Abstract: A method for charging a battery may include: obtaining a state of health of the battery and a magnitude of an initial charging current preset for the battery; converting the magnitude of the initial charging current on the basis of the state of health of the battery, thereby generating a charging current command; and providing the charging current command to a charger, and supplying a charging current corresponding to the charging current command to the battery by the charger.

Abstract: A memory controller may include a host interface controller, a first queue, a second queue, and a cache memory. The host interface controller may be configured to generate, based on a request received from a host, one or more command segments corresponding to the request. The first queue may be configured to store the one or more command segments. The second queue may be configured to store a target command segment from among the one or more command segments. The memory controller caches a target map segment corresponding to the target command segment into the cache memory in response to the target command segment being transferred from the first queue to the second queue.

Abstract: A memory controller includes a buffer memory configured to store first meta data and second meta data having a different type from the first meta data, and a cache memory including first and second dedicated areas. The first meta data is cached in the first dedicated area and the second meta data is cached in the second dedicated area.

Abstract: A pore-filled ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane from which the surface ion exchange polyelectrolyte has been removed and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane exhibits low film resistance and low in-plane-direction swelling degree, and has a smaller film-thickness than a commercial film, and thus, can be used for various purposes. In addition, since the pore-filled ion exchange polyelectrolyte composite membrane is continuously manufactured through a roll-to-roll process, the manufacturing process is simple, and manufacturing costs can be greatly reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for measuring ultraviolet light by using an electronic device including a camera. The electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a display; an image sensor for acquiring an image by using light including a first wavelength band or a second wavelength band; and a processor, wherein the processor can be set so as to compare a first image acquired using the light of the first wavelength band with a second image acquired using the light of the second wavelength band, acquire, on the basis of the comparison result, information on ultraviolet reflectance for at least a part of at least one subject included in the first image or the second image, and display at least a part of the acquired information on the ultraviolet reflectance by using the display.

Abstract: Disclosed is a patch antenna module, which receives a signal for position information and a signal for vehicle communication by using one patch antenna, thereby minimizing a mounting space. The disclosed patch antenna module includes a dielectric; an upper patch formed on one surface of the dielectric and for receiving a signal for position information; a lower patch formed on the other surface of the dielectric; and a feed pin for penetrating the dielectric, the upper patch, and the lower patch, formed in a length within a predetermined range, and for receiving a signal for vehicle communication.

Abstract: An actuator with a multipolar magnet structure includes a carrier configured so that a lens is loaded thereon, the carrier being configured to linearly move along an optical axis direction, a housing configured to accommodate the carrier, a coil unit provided in the housing and having an n number of coils arranged along the optical axis direction in the same side of the housing, where n is a natural number of 2 or above, and a magnet mounted to the same side of the carrier to face the coil unit, the magnet having an n+1 number of magnetic poles facing the coil unit.

Abstract: An actuator with a multipolar magnet structure includes a carrier configured so that a lens is loaded thereon, the carrier being configured to linearly move along an optical axis direction, a housing configured to accommodate the carrier, a coil unit provided in the housing and having an n number of coils arranged along the optical axis direction, where n is a natural number of 2 or above, and a magnet mounted to the carrier to face the coil unit, the magnet having an n+1 number of magnetic poles facing the coil unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a patch antenna, which is formed so that the upper surface of a dielectric layer has a wider area than the lower surface thereof and is mounted on a printed circuit board to form an air gap, thus maximizing antenna performance while implementing lightweight. The disclosed patch antenna includes a dielectric layer, a radiation patch formed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer, and a lower patch formed on the lower surface of the dielectric layer; and the dielectric layer is formed so that an area of the upper surface is wider than an area of the lower surface to form an air gap between the printed circuit board and the dielectric layer.

Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for electricity production and high-efficiency trapping of carbon dioxide, using carbon dioxide within combustion exhaust gas and converging technologies associated with a carbon dioxide absorption tower and a generating device using ions which uses a difference in concentration of salinity between seawater and freshwater. It is expected that enhanced electrical energy production efficiency, an effect of reducing costs for the operation of a carbon dioxide trapping process, and electricity production from carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, can be simultaneously achieved by increasing the difference in concentration using an absorbent for absorbing carbon dioxide.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy self-sufficient real time bio-signal monitoring and nutrient and/or drug delivery system based on salinity gradient power generation. The energy self-sufficient real time bio-signal monitoring and/or nutrient delivery system based on salinity gradient power generation includes: an electricity generation and nutrient and/or drug delivery module including a reverse electrodialysis device which generates electricity by using a nutrient and/or drug solution and discharge a diluted nutrient solution; and a bio-signal measuring unit inserted into the electricity generation and nutrient and/or drug delivery module and configured to receive electricity from the electricity generation and nutrient and/or drug delivery module and measure a bio-signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a patch antenna, which is formed so that the upper surface of a dielectric layer has a wider area than the lower surface thereof and is mounted on a printed circuit board to form an air gap, thus maximizing antenna performance while implementing lightweight. The disclosed patch antenna includes a dielectric layer, a radiation patch formed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer, and a lower patch formed on the lower surface of the dielectric layer; and the dielectric layer is formed so that an area of the upper surface is wider than an area of the lower surface to form an air gap between the printed circuit board and the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method for charging a battery may include: obtaining a state of health of the battery and a magnitude of an initial charging current preset for the battery; converting the magnitude of the initial charging current on the basis of the state of health of the battery, thereby generating a charging current command; and providing the charging current command to a charger, and supplying a charging current corresponding to the charging current command to the battery by the charger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a glucose measuring apparatus including a pressure measurer having an elastic part or a pressure sensor, that measures a pressure applied to an object, a film that comprises a first optical waveguide configured to be close to the object, a near infrared ray (NIR) irradiator that irradiates an NIR to the first optical waveguide if the measured pressure is greater than or equal to a preset value, an NIR receiver that receives an attenuated total reflection NIR (ATR-NIR) from the first optical waveguide, and an analyzer that measures a blood glucose level based on the ATR-NIR, wherein the film is an independent module that can be combined with and separated from the glucose measuring apparatus.

Abstract: A lower stiffener is provided for a bumper of a vehicle. The lower stiffener is mounted on a lower portion of a bumper beam or a front end module (FEM) carrier of the vehicle. The lower stiffener includes a pair of core portions formed by extending in a width direction of the vehicle in an elongated loop shape corresponding to a shape of the bumper of the vehicle, and arranged parallel to each other at a regular interval. A pair of molding portions surrounds the core portions, respectively and a connection portion connects and integrates the pair of molding portions with each other.

Abstract: An actuator with a multipolar magnet structure includes a carrier configured so that a lens is loaded thereon, the carrier being configured to linearly move along an optical axis direction, a housing configured to accommodate the carrier, a coil unit provided in the housing and having an n number of coils arranged along the optical axis direction, where n is a natural number of 2 or above, and a magnet mounted to the carrier to face the coil unit, the magnet having an n+1 number of magnetic poles facing the coil unit.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide capturing apparatus and process uses a self-generating power means that uses carbon dioxide in combustion exhaust gas through the convergence of a carbon dioxide absorption tower. The capturing apparatus and process also relies on ionic generator associated technology using a concentration difference between seawater and freshwater. The capturing apparatus and process result in increased production efficiency for electric energy and reduced costs for a carbon dioxide capturing process by increasing a concentration difference using an absorbent liquid for absorbing carbon dioxide and, at the same time, electricity is obtained through carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for measuring ultraviolet light by using an electronic device including a camera. The electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a display; an image sensor for acquiring an image by using light including a first wavelength band or a second wavelength band; and a processor, wherein the processor can be set so as to compare a first image acquired using the light of the first wavelength band with a second image acquired using the light of the second wavelength band, acquire, on the basis of the comparison result, information on ultraviolet reflectance for at least a part of at least one subject included in the first image or the second image, and display at least a part of the acquired information on the ultraviolet reflectance by using the display.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wideband patch antenna module where two feeding points are formed on a lower patch at a preset angle therebetween, whereby ultra-wideband characteristics receiving both a GPS signal and a GLONASS signal may be realized, and antenna size and manufacturing costs may be minimized. The wideband patch antenna module includes a base layer; a radiation patch provided on a top surface of the base layer; a lower patch provided at a bottom surface of the base layer; a first feeding point provided at a bottom surface of the lower patch; and a second feeding point provided at the bottom surface of the lower patch, wherein an imaginary line connecting the first feeding point and a center point of the lower patch intersects with an imaginary line connecting the second feeding point and the center point of the lower patch.

Abstract: The disclosed broadband antenna module for LTE includes: a feeding pin and a direct short pin that are spaced apart from each other on one surface of a printed circuit board; a coupling short pin formed of a conductive material on the other surface of the printed circuit board and connected to a ground plane; and a radiation patch antenna including a dielectric and a radiation pattern formed on an outer circumference of the dielectric and mounted on one surface of the printed circuit board, in which the radiation pattern of the radiation patch antenna is directly connected to the feeding pin and direct short pin and coupled to the coupling short pin in an overlapping manner.