Abstract: A separator for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the separator, where the separator includes a porous polymer substrate; and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes inorganic particles having a Mohs hardness of 3.5 to 8.5 and a binder polymer. The binder polymer includes a first binder polymer having a storage modulus at 70° C. of 500 Mpa or more. The separator shows excellent compression resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a carbon nanotube fiber which is a continuous array of carbon nanotube. The present invention enables minimization of rotational flow inside a tube reactor and thus can facilitate enhanced tensile strength of the prepared carbon nanotube fiber.

Abstract: A memory device includes an auto error check scrub (ECS) control circuit configured to generate an auto ECS command for performing an ECS operation based on a refresh control signal. The memory device also includes a burst ECS control circuit configured to generate an internal burst ECS command for performing the ECS operation every set period based on a burst ECS command and an ECS end flag. The memory device further includes an ECS address generation circuit configured to generate an ECS address for the ECS operation by counting an input of the auto ECS command or the internal burst ECS command and to generate the ECS end flag based on a value of the ECS address.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for stowing products, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a tote identifier associated with a tote containing at least one product for stowing, predict, based on the tote identifier, a location for stowing the product, and provide a location recommendation for stowing the product based on the predicted location. The processor is configured to receive a product identifier, a location identifier, and a quantity of the product to be stowed. The processor is configured to modify a database to assign the location identifier and the quantity to the product identifier, receive a notification of a stowing error associated with the tote identifier, modify the database to assign the stowing error to the tote identifier, and automatically report the stowing error.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having nonvolatile memory cells therein, which are electrically connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines. A write driver and row decoder are provided, which are electrically connected to the plurality of bit lines and the plurality of word lines, respectively. Control logic is configured to transfer a first voltage to the write driver and a second voltage to the row decoder. The control logic includes: (i) a normal standby mode circuit configured to operate in a normal standby mode, and (ii) a deep standby mode circuit configured to operate in a deep standby mode. To save power, the layout areas of a plurality of elements within the deep standby mode circuit are smaller than layout areas of elements within the normal standby mode circuit, so that current flowing within the deep standby mode circuit during the deep standby mode is less than current flowing within the normal standby mode circuit during the normal standby mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preventing or treating muscular atrophy or sarcopenia, the method comprising administering a composition comprising 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL) as an active ingredient to a subject in need thereof. The composition administered to the subject increases the expression of genes related to mitochondrial function enhancement and mitochondrial biosynthesis, and reduces the expression of atrogin-1 and MuRF1 genes, which are markers for muscular atrophy, thereby providing effects of strengthening muscles and preventing muscular atrophy or sarcopenia.

Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device provided with a porous coating layer including multiple types of binder resins, and a method for manufacturing the same. The separator shows high adhesion between an electrode and the separator, even when any separate adhesive layer is not disposed on the surface of the separator. In addition, the separator shows higher adhesion to an electrode, as compared to a separator using a fluorinated binder resin, such as polyvinylidene fluoride, used conventionally in the art. Therefore, when introducing the separator to a battery, it is possible to manufacture an electrode assembly under a mild temperature and pressure condition, to improve the productivity of assemblage, to reduce defect generation, and thus to increase the yield. Further, the separator shows high affinity to an electrolyte, as compared to a semi-crystalline polymer, such as a fluorinated binder resin, and thus improves the output characteristics of a battery.

Abstract: A battery management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a master battery management system configured to transmit a wake-up signal to a plurality of slave battery management systems (BMS), and a plurality of slave battery management systems configured to transmit state information of a battery module to the master battery management system upon receiving the wake-up signal from the master battery management system, wherein at least one slave battery management system among the plurality of slave battery management systems transmits a request signal to the master battery management system, and synchronizes a reception period in which the plurality of slave battery management systems receive the wake-up signal from the master battery management system based on the request signal.

Abstract: A method of road sign classification utilizing a knowledge graph, including detecting and selecting a representation of a sign across a plurality of frames, outputting a prompt initiating a request for a classification associated with the representation of the sign, classifying one or more images including the sign, querying the knowledge graph to obtain a plurality of road sign classes with at least one same attribute as the sign, and classifying the sign across the plurality of frames in response to a confidence level exceeding a threshold.

Abstract: A computer-implement method includes receiving one or more images from one or more sensors, outputting the one or more images at a display, outputting an automatic segmentation line of the one or more portions of the image in response to an object identified in the one or more images, and in response to one or more inputs received at the system associated with a correction, outputting a correction line on the display associated with the object, wherein the correction line automatically adjust one or more vertices associated with an incorrect portion of the automatic segmentation, wherein the one or more vertices are adjusted in response to the one or more inputs.

Abstract: An address latch includes a first address processing unit and a second address processing unit. The first address processing unit latches an external address signals to output first latched signals through an output node based on a read command and a write command. The second address processing unit latches the external address signals based on the read command with a burst length set to a first value and outputs second latched signals through the output node based on an internal read command.

Abstract: A wireless battery management system includes a plurality of slave BMSs coupled to a plurality of battery modules in one-to-one correspondence. Each slave BMS is configured to operate in active mode and sleep mode. Each slave BMS is configured to wirelessly transmit a detection signal indicating a state of the battery module. The wireless battery management system further includes a master BMS configured to wirelessly receive the detection signal from each of the plurality of slave BMSs. The master BMS is configured to set a scan cycle and a scan duration for each of the plurality of slave BMSs based on the detection signal, and wirelessly transmit a control signal to the plurality of slave BMSs. The control signal includes a wireless balancing command indicating the scan cycle and the scan duration set for each of the plurality of slave BMSs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing and managing a unique road sign knowledge graph across various countries and regions is disclosed. The system utilizes machine learning methods to assist humans when comparing a new sign template with a plurality of stored sign templates to reduce or eliminate redundancy in the road sign knowledge graph. Such a machine learning method and system is also used in providing visual attributes of road signs such as sign shapes, colors, symbols, and the like. If the machine learning determines that the input road sign template is not found in the road sign knowledge graph, the input sign template can be added to the road sign knowledge graph. The road sign knowledge graph can be maintained to add signs templates that are not already in the knowledge graph but are found in real-world by integrating human annotator's feedback during ground truth generation for machine learning.

Abstract: Systems and method for machine-learning assisted road sign content prediction and machine learning training is disclosed. A sign detector model processes images or video with road signs. A visual attribute prediction model extracts visual attributes of the sign in the image. The visual attribute prediction model can communicate with a knowledge graph reasoner to validate the visual attribute prediction model by applying various rules to the output of the visual attribute prediction model. A plurality of potential sign candidates are retrieved that match the visual attributes of the image subject to the visual attribute prediction model, and the rules help to reduce the list of potential sign candidates and improve accuracy of the model.

Abstract: Provided are an ultra-low viscosity ethylene-butene copolymer which is a copolymer derived from ethylene and butene, wherein the ethylene-butene copolymer has a density of 0.874 to 0.900 g/cm3 and a melting point of 63 to 90° C., and a composition for a hot-melt adhesive including the same. The ethylene-butene copolymer according to the present disclosure may be rapidly melted at a certain melting point or higher and may provide a low processing temperature with a significantly low viscosity. In addition, the composition for a hot-melt adhesive according to the present disclosure includes the ethylene-butene copolymer, thereby having excellent thermal resistance with high shear adhesion failure temperature and peel adhesion failure temperature and securing both excellent cohesiveness and adhesive strength.

Abstract: An address control circuit includes an address timing control circuit configured to latch address signals inputted from outside the address timing control circuit, sequentially store the latched signals at predetermined timings, and output the stored signals as a bank group address. The address control circuit also includes an address multiplexing circuit configured to generate bank group select signals according to the bank group address. The address multiplexing circuit is configured to generate the bank group select signals having a second value according to the bank group address having a first value when a preset memory access mode is a first memory access mode, and generate the bank group select signals having the second value according to the bank group address having a third value different from the first value when the preset memory access mode is a second memory access mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode drying apparatus and an electrode drying method, and the electrode drying apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which the electrode is dried and to include a hot air nozzle or an infrared heater; a color coordinate measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and a controller configured to analyze a drying result of the electrode from the color coordinate value, determine whether the electrode is defective in drying, and control a drying condition of the electrode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a computer implemented system including at least one processor and memory storing instructions. In one embodiment, a system receives a batch identifier, determines a number of containers, sends the number of containers to a user device, and receives a first container identifier from a user device. The system retrieves a location identifier of a first item, sends the location identifier to the user device, and receives a physical location identifier from the user device. The system sends to the user device the first item when the physical location identifier matches the location identifier. The system receives a physical item identifier of the first item and sends a destination to the user device to bring the container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a carbon nanotube fiber aggregate and provides a carbon nanotube fiber aggregate having an improved level of alignment through ultrasonic wave application and low speed recovery.

Abstract: The bioenvironmental simulation device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one mounting unit on which cells to be measured are placed, a rotational force application unit configured to rotate the mounting unit so as to apply a rotational force to the cells to be measured placed on the mounting unit, and a culture liquid flow device through which a culture liquid flows across the mounting unit, wherein the culture liquid flows by the culture liquid flow device so as to apply a shear force to the cells to be measured.