Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photoacoustic gas sensor for detecting the presence or absence of gas using the interaction of a laser beam and gas molecules. The integrated photoacoustic gas sensor according to an embodiment includes a light output unit; a lens unit configured to concentrate a laser beam output from the light output unit; and a photoacoustic sensing unit having a quartz tuning fork aligned on the lens unit and configured to convert a vibration, generated when the laser beam passing through the lens unit interacts with gas molecules, into an electric signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supplying insulating liquid to form an insulating coating layer on an electrode is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a storage tank for storing an insulating liquid; a coating die for coating the insulating liquid on an electrode; a supply line which supplies the insulating liquid from the storage tank to the coating die; a pump connected to the supply line; a defoaming tank connected to the storage tank and supplies defoamed insulating liquid to the storage tank; a vacuum pump which defoams bubbles of the insulating liquid by applying vacuum to the defoaming tank; a bubble sensor connected to the supply line, wherein the bubble sensor senses generation of bubbles in the supply line in real time; and a controller for adjusting an operating condition of the apparatus based on an amount of bubbles sensed by the bubble sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a roundness measuring device and a roundness measuring method of a coating roll for battery manufacturing. The roundness measuring device of a coating roll that supports an electrode sheet when the electrode sheet is coated with an electrode slurry, the roundness measuring device comprising: a displacement sensor spaced apart from the coating roll and configured to measure roundness of the coating roll in a non-contact manner; and a support member on which the displacement sensor is installed and which extends in a length direction of the coating roll, wherein the displacement sensor is installed as a plurality of displacement sensors on the support member in the length direction of the coating roll.

Abstract: An apparatus of holding a blank for incremental forming, includes a blank holder to which a blank is configured to be coupled; a motor configured to provide driving power; an interlocking means engaged to the motor and configured to rectilinearly move the blank holder in a direction perpendicular to a forming surface of the blank in conjunction with an operation of the motor; and a controller configured to control the operation of the motor so that the blank rectilinearly moves in accordance with a position of a forming robot configured for forming the blank.

Abstract: Disclosed are a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) for both short range and long range based on a single light source, and a vehicle including the same. The lidar includes: a transmitter configured to generate and transmit light; a first receiver configured to receive light reflected from an object within a first detection region of a short range; and a second receiver configured to receive light reflected from an object within a second detection region of a long range, wherein a two-dimensional region of the second detection region at least partially overlapping the first detection region is included in the first detection region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system. The LiDAR system may include a transceiver configured to generate pieces of light having different wavelengths and receive pieces of reflected light having different wavelengths reflected from a target, a beam splitter configured to divide the pieces of light having the different wavelengths into long-wavelength light having a relatively long wavelength and short-wavelength light having a relatively short wavelength, and a scan mirror configured to transmit the long-wavelength light and the short-wavelength light, which are divided by the beam splitter, to an outside and allow reflected light of the long-wavelength light and reflected light of the short-wavelength light to be incident on the transceiver through the beam splitter.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a light transmitting unit including a plurality of laser transmission channels for transmitting laser light for detecting an external object in an allocated transmission time slot; a light receiving unit including a plurality of laser reception channels for receiving the laser light reflected by the external object in a reception time slot allocated to correspond to the transmission time slot, N laser reception channels (N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) being allocated to each of the reception time slots; and a signal amplification unit configured to sequentially amplify the laser light received by the light receiving unit according to the order of the reception time slots, and having N channels allocated in one-to-one correspondence with the N laser reception channels for each of the reception time slots.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a timing compensation device for an optical output signal of a Lidar and a method thereof, including an encoder for detecting a rotation period of a motor provided in a scanner, a Lidar controller for detecting a jitter time from the rotation period of the motor detected by the encoder, creating a histogram including a mode of a jitter time, and performing optical output control at a time point of the rotation period of the motor or when the mode of the jitter time is compensated for the rotation period of the motor; and a light transmitter for outputting laser light to the scanner according to the optical output control of the Lidar controller.

Abstract: Disclosed are a light receiving module and a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) including the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spatial division structure.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for constructing a tile structure, wherein a current picture includes at least two or more tiles, the at least two or more tiles are split by a column splitting and a row splitting, at least one or more of the column splitting and the row splitting are performed by using a splitting length which is shorter than a width length or a height length of the current picture.

Abstract: An optical laminate is provided, wherein stable durability is secured even at a high temperature, particularly an ultra-high temperature of about 100° C. or more, other physical properties required for the optical laminate are also excellent, and even in the case of being disposed adjacent to the electrode, corrosion of the relevant electrode or the like is not induced.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lidar apparatus, comprising: a light source for emitting pulsed light; a light sensor for detecting reflected light by an object from which the pulsed light is reflected and returned; a reflector having a plurality of reflective surfaces, and for reflecting the pulsed light and transmitting it to the object, and reflecting the reflected light and transmitting it to the light sensor; a motor for rotating the reflector; an encoder for detecting a rotational position of the reflector and outputting a detection signal; and a controller for controlling emission timing of the light source and detection time of the light sensor using the detection signal.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an adaptive scheme is applied to an image encoding apparatus that includes an inter-predictor, an intra-predictor, a transformer, a quantizer, an inverse quantizer, and an inverse transformer, wherein input images are classified into two or more different categories, and two or more modules from among the inter-predictor, the intra-predictor, the transformer, the quantizer, and the inverse quantizer are implemented to perform respective operations in different schemes according to the category to which an input image belongs. Thus, the invention has the advantage of efficiently encoding an image without the loss of important information as compared to a conventional image encoding apparatus which adopts a packaged scheme.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting a concurrent lane change of multiple vehicles to prevent or minimize collision, and a vehicle using the same. The apparatus includes a subject vehicle state estimator for estimating a state of a subject vehicle based on subject vehicle information and surrounding lane state information, a surrounding vehicle state estimator for estimating a state of a surrounding vehicle based on the subject vehicle state information and surrounding vehicle information, a lane state estimator for estimating a state of a surrounding lane based on the estimated subject vehicle state information and surrounding lane information, and a lane change predictor for predicting concurrent lane change of the subject vehicle and the surrounding vehicle based on the estimated subject vehicle state information, the estimated surrounding vehicle state information and the estimated surrounding lane state information.

Abstract: Provided are a structure and alignment method of array antennas for a vehicle radar, the structure and method being able to adjust the locations, number of channels, number of arrays, and channel distance according to the type of antennas, so as to minimize a space occupied by the antennas while maintaining the radiation efficiency of the antennas. Even in a case in which conditions regarding the location of the array antennas and the number of channels are changed within designated ranges, the efficient array antenna structure minimizes the area of array antennas for a vehicle while maintaining the detection ability of the array antennas.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an adaptive scheme is applied to an image encoding apparatus that includes an inter-predictor, an intra-predictor, a transformer, a quantizer, an inverse quantizer, and an inverse transformer, wherein input images are classified into two or more different categories, and two or more modules from among the inter-predictor, the intra-predictor, the transformer, the quantizer, and the inverse quantizer are implemented to perform respective operations in different schemes according to the category to which an input image belongs. Thus, the invention has the advantage of efficiently encoding an image without the loss of important information as compared to a conventional image encoding apparatus which adopts a packaged scheme.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radar apparatus and antenna apparatus therefor.

Abstract: The present invention discloses apparatus for tracking a target vehicle which tracks the target vehicle by identifying a plurality of sensor tracks output from a plurality of different kinds of sensors. The apparatus for tracking a target vehicle incudes a sensor track processing unit, a sensor track association determination unit, a sensor fusion track tracking unit, and a sensor fusion track management unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for associating sensor data in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors configured to sense an external object and a processor configured to be electrically connected with the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to obtain a sensor data set for a target located around the vehicle using the plurality of sensors, select at least a portion of sensor data included in the sensor data set based on at least one of target information, a curvature of a road where the vehicle or the target is traveling, or a type of a sensor configured to sense the target, and generate track data for the target by associating at least the portion of the sensor data.