Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery inspection device and a battery inspection method. The battery inspection device includes: a plasma application unit irradiating plasma to a test object while being moved in a predetermined direction; a signal acquisition unit contacting the test object and electrically connected thereto, and receiving an electrical signal induced by plasma; and a control unit controlling the plasma application unit and the signal acquisition unit, wherein the control unit determines whether damage has occurred to the exterior of the test object by analyzing a waveform derived from the electrical signal received from the signal acquisition unit.

Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high pressure side heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a plurality of low pressure side heat exchangers installed parallel to each other. The refrigerant circulation line further includes a refrigerant pipe having an increased diameter portion formed by increasing the diameter of a specific refrigerant pipe portion among a plurality of refrigerant pipe portions affecting a refrigerant pressure in the refrigerant pipe portions on the intake and discharge sides of the compressor so that the specific refrigerant pipe portion has a larger diameter than other refrigerant pipe portions.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device including a base layer, a first electrode and a second electrode extending along a first direction on the base layer, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, and light-emitting elements at least partially overlapping the first electrode and at least partially overlapping the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a concavo-convex portion in which at least a portion of one of the light-emitting elements overlaps with respect to a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction.

Abstract: Provided is a device for adjusting a seat of a vehicle. The device integrates a fold-and-dive function in addition to a walk-in function of a seat and also enables a forward or backward sliding movement function of the seat to be linked with other functions, so that the walk-in operation that tilts second-row seats or third-row seats to a forward direction for securing an aisle for a passenger to get in or out of the vehicle may be easily performed. Further, the walk-in operation state may be robustly maintained since the seat is robustly fixed after the walk-in operation is performed, and the device contributing to a standardization in which various functions in addition to the walk-in function are integrated with each other and contributing to functional expandability may be provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a seat cushion extension device for a fold-and-dive seat. The seat cushion extension device may include a pair of seat cushion side frames arranged at a predetermined interval, a seatback frame rotatably connected to the pair of seat cushion side frames and having a guide pin formed on an outer surface thereof, a seat cushion frame, a pair of links rotatably connected between the pair of seat cushion side frames and a front end of the seat cushion frame, and a pair of extension frames. Each of the pair of extension frames may have a front end connected to the seat cushion frame, and a rear end formed with a guide hole, into which a guide pin may be inserted. The seat cushion extension device may facilitate a forward extension of a seat cushion regardless of a position of a seatback of the fold-and-dive seat.

Abstract: A battery cell includes: an electrode assembly; a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and an electrolyte; and a gas discharging portion disposed between the electrode assembly and the battery case, and opening and closing a flow path based on pressure within the battery case, wherein the gas discharging portion includes: a moving member being moved in the flow path; a plurality of elastic members each elastically supporting the moving member; and a plurality of support members each disposed between the moving member and the elastic member, and in point contact with the moving member.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including: a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer located on the positive electrode current collector and including a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode conductive material and a positive electrode binder, wherein the positive electrode binder is fiberized and binds the positive electrode active material and the positive electrode conductive material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer located on the negative electrode current collector and including a plurality of granules including a negative electrode active material and a negative electrode binder, and formed as the negative electrode binder binds the negative electrode active material; and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Abstract: A method for preparing hydrogen gas includes a decomposition step, a first adsorption step, a second adsorption step, a first regeneration step, a third heat-exchange step, and a second regeneration step.

Abstract: A vehicle seat position adjustment device is configured to stably perform a tilting operation of a seat cushion by performing an operation of rotating a first tilting link hinged to a gear box in a standing direction of a first tilting link while the gear box is moved rearwards along a lead screw, an operation of pushing up a second tilting link hinged to the first tilting link while the first tilting link is rotated in a standing direction, and an operation of allowing the second tilting link to push up a front end of a seat cushion frame. The vehicle seat position adjustment device may achieve a relaxation comfort posture by tilting the seat cushion and simultaneously reclining a seatback connected to the seat cushion rearwards.

Abstract: A device for adjusting a position of a vehicle seat has a structure in which two or more adjustment devices, such as lead screws for adjusting tilting, are connected to the opposite side portions of a seat cushion frame to allow the lead screws to rotate by two gearboxes connected to one motor, so that a seat cushion is stably tilted by the two or more lead screws and the opposite side portions of the seat cushion frame is stably supported by the two or more lead screws, in order to prevent shaking, vibration, and torsional deformation caused by a gap generated when tilting the seat cushion frame.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: Disclosed are a solid catalyst for producing polypropylene and a method for producing a block copolymer, particularly, disclosed are a solid catalyst for producing polypropylene, which has high activity and excellent hydrogenation activity and is capable of producing a block copolymer having high stereoregularity and a high rubber content by copolymerization of alpha-olefins, and a method for producing a block copolymer.

Abstract: Proposed is a POD cleaning process including: separating an introduced POD into an inner POD and an outer POD; cleaning a separation POD, which results from the separation, within a cleaning sub-chamber; drying the separation POD, which undergoes the cleaning, within a drying chamber; vacuum-processing the separation POD undergoing the drying; and assembling the inner POD and the outer POD that undergo the vacuum processing, in which the cleaning and the drying are separately performed.

Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes at least one battery rack having at least two battery packs; a container configured to accommodate the at least one battery rack; and an air conditioner provided with a coolant supply part, which includes at least two blowout units respectively having a nozzle with a discharge hole through which a coolant is discharged and configured to individually switch a discharge direction of the coolant, toward any, one of the at least two battery packs and individually increase or decrease a discharge amount of the coolant and a control unit configured to adjust the discharge direction and the discharge amount of the coolant of each of the at least two blowout units, and a coolant suction part configured to suck a heated coolant inside the container.

Abstract: A pixel includes: a light emitting element; a first transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, a second node to which a first power voltage for driving the light emitting element is to be applied, and a third node electrically connected to the light emitting element; and a bias control transistor configured to be controlled in operating timing thereof by a bias control signal, and configured to switch electrical connection between the second node and a bias power line for transmitting a bias voltage. In one frame period, a voltage level of the bias voltage to be applied to the second node sequentially increases.

Abstract: Proposed is a POD cleaning chamber including: a cleaning sub-chamber including an entrance door and accommodating and cleaning a separation POD being transported, the separation POD resulting from separating a POD; a drying chamber including an exit door and drying the separations POD transferred from the cleaning sub-chamber; a shutter being arranged between the cleaning sub-chamber and the drying chamber, the shutter being configured to ascend and descend; and a chamber moving mechanism transporting the separation POD from the cleaning sub-chamber to the drying chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle seat so as to control a seat back and a neck pillow based on a sound. The apparatus includes the vehicle seat installed in a vehicle and including a seat back and a neck pillow, a detector for detecting vehicle information and seat information, and a processor connected to the vehicle seat and the detector, wherein the processor determines a vehicle state and a seat sitting posture based on the vehicle information and the seat information, analyzes a sound being reproduced in the vehicle, determines a haptic pattern and a haptic pressure based on the vehicle state and the seat sitting posture, and the analysis of the sound, and controls the seat back and the neck pillow based on the determined haptic pattern and haptic pressure to provide a haptic effect.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: A system and a method for controlling sound output in a vehicle can enhance driving sensitivity. The system includes a sensing device that obtains vehicle information of the vehicle, a sound device that plays and outputs a vehicle sound through speakers, a seat device that controls seat vibration based on the vehicle sound, and a control device connected with the sensing device, the sound device, and the seat device. The control device determines a driving mode of the vehicle based on the vehicle information, performs sound shift control for the speakers based on the driving mode, and controls the seat vibration in conjunction with the sound shift control.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel electrode in a light emission area, a pixel defining layer which is on the pixel electrode and defines the light emission area, a light emitting layer and a common electrode on the pixel electrode, a bank on the pixel defining layer, the bank including a first bank layer defining a lower portion of a bank opening corresponding to the light emission area and a second bank layer which defines an upper portion of the bank opening and a tip of the bank, the tip including upper and lower surfaces of the second bank layer, a lower inorganic encapsulation layer which is on the bank and includes an inorganic pattern on the common electrode and facing and spaced apart from both the upper and lower surfaces of the tip, and an auxiliary pattern between the lower surface of the tip and the inorganic pattern.