Abstract: A device configured to determine a rotation angle with respect to a proceeding direction includes an accelerometer configured to obtain acceleration information related to movements of the device; a storage unit configured to store the acceleration information; and a controller configured to transform coordinates of the acceleration information, filter the acceleration information on the transformed coordinates, and determine the rotation angle of the device with respect to the proceeding direction of the device by using gravitational acceleration information on the transformed coordinates. The gravitational acceleration information is derived by using information about a time point when a vertical acceleration component at the transformed coordinates of the device has a maximum value, from among the acceleration information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video recording apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a camera unit formed so as to change a capturing direction; a driver's viewing direction detecting unit configured to detect a driver's viewing direction; a control unit configured to control the camera unit so that the detected viewing direction corresponds to the capturing direction; and a storing unit configured to store a video obtained by the camera unit. Therefore, a video in a direction at which the driver views is obtained and stored without mounting a plurality of cameras so that it is possible to obtain a video for a situation of an accident of a vehicle of the driver or a vehicle of another driver occurring not only in the front of the driver's vehicle but also in the side of the driver's vehicle.

Abstract: A light scanning unit includes a light source unit emitting a light beam according to an image signal, a light deflector scanning the light beam that is deflectively emitted by the light source unit, a housing having a side portion where the light source unit is provided and a base surface on which the light deflector is provided, and a deformation prevention member connecting opposite sides of the housing across an upper side of the base surface. The light scanning unit is employed by an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A method of implementing a location-based service within a building is provided. The method includes receiving, from at least one electronic device, a plurality of data sets indicating information of wireless signals which the at least one electronic device measures for each time or for each location within the building; determining a similarity between the plurality of data sets; generating a logical path by integrating similar data sets; and generating a wireless signal map within the building by mapping the logical path to a physical path of the building.

Abstract: A light scanning unit includes a light source unit emitting a light beam according to an image signal, a light deflector scanning the light beam that is deflectively emitted by the light source unit, a housing having a side portion where the light source unit is provided and a base surface on which the light deflector is provided, and a deformation prevention member connecting opposite sides of the housing across an upper side of the base surface. The light scanning unit is employed by an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery cell including an electrode assembly and electrolyte provided in a battery case made of a laminate sheet having a resin layer and a metal layer, which includes: (a) mounting the electrode assembly in the battery case and sealing the periphery of the battery case except for one end part thereof through thermal fusion; (b) introducing the electrolyte through the unsealed end part and sealing the end via thermal fusion; (c) charging-discharging the battery cell to activate the same; (d) transferring gas generated during activation and excess electrolyte to the foregoing end part of the battery cell by centrifugal force; and (e) removing the gas and excess electrolyte from the end part.

Abstract: A method for deploying an external air bag, including searching region of a front of vehicle, updating a physical amount of a searched object within the searching region each measurement period of a front sensor, determining a predicted physical amount each unit time during each measurement period, and predicting the physical amount by assuming that a specific searched object is moved at a constant speed when a capture of the specific searched object which was searched by the front sensor is stopped, selecting a target object among searched objects based on a relative speed or an overlap of the searched object obtained by the updating step or (Time To External Airbag) TTE and deploying the external air bag in a case in which each of a relative speed and an overlap predicted when the target object collides are a predetermined level or more.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for notching, at an interval of a unit electrode, a continuous electrode sheet in which an electrode active material is applied to one or both surfaces thereof, to form a plurality of unit electrodes from the electrode sheet, the device including a press to press notches on the top and the bottom of the electrode sheet at a set position, and a drawing member arranged at the rear of the press based on a feed direction of the electrode sheet, the drawing member drawing and transporting the electrode sheet by one pitch, a size corresponding to the unit electrode according to operation of the press, wherein, when one of the grippers draws and transports the electrode sheet, the remaining grippers move to a position for drawing.

Abstract: In an external airbag deployment method, a detection area located in front of a vehicle is set. A target object is selected from among objects detected in the detection area by comparing relative velocities, overlaps, and Time To External Airbag (TTE) values of the detected objects. It is determined whether the vehicle is stable or unstable by comparing a predicted yaw rate of the vehicle with a measured yaw rate. It is determined whether a relative velocity and an overlap of the target object, predicted at a time when the target object is assumed to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels. The external airbag is deployed if it is determined that the vehicle is stable and the predicted relative velocity and overlap of the target object are greater than predetermined levels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method of determining whether to deploy an external airbag. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area that has a predetermined range and tracking physical characteristics of objects entering the detection area. The detection area is a predetermined area located in front of a vehicle and is set by the controller based on a full deployment time of the external airbag and a relative velocity upon colliding with another object.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for cutting an electrode sheet laminate wherein two or more continuous electrode sheets, in which an electrode active material is applied to one or both surfaces thereof, are laminated, to form a plurality of unit electrode laminates from the electrode sheet laminate, the device including a cutter to cut the electrode sheet laminate at a set position and thereby form unit electrode laminates, and two or more transport grippers arranged at the front of the cutter based on a feed direction of the electrode sheet laminate, the transport grippers drawing and transporting the electrode sheet laminate by one pitch, a size corresponding to the unit electrode laminate according to operation of the cutter, wherein while one of the transport grippers draws and transports the electrode sheet laminate, the remaining transport grippers move to a position for drawing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell manufacturing device configured to manufacture a battery cell including two or more unit cells. The battery cell manufacturing device includes a unit cell stacking unit into which unit cells are introduced from above and in which the unit cells are sequentially stacked, a wrapping unit to wrap an outside of the unit cell stack discharged from the unit cell stacking unit with a separation film, and a heating unit to thermally shrink the separation film wrapping the outside of the unit cell stack.

Abstract: In an external airbag deployment method, a detection area located in front of a vehicle is set. A target object is selected from among objects detected in the detection area by comparing relative velocities, overlaps, and Time To External Airbag (TTE) values of the detected objects. It is determined whether the vehicle is stable or unstable by comparing a predicted yaw rate of the vehicle with a measured yaw rate. It is determined whether a relative velocity and an overlap of the target object, predicted at a time when the target object is assumed to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels. The external airbag is deployed if it is determined that the vehicle is stable and the predicted relative velocity and overlap of the target object are greater than predetermined levels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a frontal face detection apparatus and method using a facial pose. The frontal face detection apparatus includes an image input unit for receiving an input image. A candidate extraction unit extracts a face region candidate and face element candidates from the input image. A face region verification unit verifies, based on a plurality of face element candidates extracted by the candidate extraction unit, whether the extracted face region candidate is a final face region. A face element calculation unit calculates a plurality of final face elements in correspondence with a facial pose score for a final face region including the extracted face element candidates generated based on a predefined average face model. A final frontal face detection unit detects a final frontal face from the final face region including the plurality of final face elements, based on a position pattern between the final face elements.

Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring a face image using multiple cameras so as to identify a human being located at a remote site is disclosed. The apparatus for acquiring a face image using multiple cameras allows a PTZ camera to track an interest object from among objects detected/tracked by a fixed camera, and obtains an optimum face image for remote human identification from images generated by the PTZ camera. The apparatus for acquiring the face image using multiple cameras so as to identify a human located at a remote site includes a multi-camera control module for tracking an interest object being detected/tracked by a fixed camera through a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera, and generating an image of the interest object; and a face-image acquisition module for acquiring a face image appropriate for identifying a face image of the remote human in the interest object image generated by the multi-camera control module.

Abstract: A light scanning unit includes a light source unit emitting a light beam according to an image signal, a light deflector scanning the light beam that is deflectively emitted by the light source unit, a housing having a side portion where the light source unit is provided and a base surface on which the light deflector is provided, and a deformation prevention member connecting opposite sides of the housing across an upper side of the base surface. The light scanning unit is employed by an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery cell including an electrode assembly and electrolyte provided in a battery case composed of a laminate sheet having a resin layer and a metal layer, which includes; (a) thermally fusing and sealing the periphery of the case except for an end part thereof while the electrode assembly is mounted in the case; (b) introducing the electrolyte through the unsealed end part then sealing the same by thermal fusion; (c) charging and discharging the battery cell to activate the same; (d) puncturing the unsealed part inside the end part to form a through-hole communicating with the inside of the case; and (e) pulling top and bottom faces of the battery case in the opposite direction to each other at the unsealed part to open the same while applying vacuum pressure, to thereby remove the gas generated during activation as well as excess electrolyte.

Abstract: A method of implementing a location-based service within a building is provided. The method includes receiving, from at least one electronic device, a plurality of data sets indicating information of wireless signals which the at least one electronic device measures for each time or for each location within the building; determining a similarity between the plurality of data sets; generating a logical path by integrating similar data sets; and generating a wireless signal map within the building by mapping the logical path to a physical path of the building.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area located in front. In addition, the method includes setting, by the controller, a target object from objects detected in the detection area, when an object has a relative velocity greater than a first reference, an overlap greater than a second reference, and a TTE less than a third reference, wherein TTE is a remaining time until the object collides with an airbag cushion when the external airbag is predicted to be deployed. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a relative velocity and an overlap, predicted at a time when the target object is predicted to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels and deploying the external airbag when the predicted relative velocity and overlap are greater than the predetermined levels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video recording apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a camera unit formed so as to change a capturing direction; a driver's viewing direction detecting unit configured to detect a driver's viewing direction; a control unit configured to control the camera unit so that the detected viewing direction corresponds to the capturing direction; and a storing unit configured to store a video obtained by the camera unit. Therefore, a video in a direction at which the driver views is obtained and stored without mounting a plurality of cameras so that it is possible to obtain a video for a situation of an accident of a vehicle of the driver or a vehicle of another driver occurring not only in the front of the driver's vehicle but also in the side of the driver's vehicle.