Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus including the display panel are presented herein. A display panel according to one or more embodiments includes a substrate; an insulating layer on the substrate; a bank pattern on the insulating layer; a first electrode on the bank pattern; a contact electrode on the insulating layer, the contact electrode spaced apart from the bank pattern; a light-emitting element on the first electrode; a first optical layer surrounding the light-emitting element, the first optical layer comprising an organic insulating material including metal particles; a second optical layer on the contact electrode; and a third optical layer on the first optical layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip including a chip pad, a first insulating layer provided on the semiconductor chip and including a first via hole, a first wiring pattern provided on the first insulating layer and connected to the chip pad through the first via hole of the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer provided on the first insulating layer and the first wiring pattern and including a second via hole, and a second wiring pattern provided on the second insulating layer and connected to the first wiring pattern through the second via hole of the second insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer includes a first upper surface in contact with the second insulating layer and a first lower surface opposite to the first upper surface, and the first upper surface of the first insulating layer has surface roughness greater that the first lower surface of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: Provided is a surgical instrument for electrocautery, and in particular, a surgical instrument for electrocautery installed on a robot arm or manually operable in order to be used in laparoscopic surgery or other various surgeries.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are provided. The electrolyte is capable of accelerating cations by forming a cationic polymer backbone to minimize movement of anions, and improving additional lithium-ion transfer capability and mechanical properties by including an oxide-based ceramic. The electrolyte comprises a polymer electrolyte containing a hydrocarbon-based polymer compound including a cationic functional group; a flame-retardant liquid electrolyte; and a cross-linking agent.

Abstract: An autonomous driving mode control method includes setting a driving route based on an origin and a destination of a vehicle, comparing an expected state of charge (SOC) value of a battery at the destination with a predetermined SOC value, and controlling travel of the vehicle by determining whether to activate a high-level driving mode in consideration of at least one of whether a dangerous situation occurs, a result of the comparing, or a safety level of the driving route.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technology for stabilizing a phase using a modulator bias controller and a laser that emits a beam with a frequency fixed.

Abstract: An image synthesis method includes inputting an original image and a watermark image into a synthesis model and obtaining a synthesized image output from the synthesis model. The original image and the watermark image are respectively processed in first and second sub-models of the synthesis model and then combined, and the concatenated result is processed in a third sub-model to generate the synthesized image.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for a lithium secondary battery, in which: at least one electrode located at the outermost shell of the electrode assembly is a single-sided positive electrode where an active material coating layer is formed only on one surface of a current collector facing an inner electrode with a separator being interposed therebetween, and a coating layer containing 60% by weight or more of a particulate super-engineering plastic polymer is formed on the other surface of the current collector of the single-sided positive electrode.

Abstract: A pipe inspection apparatus is provided according to one embodiment of the present invention. The pipe inspection apparatus may include a moving body part to travel in a pipe, at least one drive cup disposed on an outer surface of the moving body part and configured to allow the moving body part to travel along an inside of the pipe due to a pressure of a fluid flowing in the pipe, at least one front guide part disposed on a front portion of the drive cup and including a front wheel that brings into contact with the pipe, and at least one rear guide part disposed on a rear portion of the drive cup and including a rear wheel that brings into contact with the pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a secondary battery in which the inner part of a battery is uniformly wetted with a liquid electrolyte, and then the electrolyte is gelled. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a secondary battery having a uniform distribution of the gel polymer electrolyte in the battery through uniform wetting with the gel polymer electrolyte. In addition, as compared to a battery using a liquid electrolyte, the gel polymer electrolyte secondary battery obtained by the method for manufacturing a secondary battery according to the present disclosure causes no leakage of the electrolyte, has excellent heat resistance and safety and high durability, and shows uniform electrochemical properties throughout the whole battery through the uniform distribution of the electrolyte inside of the battery.

Abstract: A solid phase-liquid phase hybrid electrolyte membrane and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are provided. The solid phase-liquid phase hybrid electrolyte membrane comprises a polymer; liquid phase polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) represented by Formula 1; and a lithium salt. The solid phase-liquid phase hybrid electrolyte membrane does not leak or volatilize at normal pressure or pressure applied conditions, has high ion conductivity and excellent stability and mechanical strength, and provides excellent charging/discharging characteristics and lifetime characteristics of the lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte and a method for preparing the same are provided. The solid electrolyte includes a conducting polymer having mixed conducting characteristics; and a lithium salt, and the mixed conducting characteristics include ionic conductivity and electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The solid electrolyte comprises a mixed conducting polymer having mixed conducting properties including ion conductivity and electrical conductivity, a binder, and a lithium salt, and provides improved adhesive force and strength, thereby reducing interfacial resistance, and thus improving ion conductivity.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The solid electrolyte comprises a mixed conducting polymer having mixed conducting properties including ion conductivity and electrical conductivity, a ceramic, and a lithium salt, and provides improved adhesive force and strength, thereby reducing interfacial resistance, and thus improving ion conductivity and electrical conductivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lead tab bending device of a secondary battery cell capable of preventing a collision with equipment while eliminating a spring back phenomenon in bending the lead tab, and a bending method using the same. More specifically, a lead tab bending device of a secondary battery cell for bending the lead tab protruding from the secondary battery cell includes: a first guide having an extended length; a base block that moves linearly along the first guide; a second guide that is formed on one side of the base block and has an arc shape; and a bending jig that moves along the second guide and bends the lead tab, in which a center of a radius of rotation of the bending jig is formed on one side of the base block, and the bending jig rotates while the center is fixed.

Abstract: A LiDAR device comprising: a transmission module including a laser emitting array and a first lens assembly, wherein the laser emitting array is configured to emit a plurality of lasers at a first wavelength and wherein the first lens assembly is configured to steer the plurality of lasers at different angles within a first angle range; a reception module including a laser detecting array and a second lens assembly, wherein the laser detecting array includes at least two detectors for detecting at least a portion of the plurality of lasers and wherein the second lens assembly is configured to distribute the plurality of lasers to the at least two detectors; wherein the second lens assembly comprise: at least four lens layers including a first lens layer, a second lens layer, a third lens layer and a fourth lens layer; at least two gap layers including a first gap layer and a second gap layer; and a filter layer located in the first gap layer.

Abstract: A method for preparing a polymer solid electrolyte, the polymer solid electrolyte prepared thereby, and an all-solid battery comprising the polymer solid electrolyte are provided. The method uses a polymer and a non-volatile liquid compound having poor miscibility with each other as raw materials, and a liquid-phase film and a polymer electrolyte film are formed by phase-separation that occurs when mixing and drying the raw materials, and the polymer solid electrolyte film exhibits the form of a uniform thin film.

Abstract: A method of preparing a secondary battery is described and the method includes the steps of (S1) preparing a first gel polymer electrolyte composition including a first oligomer, and a second gel polymer electrolyte composition including a second oligomer; (S2) injecting the first gel polymer electrolyte composition into a battery case, in which an electrode assembly is accommodated, to impregnate inside of the electrode assembly with the first gel polymer electrolyte composition; (S3) injecting the second gel polymer electrolyte composition into the battery case; and (S4) curing the first gel polymer electrolyte composition and the second gel polymer electrolyte composition which have been injected into the battery case, wherein a content of the first oligomer in the first gel polymer electrolyte composition is less than a content of the second oligomer in the second gel polymer electrolyte composition.

Abstract: An embodiment vehicle footrest includes a body portion extending in a length direction of a vehicle body of a vehicle and configured to come into contact with and support a foot of an occupant in the vehicle, a first fastening portion integrated with the body portion at a front end of the body portion and fastened to a dash portion of the vehicle body, and a second fastening portion fastened to a seat cross member of the vehicle body at a rear end of the body portion.

Abstract: A display device can include at least one subpixel connected to a data line and a gate line; a first gate driving circuit connected to a first end of the gate line; a second gate driving circuit connected to a second end of the gate line, the second end being opposite to the first end. Also, the first and second gate driving circuits are configured to double feed gate pulses to the first and second ends of the gate line based on a first condition being satisfied, and single feed the gate pulse to only one of the first and second ends of the gate line based on a second condition being satisfied.