Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a simulation apparatus for secondary battery production.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a secondary battery pouch film having at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, and a sealant layer, or at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, a melt-extrusion resin layer, and a sealant layer in this order, the method including: a drying process of applying and heating a primer layer composition on the metal layer so as to dry the primer layer composition and cure at least a part of the primer layer composition. The organic solvent-based emulsion composition contains acid-modified polypropylene and a curing agent and has a curing start temperature of 150° C. or lower, preferably 135° C. to 150° C., and a drying process temperature of 150° C. or lower, preferably 135° C. to 150° C. The method is not subjected to a thermal lamination process when laminating sealant layer.

Abstract: An electronic device including a memory device with improved reliability is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a data pin configured to transmit a data signal, a command/address pin configured to transmit a command and an address, a command/address receiver connected to the command/address pin, and a computing unit connected to the command/address receiver, wherein the command/address receiver receives a first command and a first address from the outside through the command/address pin and generates a first instruction on the basis of the first command and the first address, and the computing unit receives the first instruction and performs computation based on the first instruction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel allulose epimerase variant in which an amino acid residue present at a specific position of an amino acid sequence of wild-type D-allulose 3-epimerase derived from Flavonifractor plautii is substituted with another amino acid residue, and various uses thereof. The novel allulose epimerase variant according to the present invention has a higher conversion activity of fructose to allulose than that of the wild-type D-allulose 3-epimerase derived from Flavonifractor plautii or a D-allulose epimerase variant W29K/G216S/M234I, and has excellent thermal stability especially under high temperature conditions of 60° C. or higher, thereby preventing contamination during an industrial-scale enzymatic conversion reaction for the mass production of allulose, shortening the production time, and reducing the production costs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for assisting object control. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for assisting object control, comprising the steps of: determining a dominant component capable of dominantly representing a motion made by a user with reference to a trace of the motion, and dynamically establishing a motion reference spatial coordinate system with reference to the dominant component; and recognizing an intention of the motion with reference to at least one of the trace specified with respect to the motion reference spatial coordinate system and properties of the trace.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: an acrylic laminate film containing an acrylic copolymer and having a three-layer structure of an inner layer, an intermediate layer, and an outer layer; a method for producing same; and a deco sheet produced therefrom. An object of the present invention is to provide a three-layer-structured acrylic laminate film produced from an acrylic copolymer. Another object of the present invention is to provide: an acrylic laminate film having significantly improved optical properties and surface smoothness by using an acrylic copolymer alone without mixing the same with additional polymers; and a method for producing the acrylic laminate film. Still another object of the present invention is to provide: an acrylic laminate film that exhibits significantly reduced whitening even when a flexural stress is applied; and a method for producing the acrylic laminate film.

Abstract: An anode catalyst material has a chemical formula of FeaNibMcNdOe, wherein M is Mo, W, Sn, Si, Nb, V, Cr, Ta or a combination thereof. a+b+c+d+e=1, a>0, b>0, c>0, d?0, and e?0. The anode catalyst material can be used in a water electrolysis device for hydrogen evolution, which includes an anode and a cathode disposed in an alkaline aqueous solution, and the anode includes the described anode catalyst material.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating rheumatoid arthritis and a health functional food for preventing or improving rheumatoid arthritis, specifically, proposes specific administration methods and administration dosages of the above composition, and demonstrates immune reaction regulatory functions of the composition according to the present invention and inflammation inhibitory effects by the same through rheumatoid arthritis animal models.

Abstract: An electrode assembly manufacturing method includes the steps of: assembling an electrode stack; performing a primary heat press operation on the electrode stack; then performing a pre-heating operation on the electrode stack; and then performing a secondary heat press operation on the electrode stack. The pre-heating operation may include applying heat and pressure to the electrode stack for a time period from 10 seconds to 40 seconds under a pressure condition from 0.5 MPa to 2 MPa and under a temperature condition from 50° C. to 85° C. The pressure condition applied in the pre-heating operation may include applying a lower pressure than that applied in the primary and secondary heat press operations. The primary heat press operation may include engaging the electrode stack with a gripper to secure a position of the electrode stack, which gripper may be disengaged from the electrode stack before performing the pre-heating operation.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. An intermediate one of the separator portions may be adhered to an intermediate one of the electrodes such that it would take a peel force in a range from 5 gf to 35 gf per 20 mm width applied to an edge of the intermediate separator portion in order to peel it away from the intermediate electrode at a speed of 100 mm/min along the stacking axis. Moreover, top and bottom ones of the separator portions may each have a value of air permeability from 70 sec/100 ml to sec/100 ml per square inch of the respective separator portion at a pressure of 0.05 MPa and at room temperature.

Abstract: An electrode assembly manufacturing apparatus for fabricating a stack includes a stack table, gripper, and first press unit. The stack includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a section of a separator between the first and the second electrodes. The stack table is configured for supporting the stack. The gripper is configured for fixing the stack. The first press unit is configured for heating and compressing the stack fixed by the gripper.

Abstract: An electrode assembly manufacturing method includes the steps of: assembling an electrode stack; performing a primary heat press operation on the electrode stack while engaging the electrode stack with a gripper; and then performing a secondary heat press operation on the electrode stack while the gripper is disengaged from the electrode stack. The secondary heat press operation may include applying heat and pressure to the electrode stack for a time period from 5 seconds to 60 seconds under a temperature condition from 50° C. to 90° C. and under a pressure condition from 1 Mpa to 6 Mpa. The step of assembling the electrode stack may include alternately stacking first and second electrodes on an elongated separator sheet, and sequentially folding the separator sheet over a previously-stacked one of the electrodes before a subsequent electrode is stacked. An apparatus for performing the manufacturing method is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. The plurality of electrodes include a top electrode positioned at a top of the stack along the stacking axis, and the plurality of electrodes include a bottom electrode positioned at a bottom of the stack. The separator portions in the stack include a top separator portion abutting the top electrode and a bottom separator portion abutting the bottom electrode. The top separator portion and the bottom separator portion each have a value of air permeability from 80 sec/100 ml to 120 sec/100 ml per square inch of the respective separator portion at a pressure of 0.05 MPa and at room temperature.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. The plurality of electrodes include a top electrode positioned at a top of the stack along the stacking axis, and the plurality of electrodes include a bottom electrode positioned at a bottom of the stack. The separator portions in the stack include a top separator portion abutting the top electrode and a bottom separator portion abutting the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode may have a thickness along the stacking axis that is from 80% to 120% of a thickness of the top electrode along the stacking axis. Moreover, a maximum thickness of each of the electrodes in the stack may be less than 8.3 mm.

Abstract: There is provided a method of estimating a gesture of a user from a two-dimensional image. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a two-dimensional image relating to a user's body from a two-dimensional camera; specifying two-dimensional relative coordinate points corresponding first and second body parts of the user in a relative coordinate system dynamically defined in the two-dimensional image, and comparing a first positional relationship between the two-dimensional relative coordinate points of the first and second body parts at a first time point, and a second positional relationship between the two-dimensional relative coordinate points of the first and second body parts at a second time point; and estimating the gesture made by the user between the first and second time points based on the result of comparing and context information acquired from the two-dimensional image.

Abstract: An array platform for three-dimensional cell culturing and drug testing and screening is disclosed. In the array platform, a hydrogel-cell mixture injection area is configured to inject a plurality of kinds of hydrogel-cell mixtures. Cell observation areas are connected to the hydrogel-cell mixture injection area. Electrodes are disposed under the cell observation areas and automatic cell quantification and three-dimensional cell co-arrangement of the plurality of kinds of hydrogel-cell mixtures in the cell observation areas through the electrodes to imitate a structure of body's tissues. A drug injection area is configured to inject a plurality of kinds of drugs. Drug combination generators respectively correspond to the cell observation areas and are connected to the drug injection area. Each drug combination generator has a microfluidic channel structure and configured to generate drug combinations according to the plurality of kinds of drugs.

Abstract: A method of assisting an object control comprises determining a first coordinate with reference to, as a trigger coordinate, a coordinate at a time point when a trigger event relating to movement of a control means is generated, among motion coordinates of the control means, determining a second coordinate with reference to at least one of a distance between the trigger coordinate and the motion coordinates, a straight line section specified by the trigger coordinate and the motion coordinates, a distance between the first coordinate and the motion coordinates, and a straight line section specified by the first coordinate and the motion coordinates, and determining a motion vector determined based on the first coordinate and the second coordinate as an instruction vector for determining a control position in a control object region.

Abstract: A method of determining a dominant eye includes acquiring indicator coordinates, left-eye coordinates, and right-eye coordinates of a user at a plurality of time points; calculating left-eye difference information about an angle, distance, or direction specified based on a straight line passing through the indicator coordinate and the left-eye coordinate at a first time point and a straight line passing through the indicator coordinate and the left-eye coordinate at a second time point, and right-eye difference information about an angle, distance, or direction specified based on a straight line passing through the indicator coordinate and the right-eye coordinate at the first time point and a straight line passing through the indicator coordinate and the right-eye coordinate at the second time point; and determining the dominant eye of the user with reference to the left-eye difference information and the right-eye difference information.

Abstract: An air conditioner comprises a compressor configured to have an inlet, through which a refrigerant is sucked in, the sucked refrigerant being compressed by the compressor, and an outlet, through which the compressed refrigerant is discharged, a four-way valve configured to switch flow paths in cooling and heating operations, the four-way valve having a valve body, a D port protruding from the valve body in a first direction to be connected to the outlet, and an S port 26 protruding from the valve body in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, to be connected to the inlet, and a compressor pipe having a discharging pipe to connect the outlet and the D port and a sucking pipe to connect the inlet and the S port, one of the discharging pipe and the sucking pipe has two curved portions and the other has one curved portion.

Abstract: A method includes acquiring information on an in-image coordinate point of a region of interest contained in each of a plurality of images respectively photographed by a plurality of image modules; specifying, with reference to information on a position where at least one of the plurality of image modules is installed and information on an in-image coordinate point of a target region of interest contained in an image photographed by the at least one image module, a candidate figure containing a position where the target region of interest is located in a reference space; and specifying the position where the target region of interest is located in the reference space, with reference to a positional relationship between a first candidate figure of the target region of interest corresponding to a first image module and a second candidate figure of the target region of interest corresponding to a second image module.