Abstract: Provided are an optical film, a polarizing plate including same, and a display device including same, the optical film comprising a first layer and second and third layers sequentially formed on the first layer, wherein the first layer and the third layer are each formed directly on the second layer, the first layer is a reverse wavelength dispersive negative A layer, the third layer is a positive C layer, and the ratio of the thickness of the second layer to the thickness of the third layer (the thickness of the second layer/the thickness of the third layer) is about 0.2 to about 2.

Abstract: A pressure control apparatus for a battery cell includes a housing in which the battery cell is positioned, and a cell plate movably positioned in the housing and separating an interior of the housing into a cell chamber having the battery cell therein, and a pressure chamber having a volume of pressurized fluid therein. The apparatus further includes a valve configured to allow a portion of the pressurized fluid to be removed from the pressure chamber when the pressure in the pressure chamber exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to vehicular battery management systems for determining the pressure of lithium-based batteries. Some embodiments may include generating a pressure measurement for a lithium-based battery based on a normalized pressure and an initial pressure value associated with the lithium-based battery, and adjusting or maintaining a compression level applied to the lithium-based battery based on the generated pressure measurement. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a pressure control device for controlling a pressure at a battery of a vehicle and a method of controlling the pressure of the battery. A support plate is disposed at a first side of the battery. A pressure plate disposed at a second side of the battery opposite the first side. The pressure plate movable with respect to the support plate to control the pressure of the battery. A cam disposed at the pressure plate is configured to rotate to move the pressure plate with respect to the support plate. A cam shaft rotates the cam to move the pressure plate. A motor generates a rotation at the cam shaft.

Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array, comprising: a first sub-array includes a plurality of VCSEL units arranged along a first axis, and wherein the first sub-array includes: a first VCSEL unit includes a first upper contact and a first bottom contact; and a second VCSEL unit includes a second upper contact and a second bottom contact; a first contact electrically connected to the first upper contact and the second bottom contact; and a second contact electrically connected to the second upper contact and the first bottom contact, wherein the first VCSEL unit is operated when a first voltage is applied to the first contact and a second voltage smaller than the first voltage is applied to the second contact, and wherein the second VCSEL unit is operated when the second voltage is applied to the first contact and the first voltage is applied to the second contact.

Abstract: A vehicle, a pressure control device and method for controlling a pressure within a battery of the vehicle. The pressure control device includes a support plate, a pressure plate and an actuator. The pressure plate is configured to move with respect to the support plate. The battery is disposed between the support plate and the pressure plate. The actuator changes between a first shape and a second shape to move the pressure plate with respect to the support plate to control the pressure within the battery.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include the detection of battery cell degradation. An exemplary battery management system can include a memory, computer readable instructions, and one or more processors that perform operations that include: responsive to determining that a charging state has completed, measuring a first cell voltage of a cell of the battery pack; responsive to the first cell voltage exceeding a reference voltage, measuring a second cell voltage of the cell of the battery pack; responsive to the second cell voltage being equal to the reference voltage, measuring a cell pressure of the cell of the battery pack at the reference voltage; determining a difference between the cell pressure and a prior cell pressure at the reference voltage; and responsive to the difference between the cell pressure and the prior cell pressure exceeding a threshold, identifying the cell of the battery pack as a degraded cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a susceptor which seats a substrate on the upper surface thereof during a deposition process for the substrate, the susceptor comprising: a first plate; a second plate provided under the first plate; and a planar heater provided between the first and second plates, wherein the planar heater is in the form of a plane, and a heating pattern formed to have a large area corresponding to the area of the plane is provided inside the planar heater. Accordingly, the present invention provides a susceptor in which a uniform temperature is formed over the entire area thereof without the risk of disconnection.

Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one electric motor configured to convert electric power to rotational motion, a battery system electrically connected to the at least one electric motor, and a controller coupled to the battery system. The controller includes a non-transitory computer readable memory and a processor. The memory stores a charging control software module configured to cause the processor to perform the method of: determining an optimum charging profile based at least partially on an available received charging power, an ambient temperature of the battery system, charging system constraints, and at least one driver preference.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a system for controlling power transfer includes a propulsion battery assembly configured to supply power to an electric motor of a vehicle, the propulsion battery assembly having a first chemistry, and a supplemental battery assembly selectively connected to the propulsion battery assembly, the supplemental battery assembly having a second chemistry that is different than the first chemistry. The system also includes a controller configured to selectively connect the supplemental battery assembly to perform at least one of providing electrical charge to the propulsion battery assembly, and supplying electrical power to the electric motor.

Abstract: A vehicle having a mixed chemistry battery having first and second battery modules, a temperature sensor, a battery heating system configured to selectively heat the first battery module and/or the second battery module, and a controller. The controller configured to monitor the temperature of the first battery module, activate the heating system based on a determination that the temperature is below a minimum threshold value, monitor a first state-of-charge (SoC) of the first battery module and the second battery module, calculate a minimum set-point temperature for the first battery module based on the first SoC, the second SoC, and a maximum current load of the first battery module, and instruct the battery heating system to provide a portion of a total available heating power of the battery heating system to the first battery module and a remainder of the total available heating power to the second battery module.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a group account service providing server capable of converting a private account into a group account in real time through a terminal of the host of a comprises: an account management unit configured to convert a first account into a group account when a group account conversion request for the first account of a host of a group is generated; a transaction ledger management unit configured to record change information in a transaction ledger for the group account when the change information including at least one of a transaction occurrence event and an information occurrence event is generated for the group account; a virtual ledger management unit configured to generate a virtual ledger to be mapped to the transaction ledger when the first account is changed to the group account.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a group account service providing server capable of converting a private account into a group account in real time through a terminal of the host of a comprises: an account management unit configured to convert a first account into a group account when a group account conversion request for the first account of a host of a group is generated; a transaction ledger management unit configured to record change information in a transaction ledger for the group account when the change information including at least one of a transaction occurrence event and an information occurrence event is generated for the group account; a virtual ledger management unit configured to generate a virtual ledger to be mapped to the transaction ledger when the first account is changed to the group account.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. The polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first retardation layer and a second retardation layer sequentially stacked on a lower surface of the polarizer. The first retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re) of 200 nm to 250 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; the second retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re) of 80 nm to 140 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; and the polarizing plate has a total transmittance difference of 2% or more between total transmittance at a wavelength of 450 nm and total transmittance at a wavelength of 420 nm.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle charging and thermal operation includes monitoring at least a charge characteristic of a battery system and a thermal characteristic of the battery system. The method predicts a battery system temperature at a future time (t) based at least in part on the monitored characteristics using a predictive physics model and maintains the battery system temperature above a minimum temperature threshold and below a maximum temperature threshold by adjusting a charging profile based at least in part on the predicted battery system temperature.

Abstract: This application provides a data processing method, a computer device, and a medium. The method is applied to a terminal device including a first client. The first client has a public client key and a private client key. The first client stores encrypted data that is obtained by encrypting the private client key according to an object password. The method includes receiving the object password; decrypting the encrypted data by using the received object password to obtain the private client key; signing the encrypted data based on the private client key to obtain a signature of the encrypted data; and transmitting the public client key, the encrypted data, and the signature of the encrypted data to a cloud device of the first client, the cloud device storing the encrypted data after verifying the encrypted data based on the public client key and the signature of the encrypted data.

Abstract: A blockchain-based data processing method, device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. A first resource acquisition request of an object identification is transmitted for a target virtual resource to a blockchain network to make the blockchain network query a target ticket identification associated with the object identification and the target virtual resource based on the first resource acquisition request. Metadata is acquired having a binding relationship with the target ticket identification. The target ticket identification is used for characterizing that the object identification has ownership of the target virtual resource. The target virtual resource is acquired according to the metadata returned by the blockchain network. The target virtual resource is controlled to perform an interaction output in response to a triggering operation for interacting with the target virtual resource.