Abstract: An electrode assembly and a rechargeable battery using the same include a positive electrode including a positive current collector and a positive active material on the positive current collector; a negative electrode including a negative current collector and a negative active material on the negative current collector; an outer electrode including an outer current collector and an outer active material on the outer current collector, wherein the outer current collector includes an outer surface facing away from an outer separator and an inner surface facing toward the outer separator, and the outer active material is on both the outer surface and the inner surface, and wherein a thickness of the outer active material is less than at least one of a thickness of the positive active material or a thickness of the negative active material.

Abstract: A method of generating a diagnosis image includes receiving signals reflected from a subject; calculating a beamforming coefficient using the received signals; synthesizing each of the plurality of low resolution images using the calculated beamforming coefficient; and synthesizing a high resolution image using the synthesized plurality of low resolution images.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus including a display panel on which an image is displayed, a cover including a side portion configured to cover upper and lower side surfaces and left and right side surfaces of the display panel and a rear portion configured to cover an outer peripheral region of a rear surface of the display panel, and a rear cover coupled to the middle cover and configured to cover the rear surface of the display panel, and a hot stamping system for the same. A thin film having a particular color is attached to the side portion via the hot stamping system, which enables easy manufacture of the display apparatus having various colors of covers.

Abstract: Disclosed is rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a positive active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative active material and an electrolyte wherein the positive active material layer includes a positive active material, a binder, a conductive material, and an activated carbon, the activated carbon includes micropores in which manganese ions are adsorbed and trapped, and the activated carbon is included in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 3 wt % based on the total weight of the positive active material layer.

Abstract: A diagnostic image generating apparatus, a medical image system, and a beamforming method are provided. The diagnostic image generating apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a modulated transmission signal to a subject, a reception beamforming unit configured to form a reception beam by beamforming echo signals reflected from the subject, a point spread function (PSF) estimating unit configured to estimate a PSF for each region according to the formed reception beam, a filtering unit configured to filter the formed reception beam according to the estimated PSF, and a diagnostic image generating unit configured to generate a diagnostic image according to the filtered reception beam.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving light-emitting diodes includes first and second light-emitting diode auxiliary drive parts for controlling the lighting of first and second light-emitting diode parts depending on the currents flowing through the first and second light-emitting diode parts, respectively detected by first and second resistors. Each of the first light-emitting diode auxiliary drive part and the second light-emitting diode auxiliary drive part includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery which includes an electrode assembly comprising inner stacked electrodes and at least one outermost electrode positioned on at least one end of the inner stacked electrodes; and a case configured to house the electrode assembly. Herein, the at least one outermost electrode comprise an inactive material.

Abstract: Provided is a sound source signal filtering method and apparatus. The sound source signal filtering method includes: generating two or more microphone output signals by combining sound source signals input through a plurality of microphones; calculating distances between the microphones and a sound source from which the sound source signals are emitted by using distance relationships according to frequencies of the sound source signals extracted from the generated microphone output signals; and filtering the sound source signals to obtain one or more sound source signals corresponding to a predetermined distance by using the calculated distances. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain only sound source signals emitted from a sound source at a particular distance from the microphone array among a plurality of sound source signals input through the microphone array.

Abstract: A tracking system and method using the same is disclosed which is capable of minimizing a restriction of surgical space by achieving a lightweight of the system as well as a reduction of a manufacturing cost through calculating a three-dimensional coordinates of each of makers using one image forming unit. In the tracking system and method using the same, lights emitted from the markers are transferred to one image forming unit through two optical paths, an image sensor of the image forming unit forms two images (direct image and reflection image) of the two optical paths of the markers, and therefore, the system and method using the same has an effect of reducing a manufacturing cost of the tracking system with small and lightweight, and relatively low restriction of surgical space comparing with conventional tracking system since it is possible to calculate a spatial position and direction of the markers attached on a target by using one image forming unit.

Abstract: A beamforming apparatus includes a storage for storing a plurality of basis vectors obtained from a beamforming coefficient of a previously-measured echo signal; a weight calculator for calculating a weight to be applied to an echo signal reflected from a target; and a synthesizer for applying the weight to the echo signal reflected from the target and synthesizing signals to which the weight is applied.

Abstract: An ultrasonic beamforming method is provided. The ultrasonic beamforming method includes dividing an input ultrasonic signal into a plurality of regions in an observation space, calculating a weight value for each of the plurality of regions, calculating a pixel weight value for each pixel using the weight value for each region, and calculating a beamforming value using the pixel weight value.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for estimating noise and a noise reduction apparatus employing the same. The noise estimation apparatus estimates noise by blocking audio signals from a direction of a target sound source from received audio signals, and compensating for distortions from directivity gains of a target sound blocker blocking the audio signals from the target sound source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stereo microscope system, at least one optical axis system and a camera is used, and a first image through the first beam path and a second image through the second beam path have identical coordinates in which the first and second images are obtained from the camera, therefore, it is not required to revise an image during image registration, and as well as, to match mechanical compensation of coordinates of cameras, since the first image and second image have identical coordinates. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a stereoscopic image with minimized loss of stereo effect and as well as, it is possible to observe a stereoscopic image more comfortable since an eye fatigue is minimized.

Abstract: A pixel electrode and a direction control electrode capacitively coupled to the pixel electrode are provided in a pixel. A pixel thin film transistor is connected to a gate line, a data line, and the pixel electrode. A direction control electrode thin film transistor is connected to a previous gate line, a previous data lines or a next data line, and the direction control electrode. The gate lines are supplied with scanning signals, and each scanning signal includes first and second pulses in a frame. The first pulse of a scanning signal is synchronized with the second pulse of a previous scanning signal.

Abstract: An ultrasound based measurement method includes obtaining an element of synthetic data corresponding to a focusing point in a region adjacent to a reflector by applying a synthetic focusing method to received data corresponding to an actual focusing point; and generating an image of the reflector based on the element of the synthetic data.

Abstract: Disclosed are a fund management system and a fund managing method. The system of managing funds includes a fund collecting unit configured to collect a first type fund and a second type fund depending on a preset reference rate; a fund managing unit configured to manage at least one of summed funds which are acquired by incorporating funds collected through the first type fund into funds collected through the second type fund and summing these funds, and establish a capital protection amount in the second type fund to separately manage the funds collected through the first type fund from the managed summed fund when a loss of the capital protection amount or more occurs; and a return sharing unit configured to share a return generated depending on a fund management with the first type fund and the second type fund, respectively, depending on a preset return sharing ratio.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for inhalation of medicine, in which particles in a medicinal aqueous solution, in a liquid aerosol form, are converted to dry medicinal particles by removing moisture therefrom by means of an evaporation unit so as to be inhaled by means of an inhalation device, thereby allowing medicinal particles to penetrate deeply along the respiratory track to the lungs, and thus can be used in the treatment of lung diseases or a variety of other treatments using same, and in which particles of a medicinal aqueous solution in a liquid aerosol form, flowing in from an aerosol unit, are converted to dry medicinal particles by means of a moisture absorbent, thereby allowing simplification and reduction in size of the apparatus for inhalation, and in which a continuous use thereof is possible by means of a simple swap of the moisture absorbent, thereby making maintenance convenient.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating an ultrasonic image are provided. The apparatus includes a transceiver configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to an object, and receive an echo signal. The apparatus further includes a beam former configured to perform beamforming on the received echo signal to generate image data. The apparatus further includes a point spread function (PSF) estimator configured to update a PSF of the ultrasonic signal at each multiscale level to update the image data.

Abstract: A stereo microscope system capable of display virtual reality through a plurality of sub display parts, which is the same as that embodied through a microscope, and capable of embodying virtual reality with same quality image throughout the plurality of display parts, is provided. According to the stereo microscope, the image capturing part captures the beam passing through the beam splitter part of the prism to capture an image and delivers the image to the processor, and the processor digital processes the image captured by the pair of image capturing part and delivers the image to the first and second display parts and to display the image. Therefore, the image captured by the image capturing part is digital processed by the processor, and the image that is digital processed by the processor is delivered to each of the display part to display so that regular image is displayed regardless of change of amount of light.