Abstract: This invention relates generally to pharmaceutical compositions and preparations of circular polyribonucleotides and uses thereof.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for recognition a position and generating a path for autonomous driving of a mobile robot in an orchard environment are provided. The method converts three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data for the orchard environment into a 2D grid map, obtains a position of the mobile robot by performing local scan matching and global scan matching on the 2D grid map, and extracts a tree from the 2D grid map based on occupancy of each grid of the 2D grid map. Then, an effective line based on center points of extracted trees is obtained, a destination based on the obtained effective line is generated, and a driving path according to the generated destination and the position of the mobile robot is generated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for generating a blockchain, which includes selecting, by a first master node that generated a first block, second candidate nodes from a node pool according to a consensus node selection scheme using a nonce, and selecting, by the first master node, a second master node using the result of a vote taken by first candidate nodes. Here, among candidate blocks generated by the second candidate nodes, the candidate block generated by the second master node is locked as a second block.

Abstract: An embodiment seat rail for a vehicle includes a fixed rail having a rail slit therein, the rail slit being extended in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a moving rail having a lower end inserted into the fixed rail through the rail slit, the moving rail being movable in the longitudinal direction along the rail slit, and a front screen or a rear screen covering the rail slit and connecting a front end of the fixed rail to the moving rail or a rear end of the fixed rail to the moving rail, respectively, wherein the front screen or the rear screen is configured to perform a winding operation or a releasing operation when the moving rail moves, the winding operation being performed by elasticity of the front screen or the rear screen.

Abstract: A system and method of controlling a shift mechanism for a vehicle, includes a shift determination unit configured to determine information on a shifting stage of the vehicle according to an operation of the shift mechanism; and a control unit configured to receive the information on the shifting stage from the shift determination unit and to transmit a signal such that vibration is generated in the shift mechanism when the shifting stage switched by operation of the shift mechanism is a drivable shifting stage, wherein when a driver operates the shift mechanism to switch a shifting stage to a drivable shifting stage, a signal according to the corresponding shifting stage is transmitted to enable the driver to recognize the switched shifting stage and thus to prevent erroneous operation, ensuring driving safety.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery module inspection apparatus including a coupling portion configured to be connected to a battery module connector, a stage having the coupling portion mounted to a lower part thereof, the stage being configured to move the coupling portion in a horizontal direction, a driving portion configured to move the stage in an upward-downward direction, a pair of guide portions disposed respectively at opposite sides of the coupling portion, the guide portions being configured to adjust the position of the coupling portion, and a shaft configured to serve as a reference axis along which the stage is moved in the upward-downward direction, wherein the coupling portion of the battery module inspection apparatus may be stably coupled to the battery module connector irrespective of position deviation of the battery module connector.

Abstract: A seat sliding apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The seat sliding apparatus may include a lead screw configured to define a first toothed part on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and disposed in forward and rearward directions of a vehicle, a worm gear rotated by a driving motor, a transmission gear assembly engaged with the worm gear to be rotated, a power transmission belt engaged with the transmission gear assembly, and a nut unit including a first nut configured such that a second toothed part engaged with the first toothed part is defined on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a second nut configured to come into contact with the power transmission belt.

Abstract: An electronic shift control apparatus includes a shift dial that is operated by a driver to select an R-range, an N-range, and a D-range, a P-range motor that is operated to select a P-range, and a haptic motor that generates a haptic signal. When a driver shifts into a specific shift range of a vehicle by operating the shift dial or the P-range button, the haptic signal is configured to be transmitted to the driver.

Abstract: A shift-by-wire system physically prevents shifting to the R/N/D gear position and shifting to the P gear position from being simultaneously performed. The shift-by-wire system includes a body configured to have a Hall sensor provided therein, a knob installed so as to be rotatable around an axis of the body, a button assembly moving in an axial direction of the body and having a magnet provided to sense rotated and moved states thereof using the Hall sensor and rotate together with the knob, and a concurrent operation limiting unit to mechanically limit movement of the button assembly in a state in which the knob is manipulated so as to be rotated, and to mechanically limit rotation of the knob in a state in which the button assembly is manipulated so as to be moved.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes: a driving element including a first electrode connected to a first node to which a pixel driving voltage is applied, a gate electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a third node; a light emitting element including an anode electrode connected to the third node, and a cathode electrode connected to a power line; a first switch element to supply a data voltage of pixel data to the second node; a second switch element to supply an initialization voltage to the second node; a third switch element to supply a reference voltage to the third node; a fourth switch element configured to connect the third node to a power line to reset a voltage of the anode electrode of the light emitting element to the pixel reference voltage; and a capacitor between the second and third node.

Abstract: A sphere-type shift control apparatus for an electronic transmission system includes a shift operation unit configured to be operated by a driver of a vehicle for gear shifting on a first hemisphere of a spherical mechanism and a design unit for indirect illumination and image transmission on a second hemisphere of the spherical mechanism. By rotating the spherical mechanism, only the shift operation unit is exposed to a vehicle interior through an opening of a housing when a shift operation is required, while only the design unit is exposed to the vehicle interior through the opening of the housing when the shift operation is not required.

Abstract: An example error handling method includes detecting an error in an image forming apparatus, transmitting error information regarding the detected error to an external apparatus, identifying an error category based on the error information, providing a solution corresponding to the error information to the image forming apparatus based on the identified error category, transmitting result information obtained by applying the provided solution to the external apparatus, and updating the provided solution based on the result information.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a groove on a line formed on one surface of an electrical steel sheet in a direction crossing a rolling direction; and a thermal shock portion on a line formed on one surface of the electrical steel sheet in the direction crossing the rolling direction, wherein a distance between the groove and the thermal shock portion is 1 mm or less.

Abstract: A biological component estimation apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a light detector array including a plurality of light detectors; a plurality of light sources disposed on both ends of the light detector array; and a processor configured to calculate a blood vessel alignment index, which indicates a degree of alignment of the biological component estimation apparatus with respect to blood vessels, by using an intensity of a first light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the first light is emitted to a user's skin from a first light source disposed on one end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources, and an intensity of a second light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the second light is emitted to the user's skin from a second light source disposed on the other end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides the compound having inhibitory property against TNIK having a specific chemical structure or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The present disclosure also provides a composition comprising the compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The present disclosure also provides a medical use of the compound, its salt or the composition comprising the compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt for treating or preventing cancer. The present disclosure also provides a method of treatment or prevention of cancer comprising administering the compound, its salt or the composition comprising the compound or its salt to a subject in need of such treatment or prevention.

Abstract: A camera motion estimation method for an augmented reality tracking algorithm according to an embodiment is a camera motion estimation method for an augmented reality tracking algorithm performed by a sequence production application executed by a processor of a computing device, which includes a step of displaying a target object on a sequence production interface, a step of setting a virtual camera trajectory on the displayed target object, a step of generating an image sequence by rendering images obtained when the target object is viewed along the set virtual camera trajectory, and a step of reproducing the generated image sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional wave generating device and a multifunctional motion bed having the same. A safety device prevents a driven pulley and/or a driven pulley to which an eccentric shaft is coupled from being separated from a coupling shaft. Therefore, operation stability is secured while noise caused by separation or unstable coupling of the driven pulley and/or eccentric shaft in a three-dimensional wave generating device is prevented from occurring, and when a functional motion bed to which the three-dimensional wave generating device is applied is provided, the user can feel a three-dimensional wave more effectively in bed.

Abstract: A battery management system of a battery cell assembly including a plurality of cells, includes a plurality of first cell balancing resistors and a plurality of first cell balancing switches connected between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a corresponding first cell among the plurality of cells; and a plurality of second cell balancing resistors and a plurality of second cell balancing switches connected between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the corresponding first cell, wherein a first cell balancing current flowing during an on period of each first cell balancing switch is greater than a second cell balancing current flowing during an on period of each second cell balancing switch.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board for pouch cell internal pressure measurement includes a sensing part on which a pressure sensor is mounted; a board part provided with connector pins connected to a plurality of conductor lines, respectively; and an extension part extending from the sensing part to the board part. The extension part includes a protective sheath of a metal material that surrounds an outer surface of an insulating film in a predetermined section.