Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polyimide film that is obtained by imidizing a polyamic acid solution containing two or more dianhydride components selected from the group consisting of 3,3?,4,4?-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 3,3?,4,4?-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), and a diamine component including m-tolidine and p-phenylenediamine (PPD) and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 320° C. or higher, a moisture absorption rate of 0.4% or less, and a dielectric dissipation factor (Df) of 0.004 or less.

Abstract: A drum pedal is characterized by including: a base part; a pair of support parts provided at the front side of the base part; a cam part that is axially coupled to the pair of support parts via a main shaft; a hitting part that is axially coupled to the pair of support parts via the main shaft and disposed to be adjacent to the cam part; a pedal part of which one end is coupled to the rear side of the base part and which is formed to extend in the direction of the front side of the base part; and a power transmission part that connects the cam part and the pedal part and rotates the main shaft and the cam part according to a load applied to the pedal part, wherein at least two different power transmission parts can be selectively coupled to the cam part.

Abstract: There are provided a method and a system for image segmentation utilizing a GAN architecture. A method for training an image segmentation network according to an embodiment includes: inputting an image to a first network which is trained to output a region segmentation result regarding an input image, and generating a region segmentation result; and inputting the region segmentation result generated at the generation step and a ground truth (GT) to a second network, and acquiring a discrimination result, the second network being trained to discriminate inputted region segmentation results as a result generated by the first network and a GT, respectively; and training the first network and the second network by using the discrimination result. Accordingly, region segmentation performance of a semantic segmentation network regarding various images can be enhanced, and a very small image region can be exactly segmented.

Abstract: A thermoelectric element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first substrate, a first resin layer disposed on the first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first resin layer, a P-type thermoelectric leg and an N-type thermoelectric leg disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the P-type thermoelectric leg and the N-type thermoelectric leg, a second resin layer disposed on the second electrode, and a second substrate disposed on the second resin layer, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a copper layer, first plated layers disposed on both surfaces of the copper layer, and second plated layers disposed between both surfaces of the copper layer and the first plated layers, materials of the first plated layer and the second plated layer are different from each other, and the first plated layer has a melting point greater than or equal to 300° C.

Abstract: A thermoelectric element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the first substrate, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a first electrode disposed on the second insulating layer, and a semiconductor structure disposed on the first electrode, wherein the first insulating layer includes an uneven portion, a partial region of the first electrode is buried in the second insulating layer, the second insulating layer includes a concave portion which is concave in a direction toward the first insulating layer from a side surface of the first electrode, and the concave portion vertically overlaps the uneven portion.

Abstract: A drum pedal is characterized by including: a base part; a pair of support parts provided at the front side of the base part; a cam part that is axially coupled to the pair of support parts via a main shaft; a hitting part that is axially coupled to the pair of support parts via the main shaft and disposed to be adjacent to the cam part; a pedal part of which one end is coupled to the rear side of the base part and which is formed to extend in the direction of the front side of the base part; and a power transmission part that connects the cam part and the pedal part and rotates the main shaft and the cam part according to a load applied to the pedal part, wherein at least two different power transmission parts can be selectively coupled to the cam part.

Abstract: An extended reality (XR) support system establishes a communicative link between an XR presentation system and a multi-access edge compute (MEC) system operating on a cellular network. The XR support system identifies a parameter associated with a computing task to be performed in connection with an XR experience presented by the XR presentation system. The XR support system also identifies a condition associated with a capability of the XR presentation system or the MEC system to perform the computing task. Based on the identified parameter and the identified condition, the XR support system selects at least one of the XR presentation system or the MEC system to perform the computing task and then directs the selected system to perform the computing task. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body slidably coupled to a cup holder mounting portion in the vehicle, a finger elastically and pivotably mounted to the holder body, and configured to press and support a side surface of a cup inserted into the cup holder together with the holder body, a support connected to the holder body by a link such that the support is vertically movable in accordance with pivotal movement of the link, the support being configured to support a bottom portion of the cup, and a locking member disposed between the finger and the link, to lock the link, for prevention of pivotal movement of the link, or to unlock the link in linkage with pivotal operation of the finger.

Abstract: Disclosed are a heating cable connecting device and a flexible heater employing the same, in which the heating cable connecting device insulates a heating cable applied to a flexible heater to connect the heating cable to a terminal unit and includes an explosion-proofing device configured to be connected to one end of a connecting cable by explosion proofing one end of the heating cable, and an insulating device configured to insulate an opposite end of the connecting cable to connect the opposite end of the connecting cable to an opposite end of a lead wire having one end connected to the terminal unit. The explosion-proofing device and the insulating device are provided on inside and outside surfaces of the flexible heater, respectively, so that a power supply line can be thermally and electrically insulated.

Abstract: Disclosed are a heating cable connecting device and a flexible heater employing the same, in which the heating cable connecting device insulates a heating cable applied to a flexible heater to connect the heating cable to a terminal unit and includes a cooling device configured to connect one end of the heating cable to one end of a connecting cable to form a cooling section and an insulating device configured to insulate an opposite end of the connecting cable to connect an opposite end of a lead wire having one end connected to the terminal unit to the opposite end of the connecting cable. The cooling device and the insulating device are provided on inside and outside surfaces of the flexible heater, respectively, so that a power supply line can be thermally and electrically insulated.

Abstract: Disclosed is an embodiment is a thermoelectric module comprising: a first thermally conductive plate; a thermoelectric element arranged on the first thermally conductive plate; a second thermally conductive plate arranged on the thermoelectric element; and a cover frame, which is arranged on the first thermally conductive plate, and has an accommodation space such that the thermoelectric element is accommodated in the accommodation space, wherein the thermoelectric element includes: a first substrate; a plurality of thermoelectric legs arranged on the first substrate; a second substrate arranged on the plurality of thermoelectric legs; and electrodes comprising a plurality of first electrodes arranged between the first substrate and the plurality of thermoelectric legs; and a plurality of second electrodes arranged between the second substrate and the plurality of thermoelectric legs, and the cover frame includes: an outer frame arranged to be spaced from the thermoelectric element on the first thermally cond

Abstract: A thermoelectric device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first insulating layer, a first substrate disposed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the second insulating layer, a P-type thermoelectric leg and an N-type thermoelectric leg disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the P-type thermoelectric leg and the N-type thermoelectric leg, a third insulating layer disposed on the second electrode, and a second substrate disposed on the third insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer includes a first aluminum oxide layer, the first substrate is an aluminum substrate, the second substrate is a copper substrate, the first substrate is a low temperature portion, and the second substrate is a high temperature portion.

Abstract: A door for an entryway includes an exterior-facing surface, an inner structure, and a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism is connected to the inner structure and configured to be fastened or released for controlling access to the entryway. The door also includes a key-cylinder accessible from the exterior-facing surface and configured to selectively lock and unlock the latch mechanism. The door additionally includes a pawl configured to be rotated by the key-cylinder about a pivot axis, connected to the latch mechanism, and defining a pass-through aperture distal from the pivot axis. The door also includes a shield defining a shield attachment aperture and connected to the inner structure. The door further includes a security fastener to fix the shield relative to the key-cylinder at the shield attachment aperture and extending through the pass-through aperture without impeding the pawl's rotation or contacting the pawl as the pawl operates the latch mechanism.

Abstract: A laundry processing apparatus include a washing unit provided in an installation space of a cabinet, which corresponds to an upper portion of a heat exchanger and has the installation space therein, to spray washing water to a front surface of an evaporator. The washing unit has a nozzle part provided at the upper portion of the heat exchanger in an inclined direction to guide the washing water toward the heat exchanger and a front guide part provided at an opposite side of the nozzle part while being space apart therefrom, with the front surface of the evaporator that is the heat exchanger interposed between the front guide part, guiding the washing water discharged from the nozzle part toward the front surface of the evaporator.

Abstract: A thermoelectric element according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first metallic substrate; a first resin layer which is disposed on the first metallic substrate and comes in direct contact with the first metallic substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first resin layer; a plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs disposed on the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and the plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs; a second resin layer disposed on the plurality of second electrodes; and a second metallic substrate disposed on the second resin layer, wherein a surface of the first metallic substrate that faces the first resin layer comprises a first region and a second region disposed inside the first region, wherein a surface roughness of the second region is greater than a surface roughness of the first region, wherein the first resin layer

Abstract: A method is configured to compensate control reactivity of a shift-by-wire system in which shift ranges of an automatic transmission are changed by a motor. The method for compensating control reactivity may ensure a consistent response of the motor by including a compensation logic that measures a necessary driving time of the motor that was taken to rotate a detent plate from a current position to a target range, determines whether the motor is in an over-response state or an under-response state by comparing the measured taken time with a pre-stored setting value, accumulates an over-response or under-response detection count, performs compensation of decreasing or increasing an instruction value (a duty value) of the motor in accordance with the accumulated over-response or under-response detection count.

Abstract: A method of treating an ocular nerve injury in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of baicalein or an analog thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are a flexible pipe and a manufacturing method thereof. The flexible pipe includes an outer bellows formed in a corrugated tubular shape with mountains and valleys, an inner bellows formed in a corrugated tubular shape with mountains and valleys and provided inside the outer bellows, a pair of flanges connected to both ends of the outer bellows and the inner bellows, respectively, and a detection unit for checking whether leakage occurs due to damage or breakage of the outer and inner bellows by detecting an amount of oxygen present in an air having an atmospheric pressure and filled in an atmospheric space between the outer and inner bellows. Leakage due to damage or breakage of the outer and inner bellows can be detected based on variation in the amount of oxygen present in the space between the outer bellows and the inner bellows.

Abstract: A method of detecting a gear shift position of an electric shift-by-wire system is proposed. The method includes setting, as a reference position, a motor position at a time point when shift is completed to a target shift stage; rotating the motor until the motor no longer rotates in a P stage-engaging direction from the reference position; measuring a rotation amount of the motor with respect to the reference position; and determining the gear shift position by determining that the reference position is a P stage when the measured rotation amount of the motor is less than or equal to a predetermined first reference value, and the reference position is not the P stage when the measured rotation amount of the motor is greater than the first reference value.

Abstract: An integrated beamforming method using intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) element allocation and a system thereof are disclosed. The integrated beamforming method includes allocating passive elements of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to each of receivers, setting phase shifts of the IRS where the passive elements are allocated to each of the receivers, and performing transmit beamforming using the set phase shifts of the IRS.