Abstract: A battery pack is advantageous for effective control and maintenance of thermal events. A battery pack according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a battery module having one or more battery cells; a fire extinguishing tank holding a fire extinguishing liquid, disposed on top of the battery module and having a through hole formed therein; and a cover member installed in the through hole of the fire extinguishing tank and configured to open or close the through hole according to a change in internal pressure of the fire extinguishing tank.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, a can, and an insulator. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode alternately stacked and wound. The can has an accommodation part accommodating the electrode assembly therein, and the can comprises a first can and a second can having cylindrical shapes open in a direction facing each other. The insulator insulates an overlapping portion between the first can and the second can. The first can is electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second can is electrically connected to the second electrode. The insulator has a short-circuit induction through-part defined by a through-hole or a cutoff line, such that a short circuit occurs between the first can and the second can through the short-circuit induction through-part when it is deformed in shape as heat or a pressure is applied to contract or expand the insulator.

Abstract: In some examples, a device includes a printing device to generate an image on a substrate from a digital image, and a processor to: receive a scanned image of the image on the substrate, identify a plurality of image portions of the scanned image, identify horizontal color changes across a horizontal portion of the plurality of image portions, identify vertical color changes across a vertical portion of the plurality of image portions, compare the horizontal color changes and vertical color changes to corresponding horizontal color changes and corresponding vertical color changes of the digital image, and measure a presence of color plane misregistration, and the color, direction and magnitude of misregistration based on the comparison.

Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a charger, a developing device, a sensor, and a controller. The charger may apply a plurality of charging voltages to a photoconductor, the plurality of charging voltages having different magnitudes and respectively corresponding to a plurality of area sections constituting a test pattern and the developing device may supply a developer to the photoconductor. The sensor may sense an image formed by the supplied developer and corresponding to the test pattern. The controller may determine a remaining lifetime of the photoconductor based on the image corresponding to the test pattern.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exposure device, a developing device, an intermediate transfer body, a sensor, and a controller. The exposure device may irradiate light corresponding to a test pattern onto a photoconductor, the developing device may supply a developing agent to the photoconductor to form, on the photoconductor, a toner image corresponding to the test pattern, the intermediate transfer body may receive the toner image corresponding to the test pattern formed on the photoconductor, and a sensor may sense the test pattern transferred onto the intermediate transfer body. The controller may control the exposure device to adjust the irradiated light so the test pattern becomes a contone pattern having a uniform tone, and may diagnose a condition of a component of the image forming apparatus based on the sensed test pattern.

Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a charger, a developing device, a sensor, and a controller. The charger may apply a plurality of charging voltages to a photoconductor, the plurality of charging voltages having different magnitudes and respectively corresponding to a plurality of area sections constituting a test pattern and the developing device may supply a developer to the photoconductor. The sensor may sense an image formed by the supplied developer and corresponding to the test pattern. The controller may determine a remaining lifetime of the photoconductor based on the image corresponding to the test pattern.

Abstract: A device includes a user interface device, a processor, and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor executes the instructions to determine whether a toner in an image forming apparatus is required to be refilled, to determine a status of at least one consumable used in an image formation operation using a test pattern when the toner is required to be refilled, and to provide the user interface device with a user interface corresponding to the determined status of the at least one consumable.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form a pattern including at least one white dot line and at least one black dot line on an image forming medium using a photoconductive drum. A registration sensor is to sense an amount of light reflected from the image forming medium. A processor is to determine a state of the photoconductive drum based on the amount of sensed light in the pattern.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form a pattern including at least one white dot line and at least one black dot line on an image forming medium using a photoconductive drum. A registration sensor is to sense an amount of light reflected from the image forming medium. A processor is to determine a state of the photoconductive drum based on the amount of sensed light in the pattern.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive drums respectively corresponding to a plurality of colors to print, on a recording medium, color chart of a plurality of vertical lines in a sub-scanning direction to a main scanning direction of the recording medium and to be arranged at intervals along the main scanning direction. A vertical line of the plurality of vertical lines includes at least two colored sub-lines to be formed by corresponding at least two photosensitive drums. A processor is to perform a correction in non-linear color registrations in the main scanning direction using an image of the color chart.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exposure device, a developing device, an intermediate transfer body, a sensor, and a controller. The exposure device may irradiate light corresponding to a test pattern onto a photoconductor, the developing device may supply a developing agent to the photoconductor to form, on the photoconductor, a toner image corresponding to the test pattern, the intermediate transfer body may receive the toner image corresponding to the test pattern formed on the photoconductor, and a sensor may sense the test pattern transferred onto the intermediate transfer body. The controller may control the exposure device to adjust the irradiated light so the test pattern becomes a contone pattern having a uniform tone, and may diagnose a condition of a component of the image forming apparatus based on the sensed test pattern.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive drums respectively corresponding to a plurality of colors to print, on a recording medium, color chart of a plurality of vertical lines in a sub-scanning direction to a main scanning direction of the recording medium and to be arranged at intervals along the main scanning direction. A vertical line of the plurality of vertical lines includes at least two colored sub-lines to be formed by corresponding at least two photosensitive drums. A processor is to perform a correction in non-linear color registrations in the main scanning direction using an image of the color chart.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former to print on a printing paper a plurality of lines that are arranged at intervals in a main scanning direction and are vertical to the main scanning direction using different photosensitive drums, a scanner is to scan the printing paper on which the plurality of lines are printed to obtain a scanned image usable in a color registration correction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former configured to print on a printing paper a plurality of lines that are arranged at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction and are vertical to the main scanning direction using different photosensitive drums, a scanner configured to scan the printing paper on which the plurality of lines are printed, and at least one processor configured to perform color registration correction using the plurality of scanned image

Abstract: A color registration method of an image forming apparatus, a control method of a host device, an image forming apparatus, a host apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The method includes printing a preset test pattern for color registration, scanning the printed test pattern for color registration, detecting the printed test pattern for color registration from a scan image obtained as a result of the scanning, calculating location error values of respective colors, using the detected test pattern for color registration, and performing the color registration using the calculated location error values of respective colors.

Abstract: A color registration method of an image forming apparatus, a control method of a host device, an image forming apparatus, a host apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The method includes printing a preset test pattern for color registration, scanning the printed test pattern for color registration, detecting the printed test pattern for color registration from a scan image obtained as a result of the scanning, calculating location error values of respective colors, using the detected test pattern for color registration, and performing the color registration using the calculated location error values of respective colors.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an output unit to output a density pattern, a detector to detect the output density pattern, a signal extraction unit to extract an image noise signal from at least two sensing areas of the detected density pattern, and a control unit to determine if image noise generated on the detected density pattern is one-dimensional noise or two-dimensional noise based on the extracted image noise signal.