Abstract: In a soft grip head, a soft grip unit having the soft grip head, and a grip device having the soft grip unit, the soft grip head has a suction pad and the suction pad makes contact with an object. The suction pad includes a sidewall and a plurality of suction cells. The sidewall divides the suction pad into a plurality of spaces, and both ends of each of the spaces are open. A plurality of suction cells is respectively formed by the spaces divided by the sidewall. The suction pad includes a material having a stiffness along an axial direction smaller than a stiffness along a width direction. The suction cells extend along the axial direction, and the width direction is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: A positive electrode material and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The positive electrode material having a bimodal particle size distribution which includes large-diameter particles and small-diameter particles having different average particle diameters (D50), wherein the large-diameter particles are lithium composite transition metal oxide having a nickel content of 80 atm % or more in all transition metals thereof, and the small-diameter particles are a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel, cobalt, and aluminum, having a nickel content of 80 atm % to 85 atm % in all transition metals, and having an atomic ratio of the cobalt to the aluminum (Co/Al) of 1.5 to 5.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A user equipment in a communication system, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: a controller that determines at least one communication service to deactivate among communication services that are able to be provided and a transmitter that transmits, to a server, a message for identifying the at least one communication service to deactivate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus comprising: an auxetic unit-cell, each comprising: a first longitudinal beam, a second longitudinal beam fixably attached to the first longitudinal beam at a first hinge region, the second longitudinal beam is orthogonally disposed with respect to the first longitudinal beam; and a third longitudinal beam fixably attached to the first longitudinal beam at a second hinge region, the third longitudinal beam is orthogonally disposed with respect to the first and second longitudinal beams, wherein the first, second and third longitudinal beams all are different lengths, wherein the first and second hinge region, and the first and third longitudinal beam are configured to bend under load applied in a direction non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first longitudinal beam.

Abstract: A video decoding device obtains mirror prediction information for a target block and performs a mirror prediction on the target block based on the mirror prediction information. When the target block is part of a current block to be decoded, the video decoding device derives a mirror prediction boundary based on a mirror prediction type for determining a mirror prediction region and a non-mirror prediction region within the current block. The video decoding device predicts the mirror prediction region based on the mirror prediction boundary, predicts the non-mirror prediction region and thereby predicts the current block.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for power modules includes a manifold cover and a pin plate, and generates vertical turbulent flow of the cooling fluid in such a way as to spray the cooling fluid vertically onto the heat-generating surface using cooling fins of a pin plate configured in the lengthwise and vertical directions of a manifold cover, which ensures cooling efficiency while minimizing flow rate losses caused by the vertical turbulent flow by improving the flow efficiency of the cooling fluid. The manifold cover is provided with a plurality of flow paths for the circulation of the cooling fluid that have different directions respectively for the inflow and the circulation of the cooling fluid and are different in volume or width, minimizing pressure losses during fluid circulation and resolving cooling imbalances through the cooling fins.

Abstract: A pouch cell manufacturing method of the present disclosure prevents the sealing quality of a pouch from being deteriorated by an electrolyte solution, by reducing the amount of the electrolyte solution staining the sealing portion in the pouch, and a pouch cell in which gas inside the pouch can be efficiently discharged to the outside of the pouch is provided. The pouch cell of the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly; a pouch within which the electrode assembly is accommodated; and a gas discharge pipe that is disposed such that the gas discharge pipe extends from the inside of the pouch to the outside, in which gas inside the pouch can be transmitted through the gas discharge pipe and discharged to the outside of the pouch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sample diluting and dispensing device. The sample diluting and dispensing device according to the present invention includes: a sample holding plate in which a holding part for holding a plurality of sample vessels is formed; a moving unit for transferring the sample holding plate in a plane direction and a height direction; a sample supply unit for supplying a sample to the sample vessel; a diluent supply unit for supplying a diluent to the sample vessel; a scale installed below the sample holding plate to measure a weight of the sample vessel; and a controller for receiving a weight measurement result from the scale and controlling an operation of each of the sample holding plate, the sample supply unit, and the diluent supply unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to technology for fabricating a gallium nitride substrate using an ion implantation process to which a self-separation technique is applied. According to the present invention, a method of fabricating a gallium nitride substrate may include a step of forming a first gallium nitride layer on a substrate, a step of implanting hydrogen ions into the first gallium nitride layer to form a separation layer, a step of grinding the edges of the substrate, the first gallium nitride layer, and the separation layer, a step of forming a second gallium nitride layer on the first gallium nitride layer having a ground edge, and a step of self-separating the second gallium nitride layer from the first gallium nitride layer having a ground edge.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device capable of forming fine patterns. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the present invention may comprise forming an etch mask layer on an etch target layer; forming a spacer structure in which first spacers and second spacers are alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other on the etch mask layer; forming first spacer lines through selective etching of the first spacers; forming second spacer lines through selective etching of the second spacers; and etching the etch target layer to form a plurality of fine line patterns using the first and second spacer lines.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel having a plurality of pixels, the display panel comprising a first display area having first resolution and a second display area having second resolution, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and a controller configured to generate display area information of each of the plurality of pixels, to blur an image that is displayed in the second display area based on the display area information, and to perform control such that the blurred image is displayed on the display panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image compensation device for an image for augmented reality. The image compensation device includes: a compensation function determination unit configured to determine a compensation function for compensating the luminance information of an observed image observed by a user through an optical device for augmented reality when an original image for augmented reality is output from an image output unit; and a pre-compensated image information generation unit configured to generate pre-compensated image information for augmented reality based on the compensation function determined by the compensation function determination unit and original image information for augmented reality.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising a subcritical water extract of plasma-treated caviar, which can be usefully used for the prevention, amelioration, or treatment of skin-related conditions, such as skin wrinkle improvement, elasticity enhancement, anti-aging, or the like.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body and a cartridge detachably coupled to the main body, wherein the cartridge includes a storage tank storing an aerosol generating material, a heat generating structure configured to heat the aerosol generating material, and a wick configured to supply the aerosol generating material stored in the storage tank to the heat generating structure, the main body includes a cartridge detection circuit configured to detect a temperature of the heat generating structure of the cartridge, wherein a capacitor is not coupled to an output terminal of the cartridge detection circuit, and a processor electrically connected to the cartridge detection circuit, and the processor is configured to detect a temperature of the heat generating structure through the cartridge detection circuit and, on the basis of the detected temperature of the heat generating structure, control power supply to the cartridge.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body including a main body portion having an accommodation space into which an aerosol-generating article is inserted; a cap detachably coupled to the main body; a cartridge detachably coupled to the main body portion; a first sensor configured to detect whether the cap is attached or detached; a second sensor configured to detect whether the cartridge is attached or detached; a third sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of liquid in the cartridge; and a microcontroller electrically connected to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a battery, a DC/DC converter configured to boost a voltage of the battery to supply a boosted voltage to a first heater and a second heater, a first resistor circuit connected in series with the second heater and configured to detect a current flowing through the second heater, a second resistor circuit connected in series with the first resistor circuit and configured to reduce a peak value of the current flowing through the second heater, an operation switch configured to determine whether or not the current flows through the second heater, and a processor configured to control the battery, the DC/DC converter, and the operation switch.

Abstract: A memory device, comprising: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cell strings, and coupled between a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of word lines, the bit lines commonly coupled to a common source line, and a control portion suitable for: precharging the bit lines to a first level during a read operation for selected memory cells coupled to a selected word line of the word lines, and precharging the bit lines to a second level during a verify operation of a program operation for the selected memory cells, wherein the second level is lower than the first level by a set level.

Abstract: An operating method of a memory device may include performing a pre-program operation on selection transistors that are included in strings, wherein each of the strings comprises a first source selection transistor, a second source selection transistor, a plurality of memory cells, and a drain selection transistor that are sequentially coupled, and performing an erase operation and a fine program operation on at least one of the selection transistors.

Abstract: A video decoding device generates a palette table for the current block, derives an index map by using adjacent information of the current block, and reconstructs samples of the current block based on the index map and the palette table. The adjacent information of the current block includes a neighboring block vector of the current block or a template within a previously reconstructed neighboring region of the current block. The index map includes the current block's per-sample index which indicates an entry in the palette table with a color value corresponding to a sample of the current block.

Abstract: A power module cooling device includes a manifold cover and a fin plate contained in the manifold cover, wherein a cooling fluid is ejected perpendicularly to heating surfaces through cooling fins of the fin plate configured perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the manifold cover so that a vertical turbulent flow of the cooling fluid is generated, thereby securing cooling efficiency, and flow characteristics of the cooling fluid are improved, minimizing flow rate loss due to the vertical turbulent flow. respective cooling channel portions of the manifold cover corresponding to respective power modules have different cooling performances so that respective power modules are cooled in a balanced manner. Accordingly, cooling imbalance is removed, and the power modules are thus stabilized and maintain performance.