Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for assisting with driving of a vehicle, the method including sensing an ambient environment of location of a vehicle by using one or more sensors mounted on or in the vehicle; obtaining sensing information about the ambient environment based on the sensing of the ambient environment; comparing map information stored in the vehicle with the obtained sensing information; determining a map reliability of the map information based on a result of the comparing; and controlling the driving of the vehicle based on the determined map reliability.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for assisting with driving of a vehicle, the method including sensing an ambient environment of location of a vehicle by using one or more sensors mounted on or in the vehicle; obtaining sensing information about the ambient environment based on the sensing of the ambient environment; comparing map information stored in the vehicle with the obtained sensing information; determining a map reliability of the map information based on a result of the comparing; and controlling the driving of the vehicle based on the determined map reliability.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for assisting traveling of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes: a sensing unit; a processor configured to generate a traveling route available to the vehicle by using information acquired through the sensing unit while the vehicle is traveling; and a memory storing information about the generated available traveling route.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for assisting with driving of a vehicle, the method including sensing an ambient environment of location of a vehicle by using one or more sensors mounted on or in the vehicle; obtaining sensing information about the ambient environment based on the sensing of the ambient environment; comparing map information stored in the vehicle with the obtained sensing information; determining a map reliability of the map information based on a result of the comparing; and controlling the driving of the vehicle based on the determined map reliability.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle is controlled to operate in an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle is driven without a manipulation by an operator of the vehicle. A request to switch to a manual driving mode, in which the vehicle is driven with the manipulation by the operator, is received. A range of the manipulation regarding a function of the vehicle is determined according to a driving situation of the vehicle in response to the request. The vehicle is controlled to operate in the manual driving mode in which the manipulation by the operator is limited according to the range of the manipulation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle is controlled to operate in an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle is driven without a manipulation by an operator of the vehicle. A request to switch to a manual driving mode, in which the vehicle is driven with the manipulation by the operator, is received. A range of the manipulation regarding a function of the vehicle is determined according to a driving situation of the vehicle in response to the request. The vehicle is controlled to operate in the manual driving mode in which the manipulation by the operator is limited according to the range of the manipulation.

Abstract: An image-quality improvement method is provided. The image-quality improvement method includes detecting an area of interest from an input image; generating a color distribution map based on a plurality of respective brightness elements and a plurality of respective chroma elements of a plurality of pixels which belong to a predetermined color series and which are in the detected area of interest of the input image; determining a first area, which belongs to the predetermined color series, and a second area, which is an area of the input image other than the first area, according to the color distribution map; and changing values of a plurality of pixels in at least one of the first area and the second area.