Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including: a heater heating an aerosol generating material by power supplied; a battery storing power to be supplied to the heater; and a controller controlling power supply to the heater and power supply to the battery, wherein, the controller monitors a heating state of the heater when the aerosol generating device is electrically connected to an external power supply source; performs heating of the heater without charging of the battery by the external power supply source when the monitored heating state is determined to be a rapid heating state; and controls power supply to the heater and power supply to the battery to perform charging of the battery and heating of the heater together by the external power supply source when the monitored heating state is determined not to be the rapid heating state.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for sequentially turning on a plurality of power conversion modules according to the magnitude of load power at the time of driving the power conversion modules, operating power conversion modules which have already been turned on in an optimum efficiency interval, and providing increased load power through a power conversion module which has been newly turned on.

Abstract: Disclosed are a photo-acoustic sensor device and a photo-acoustic sensing method of the same. The sensing method includes providing a source light in a subject and receiving an ultrasonic wave generated in the subject by the source light. The source light may have a wavelength of 1400 nm to 2500 nm in a near-infrared band.

Abstract: The automatic image painting device according to the present invention is a device for painting a specific image by spraying paint on a target surface, comprising a paint spray nozzle unit for spraying paint on the target surface in a straight-line pattern of a predetermined length, a support frame unit that supports the paint spray nozzle unit to enable movement along the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis, a direction changing unit that rotates the paint spray nozzle unit at a predetermined position on the support frame unit to change the orientation of the straight-line pattern, and a control unit for controlling the movement of the paint spray nozzle unit on the support frame unit and the rotational movement of the paint spray nozzle unit.

Abstract: A shoes care device includes a connection path forming a flow path through which air in the accommodation space is introduced, and then discharged to the accommodation space again; a blowing part disposed in the connection path and blowing air; a dehumidifying part disposed in the connection path and dehumidifying air; a heating part disposed in the connection path and heating air; a regeneration path configured to move the air heated by the heating part therein, and being a flow path branched from the connection path; and a controller controlling a drying stroke in which the air is moved and humidified along the connection path to dry the accommodation space, and a regeneration stroke in which the air is moved and humidified along the regeneration path to regenerate the dehumidifying part to be selectively performed, and the controller controls the regeneration stroke to be performed earlier than the drying stroke.

Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes at least one memory configured to store a first coordinate-related data set in which coordinate data indicating a position of an electrode moved in each of a plurality of processes is connected with inspection data and/or measurement data of the electrode obtained in the plurality of processes, and an identification data set including an electrode identifier (ID) identifying the electrode. The battery monitoring system further includes at least one processor configured to connect the electrode ID with the coordinate data of the first coordinate-related data set corresponding to the electrode ID, and send monitoring data for the electrode, based on data about the connection of the electrode ID with the coordinate data.

Abstract: A vehicle body assembly includes a cross member configured to connect side members disposed at two opposite sides of a chassis frame of a vehicle. A battery is fastened to the cross member and the battery is fastened to a reinforcement member provided on a floor panel of a vehicle body and fastened to the cross member of the chassis frame. The battery may be installed in and removed from the vehicle in accordance with a user's needs that change even after the vehicle is manufactured, the battery of the vehicle may be replaced even after the vehicle is manufactured, and structural durability may be realized.

Abstract: A battery module including a cell stack structure in which a plurality of battery cells including a first battery cell and a second battery cell neighboring each other are stacked. A bus bar frame assembly includes a plurality of lead drawing holes from which electrode leads included in the plurality of battery cells are drawn out. An electrode lead of a first polarity included in the first battery cell and an electrode lead of the first polarity included in the second battery cell are externally drawn out through a same lead drawing hole. The electrode lead of the first battery cell and the electrode lead of the second battery cell are bent in a same direction at a same location and each includes a first bent portion formed on a terrace portion and a second bent portion formed in a region where a lead film is formed.

Abstract: A shoe care device includes an inner cabinet that has an accommodation space configured to accommodate shoes therein, an inlet defined at a first portion of the accommodation space and configured to supply air to the accommodation space, and an outlet defined at a second portion of the accommodation space and configured to suction air from the accommodation space. The shoe care device further includes a connection path configured to circulate air between the inlet and the outlet, a blowing fan disposed at the connection path and configured to blow air from the outlet toward the inlet, a dehumidifying material disposed at the connection path and configured to dehumidify the air blown by the blowing fan, a heater configured to heat the dehumidifying material, and a regeneration path configured to guide, to a location other than the inlet, the air having passed through the dehumidifying material heated by the heater.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a diamine, and a polymer and film produced using the same. Specifically, the diamine may be significantly effectively used as a monomer for producing a polyimide-based film that is colorless and transparent and has improved mechanical strength.

Abstract: An electric compressor including a motor configured to generate power; a compression mechanism configured to receive the power from the motor and compress a refrigerant; and an inverter configured to control the motor. A housing receiving the motor and the inverter includes a partition wall that divides a motor receiving space receiving the motor and an inverter receiving space receiving the inverter, and a suction port guiding the refrigerant to the motor receiving space. The partition wall includes a rib that protrudes from a surface facing the motor receiving space. As a result, it is possible to sufficiently cool a plurality of elements of an inverter as a whole and to suppress temperature deviation between the plurality of elements, thereby suppressing damage, operation stop, and increase in maintenance cost.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device according to the present disclosure can exhibit a low driving voltage and a high current efficiency by having different structures of the compounds comprised in the first hole transport layer, the second hole transport layer, and the third hole transport layer and comprising a fluorene-amine, benzofluorene-amine, or naphthofluorene-amine structure in the second hole transport layer.

Abstract: Various embodiments include systems and methods for continuous speech monitoring artificial intelligence solutions. A low-power always-on listening module (LPALM) may maintain continuous auditory awareness or alertness without consuming an excessive amount of the processing, memory, or battery resources of the user computing system or device. As such, the LPALM may operate on the computing device for an extended period of time without depleting the device's battery resources, rendering the user device non-responsive, or otherwise having a negative or user-perceivable impact on the performance, functionality, or power consumption characteristics of the user device.

Abstract: An air heating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an expansion tank, a water heater that receives heat from a combustion gas generated by a combustion reaction and heats the water, a heating heat exchanger that receives the water heated by the water heater and exchanges heat with air to be discharged for heating, a fan that blows the air to the heating heat exchanger, and a case in which the expansion tank, the water heater, the heating heat exchanger, and the fan are arranged, wherein the case includes an outer case and a first opening cover that is coupled to the outer case, the first opening cover includes a communication part and a water replenishment cover, and when the water replenishment cover is removed, an operation of at least one of the expansion tank, the water heater, the heating heat exchanger, and the fan is stopped.

Abstract: An ink composition including a semiconductor nanoparticle, a first organic ligand, and a polymerizable monomer; and a semiconductor nanoparticle-polymer composite prepared therefrom. The semiconductor nanoparticle includes a Group 11-13-16 compound including silver, indium, gallium, and sulfur. The first organic ligand includes an aromatic group and fluorine, and in the ink composition, the amount of the semiconductor nanoparticles is about 2 weight percent to about 70 weight percent based on a total weight of the ink composition.

Abstract: A system for driving an actuator which is capable of providing constant resolution regardless of a type of an actuator according to an aspect of the present invention includes an actuator driving circuit configured to generate a driving current for an operating actuator and output the generated driving current to the operating actuator, a current sensing unit configured to sense a current of the operating actuator and generate a sensing signal, and a gain adjustment unit configured to calculate a gain on the basis of a first maximum driving current range of the operating actuator and a second maximum driving current range of a reference actuator and change the sensing signal on the basis of the gain. A signal generated based on the second sensing signal is input to the actuator driving circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel sheet for use in automobiles, etc., and to a steel sheet that has high strength and high formability and is superb in terms of spot weldability, and a manufacturing method therefor.

Abstract: A method for providing user-customized information is disclosed. The method for providing user-customized information can provide information suitable for a user's situation by: obtaining information on a location where a terminal is located, and information on the time when the location information was obtained; obtaining situation information of a user of the terminal predicted on the basis of the location information and the time information; and requesting, to a server, situation-adaptive information corresponding to the user's situation on the basis of the obtained situation information of the user, pre-stored profile information of the user, and state information of the terminal at a time when the location information is obtained so as to obtain the situation-adaptive information from the server.

Abstract: An image sensing device for obtaining an image of a scene by sensing light is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a pixel circuit configured to output a pixel signal based on a voltage level of a floating diffusion node at which charges generated corresponding to an intensity of incident light are accumulated, a voltage controller configured to control a voltage level of an output node where the pixel signal is output in response to a voltage control signal, a conversion circuit configured to convert the pixel signal into a digital signal, and a voltage trimming circuit configured to control the voltage control signal based on the digital signal.

Abstract: An insulation composition for a high-voltage cable according to an example of the present disclosure includes a base resin, a flame retardant, a cross-linking agent, and other additives. Here, the base resin includes 30 to 60 wt % of a polar ethylene-based copolymer, 20 to 50 wt % of ethylene-propylene rubber or ethylene alpha-olefin, and 10 to 20 wt % of maleic anhydride-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate.