Abstract: The present invention relates to an operating system for a battery exchange station and an operating method for a battery exchange station by using same. The operating system for a battery exchange station, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a plurality of battery exchange stations; a terminal on which a dedicated application is installed, and which receives an application and service information, input from a user, for a delivery service that performs battery delivery between the plurality of battery exchange stations; and an operating server which communicates with the plurality of battery exchange stations and the terminal, wherein the operating server may determine an arrival station for the battery delivery on the basis of a degree of battery exchange congestion determined for each of the plurality of battery exchange stations.

Abstract: An actuator includes a housing, a gear part rotatably provided on the housing, a rod having a contact protrusion and configured to be movable upward or downward relative to the housing depending on a rotation of the gear part, and a switch provided in the housing and configured to define an electric circuit electrically connected to a switch resistor, the switch being configured to connect or disconnect (ON/OFF) the electric circuit depending on contact of the contact protrusion, the switch including a safety switch driving section in which a state in which a movement of the contact protrusion relative to the switch is allowed and the electric circuit is connected (ON) is maintained, and the switch and the contact protrusion positioned adjacent to each other so that the movement of the contact protrusion relative to the switch is performed in the safety switch driving section, thereby improving stability and reliability.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a storage container for welding wire, the storage container comprising: an outer shell which has an outer bottom support portion formed at the bottom thereof and within which a wire storage portion for storing coiled welding wire is formed; a bottom part which is seated on and coupled to the outer bottom support portion; an inner shell which comes into close contact with the inner surface of the outer shell and has an inner bottom support portion formed at the bottom thereof and seated on the bottom part; and a cover which is formed to correspond to the shape of the outer shell and closes the top of the outer shell.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic toll collection system (ETCS)-supporting integrated digital rear mirror device and an operating method thereof. According to an example embodiment, the digital rear mirror device may include a digital rear mirror module configured to provide a rear view of a vehicle within a single housing and an ETCS module for electronic toll collection for the vehicle. A substrate of the digital rear mirror module and a substrate of the ETCS module may be separately arranged rather than being stacked within the digital rear mirror device. According to another example embodiment, the ETCS module may transmit information received from an external device to the digital rear mirror module, and the digital rear mirror module may display the information while providing the rear view. Here, the information may include at least one of billing information, event information, traffic information, environmental information, and disaster situation information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a photonic integrated device based on single-step active layer epitaxial growth, and the method includes forming, on a substrate, a reference region having a first bandgap and a region having a bandgap, which is red-shifted relative to the first bandgap, through active layer epitaxial growth, and applying a blue-shift to the substrate to form a region having a second bandgap that is blue-shifted relative to the first bandgap.

Abstract: A semiconductor device transport unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a transport shaft disposed in an internal space formed by a chamber and extended along a transport direction of a semiconductor device, a moving holder mounted on the transport shaft with an allowable spacing and transporting a carrier having the semiconductor device loaded thereinto along the transport direction, and a temperature adjuster that adjusts a temperature of at least one of the moving holder and the transport shaft so that the moving holder is prevented from being fixed to the transport shaft in a temperature atmosphere.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte includes an ionic liquid and a polymer matrix including a copolymer having a first repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2 below:

Abstract: A shared vehicle dispatch system dispatches shared vehicles based on driver grades classified by learning user driving patterns, and a shared vehicle dispatch method uses the shared vehicle dispatch system. The shared vehicle dispatch system includes a shared vehicle having a vehicle controller configured to learn driving pattern information of a user, a user terminal, operated by the user, equipped with a dedicated application installed for requesting the dispatch of the shared vehicle, and an operation server communicating with the shared vehicle to receive the learned driving pattern information, where the operation server may determine a driver grade for the user who operated the shared vehicle based on the received driving pattern information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating extreme ultra violet EUV radiation includes a light source providing light to a laser medium to generate a first laser, a droplet generator to provide a droplet to reflect the first laser to one end of the laser medium, a laser generator positioned at the opposite end of the laser medium from that of the droplet and a second laser to expand the droplet or not and to thereby control the conversion efficiency and dose of the EUV generation apparatus.

Abstract: An automation method for CT image analysis for quantitatively analyzing the degree of thoracic deformation, and a record medium and apparatus are disclosed.

Abstract: An automation method for CT image analysis for quantitatively analyzing the degree of thoracic deformation, and a record medium and apparatus are disclosed.

Abstract: A performance inspection system for an array ultrasound transducer includes: a driver for selectively applying an electric signal to all or some parts of constituent channels of the array ultrasound transducer; an acoustic power measurement unit for measuring an ultrasound acoustic power emitted from individual channels receiving the same voltage from the driver; a radiation conductance conversion unit for measuring a voltage signal applied to each channel although the driver applies different voltages to the individual channels, and converting the measured voltage into an ultrasound acoustic power acquired when the same voltage is applied to the channels; and a channel uniformity estimation unit for estimating uniformity of the acoustic power value acquired by the radiation conductance conversion unit or uniformity of acoustic power values of the individual channels measured under the same voltage.

Abstract: An optical system for spatially controlling light polarization, and method for manufacturing the same, includes a light source for generating a light beam of a designated wavelength, a beam shaper for splitting the light beam generated from the light source into a plurality of partial beams, and a polarization controller controlling the polarization states of the partial beams. The polarization controller may be formed on the beam shaper or separate from the beam shaper.

Abstract: A photomask having a test pattern is provided for detecting focus variation in a lithographic process. A photomask having a test pattern is adapted to print test features with critical dimensions that can be measured and analyzed to determine magnitude and direction of defocus from a best focus position of an exposure tool during the lithographic process.

Abstract: A performance inspection system for an array ultrasound transducer includes: a driver for selectively applying an electric signal to all or some parts of constituent channels of the array ultrasound transducer; an acoustic power measurement unit for measuring an ultrasound acoustic power emitted from individual channels receiving the same voltage from the driver; a radiation conductance conversion unit for measuring a voltage signal applied to each channel although the driver applies different voltages to the individual channels, and converting the measured voltage into an ultrasound acoustic power acquired when the same voltage is applied to the channels; and a channel uniformity estimation unit for estimating uniformity of the acoustic power value acquired by the radiation conductance conversion unit or uniformity of acoustic power values of the individual channels measured under the same voltage.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting focus variation in a lithographic process using photomasks having test patterns adapted to print test features with critical dimensions that can be measured and analyzed to determine magnitude and direction of defocus from a best focus position of an exposure tool during the lithographic process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an extracorporeal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) necrosis apparatus through the control of an electronic signal, including oscillation elements for generating ultrasonic beams, an ultrasonic oscillator array having the oscillation elements fixed on a plane and oriented toward a life, delay circuits respectively connected to the oscillation elements for delaying ultrasonic oscillation by a delay time, and control means for controlling the delay time so that the ultrasonic beams are focused, and a method of employing the same. According to the present invention, waved surfaces with a variety of directions and curvatures can be formed using several oscillation elements and several delay circuits disposed on a plane, and a focus can be formed at any desired place. Accordingly, there are advantages in that installation is convenient, and a tissue, such as tumor, which is a target tissue, can be necrotized without damage to normal tissues necrosis.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting focus variation in a lithographic process using photomasks having test patterns adapted to print test features with critical dimensions that can be measured and analyzed to determine magnitude and direction of defocus from a best focus position of an exposure tool during the lithographic process.

Abstract: A stencil mask includes a membrane forming thin layer having membrane areas and a border area that limits the membrane areas. The membrane areas have a plurality of pattern areas which include an aperture through which particle beams can permeate and non-pattern areas interposed between the pattern areas. A main strut supports the membrane areas and is formed on the border area of the membrane forming thin layer. An auxiliary strut is formed in the non-pattern areas inside the membrane pattern area such that the auxiliary strut divides the membrane areas into plural divided membrane areas. The auxiliary strut supports the divided membrane areas.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus and photo-mask of the exposure apparatus can form a perpendicular line/space circuit pattern through only a single exposure process. The photo-mask includes a first line/space pattern oriented in a first direction, a second line/space pattern oriented in a second direction and lattice patterns, operating as polarizers, occupying the spaces of the line/space patterns. The exposure apparatus also includes a modified illuminating system. The modified illuminate system may be a composite polarization illuminating system having a shielding region, and a plurality of light transmission regions defined within the field of the shielding region. The light transmission regions are implemented as polarizers that polarize the light incident thereon in the first and second directions, respectively.