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: An apparatus for generating haptic feedback, includes: multiple haptic units placed on a first portion of a body; and a control unit placed on a second portion, near the first portion, of the body, wherein the control unit includes: a first module for acquiring information on relative position (i) among the respective multiple haptic units and (ii) between the respective haptic units and the control unit, a second module for acquiring information on absolute position of the control unit by measuring a position of the control unit in reference to an external reference point, and a haptic command module for creating a command signal by referring to at least one piece of the information on relative position acquired by the first module and the information on absolute position acquired by the second module and delivering the created command signal to a corresponding haptic unit among all the multiple haptic units.

Abstract: Provided are a battery module and a method for manufacturing the same. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval and stacked in parallel with each other; a plurality of heat exchange members integrally formed by connecting parts connecting between two partition walls neighboring to each other among partition walls each slid between the battery cells, respectively; and a filler applied onto the heat exchange members.

Abstract: A method makes a first and a second devices support for interactions with respect to a 3D object. The method includes steps of: (a) allowing the first device to acquire information on physical 3D object and information on images of a user; (b) allowing the second device to receive the information relating to the physical 3D object and the information on images of the user of the first device, then display virtual 3D object corresponding to the physical 3D object and display 3D avatar of the user of the first device; (c) allowing the first device to transmit information on manipulation of the user of the first device regarding the physical 3D object and information on images of the user of the first device who is manipulating the physical 3D object and then allowing the second device to display the 3D avatar of the user of the first device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped secondary battery configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case in a sealed state by thermal welding, wherein a protuberance is formed at an outer edge sealed portion of an electrode assembly receiving part of the battery case such that the protuberance protrudes upward and downward from the sealed portion, and the protuberance extends along the outer edge of the electrode assembly receiving part continuously in a curved line or in a straight line in a state in which the protuberance is adjacent to the electrode assembly receiving part.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided an electrode assembly comprising (a) a structure in which one kind of radical unit is repeatedly disposed, the one kind of radical unit having a same number of electrodes and separators which are alternately disposed and integrally combined, or (b) a structure in which at least two kinds of radical units are disposed in a predetermined order, the at least two kinds of radical units each having a same number of electrodes and separators which are alternately disposed and integrally combined.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a first step of forming one kind of a radical unit or at least two kinds of radical units having an alternately stacked structure of a same number of electrodes and separators; and a second step of forming a cell stack part by repeatedly stacking one kind of the radical units, or by stacking at least two kinds of the radical units. Edge of the separator is not joined with that of adjacent separator. One kind of radical unit has a four-layered structure in which first electrode, first separator, second electrode and second separator are sequentially stacked together or a repeating structure in which the four-layered structure is repeatedly stacked, and at least two kinds of radical units are stacked by ones to form the four-layered structure or the repeating structure.

Abstract: A method for displaying a shadow of a 3D virtual object, includes steps of: (a) acquiring information on a viewpoint of a user looking at a 3D virtual object displayed in a specific location in 3D space by a wall display device; (b) determining a location and a shape of a shadow of the 3D virtual object to be displayed by referring to information on the viewpoint of the user and the information on a shape of the 3D virtual object; and (c) allowing the shadow of the 3D virtual object to be displayed by at least one of the wall display device and a floor display device by referring to the determined location and the determined shape of the shadow of the 3D virtual object. Accordingly, the user is allowed to feel the accurate sense of depth or distance regarding the 3D virtual object.

Abstract: A fabricating method of an electrode assembly according to the present invention includes forming a radical unit having a four-layered structure obtained by stacking a first electrode, a first separator, a second electrode, and a second separator one by one, and stacking at least one radical unit one by one to form a unit stack part.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating tactile sensation by using a magnetic field, includes: a first magnet and a second one which are placed across a target as a subject to provide tactile sensation; and a first electromagnet placed between the target and the first magnet; wherein a strength of the whole magnetic field between the first and the second magnets is allowed to be adjusted by adjusting at least either of a direction and a strength of a magnetic field arising from the first electromagnet to control the strength of the force with which the target is pressed by the first and the second magnets. Because a magnet itself that generates a magnetic field without any complicated mechanical components may perform a function as an actuator that generates tactile sensation, the apparatus for generating tactile sensation may become simple, light and compact.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a 3D teleconferencing apparatus and method enabling eye contact. The 3D teleconferencing apparatus enabling eye contact according to the present invention includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring depth images and color images by manipulating cameras in real time in consideration of images obtained by capturing a subject that is a teleconference participant and images received over a network and corresponding to a counterpart involved in the teleconference; a full face generation unit for generating a final depth image and a final color image corresponding to a full face of the participant for eye contact using the depth images and the color images; and a 3D image generation unit for generating a 3D image corresponding to the counterpart and displaying the 3D image on a display device.

Abstract: An electrode assembly manufactured by a third method other than a stack folding method or a stack method, and an electrochemical device including thereof are disclosed. The electrode assembly includes at least one radical cell. The radical cell has a four-layered structure obtained by stacking a first electrode, a first separator, a second electrode, and a second separator one by one.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling walking of humanoid bipedal walking robot. More specifically, the invention comprises steps of designing a zero momentum position (ZMP) of a robot for the ground surface (a); calculating trajectories of a center of gravity (COG) of the robot along with the trajectory of the ZMP (b); calculating an angular velocity of driving motors of two feet, which has the robot walk according to the trajectory of the ZMP (c); and controlling walking of the robot by driving the driving motors according to the angular velocity of the driving motors calculated above. The robot walking control method according to the invention has stability against disturbances.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped secondary battery configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case in a sealed state by thermal welding, wherein a protuberance is formed at an outer edge sealed portion of an electrode assembly receiving part of the battery case such that the protuberance protrudes upward and downward from the sealed portion, and the protuberance extends along the outer edge of the electrode assembly receiving part continuously in a curved line or in a straight line in a state in which the protuberance is adjacent to the electrode assembly receiving part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped secondary battery configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case in a sealed state by thermal welding, wherein a protuberance is formed at an outer edge sealed portion of an electrode assembly receiving part of the battery case such that the protuberance protrudes upward and downward from the sealed portion, and the protuberance extends along the outer edge of the electrode assembly receiving part continuously in a curved line or in a straight line in a state in which the protuberance is adjacent to the electrode assembly receiving part.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for balancing and damping control in whole body coordination framework for a biped humanoid robot. The method comprises the steps of: (a) damping the structural vibration of the main body of the robot caused when the robot walks; (b) compensating for the trajectories of the zero moment position (ZMP) and the center of mass (COM) of the robot which changes in accordance with the damping of the structural vibration; and (c) compensating for the body orientation of the robot which changes in accordance with the damping of the structural vibration and the trajectory of the COM.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for identifying the secondary structure of a protein using alpha carbon coordinates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) treatment of magnesium alloy products, which contains a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution as a main component, the composition comprising, based on the weight of sodium hydroxide contained in the sodium hydroxide solution: 1-20 wt % of sodium fluoride (NaF); 1-15 wt % of trisodium phosphate (Na3PO4); 1-10 wt % of sodium pyrophosphate (Na4P2O7); 1-20 wt % of aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3); 1-20 wt % of sodium fluorosilicate (Na2SiF6); 1-10 wt % of potassium hydroxide (KOH); 1-15 wt % of potassium acetate (C2H3O2K); and 1-10 wt % of rare earth metal powder. The disclosed composition can form a firm, dense and uniform oxide film on the surface of a magnesium alloy product.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display contains a light source, a light guide panel that directs light from the light source towards a display panel, and optical sheets containing a diffusion sheet that spreads the light from the light guide panel and at least one prism sheet that redirects light from the diffusion sheet in a direction substantially perpendicular to the display panel. The optical sheets contain a region adjacent to the light source that has a hardened part that substantially prevents heat from being transferred to a display region of the optical sheet corresponding to the display region of the display panel and minimizes the temperature difference across the display region. The hardened part is formed on at least opposing sides of the optical sheets, overlaps a non-display region of the display panel and is bent or contains a convex part that projects towards the display panel.

Abstract: Provided is a robot control system including a robot which receives a final operation signal computed by a mobile terminal and includes one or more driving machines operated according to the received final operation signal, and the mobile terminal which receives a status signal of the robot and controls the robot by generating the final operation signal for directly driving the one or more driving machines included in the robot.