Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management apparatus capable of effectively reducing the current consumption of a component for waking up a microcontroller unit. The battery management apparatus includes a wake-up unit, a first power supply path, a first regulator, a first switching element, a feedback module, and a microcontroller unit configured to convert a sleep mode to a wake-up mode by receiving a wake-up signal from the wake-up unit and connected to the feedback module to turn off the first switching element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organ-on-a-chip, and according to the present disclosure, the organ-on-a-chip includes a first layer having a first microfluidic channel to culture a first organ cell, a second layer having a second microfluidic channel, a third layer having a third microfluidic channel to culture a second organ cell, a first membrane to spatially separate the first microfluidic channel from the second microfluidic channel, and a second membrane to spatially separate the second microfluidic channel from the third microfluidic channel, thereby measuring the rate of absorption of a test drug into the first organ cell and the second organ cell at the same time.

Abstract: An embodiment roll rod includes a rod bracket, a front insulator coupled to a front portion of the rod bracket, an end plate including a fastening bar press-fitted and fixed into a rear portion of the rod bracket, a rear insulator coupled to the fastening bar and disposed between the end plate and the rod bracket, and a casing bracket coupled to an outer portion of the rear insulator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising i) a polysiloxane and ii) a sulfur containing chemical compound represented by following chemical formula (I) as defined herein XS—Y??(I).

Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes a resistance measuring unit to measure an internal resistance of each of battery modules including one or more battery cells, and a control unit to receive resistance information about the internal resistance of each of the battery modules from the resistance measuring unit. The control unit sets a first resistance section that includes the internal resistance of each of the battery modules. The control unit sets a second resistance section that includes the internal resistance of some of the battery modules that belongs to the first resistance section but having the internal resistance less than a predetermined amount than those included in the first resistance section, and diagnoses a state of a battery module of which the internal resistance belongs to both the first resistance section and the second resistance section as a normal state among the battery modules.

Abstract: A cell balancing method is capable of increasing cell balancing efficiency by variably controlling a cell balancing switching pulse-width modulation (PWM) duty ratio depending on a cell balancing current, a battery management system (BMS temperature, and an operating mode. Further, a battery pack using the same cell balancing method is provided.

Abstract: According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a robot system for automatically assembling a modular component and an assembly target, comprising: an assembly robot including a first manipulator, an assembly tool coupled to the first manipulator and configured to assemble the modular component and the assembly target, and a first camera configured to capture images in a direction in which the assemble tool faces; a loading robot including a second manipulator and a gripper coupled to the second manipulator and configured to grip the modular component; and a control device configured to control the assembly robot and the loading robot.

Abstract: The object sensing device can include a plurality of first division blocks divided along a first direction, and a sensing driving device that drives the plurality of first division blocks. The sensing driving device can provide a first driving signal to two or more first division blocks among the plurality of first division blocks and provide a second driving signal to the remaining first division blocks. The first driving signal and the second driving signal can be different.

Abstract: A separator for a secondary battery, including: a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores; and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, the porous coating layer including a plurality of inorganic particles, a binder polymer and a urethane bond-containing crosslinked polymer. The binder polymer and the urethane bond-containing crosslinked polymer are on at least a part of the surface of the inorganic particles to connect and fix the inorganic particles with one another. The urethane bond-containing crosslinked polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 100,000-5,000,000, and the urethane bond-containing crosslinked polymer is present in an amount of 6 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the binder polymer and the urethane bond-containing crosslinked polymer.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided, including: a first switch circuit; a logic circuit, coupled to the first switch circuit, a first floating diffusion point being defined between the first switch circuit and the logic circuit; a second switch circuit, coupled to the logic circuit, a second floating diffusion point being defined between the second switch circuit and the logic circuit; and a voltage holding circuit, coupled to the first floating diffusion point and the second floating diffusion point, and used to adjust the voltages of the floating diffusion points. The voltage holding circuit increases or decreases the voltage values of the first floating diffusion point and the second floating diffusion point. Thereby, the influence of long recovery time on the semiconductor integrated circuit is improved, and the stability is ensured.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cylindrical can, an electrode assembly in the cylindrical can together with an electrolytic solution, and a cap assembly coupled to the top of the cylindrical can, the cap assembly including a cap-up including a cap-up circumference flat portion and a cap-up circumference bent portion bent from the cap-up circumference flat portion in a downward direction and a safety plate coupled to the cap-up circumference flat portion and the cap-up circumference bent portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management apparatus capable of effectively reducing the current consumption of a component for waking up a microcontroller unit. The battery management apparatus includes a wake-up unit, a first power supply path, a first regulator, a first switching element, a feedback module, and a microcontroller unit configured to convert a sleep mode to a wake-up mode by receiving a wake-up signal from the wake-up unit and connected to the feedback module to turn off the first switching element.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal (LC) medium containing one or more dyes and one or more polymerizable compounds, its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in colour LC displays of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) or SA (self-aligning) mode containing a quantum dot colour filter (QDCF), an LC display of the PSA or SA mode containing the LC medium and containing a QDCF, and to a process of manufacturing the LC display.

Abstract: A coating composition, a coating film, and a micro-channel type heat exchanger using the same are disclosed herein. The coating composition contains a hydrophilic resin at 10 to 40% by weight; a metal compound at 1 to 10% by weight; an amide-based crosslinking agent at 0.5 to 5% by weight; a phosphoric acid-based compound at 1 to 5% by weight; a preservative at 0.1 to 3% by weight; and water as a remainder. Thus, the coating composition provides a coating film that has both long-term corrosion resistance and long-term hydrophilicity.

Abstract: Disclosed are oxadiazole compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are specifically suitable for the treatment of neurological diseases such as epilepsy.

Abstract: A battery management system according to the present disclosure is for a battery connected in parallel to a smoothing capacitor through a high side power line and a low side power line. The battery management system includes a discharge control switch connected between a first node and a second node of the low side power line, a temperature sensing circuit including a thermistor, wherein a first terminal of the thermistor is connected to the first node, a precharge switch connected to a precharge power line between a second terminal of the thermistor to the second node, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to turn off the discharge control switch and turn on the precharge switch, for precharging of the smoothing capacitor, when the control unit receives a key-on signal.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery diagnosing apparatus that can include a resistance measuring unit configured to measure an internal resistance of each of a plurality of battery modules including one or more battery cells, and a control unit configured to receive resistance information about the internal resistance of each of the plurality of battery modules from the resistance measuring unit, calculate a first criterion resistance and an absolute deviation between the first criterion resistance and the internal resistance, convert the calculated absolute deviation into a resistance deviation for the plurality of battery modules based on the resistance information, set a first resistance section based on the calculated first criterion resistance and the calculated resistance deviation, select a part of the plurality of battery modules as a target module based on the resistance information, and calculate a second criterion resistance for the target module based on the resistance information.

Abstract: A method of lightweighting an artificial intelligence model can increase inference speed while maintaining accuracy of the artificial intelligence model for detecting objects in an image captured by a camera as much as possible. The method may include the steps of: pruning an artificial intelligence model machine-learned using a first data set, by a data processing device; quantizing the pruned artificial intelligence model, by the data processing device; and learning the artificial intelligence model by imitating another artificial intelligence model previously trained using a second data set including a larger amount of data than the first data set, by the data processing device.

Abstract: A third-party interference monitoring system is provided. The third-party interference monitoring system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is for detecting third-party interference in advance before a buried pipeline buried underground is damaged by the third-party interference. The third-party interference monitoring system comprises: a sensor unit which is installed on a buried pipeline so as to detect an impact signal which is propagated along the ground or the buried pipeline when heavy equipment strikes the ground; and a control unit which acquires a time domain value of the impact signal by receiving data from the sensor unit, converts the time domain value to a frequency domain value, and then detects the third-party interference on the basis of frequency response characteristics of the impact signal.

Abstract: There is provided a communication device. The communication device may comprise one or more processors; a communication interface; and a memory that stores a computer program executed by the one or more processors, wherein the computer program includes instructions for operations of: forming a general security channel according to a first transport layer security (TLS) protocol that does not support a post-quantum cryptography algorithm with another communication device; forming a communication channel of an application layer (L7) with another communication device through the general security channel; forming a quantum security channel by performing a handshake procedure according to a second TLS protocol that supports the post-quantum cryptography algorithm with another communication device through the communication channel; and communicating with another communication device through the quantum security channel.