Abstract: Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.

Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus for driving a motor having a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is provided. The motor-driving apparatus includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching devices and connected to first ends of the plurality of windings and a second inverter having a plurality of second switching devices and connected to second ends of the plurality of windings. A third switching device is configured to selectively connect and disconnect points at which a number of turns of each of the windings is divided in a preset ratio. A controller is configured to adjust an on/off state of the first to third switching devices based on required output of the motor.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a teaching method for teaching a transfer position of a transfer robot. The teaching method includes: searching for an object on which a target object to be transferred by the transfer robot is placed, based on a 3D position information acquired by a first sensor; and acquiring coordinates of a second direction and coordinates of a third direction of the object based on a data acquired from a second sensor which is a different type from the first sensor.

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: A method for manufacturing a LiDAR device is proposed. The method may include providing a LiDAR module including a laser emitting module and a laser detecting module to a target region. The method may also include adjusting, on the basis of first detecting data obtained from the laser detecting module, a relative position of a detecting optic module with respect to the laser detecting module. The method may further include adjusting, on the basis of image data obtained from at least one image sensor, a relative position of an emitting optic module with respect to the laser emitting module.

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: The multi sample prediction method of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a sample group consisting of a plurality of samples inside a decoding target block; determining a representative position corresponding to the sample group, inside the decoding target block; determining a representative prediction value for the sample group, on the basis of the determined representative position; and determining the determined representative prediction value as the final prediction value for each of the plurality of samples making up the sample group. The present invention enhances efficiency in encoding/decoding and reduces complexity thereof.

Abstract: A method for coding image information includes generating prediction information by predicting information on a current coding unit, and determining whether the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information. When the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information is coded and transmitted. When the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information and the information on the current coding unit are coded and transmitted.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, the uncoated portion of an electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of segments, and the segment region includes a plurality of segment groups separated by a group separation pitch along a winding direction. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments. In winding turns corresponding to the plurality of segment alignments, group separation pitches of segment groups disposed in a same winding turn are substantially identical, and separation pitches of the segment groups is greater in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly than in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure activation apparatus, and particularly to a pressure activation apparatus with a short-circuiting inspection section for a battery cell, in which a short-circuiting inspection, an activation process, and a charging and discharging process are sequentially and successively performed for a plurality of battery cells within a single pressure activation apparatus, and thus there is no need to separately build short-circuiting inspection equipment, thereby reducing the maintenance, efforts and costs of performing the short-circuiting inspection process, the pressure activation process and the charging and discharging process for the battery cell, and reducing unnecessary waste of space, time, costs, etc. to build the separate equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure activation apparatus, and particularly to a pressure activation apparatus with a transfer unit that transfers a plurality of secondary battery cells accommodated in a tray to a buffer in once or twice, so that the control and mechanism for the transfer can be simplified, thereby reducing costs, facilitating maintenance, significantly shortening time taken in loading the plurality of battery cells, and, consequently, flexibly expanding and operating the number and arrangement of pressure jigs to perform a pressure activation process.

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: A cylindrical secondary battery degassing device, in particular, a cylindrical secondary battery degassing device in which gas generated during charging and discharging processes of a cylindrical secondary battery is suctioned and discharged through a vacuum suction module moving along with a charging-and-discharging probe pin being in contact with electrodes of the cylindrical secondary battery to charge and discharge the cylindrical secondary battery, thereby improving a process efficiency in manufacturing the cylindrical secondary battery, preventing the performance deterioration of the cylindrical secondary battery, and reducing time, efforts and costs for the degassing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure activation apparatus with a degassing unit, in particular, a pressure activation apparatus with a degassing unit, in which gas generated in a pressure activation process for a plurality of pouch-type battery cells respectively mounted to a plurality of pressure units is removed through one movably provided degassing unit, thereby improving a process efficiency in manufacturing the pouch-type battery cell, and reducing time, efforts and costs for the degassing.

Abstract: Manifest files for proxies within an application mesh or service mesh are created using parallel computing. Virtual services in a mesh definition are identified. For each of the virtual services, one or more virtual nodes that receive traffic from the virtual service are identified. For each of the virtual nodes that receive traffic from the virtual service, an edge is added to a first graph. Virtual nodes that send network traffic to at least one of the virtual services are then identified. For each virtual node that sends traffic to the virtual service, an edge is added to a second graph. Then an optimized per node network topology is generated based at least in part on the first graph and the second graph.

Abstract: A toothpaste composition for tooth whitening comprising first contents and second contents, wherein one of the first contents and second contents comprises a tooth whitening agent, and it is constructed such that the first contents and second contents are filled in a container having a diaphragm or separate containers and simultaneously used when brushing teeth is provided. The container is a dip tube container.

Abstract: Disclosed is a zero-voltage discharge circuit device, in particular, a zero-voltage discharge circuit device configured to discharge a secondary battery while relevant switching elements are kept continuously turned on without being repeatedly turned on and off in a discharge mode of the second battery, so that the discharge circuit can be configured with low withstand voltage switching elements, and is configured to generate a charging current and a discharging current by just selectively turning on the switching elements without changing an operating voltage, thereby reducing power loss in charging and discharging, and simplifying a control operation for the charging and the discharging.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode lead gripper for a pressure activation device, and, in particular, an electrode lead gripper for a pressure activation device in which a current electrode terminal is configured to be stacked and mounted onto an electrode terminal base separately from a voltage electrode terminal and thus improved in contact reliability and increased in contact area in terms of contact with an electrode lead of a pouch type battery cell, thereby having advantages of decreasing contact resistance, reducing the amount of heat generated during charging/discharging, and resulting in further enhancing a charging/discharging efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for designing a channel structure of a pulsating heat pipe and a heat dissipation device using the same. The pulsating heat pipe may have the channel structure designed such that at least some channels of the plurality of channels are merged and channels of which the number is greater than the half of the plurality of channels overlap at least partially with the heating portion area. The heat dissipation device may efficiently perform heat dissipation in a local heating condition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating superhydrophobic silica-based powder, comprising: forming a hydrogel by adding an organosilane compound having alkaline pH and an inorganic acid to a non-ion-exchanged water glass solution, which is a precursor, to form a mixed solution and then surface-modifying and gelating the mixed solution; dipping the hydrogel into a nonpolar solvent to solvent-exchange the hydrogel and remove sodium ions (Na+) therefrom; and drying the solvent-exchanged hydrogel through a fluidized bed drying method under normal pressure or reduced pressure to fabricate aerogel powder. According to the method of fabricating a superhydrophobic silica-based powder of the present invention, the process thereof is very simple and economical. Therefore, the present invention is expected to be industrially important.