Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a first module on which an inverter circuit configured to supply a driving current to a motor is mounted, a second module on which a control circuit configured to control the inverter circuit is mounted, and a third module on which a power circuit configured to supply direct-current (DC) power to at least one of the inverter circuit and the control circuit. The first module and the second module are attachable to and detachable from the third module.

Abstract: A washing machine which performs a washing operation by heating water, a detergent, or a wash liquid using a dielectric heating method and a method of controlling the washing machine. The washing machine may include a water supply portion which supplies a wash liquid including water and a detergent, a power supply portion which supplies alternating current (AC) power, and an electric field forming portion which forms an electric field between a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion according to the AC power to heat the supplied wash liquid.

Abstract: An actuator and an exercise equipment using the same are disclosed. The exercise equipment comprises a post which is a main body of the exercise equipment, a shoulder installed on an upper side of the post and rotates in left and right direction, an arm combined with the shoulder and rotates in up and down direction, a hand combined with one terminal of the arm and rotates by using the arm as an axis, a handle located on one terminal side of the hand, a force control actuator outputs a force corresponding to weight set by a user, and a wire passes via plural sheaves included in the hand, the shoulder and the post and deliver a force generated by pulling of the handle, one terminal of the wire being connected to the handle.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing an error of cell balancing in a cell balancing circuit constantly maintaining a plurality of cell voltages of a battery includes a first step of calculating a cell balancing residual time through a cell balancing required time and a cell balancing performing time in a previous driving, a second step of confirming a cell balancing required time in a current driving after the first step, a third step of calculating a time deviation between the cell balancing required time of the second step and the cell balancing residual time of the first step, and a fourth step of deciding whether or not the error has occurred through the time deviation calculated in the third step.

Abstract: A dryer includes a main body, a drying chamber provided inside the main body and configured to accommodate objects to be dried, a conveying unit configured to convey the objects to be dried, a sensor unit configured to sense information on states of the objects to be dried, and a control unit configured to control the conveying unit to move the objects to be dried based on the information sensed by the sensor unit.

Abstract: A method for controlling a power management system includes if a registration mode of a smart socket is performed in a power management apparatus, displaying a second code of the power management apparatus; acquiring a code image of the second code on the power management apparatus using a terminal acquiring a code image from a first code assigned to the smart socket to recognize each other; receiving information of an electric device to be coupled to the smart socket; and pairing the smart socket corresponding to the first code by reading the code image with the electric device information, transmitting the paired information to the power management apparatus corresponding to the second code, and storing the paired information in the power management apparatus corresponding to the displayed code.

Abstract: A system for managing the temperature of a battery, may include a battery configured to store electrical energy; a temperature-increase heater configured to convert the electrical energy stored in the battery into thermal energy to increase the temperature of the battery; a temperature-increase heater relay configured to connect or disconnect an electrical energy path provided from the battery to the temperature-increase heater; a thermal fuse configured to disconnect the electrical energy path when the temperature of the battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference temperature; and a controller configured to induce disconnection of the thermal fuse by increasing the temperature of the battery to the reference temperature or higher using the thermal energy converted by the temperature-increase heater, when the temperature-increase heater relay is fused.

Abstract: A control method of monitoring deterioration of a battery of a vehicle, may include determining, by a controller, whether an entry condition of allowing an entry to a deterioration monitoring mode of the battery is satisfied; setting, by the controller, a deterioration monitoring condition when the entry condition of allowing the entry to the deterioration monitoring mode of the battery is satisfied; performing, by the controller, charging of the battery after the setting of the deterioration monitoring condition is completed; and stopping, by the controller, the charging and determining a deterioration rate of the battery when a first state of charge (SOC) value of the battery is greater than a predetermined first reference value as a result of the performing the charging.

Abstract: A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and the participating controlled device, the method including: receiving operation limiting information from the participating controlled device, the operation limiting information including combinations of allowed operations from among a plurality of operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations; setting a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on the set power consumption level.

Abstract: A power relay assembly (PRA) and a method of controlling the same are provided. The power relay assembly includes a first main relay for interconnecting negative voltages of a battery and an inverter, a second main relay for interconnecting positive voltages of the battery and the inverter, and a pre-charge relay connected in parallel to the second main relay. A controller executes the open or short sequence of the first main relay, the second main relay, and the pre-charge relay based on the opening and closing operation between the battery and the inverter or the charging and discharging operation of the battery. The opening and closing operation is divided into an opening operation and a closing operation between the battery and the inverter, and the charging and discharging operation is divided into a charging operation and a discharging operation of the battery.

Abstract: A system for charging a vehicle battery includes a relay configured to establish/interrupt electrical connection between the vehicle battery and a vehicle system supplied with power from the vehicle battery, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor a voltage of the battery, control the relay to interrupt the electrical connection when a voltage of the battery is less than or equal to a first predetermined reference value, and control the relay to establish the electrical connection when a predetermined condition is satisfied while the relay is electrically disconnected. The controller controls the relay to be electrically connected to charge the battery through an external power source while the electrical connection is interrupted, and then control a connection state of the relay based on the voltage of the battery, a voltage and current of the relay at a side of the vehicle system, and whether a vehicle is started.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring an exercise quantity. The apparatus for measuring the exercise quantity includes a base fixed to the exercise machine, a load cell mounted on the upper portion of the base to measure a force applied from the upper side, a load support connected to the upper portion of the load cell to press the load cell, a load support pulley coupled to the upper portion of the load support, a guide pulley disposed beside the load support pulley so that a rotational shaft is parallel to the load support pulley, and a rotation angle measuring sensor measuring a rotation angle according to the rotation of the load support pulley, in which the belt, the cable, the rope, or the chain crosses with the load support pulley and the guide pulley.

Abstract: A battery system is provided. The system includes a battery and a sensor unit having a voltage sensor that detects a voltage of the battery and a current sensor that detects a charging and discharging current of the battery. A power relay assembly of the system includes a main relay that connects between the battery and a vehicle system. Additionally, a battery management system (BMS) applies different diagnostic error code confirm conditions to the voltage sensor and the current sensor when a multi-error of the voltage sensor and the current sensor is detected.

Abstract: A motor driving device is disclosed. The motor driving device includes: a rectifier rectifying alternating current (AC) power into direct current (DC) power to output an input voltage; a first buck-boost converter including a plurality of switches for converting the input voltage and having a buck mode of stepping down the input voltage and a boost mode of stepping up the input voltage; an inverter converting a DC-link voltage transformed from the first buck-boost converter into an AC voltage and transferring the AC voltage to a motor; and a controller receiving motor information related to driving of the motor, comparing magnitudes of a desired DC-link voltage depending on the received motor information and the input voltage with each other, and performing a control to switch only any one of the plurality of switches so that the first buck-boost converter is operated in the buck mode or the boost mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power transmission apparatus capable of measuring torque and a power generation apparatus using the same, and more particularly, to a power transmission apparatus capable of measuring torque and a power generation apparatus using the same which includes a disk-shaped outer body that receives power from the outside, an inner body that is coupled to the inside of the outer body, and at least one load cell formed between the outer body and the inner body.

Abstract: The present invention has developed, unlike a conventional technology, an apparatus and a technique for rind, inside and scrap separation, which has been the greatest impediment to the mass production of high-quality paper-making pulp, thereby enabling the production of high-quality pulp, enables produced, unbleached pulp to be used as a raw material for manufacturing industrial packaging paper because of the excellent strength of the pulp, allows bleached corn chemical pulp to be suitable for the manufacture of toilet and facial papers and tissues, and can be applied to various paper-making techniques by mixing pulps, having different characteristics, such as needle bleached chemical pulp, leaf bleached chemical pulp, and bleached chemical thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP).

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a first module on which an inverter circuit configured to supply a driving current to a motor is mounted, a second module on which a control circuit configured to control the inverter circuit is mounted, and a third module on which a power circuit configured to supply direct-current (DC) power to at least one of the inverter circuit and the control circuit. The first module and the second module are attachable to and detachable from the third module.

Abstract: A power management apparatus includes an electric device including a plurality of operation algorithm information and power information for each operation level corresponding to each operation algorithm information, and a power management unit to receive power rate information from a power provider, determine an operation level of the electric device on the basis of the received power rate information and power information for each operation level of the electric device, and control an operation of the electric device at the determined operation level. As a result, the power management apparatus performs different operation algorithms according to power rate information, and controls power consumption of the electric device, such that energy efficiency at the user side can be maximized. In response to the changed power rate information, the currently-driven electric device and the electric device to be driven can be driven at the optimum operation level appropriate for their power consumption characteristics.

Abstract: A battery control method includes: receiving a reprogramming request from a diagnostic device located outside of a vehicle to reprogram software of one or more electronic control units (ECUs) of the vehicle; performing reprogramming of the one or more ECUs or recharging of an auxiliary battery according to a number of the ECUs to be reprogrammed and whether or not a state of charge (SOC) of the auxiliary battery exceeds a critical value varied depending on the number of the ECUs to be reprogrammed; and sending a signal informing of the reprogramming or a warning signal associated with the recharging to the diagnostic device.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting a fusion of a relay of a battery is provided. The method includes detecting the fusion of the relay during disengagement of an ignition of a vehicle and determining the fusion status of the relay during engagement of the ignition of the vehicle. The method includes adjusting a first relay to an off position, after disengaging an ignition, and determining whether the fusion status of first relay based on measuring a voltage of an interval between the adjusting the first relay to an off position and adjusting a second relay to an off position. Then the second relay may be adjusted to the off position.