Abstract: A separator cutting device cuts a sheet-shaped separator with which at least one electrode is laminated. The separator cutting device includes a laser generator configured to emit a laser beam, a scanner configured to control an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser generator, and an end mirror configured to reflect the laser beam passing through the scanner toward the separator and disposed at a side of the scanner.

Abstract: An embodiment method of manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly includes feeding an electrolyte membrane by a feeding device, applying a catalyst slurry to manufacture a first electrode onto a surface of the electrolyte membrane by an applicator, while feeding the electrolyte membrane by the feeding device, performing drying of the catalyst slurry and heat treatment of the first electrode by applying heat to the electrolyte membrane by temperature control devices, while feeding the electrolyte membrane by the feeding device, and transferring a second electrode to a remaining surface of the electrolyte membrane discharged from the feeding device, opposite to the surface of the electrolyte membrane having the first electrode bonded thereto, by a transfer device.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack may include a battery cell configured to draw out an electrode tab from an electrode assembly accommodated in a pouch, a protection circuit module (PCM) connected to an electrode tab drawn out to a terrace of the pouch and connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) including a protection circuit through a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The rechargeable battery pack may include top tape configured to surround the protection circuit module and is attached to the battery cell to form a terrace space therein, and a flame retardant coated portion formed by coating a flame retardant coating agent on at least one portion of the protection circuit module exposed to an outside of the top tape.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a memory for storing reference color ratios and crosstalk values of each of light source images acquired by sensing light sources having different wavelengths. The image processing device also includes a processor for receiving an image including a plurality of regions each including outer pixel values and inner pixel values of the same color, and correcting the outer pixel values or the inner pixel values by using difference values between the respective reference color ratios and a color ratio of the image as weights of the crosstalk values.

Abstract: The simulation system for predicting heating and cooling loads of a building comprises the collection unit collecting measurement data of a target building from a BEMS, the identification unit identifying indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, and insolation measured in the building in real time based on RTS method, the correlation derivation unit deriving a correlation between energy usage based on the BEMS measurement data collected by the collection unit and the cooling and heating loads according to indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, and insolation identified by the identification unit, the simulation unit predicting a change in cooling and heating loads according to a change in at least one of pieces of measurement data based on the correlation derived from the correlation derivation unit to perform a simulation, and the information provision unit providing a simulation result from the simulation unit in a visible form to a user terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring magnetic field and/or temperature using a diamond nitrogen-vacancy center sensor, and a measuring apparatus based on a diamond nitrogen-vacancy center (DNV) sensor may include: a diamond nitrogen-vacancy center sensor; a frequency synthesizer for generating a first reference signal and a second reference signal; a first microwave generator for generating a first microwave that is frequency modulated according to the first reference signal and causes a first spin transition in the diamond nitrogen-vacancy center sensor; a second microwave generator for generating a second microwave that is frequency modulated according to the second reference signal and causes a second spin transition in the diamond nitrogen-vacancy center sensor; a laser irradiator for applying a laser to excite the spin state of the diamond nitrogen-vacancy center sensor; a power amplifier for combining and amplifying the first microwave and the second microwave to apply to the diamond nitrog

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a bus bar as a winding in a core of a transformer includes multiple sub-bars arranged horizontally and connected in parallel so as to minimize an AC current in the transformer, and the sub-bars have different widths and thus resistances or impedances with respect to a current flowing through the sub-bars are the same. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of designing a bus bar for resistance or impedance matching between multiple sub-bars included in the bus bar to share a current to minimize an AC current in the transformer. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a transformer, for a DC-DC converter for use in a vehicle, which is manufactured by the method of designing a bus bar.

Abstract: A fusion protein according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a growth differentiation factor 11 and an epidermal growth factor with an enhanced anti-oxidation activity and an enhanced skin cell proliferation effect, A cosmetic composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the fusion protein as an effective component. The cosmetic composition can be advantageously used in future as a material of a functional cosmetic product.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a pattern layer on one surface of the polarizer, the pattern layer including a first refractive index layer having at least one engraved pattern and a second refractive index layer having a filling pattern filling at least a portion of the engraved pattern, the first refractive index layer having a higher refractive index than the second refractive index layer; and a first protective layer. The polarizing plate has a structure in which the polarizer, the second refractive index layer, the first refractive index layer and the first protective layer are sequentially stacked in that order, or in which the polarizer, the first protective layer, the second refractive index layer and the first refractive index layer are sequentially stacked in that order. The first protective layer includes a base film including at least one resin of triacetylcellulose, polyethylene terephthalate, cyclic olefin polymer, and acrylic resins.

Abstract: Provided are a silicon nitride film etching composition, a method of etching a silicon nitride film using the same, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device. Specifically, a silicon nitride film may be highly selectively etched as compared with a silicon oxide film, and when the composition is applied to an etching process at a high temperature and a semiconductor manufacturing process, not only no precipitate occurs but also anomalous growth in which the thickness of the silicon oxide film is rather increased does not occur, thereby minimizing defects and reliability reduction.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having a lattice strain (?) of 0.18 or less, which is calculated by applying Williamson-Hall method defined by Equation 1 to XRD peaks measured through XRD analysis, and having an XRD peak intensity ratio of 8.9% or less, which is defined by Equation 2. By controlling the lattice strain and XRD peak intensity ratio of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle, a lithium secondary battery with improved life-span characteristics as well as output characteristics is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling object tracking and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes an object detector configured to detect an object in an image, an object tracker configured to track the object, a learning device configured to learn whether to enable the object detector based on features of the object and tracking results of the object tracker, and a controller configured to determine whether to enable the object detector by interworking with the learning device.

Abstract: Provided are a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer having excellent hydrolysis resistance and high viscosity which has a carboxyl end group (CEG) content of 15 mg KOH/g or less, a ratio (Mz/Mn) of a z-average molecular weight (Mz) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 3 to 15, and a melt index (MI) of 5 g/10 min or less as measured under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D 1238. A method of preparing a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer is provided, including adding a chain extender and an anti-hydrolysis agent to an aliphatic-aromatic polyester pre-copolymer over time, whereby a significant viscosity rise and improvement of hydrolysis resistance may be implemented simultaneously.

Abstract: Provided are: an optical laminate comprising a second adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer laminated on the second adhesive layer, and a light shield part laminated between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer; an optical member comprising same; and an optical display device including same.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a photomask. The method comprises providing a pre-photomask, the pre-photomask including a first area, a second area configured to perform a first duty correction, and a third area configured to perform a second duty correction; forming a pre-photoresist pattern using the pre-photomask such that the pre-photoresist pattern has a stepped shape having at least three steps in a cross-sectional view of the pre-photoresist pattern; analyzing a profile of the pre-photoresist pattern in the cross-sectional view; and inserting an auxiliary pattern into at least one of the first to third areas, based on a result of the analyzing of the profile of the pre-photoresist pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes first through third active patterns extending in and spaced apart from each other along a first direction on a first surface of a substrate; a first gate electrode extending in a second direction on the first active pattern; a first active cut between the first and second active patterns, wherein the first active cut extends in the second direction, and the first active cut is spaced apart from the first gate electrode in the first direction; a second active cut between the second and third active patterns, wherein the second active cut extends in the second direction, and the second active cut is spaced apart from the first active cut in the first direction; and a first through via extending vertically through the second active pattern between the first and second active cuts, and into the substrate.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; a quantum dot layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a plurality of quantum dots; optionally, an electron transport layer between the quantum dot layer and the second electrode; wherein the quantum dot layer is configured to emit first light. The electroluminescent device further includes a first layer including an inorganic nanoparticle between the quantum dot layer and the first electrode, and inorganic nanoparticle includes a metal chalcogenide including a Group II metal and a chalcogen element. The inorganic nanoparticle has a size of greater than or equal to about 0.5 nanometers and less than or equal to about 30 nanometers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly and a membrane-electrode assembly manufactured thereby, and more specifically, to a method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly by using a nano-dispersed ionomer binder under supercritical conditions in a mixed solvent comprising alcohol and water, and a membrane-electrode assembly manufactured thereby and a fuel cell or water electrolysis device comprising same.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes training a first model to predict confidences of labels for data samples in a training dataset, including using a corrected data sample obtained by correcting an incorrect label based on a corresponding confidence detected by the first model and an estimated corrected label generated by a second model; training the second model to estimate correct labels for the data samples, including estimating a correct other label corresponding to another incorrect label detected based on a corresponding confidence generated by the first model with respect to the other incorrect label; and automatically correcting the other incorrect label with the estimated correct other label.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. Coding decision information of a representative channel of a target block is shared as coding decision information of a target channel of the target block, and decoding of the target block is performed using the coding decision information of the target channel. Since the coding decision information of the representative channel is shared with an additional channel, repeated signaling of identical coding decision information may be prevented. By means of this prevention, the efficiency of encoding and decoding of the target block or the like may be improved.