Abstract: A sidestream smoke removing device includes a housing having a smoking space defined therein, an article inserting part positioned on one end of the housing and having an open area through which a smoking article is inserted into the smoking space, and a sidestream smoke processing part positioned at a distance from an upstream end of the smoking article inserted into the smoking space and configured to process sidestream smoke produced from the smoking article. The sidestream smoke processing part includes a filter including a filter included of pressed activated carbon having a plurality of holes allowing the sidestream smoke to pass therethrough and a ventilation fan configured to allow the sidestream smoke to be discharged through the filter. The sidestream smoke removing device obtains superior functionality in terms of a sidestream smoke removal rate and deodorizing performance while maintaining a suitable flow rate therein.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a storage unit configured to store bank information about voltage and capacity of each of a plurality of battery banks included in a battery module; and a control unit configured to generate a differential profile for each of the plurality of battery banks based on the bank information, determine a target peak in each of the generated plurality of differential profiles, and diagnose the state of the corresponding battery bank based on the determined target peak.

Abstract: A quadri-polarization diversity antenna system is disclosed. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, an antenna system includes an antenna array including a first column of dual-polarized antenna units and a second column of dual-polarized antenna units. Each of the dual-polarized antenna units includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element perpendicularly crossing each other. In each column, the first antenna elements are conductively connected to form a first subarray and the second antenna elements are conductively connected to form a second subarray. The antenna system further includes an RF matrix that selectively adjusts phases of RF input signals to generate RF output signals provided to the subarrays. When the RF output signals are radiated by the dual-polarized antenna units, a first beam with +/?45° polarizations and a second beam with 0°/90° polarizations are formed, and the first beam and the second beam are formed toward spatially different directions from each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for realizing a new type of stay purpose estimation technology that can estimate the purpose of a user's stay regardless of a label data, departing from a method which predetermines a label data in order to estimate a stay purpose.

Abstract: A sidestream smoke removing device includes a housing having a smoking space defined therein, an article inserting part positioned on one end of the housing and having an open area through which a smoking article is inserted into the smoking space, and a sidestream smoke processing part positioned at a distance from an upstream end of the smoking article inserted into the smoking space and configured to process sidestream smoke produced from the smoking article. The sidestream smoke processing part includes a filter including a pleated HEPA filter capable of filtering the sidestream smoke and a ventilation fan configured to allow the sidestream smoke to be discharged through the filter. The sidestream smoke removing device using a pleated HEPA filter obtains superior functionality in terms of the removal rate of sidestream smoke and durability while obtaining a suitable flow rate for smoking in the sidestream smoke removing device.

Abstract: Provided is a near-infrared ray absorbing article. A near-infrared ray absorbing article of the present invention is capable of preventing a decrease in visible transmittance and near-infrared absorption due to the interaction between a plurality of organic materials forming light-absorbing layers. In addition, the near-infrared ray absorbing article of the present invention has the advantage of being able to be thinner. In addition, the near-infrared ray absorbing article of the present invention has the advantage of excellent mechanical properties such as strength and heat resistance.

Abstract: Provided is a near-infrared ray absorbing article. A near-infrared ray absorbing article of the present invention is capable of preventing a decrease in visible transmittance and near-infrared absorption due to the interaction between a plurality of organic materials forming light-absorbing layers. In addition, the near-infrared ray absorbing article of the present invention has the advantage of being able to be thinner. In addition, the near-infrared ray absorbing article of the present invention has the advantage of excellent mechanical properties such as strength and heat resistance.

Abstract: A cloth for mattress including a knitted fabric that is knitted from blended yarns contains flame retardant rayon fibers, modacrylic fibers, polyimide fibers, and low-melting polyester fibers. The cloth for mattress can be obtained by producing blended yarns containing the flame retardant rayon fibers, the modacrylic fibers, the polyimide fibers, and the low-melting polyester fibers, and producing a knitted fabric by knitting the blended yarns. The cloth for mattress has excellent flame retardancy, ensures easy handling when used to cover a mattress, is resistant to pilling without reducing the strength of the blended yarns, and is also safe for contact with the human body.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polyester film, preparation method thereof and method for reproducing polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) container using same, the crystallization temperature (Tc) of the polyester film is not measured or is 70° C. to 130° C., as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, whereby it is possible to easily control the crystallinity. Accordingly, the polyester film has excellent shrinkage characteristics and recyclability, and clumping rarely occurs even if it is dried at high temperatures for a long period of time in the regeneration process.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying gas includes: an ion chamber; and a gas supply unit connected to the ion chamber, wherein the gas supply unit includes: a case having an internal space; an inactive gas supply unit connected to the ion chamber; and a hydrogen gas supply unit installed inside or outside of the case, wherein the hydrogen gas supply unit includes: a hydrogen gas generator generating hydrogen gas; a controller connected to the hydrogen gas generator; a dehumidifying filter connected to the controller and removing moisture from the hydrogen gas; and a purifying filter connected to the dehumidifying filter and removing an impurity from the hydrogen gas, wherein the hydrogen gas generator is configured to generate the hydrogen gas through a chemical reaction between a reactant and a hydrogen-containing solid raw material.

Abstract: A battery module for preventing chain ignition comprises a plurality of battery cells having vent parts, a cell frame including a cell seating part having a plurality of seating grooves configured to receive the respective vent parts of the plurality of battery cells, and a first adhesive layer disposed between the vent parts of the battery cells and the seating grooves. The first adhesive layer bonds the battery cells to the cell seating part and two adjacent seating grooves of the cell seating part are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for high-speed signal relaying based on an MIMO based relay communication system and an apparatus thereof, which use a space time block code (STBC) based two-way relay technology in order to improve transmission rate reduction which occurs upon relaying a transmission signal by using a half duplex relay, and removes an inter relay interference which occurs between a plurality of relays used when using the two-way relay technology by using multiple input multiple output (MIMO) signal detection. In order to achieve the object, the method for high-speed signal relaying in the MIMO based relay communication system includes: receiving, by a plurality of relays, data signals transmitted from a sender by a reception unit during respective time slots; and removing, by a removal unit, an inter relay interference (IRI) component generated by using the plurality of relays.

Abstract: A highly integrated multi-channel optical module is provided. The optical module includes an optical source device mounted on a substrate by an optical source mount unit, a waveguide mounted on the substrate by a waveguide mount unit, a lens mount unit disposed between the optical source device and the waveguide and mounted on the substrate, and a lens unit fixed to the lens mount unit by an adhesive cured by ultraviolet (UV) parallel light, wherein a light path of the UV parallel light is formed in the lens mount unit by a reflector attached on a side surface of the lens mount unit, and the UV parallel light moves along the light path and cures the adhesive coated on an upper portion of the lens mount unit facing a lower end portion of the lens unit.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a latch circuit which outputs, to a digital analog converter (DAC), a digital signal including grayscale data, the latch circuit including a first latch configured to store the digital signal and a second latch configured to output the digital signal by controlling first timing at which a level of a first signal included in the digital signal becomes an enable level, based on a center grayscale. The grayscale data includes first grayscale data and second grayscale data.

Abstract: Provided is a detachable light source supply apparatus in which a light source element, which has a high probability of failure among components of an optical transceiver, is separately disposed on the outside, to supply a light source to the optical transceiver. This detachable light source supply apparatus includes a detachable coupling part to the optical transceiver, and an optical input/output unit. The detachable coupling part and the optical input/output unit may be implemented with MPO type connectors. Depending on various wavelength standards, an external light source element may be a multi-channel light source element that emits light sources having different wavelengths. For the multi-channel light source element, a plurality of light emitter of a single wavelength may be used, and in other embodiments, a multi-channel light emitter that emits light sources having a plurality of different wavelengths may be used.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a scan driving unit configured to provide a scan signal to the pixels, a data driving unit configured to provide a data signal to the pixels, and a controller configured to provide driving frequency information to a processor, which transfers image data with a driving frequency determined based on the driving frequency information to the display device, to receive the image data with the driving frequency from the processor, and to control the scan driving unit and the data driving unit to drive the display panel with the driving frequency.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing item sales information by an electronic apparatus including acquiring a purchase request including item information related to an item selected by a user and information related to a payment means, providing a purchase response including approval information corresponding to the purchase request before proceeding with payment through the payment means in response to the purchase request when the information related to the payment means satisfies a first condition, transmitting a release request for the item to a first server; and requesting payment for at least some of an amount corresponding to one or more purchase requests related to the payment means according to an arrival of settlement timing corresponding to the payment means.

Abstract: A method of detecting coordinates of a mark is provided. The method includes: providing a plurality of structures and the mark on a wafer, each of the plurality of structures including a plurality of mold insulating layers and a plurality of mold sacrificial layers, which are alternately stacked, an end of each of the plurality of structures including a portion having a stair shape, and the mark being between adjacent structures among the plurality of structures; forming a photoresist layer on the plurality of structures and the mark, the photoresist layer including a portion concave toward the wafer between the adjacent structures; detecting the coordinates of the mark by irradiating a beam to the mark; determining an offset of the coordinates of the mark based on a beam path changing factor; and correcting the coordinates of the mark based on the offset.

Abstract: A road surface recognition method may include extracting first point cloud data in a front road surface region of a vehicle from point cloud data generated by LiDAR of the vehicle, generating a point cloud map by use of a local map and the first point cloud data, determining a predicted driving route of the vehicle based on motion-related data of the vehicle; and generating a road surface height profile of the predicted driving route based on the point cloud map and the predicted driving route.

Abstract: A unit cell inspecting device includes an inspection unit which captures an image of an edge of a unit cell using long-wave infrared rays and measures a position of an edge of an electrode provided in the unit cell. The inspection unit includes: a main heating part configured to heat the edge of the unit cell, thereby raising a temperature of the edge of the electrode provided in the unit cell; and an image capturing part configured to capture the image of the edge of the unit cell by using the long-wave infrared rays, thereby acquiring a thermal image of the edge of the electrode provided in the unit cell; and an inspection part configured to measure the edge of the electrode in the thermal image captured by the image capturing part, thereby measuring the position of the electrode by using the measured edge of the electrode.