A method for controlling a response to driving load of a hybrid vehicle includes: estimating an optimum speed for a current driving situation, estimating a target driving load based on the optimum speed, determining an eco-level corresponding to the target driving load from among a plurality of eco-levels, and changing at least some of an eco-gauge according to the determined eco-level.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a state identifying unit that identifies a driving state of a vehicle based on driving information of the vehicle during lock-up driving of the vehicle and a determination unit that determines whether the identified driving state satisfies a preset lock-up charge driving mode entering condition and determines a deceleration volition of a driver based on the identified driving state. When the identified driving state satisfies the lock-up charge driving mode entering condition a driving controller interrupts the vehicle from entering into a lock-up charge driving mode when the driver has a deceleration intention.

Abstract: A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which has an engine and a motor and travels using a power of the engine and an electric power of the motor, includes: a battery configured to supply a drive energy of the motor; a battery sensor configured to measure a state of charge (SOC) of the battery; and a controller configured to estimate an average mileage per cycle established using traveling information of the vehicle, estimate an average SOC per cycle using the measured SOC, and control a reference power needed for driving the engine according to the estimated average mileage and the estimated average SOC.

Abstract: A vehicle can include: a sensing device configured to acquire driving information of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine whether a current driving mode of the vehicle is changeable based on the driving information, to identify a driving mode among a plurality of driving modes which corresponds to the driving information upon determining that the current driving mode is changeable, and to control an operation of the vehicle so as to change the current driving mode to the identified driving mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for limiting vehicle speed and a method thereof. To prevent a vehicle from exceeding a speed limit to secure safety and improve fuel economy, the apparatus includes: a mode setting device allowing a driver to set any one of a safety mode, a fuel economy mode, and a hybrid mode; a safety speed input device allowing the driver to input a safety speed; one or more processors determining an economical speed on the basis of a driving environment of a vehicle; and a controller limiting a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the safety speed or the economical speed according to a mode set by the driver.