Abstract: According to a coffee maker of the present invention, the multi-joint linkage of a drive mechanism is alternately arranged three-dimensionally in a front-back direction, and thus stronger pressing force may be applied and the pressing force may be uniformly transferred to both sides of the pressing portion. When a user simultaneously presses the drive mechanism with his or her both hands, the pressing force applied by the right drive mechanism and the pressing force applied by the left drive mechanism may be uniformly transferred to the pressing portion without loss, and thus the availability of the pressing force may be increased. The coffee maker according to the present invention is robust, has desirable durability, and may be aesthetically decorated with metal and transparent plastic materials.

Abstract: A base station controller optimally controls activation/deactivation of small base stations in a heterogeneous network environment in which a number of base stations forming cells of different sizes coexist in the same area, taking into account traffic volume as well as signal interference. A method for operating the base station controller is also disclosed.

Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the hosing; a first coil disposed in the bobbin; a magnet disposed opposite to the first coil in the housing; a base disposed under the housing; a lower elastic member comprising a first elastic member and a second elastic member coupled to the bobbin and disposed on the base; a second coil disposed in the base so as to generate an inductive voltage by interaction with the first coil; and a first terminal and a second terminal arranged in the base and spaced apart from the first and second elastic members, wherein one end of the first coil is coupled to the first elastic member, the other end of the first coil is coupled to the second elastic member, one end of the second coil is coupled to the first terminal, and the other end of the second coil is coupled to the second terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hand rehabilitation exercise device, including: a finger movement sensing sensor sensing a movement of a finger; and a finger worn unit to which the finger movement sensing sensor is attached/detached, and worn on the finger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a security device comprising a colloidal crystal which exhibits excellent visibility and is also easily manufactured. The security device, according to the present invention, comprises: a substrate; a groove part formed on the substrate; a colloidal crystal positioned in the groove part; and an aging film. The security device, according to the present invention, exhibits excellent security and visibility, and thus may be used for securities, credit cards, security cards, anti-forgery products, etc.

Abstract: A waste compression container collection control system includes: a waste compression container compressing and accommodating waste input thereto, discarded by users, and transmitting detection information, obtained by at least one sensor, in real time; a collection vehicle driver terminal of a collection vehicle driver of a collection vehicle collecting the waste compression container in which waste is accommodated; and a collection control server receiving at least one piece of detection information from the waste compression container, determining whether or not to collect the waste compression container using the received detection information, automatically assigning a collection vehicle to collect the waste compression container to be collected, and transmitting a collection instruction message to the corresponding collection vehicle driver terminal in real time.

Abstract: A SCR catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides comprises: a carrier prepared from a support in which Ti-PILC is mixed with titania; and a catalyst material on the carrier, wherein the catalyst material contains an active material of a vanadium component and a co-catalyst of a tungsten component. On the basis of the total weight of the catalyst, the support Ti-PILC is contained at 0.01-40 wt %, and the support titania is contained at 50 to 90 wt %. In addition, a method for producing a SCR catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides comprises the steps of: preparing a carrier by using a support in which Ti-PILC is mixed with titania; and supporting a catalyst material on the carrier. The present disclosure provides: a SCR catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides, which has an excellent nitrogen oxide removing performance and a high producing convenience; and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: An electronic cover according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a light-transmissive first electrode layer, a light-transmissive second electrode layer disposed below the first electrode layer, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and including a liquid crystal reacting to an electrical field generated when power is supplied to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, a color layer disposed below the second electrode layer and including a light-transmissive color material, and a reflective layer disposed below the color layer and including a light-reflective material. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Abstract: Disclosed is a terahertz wave generating apparatus. The terahertz wave generating apparatus includes a dual mode laser including a first single mode laser that generates a first beating signal, a gain adjustment region that modulates the first beating signal, and a second single mode laser that generates a second beating signal, and a photomixer that mixes the modulated first beating signal and the second beating signal, and that modulates a current supplied based on a beating frequency of the mixed beating signals to generate a terahertz wave signal, and the gain adjustment region is formed between the first single mode laser and the second single mode laser, and the first beating signal is output from the first single mode laser to the gain adjustment region and is modulated based on a reverse bias voltage supplied to the gain adjustment region.

Abstract: A modular robot system can be formed by assembling a plurality of cube type unit robots. The modular robot system includes N cube type unit robots, wherein: one of the N cube type unit robots serves as a central control terminal, the cube type unit robot serving as the central control terminal assigns a distinguishable ID number to each of the N cube type unit robots; each robot including a cube-shaped housing, a step motor and a control unit installed inside the housing; the housing has one surface including a mounting groove to allow a rotational body rotating by a rotation shaft of the step motor to be mounted therein, and the other surface including a connection groove in the same shape as the mounting groove; and different cube type unit robots can be connected to each other by means of a connection body mounted in the connection groove.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a plurality of active patterns and a plurality of gate structure on a substrate, a first insulating interlayer covering the active patterns and the gate structures, a plurality of first contact plugs extending through the first insulating interlayer, a plurality of second contact plugs extending through the first insulating interlayer, and a first connecting pattern directly contacting a sidewall of at least one contact plug selected from the first and second contact plugs. Each of gate structures may include a gate insulation layer, a gate electrode and a capping pattern. Each of first contact plugs may contact the active patterns adjacent to the gate structure. Each of the second contact plugs may contact the gate electrode in the gate structures. An upper surface of the first connecting pattern may be substantially coplanar with upper surfaces of the first and second contact plugs.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack, and more particularly, a battery pack capable of preventing degradation of performance at a low temperature by allowing a portion of air exhausted through an exhaust port to be introduced into an inhalation port to optimize a temperature of external air introduced into a cell module.

Abstract: A modular robot system is capable of being configured to allow a plurality of cube-shaped unit robots to be coupled to one another. The modular robot system has N cube-shaped unit robots (where N is an integer greater than 2), each cube-shaped unit robot including: a cube-shaped housing; a step motor located inside the housing; and a controller located inside the housing to control the step motor, wherein the housing has a mounting groove formed on one surface thereof to mount a rotary body rotating by a rotary shaft of the step motor thereon and connection grooves with the same shape as each other formed on the five surfaces thereof, so that through connectors mounted on the connection grooves, one cube-shaped unit robot is connectable to another cube-shaped unit robot.

Abstract: A vehicle navigation apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle sensor positioned in a front or a rear of a vehicle, the vehicle sensor configured to recognize surrounding information and road information of the vehicle, and a processor configured to identify destination information requested by a user of the vehicle, identify location information of the vehicle through the vehicle sensor, identify the recognized surrounding information and the recognized road information of the vehicle, and identify information about a route according to the identified destination information by controlling the vehicle to identify information about a bus station within a range specified based on the location information of the vehicle and bus information, calculating a degree of congestion of the route, and displaying the calculated degree of congestion through a display device.

Abstract: A method can be used for manufacturing an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer for a fuel cell. A polymerization step includes subjecting an organic chelate compound forming a coordinate bond, a vanadium-based Ziegler-Natta catalyst, an organoaluminum compound, and ethylene, propylene, and diene monomers, together with a solvent, to polymerization in a reactor. A separation step includes recovering residual catalysts and unreacted monomers from the stream discharged from the reactor. An acquisition step includes recovering the solvent from the stream deprived of the residual catalysts and unreacted monomers to acquire the ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus for measuring a coating amount of a slurry according to the present disclosure includes a light emitter configured to irradiate terahertz wave onto a release paper coated with the slurry, a light receiver configured to receive the terahertz wave, which is irradiated from the light emitter and passes through the release paper coated with the slurry, to obtain a power of the terahertz wave, and a calculating part configured to calculate a thickness of an electrode, formed from the slurry applied to the release paper, based on the power of the terahertz wave received by the light receiver.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a plurality of active patterns and a plurality of gate structure on a substrate, a first insulating interlayer covering the active patterns and the gate structures, a plurality of first contact plugs extending through the first insulating interlayer, a plurality of second contact plugs extending through the first insulating interlayer, and a first connecting pattern directly contacting a sidewall of at least one contact plug selected from the first and second contact plugs. Each of gate structures may include a gate insulation layer, a gate electrode and a capping pattern. Each of first contact plugs may contact the active patterns adjacent to the gate structure. Each of the second contact plugs may contact the gate electrode in the gate structures. An upper surface of the first connecting pattern may be substantially coplanar with upper surfaces of the first and second contact plugs.

Abstract: A photonic crystal film, a method for manufacturing the photonic crystal film, and an anti-forgery article comprising the photonic crystal film are disclosed. The photonic crystal film includes a polyurethane-based polymer matrix and colloidal particles dispersed in the polyurethane-based polymer matrix and arranged in a crystal lattice structure. The colloidal particles includes one or more selected from metal nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, organic nanoparticles, and carbon structure nanoparticles.