Abstract: A battery device manufacturing system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the battery device manufacturing system includes a plurality of first manufacturing lines configured to manufacture a plurality of battery cells and a cell assembly in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked, a plurality of second manufacturing lines configured to couple a busbar assembly to the cell assembly to manufacture a sub-battery module, and a plurality of third manufacturing lines configured to couple the sub-battery module to a case to manufacture a battery module, wherein one of the plurality of third manufacturing lines is configured to receive the sub-battery module from each of two second manufacturing lines among the plurality of second manufacturing lines.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (“lidar”) sensing device including a sensing light source unit configured to radiate sensing light, a scanner unit configured to reflect the sensing light radiated by the sensing light source unit toward a target and to reflect incident light reflected by the target and integrated with the sensing light source unit, a light-receiving lens configured to transmit the incident light reflected by the scanner unit, a light-receiving reflector configured to reflect the incident light passing through the light-receiving lens, and an optical detection unit on which the incident light reflected by the light-receiving reflector is incident.

Abstract: A LiDAR sensing device including: a sensing light source unit configured to radiate sensing light; a light transmitting reflector configured to reflect the sensing light radiated from the sensing light source unit; a scanner unit configured to reflect the sensing light reflected from the light transmitting reflector into a target, and to reflect incident light reflected from the target; a light receiving lens configured to pass the incident light reflected from the scanner unit, and integrated with the light transmitting reflector; a light receiving reflector configured to reflect the incident light passing through the light receiving lens; and an optical detecting unit into which the incident light reflected from the light receiving reflector is incident.

Abstract: A LiDAR sensing device may include: a sensing light source unit configured to radiate sensing light; a light transmitting reflector configured to reflect the sensing light radiated from the sensing light source unit; a scanner unit configured to reflect the sensing light reflected from the light transmitting reflector into a target, and to reflect incident light reflected from the target; a light receiving lens configured to pass the incident light reflected from the scanner unit, and integrated with the light transmitting reflector; a light receiving reflector configured to reflect the incident light passing through the light receiving lens; and an optical detecting unit into which the incident light reflected from the light receiving reflector is incident.

Abstract: A LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) apparatus for a vehicle including a light emitting unit configured to emit laser light; an angle adjusting unit configured to adjust an emission angle of the laser light emitted from the light emitting unit by reflecting the laser light; a window cover unit installed to discharge the laser light emitted through the angle adjusting unit to the outside of the vehicle; a light receiving unit configured to receive reflected light introduced into the vehicle through the window cover unit; and a moisture removing unit configured to emit far-infrared light using a far-infrared light source to heat the window cover unit through the angle adjusting unit.

Abstract: A cleaner for a lidar sensor may include: a blast pipe unit through which wind generated from a fan of an engine passes; and a lidar sensor installed in the blast pipe unit, wherein foreign matter adhering to the surface of the lidar sensor are removed by wind discharged from the blast pipe unit.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (“lidar”) sensing device including a sensing light source unit configured to radiate sensing light, a scanner unit configured to reflect the sensing light radiated by the sensing light source unit toward a target and to reflect incident light reflected by the target and integrated with the sensing light source unit, a light-receiving lens configured to transmit the incident light reflected by the scanner unit, a light-receiving reflector configured to reflect the incident light passing through the light-receiving lens, and an optical detection unit on which the incident light reflected by the light-receiving reflector is incident.

Abstract: A Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) system may include: a transmitter configured to output pulse laser; a reflecting mirror comprising two or more reflecting surfaces to reflect the pulse laser; a driver configured to rotate the reflecting mirror; a path control mirror configured to reflect the pulse laser to the reflecting surfaces of the reflecting mirror to form an optical path of the pulse laser; and a receiver configured to receive the light reflected through the reflecting mirror, and convert the received light into an electrical signal, wherein the reflecting mirror comprises: a first reflecting surface; and a second reflecting surface, wherein the first and second reflecting surfaces are connected to each other at one point, the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface have different tilt angles from each other, and the first reflecting surface is tilted in the opposite direction of the second reflecting surface.

Abstract: Provided is a lidar device for a vehicle including an optical transmitter configured to transmit an outgoing optical signal, an optical receiver configured to receive a plurality of return optical signals incident in different directions, at least one temperature sensor configured to identify a temperature of the lidar device, and a processor operatively coupled with the optical transmitter, the optical receiver, and the at least one temperature sensor. The processor is configured to control the optical transmitter to transmit the outgoing optical signal configured to detect an object, receive an object optical signal, reflected by the object, through the optical receiver, identify a temperature of the lidar device through the temperature sensor in response to the identifying of intensity of the object optical signal being less than reference intensity, and adjust a bandpass of an optical filter of the optical receiver based on the temperature of the lidar device.

Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processing unit, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, determines whether each region of an outer cover corresponding to a location of each of the plurality of sensors is contaminated on the basis of the pieces of detection data, and outputs a determination result as contamination data.

Abstract: Provided is a lidar sensor having a driving motor of which the entire portion is covered under an inclined surface of a scan mirror having an opened bottom surface and an A-shaped cross-section. A rotating shaft of the driving motor may be connected to the bottom of a backing surface disposed under the inclined surface, a magnet may be disposed at the bottom of one or more of the backing surface and a support surface which are connected to the inclined surface of the scan mirror, and a hall sensor may be disposed at the bottom surface of the lidar sensor corresponding to the position where the magnet is disposed.

Abstract: A LIDAR sensor apparatus and a control method thereof. The LIDAR sensor apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a laser, first and second receivers each configured to receive a reflected signal reflected from an object after the laser is transmitted through the transmitter, a control unit configured to calculate first and second distances by performing signal processing on first and second signals received from the first and second receivers after the laser is transmitted through the transmitter, and to calculate an intermediate distance by performing signal processing on an overlapping signal obtained by overlapping the first and second signals, and an output unit configured to output the first and second distances and the intermediate distance calculated by the control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a lidar sensor may include: a signal analyzer configured to distinguish foreign matters adhering to a window cover, using a signal inputted from a laser receiver of a lidar sensor; a cleaner configured to remove the foreign matters adhering to the window cover; and a controller configured to control the cleaner according to the foreign matters distinguished by the signal analyzer.

Abstract: An optical receiving module may include: a light transmitting body configured to transmit light; a light incidence part through which light is incident into the light transmitting body; and a plurality of reflectors configured to reflect the light incident from the light incidence part a plurality of times, such that the light is incident toward a light receiver unit.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus of an object detection sensor including: an environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire surrounding environment information of a vehicle; and a cleaning unit configured to create a cleaning solution mixture based on the surrounding environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit, and clean a cover installed on the object detection sensor to protect the object detection sensor from foreign matter by spraying the created cleaning solution mixture onto the cover, in order to prevent a reduction in sensing performance of the object detection sensor due to contamination by the foreign matter. The object detection sensor may sense a target object by transmitting a scan signal to the target object and receiving a sensing signal reflected from the target object, and the scan signal and the sensing signal may be transmitted and received through the cover.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting pollution in a window cover of a LiDAR sensor includes: a laser signal transmitter that transmits laser signals having a same amplitude and wavelength to one or more pollution detecting regions on the window cover; a reflected signal receiver that receives reflected signals that have been reflected and returned from the one or more pollution detecting regions; a memory that stores one or more instructions; and a processor that executes the one or more instructions stored in the memory to sense pollution on the window cover based on the reflected signals.

Abstract: Provided is a lidar sensor having a driving motor of which the entire portion is covered under an inclined surface of a scan mirror having an opened bottom surface and an A-shaped cross-section. A rotating shaft of the driving motor may be connected to the bottom of a backing surface disposed under the inclined surface, a magnet may be disposed at the bottom of one or more of the backing surface and a support surface which are connected to the inclined surface of the scan mirror, and a hall sensor may be disposed at the bottom surface of the lidar sensor corresponding to the position where the magnet is disposed.

Abstract: A object detection apparatus may include: an object detection sensor having a cover for protecting the object detection sensor from foreign matter, and configured to sense a target object by transmitting a scan signal to the target object and receiving a sensing signal reflected from the target object; a protection film part including a protection film disposed on an outer surface of the cover to prevent contamination of the cover by foreign matter; and a control unit configured to replace the protection film disposed on the outer surface of the cover through a winding operation for the protection film part when a protection film replacement condition is satisfied due to contamination of the protection film, in order to prevent a reduction in sensing performance of the object detection sensor due to contamination by foreign matter.

Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processing unit, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, determines whether each region of an outer cover corresponding to a location of each of the plurality of sensors is contaminated on the basis of the pieces of detection data, and outputs a determination result as contamination data.

Abstract: An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processor, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, calculates a reliability value of each of the pieces of detection data on the basis of the pieces of detection data and external environment data, and outputs the reliability value as reliability data.