Abstract: A battery module includes a sub module including a cell stack having a plurality of battery cells and a pair of bus bar frames respectively coupled to one side and the other side of the cell stack; a module housing configured to accommodate the sub module and configured to have an air inlet and an air outlet formed to circulate air; a sprinkler provided through the module housing at one side of the cell stack in a stacking direction; and an outlet closing device configured to move by a buoyancy generated by a cooling water introduced into the module housing through the sprinkler so that the air outlet is closed.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current luma block, deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current luma block, generating a prediction block of the current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current chroma block, and the deriving of an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block may comprise determining whether or not CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Mode) can be performed for the current chroma block.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the light-emitting layer, a device electrode layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer, a reflective electrode layer disposed on the device electrode layer, an insulating film surrounding a side surface of the light-emitting layer, a side surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a side surface of the device electrode layer, and a reflective layer surrounding a side surface of the insulating film, wherein the side surface of the device electrode layer is aligned with a side surface of the reflective electrode layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image decoding method, the method including generating a candidate list including motion information derived from a spatial neighboring block and a temporal neighboring block adjacent to a current block; deriving motion information of the current block using the candidate list; generating a prediction block of the current block using the derived motion information; and updating the derived motion information in a motion information list, wherein the generating of the candidate list is performed in such a manner as to include at least one information of the motion information included in the updated motion information list in a block decoded before the current block.

Abstract: Disclosed are an oxidizing electrode, a water electrolysis device including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an oxidizing electrode with improved performance at low loadings of noble metals, especially, ruthenium (Ru) and iridium oxide, in which a ruthenium (Ru) layer and an iridium oxide layer formed on a substrate by electrodeposition in a sequential order are supported by electrochemical reaction rather than physical bonding.

Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate, a pixel defining layer disposed on the base substrate and including a first opening, a light emitting structure disposed in the first opening of the pixel defining layer, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting structure, a touch electrode disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, an insulating pattern disposed on the touch electrode and including a second opening which overlaps the first opening, and a high refractive layer disposed on the insulating pattern, the high refractive layer including a plurality of grid patterns disposed on a top surface of the high refractive layer, and a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the insulating pattern.

Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a pixel circuit, and first and second transistors. The OLD includes a cathode electrode connected to a second power source. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor having a gate electrode initialized by a third power source. The driving transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED. The first transistor is connected between a fourth power source and the second power source and an anode electrode of the OLED. The first transistor is turned on based on a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The second transistor is connected between a data line and the pixel circuit. The second transistor is turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of decoding an image and a method of encoding an image. The method of decoding an image includes: obtaining motion-constrained tile set information; determining, on the basis of the motion-constrained tile set information, a first boundary region of a collocated tile set within a reference picture, which corresponds to a motion-constrained tile set; padding a second boundary region corresponding to the first boundary region; and performing inter prediction on the motion-constrained tile set by using a collocated tile set that includes the padded second boundary region.

Abstract: Provided is a duct docking device for a ventilation seat of a vehicle. The duct docking device enables air to be easily blown to a seatback and a seat cushion with a passenger in a seat using only one blower by enabling a seatback duct mounted at the seatback and a seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be hermetically docked through a connector duct, etc. at an unfolded position of the seatback in which a passenger can sit, and by enabling the seatback duct mounted at the seatback and the seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be separated from each other at a folded position of the seatback in consideration of that there is no passenger in the seat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of decoding an image including determining whether a current block is in a bi-directional optical flow (BIO) mode, calculating gradient information of prediction samples of the current block when the current block is in the BIO mode, and generating a prediction block of the current block using the calculated gradient information, wherein the calculating of the gradient information of the prediction samples of the current block includes calculating the gradient information using at least one neighbor sample adjacent to the prediction samples.

Abstract: A display device comprises a first pixel including a first emission area, a second pixel including a second emission area spaced apart from the first emission area in a first direction, and a bank partitioning the first emission area and the second emission area, wherein the first pixel includes a first alignment electrode, a second alignment electrode, and a third alignment electrode sequentially located, spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and overlapping with the first emission area, first light-emitting elements above, and overlapping with, the first alignment electrode and the second alignment electrode, second light-emitting elements above, and overlapping with, the second alignment electrode and the third alignment electrode, and a dummy electrode between the first emission area and the second emission area, and overlapping with the bank.

Abstract: A display device for performing a sensing operation according to an embodiment of the present inventive concept includes a pixel unit including pixel circuits each including a light emitting element, a driving transistor, a switching transistor, and a sensing control transistor connected between an anode electrode and an initialization power source; a scan driver connected to the pixel circuits through horizontal lines and sequentially outputting scan signals and sensing control signals; and a sensing unit configured to sense voltages or current of first nodes each disposed between an anode electrode and a driving transistor. The scan driver simultaneously outputs the sensing control signals to the horizontal lines at every predetermined discharge cycle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. In video encoding and decoding, multiple partition blocks are generated by splitting a target block. A prediction mode is derived for at least a part of the multiple partition blocks, among the multiple partition blocks, and prediction is performed on the multiple partition blocks based on the derived prediction mode. When prediction is performed on the partition blocks, information related to the target block may be used, and information related to an additional partition block, which is predicted prior to the partition block, may be used.

Abstract: Discussed is a connection structure between a battery and a protection circuit module (PCM) in a battery pack in which a battery cell is connected to the PCM. The battery cell can include a battery cell main body, and an electrode lead tab electrically connected with the battery cell main body. The PCM can include a printed circuit board (PCB), which can include an insulation board, a second copper foil layer in contact with a first surface of the insulation board, a first copper foil layer above the second copper foil layer, and a first prepreg layer between the first copper foil layer and the second copper foil layer. The electrode lead tab of the battery cell can directly contact the first copper foil layer of the PCM.

Abstract: A battery pack according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of battery cells each including electrode terminals on both end portions thereof; at least two connection plates that are electrically conductive and configured to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; and a cell frame having a plurality of hollow holes surrounding at least a portion of each of the plurality of battery cells and configured to allow the connection plates to be mounted outside the cell frame. The cell frame including at least two first fixing protrusions protruding outward to respectively pass through at least two through-holes of the connection plates. At least one of the at least two connection plates includes at least two through-holes spaced apart from one another in a current flowing direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for detecting a defect of a battery pack, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for detecting a defect of a capacitor provided in the battery pack. According to the present disclosure, since a defect of a capacitor is detected using a noise signal, the defect of the capacitor in an assembled battery pack may be easily detected. In addition, since the present disclosure includes a compact circuit structure for noise signal output, noise signal filtering and voltage measurement, the cost for detecting a defect of the capacitor may be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for controlling inter-battery charging/discharging of a dual battery, and relates to a system and method for controlling charging/discharging between batteries to prevent a problem in which a specific battery is deteriorated due to charging/discharging between batteries due to a voltage difference when the voltage difference between the batteries of the dual batteries installed in the external system is within the appropriate range.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed therebetween, a positive electrode tab, and a negative electrode tab; a cap assembly having a current interrupt device to interrupt current when pressure increases, a safety vent connected to an upper end of the current interrupt device, and a top cap with an upwardly protruding shape; and a battery case to receive the electrode assembly and the cap assembly therein. The battery case has an inner layer adjacent to the electrode assembly and an outer layer of a material exhibiting lower thermal conductivity than the inner layer. The inner layer and the outer layer having a welding portion, at which only the predetermined regions of the inner layer and the outer layer are fixed.