Abstract: According to some aspects of the present disclosure, a battery management apparatus may include a balancing circuit including a plurality of balancing switches, each of which may be provided on a discharge path, along which one of a plurality of battery cells may be discharged and a processor configured to set a balancing target voltage of each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells based on a high voltage exposure history of each respective battery cell of the plurality of battery cells when balancing of the plurality of battery cells may be required, and configured to perform the balancing of the plurality of battery cells by controlling balancing switches corresponding to each battery cell so that a cell voltage of each battery cell becomes the balancing target voltage of each respective battery cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery apparatus and a battery pack that are made safer by detecting a battery charging situation through a discharge path when the battery pack is in a shutdown state of the battery pack. To this end, the present disclosure provides a configuration for waking up a processor using a voltage at both ends of a current detection element when the processor is in a sleep state and a battery is charged by a charging current supplied through a discharge path.

Abstract: A battery cell replacement detection apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to obtain cell data related to charging of a battery from a battery management system (BMS), to compare the cell data with data stored in the memory, and to determine whether a battery cell has been replaced.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for preventing the reuse of a battery monitoring system (BMS) and a system and method for preventing an unauthenticated private company from reusing a BMS only when a cell is replaced in a battery pack. The system includes a battery monitoring unit configured to monitor specifications of a battery, a cell replacement determination unit configured to determine whether a cell has been replaced in a battery pack based on results of the monitoring of the specifications of the battery, and a permanent failure mode entry unit configured to determine whether to enter into a permanent failure mode for the battery pack based on the results of the determination of whether the cell has been replaced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery cell replacement detection apparatus and method, and is directed to providing a mechanism that can prevent the mount of non-genuine batteries in a battery pack by detecting whether the battery cell in the battery pack has been replaced. To achieve this, the present disclosure provides a configuration for detecting whether the battery cell mounted in the battery pack has been replaced by analyzing changes in a unique characteristic parameter, that depends on at least one chemical characteristic of the battery cell, during a process in which the battery cell mounted in the battery pack is charged and discharged.

Abstract: A method of controlling power of a battery of an electric vehicle includes receiving at least one of a brake signal or an accelerator pedal signal from at least one of a brake or an accelerator pedal, determining whether at least one of the brake signal or the accelerator pedal signal satisfies a power cut-off condition, and generating an emergency output cut-off signal in response to the power cut-off condition being satisfied.

Abstract: An automated cargo unloading method and a computing device for performing the same. The method according to an embodiment is performed by an automated cargo unloading machine including one or more processors and a memory for storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors, and the method includes obtaining a loaded cargo image photographed inside a cargo box in which cargo is loaded, recognizing each of the loaded cargo in the loaded cargo image based on edge information and depth information of each object, generating loaded cargo-related information including one or more of a position, a size, a type, and a loaded pattern of the cargo inside the cargo box of each of the recognized cargo, and determining one or more of an unloading order of the cargo inside the cargo box and an unloading mode of the cargo based on the loaded cargo-related information.

Abstract: An automated cargo unloading machine is disclosed herein. The automated cargo unloading machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is an automated cargo unloading machine for unloading cargo loaded inside a cargo box including a main body frame, robotic arm devices provided at both sides of the main body frame, respectively, to unload the loaded cargo, and a conveyor device which is mounted on the main body frame, which is provided between the robotic arm devices, on which the cargo unloaded by the robotic arm devices is seated, and which transports the seated cargo to rearward.

Abstract: A method for controlling charging of a battery pack including multiple cells in a battery management system. The method includes checking identification information of a charging device connected to the battery pack and controlling charging of the battery pack using the charging device based on a charging stop voltage and a charging stop current stored in response to the identification information of the charging device. An apparatus for controlling charge of a battery pack is also provided.

Abstract: An automated system mainly includes a stowage module (100), a tiedown module (200), a socket anchor module (300), and an encoder module (400) and has an improved structure for a stowage pin and the tiedown module to be remotely controlled by unmanned automation to significantly decrease the crane securing time, thereby promptly dealing with emergency situations with maximum terminal operation efficiency and minimum manpower.

Abstract: An apparatus for indicating a battery state includes a battery module configured to supply power to an electronic appliance; a switch module configured to receive user manipulation input for terminating operation of the electronic appliance; and a processor being configured to receive user manipulation input for terminating operation of the electronic appliance through the switch module, to determine whether a current operation of the electronic appliance is to be continued, and, in response to receiving the user manipulation input and determining that the current operation of the electronic appliance is to be continued, to turn off a state indication module indicating a state of a battery and to maintain discharge from the battery module until current operation of the electronic appliance is finished.

Abstract: A robot arm device and an automated machine for unloading cargo including the robot arm device are provided. The automated machine for unloading loaded cargo from a cargo box includes a main body frame, and robot arm devices provided at opposite side portions of the main body frame. The robot arm device includes arm units provided at the opposite side portions of the main body frame to be rotatable in a multi-axis and movable forward and rearward, and a hand unit linked to the arm unit to unload the cargo in contact with the cargo.

Abstract: A protection device for a battery pack including a battery includes: a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the battery module; and a control device configured to perform a protection operation of the battery pack if a first temperature value measured through the temperature sensor during a use of the battery module is greater than a first temperature limit value and to correct the first temperature limit value according to a second temperature value measured through the temperature sensor after the protection operation is performed.

Abstract: A battery system having a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of battery packs connected in parallel between the plurality of first terminals, wherein each of the plurality of battery packs includes a battery module connected between the plurality of first terminals, a first switch on a discharging path between the battery module and one of the first terminals, a second switch on the discharging path that allows or blocks a current flow in the discharging path, and a first controller. If a control signal indicating a turned-on state of the first switch is received from an electronic device equipped with the battery system while the second switch is turned on, the first controller may control the turning of the first switch on/off based on a voltage difference between a first voltage at a first node between the battery module and the first switch and a second voltage at a second node between the second switch and the first terminal.

Abstract: A touch input device is provided. The touch input device includes, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) mounted on the PCB and electrically connected to the PCB, a holder installed on the PCB and placed around the LEDs, and a touch sensor, placed on the LEDs and the holder, for transmitting light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to environmentally safe low corrosive de-icers and the manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to environmentally safe low corrosive de-icers and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein said de-icers comprise calcium chloride (CaCl2.2H2O) as an active ingredient, along with a food stabilizer and a vegetable calcium as additives for anti-corrosion and a soil property improver as an ice-melting promoter thus having a much improved anti-corrosion property for metal such as steel structure as compared to conventional low de-icers, enabling to eliminate the danger of environmental contamination by using ingredients environmentally safe to plants and soils, and also enabling to mix the ingredients of the composition more uniformly during manufacture while retaining the essential property of fast solubility as a de-icer by introducing a system which can optimize temperature, mixing ratio, mixing speed and duration of mixing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to environmentally safe low corrosive de-icers and the manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to environmentally safe low corrosive de-icers and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein said de-icers comprise calcium chloride (CaCl2.2H2O) as an active ingredient, along with a food stabilizer and a vegetable calcium as additives for anti-corrosion and a soil property improver as an ice-melting promoter thus having a much improved anti-corrosion property for metal such as steel structure as compared to conventional low de-icers, enabling to eliminate the danger of environmental contamination by using ingredients environmentally safe to plants and soils, and also enabling to mix the ingredients of the composition more uniformly during manufacture while retaining the essential property of fast solubility as a de-icer by introducing a system which can optimize temperature, mixing ratio, mixing speed and duration of mixing.