Abstract: Provided is an aerogel blanket and a method for producing the same, wherein a catalyzed sol is sufficiently and uniformly impregnated into a blanket in an impregnation tank, and the catalyzed sol is allowed to stay in the impregnation tank for a specific time to control fluidity while achieving a viscosity at which the catalyzed sol can be easily introduced into the blanket, thereby forming a uniform aerogel in the blanket. As a result, the uniformity of pore structure and thermal insulation performance of an aerogel blanket are improved, the loss of raw materials is reduced through the impregnation process, the occurrence of process problems is reduced, and the generation of dust is reduced.

Abstract: Provided are an organic electronic element comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic material layer between the anode and the cathode, and an electronic device comprising the organic electronic element, wherein the organic material layer comprises each compound represented by Formula 1, Formula 2, or Formula 3, thereby the driving voltage of the organic electronic element can be lowered and the luminous efficiency and lifespan can be improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition for injection molding and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes 0.5% by weight to 10.0% by weight of a sulfonate diol, 13% by weight to 60% by weight of an isocyanate, 30% by weight to 70% by weight of an ether-containing polyester polyol, and 5% by weight to 40% by weight of a chain extender.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor provided in each of vehicle seats and outputting a fastening signal when a seat belt is fastened, and outputting a non-fastening signal when the seat belt is not fastened, and a controller that stores an available seat count based on the non-fastening signal and to update the available seat count when a seat belt signal is changed and output to the non-fastening signal from a vehicle seat where the fastening signal is output.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model through RGB-D camera tracking. A 3D model generation method may comprise the steps of: identifying RGB images and depth images; determining an initial camera pose of an RGB-D camera for each original frame of the depth images and the RGB images; determining a final camera pose for each of the original frames by updating the initial camera pose by using differences between an original frame, transformed according to the initial camera pose, and remaining original frame among two consecutive original frames of the depth images and the RGB images; selecting key vertexes capable of covering all original vertexes among original vertexes; and generating a 3D model by using key-frames, corresponding to the key vertexes in the original frames of the depth images and the RGB images, and final camera poses corresponding to the key-frames.

Abstract: A liquefied gas storage tank includes a corner block disposed on a corner portion, wherein the corner block includes a lower block, an upper block and an upper connecting block, the upper block includes a first inner fixing unit and a second inner fixing unit respectively provided inside a first surface and a second surface, bonded and connected to a secondary barrier, and each having a structure in which a primary inner plywood, a primary corner insulating material, and a primary outer plywood are stacked, and an inner bent portion installed at a corner spatial portion between the first inner fixing unit and the second inner fixing unit, and both side surfaces of the inner bent portion that are perpendicular to the secondary barrier each have a height reduced from a total height of each of the first and second inner fixing units.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a thermal management fluid module for a vehicle using a circulating fluid such as a refrigerant or a coolant, the thermal management fluid module including a manifold plate in which a plurality of fluid flow channels are formed, and a thermal interference avoidance unit which is coupled to the manifold plate and in which fluid flow channels having a relatively high temperature or low temperature are formed to be separated and spaced apart from other fluid flow channels among the fluid flow channels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding a displacement video using image tiling. A method for encoding multi-dimensional data according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: converting the multi-dimensional data into one or more frames with two-dimensional characteristics; generating one or more frame groups by grouping the one or more frames with pre-configured number units; reconstructing frames belonging to each frame group into a tiled frame; and generating a bitstream by encoding the tiled frame. Here, the tiled frame may be constructed with one or more blocks, and each block may be constructed by rearranging pixels existing at the same location in the frames.

Abstract: A potassium nitrate level detection sensing module M in a strengthening furnace according to the present invention includes a level detection means, which is installed inside a glass strengthening furnace, installed at a height equal to a level line of strengthening liquid to be filled in the strengthening furnace F, and generates an electrical signal having a set threshold or more or an electrical signal having the set threshold or less when it comes into contact with the strengthening liquid and detects that the strengthening liquid filled in the glass strengthening furnace F has reached a set strengthening liquid level line. The potassium nitrate level detection sensing module in the strengthening furnace according to the present invention having such a configuration can automatically identify that potassium nitrate in a liquid state, which is melted in the strengthening furnace, has reached the set level line in the strengthening furnace.

Abstract: A method for monitoring an object is provided. The method includes the steps of: in response to information on a behavior of a domestic animal being estimated from sensor data measured by a sensor for the domestic animal using a machine learning-based behavior recognition model, estimating health status of the domestic animal with reference to the information on the behavior of the domestic animal and a health criterion for the domestic animal; and determining first breeding information on the domestic animal to be provided to a user on the basis of the health status.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for regenerating nerve cells and suppressing immune diseases, and more particularly, to a device for regenerating nerve cells and suppressing immune diseases, which uses a contact lens containing a conductive material to increase the effect of microcurrent on nerve cell regeneration and immune response suppression. The device for regenerating nerve cells and suppressing immune diseases comprises: a contact lens comprising a body configured to be worn on a cornea, and a conductive material inserted into the body and serving to induce a microcurrent generated outside the body; a plurality of channels configured to come into close contact with skins around eyes and to generate a flow of microcurrent on upper part of the contact lens; and a signal supply unit configured to supply electrical signals to the plurality of channels.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator being wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer peripheral surface. The first electrode and the second electrode include a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region along a winding direction, respectively, and an active material layer coating is absent in the first uncoated region and the second uncoated region. The battery further includes a housing receiving the electrode assembly through an opening formed at a bottom, a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed within the housing, a cap covering the opening, a spacer interposed between the cap and the electrode assembly to fix the electrode assembly and seal the housing, and a terminal electrically connected to the second uncoated region.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling step charging of a secondary battery. A charging control unit determines a SOC, an OCV and a polarization voltage of the secondary battery, determines an OCV deviation corresponding to a difference between the OCV and a predefined minimum OCV value, determines a correction factor corresponding to the polarization voltage and the OCV deviation, determines a look-up SOC by correcting the SOC according to the correction factor, determines the magnitude of a charging current corresponding to the look-up SOC, and provides the determined charging current to a charging device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-temperature superconducting rotating machine system equipped with a fixed type cryostat and a vaporized cryogen re-use cooling structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bulk block for manufacturing a prosthesis having high aesthetics and processability required for one-day dental prosthetic materials, which is a dental composite bulk block comprising a glass ceramic matrix and a polymer, wherein the glass ceramic matrix consists of an amorphous glass matrix and a crystalline phase dispersed in the glass matrix, the crystalline phase comprises as a main crystalline phase at least one selected from a leucite crystalline phase and a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, and has an average particle diameter of 0.01-1.0 ?m, and the polymer is included in an amount of 20-40 wt % with respect to the weight of the total bulk block. The bulk block has the advantages of improved mechanical properties, being capable of preventing microleakage, exhibiting excellent aesthetics, and enabling machining.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acellular skin substitute for breast reconstruction and a preparation method therefor. In the present invention, an acellular skin substitute may be prepared through the removal of epidermal layers and an acellularization process, in which the use of a proteolytic enzyme and a surfactant is excluded. In addition, since the acellular skin substitute is cut into suitable sizes and shapes to cover a breast reconstruction implant through design software and then cut out with a CNC machine, the time for breast reconstruction surgery may be reduced, and since no dead space is formed after suturing, the incidence of seromas may be reduced. Accordingly, the side effects of surgery may be lessened.

Abstract: Provided are a method of depositing a thin film and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same, and the method of depositing a thin film uses a substrate processing apparatus including a chamber, a substrate support on which a substrate is mounted, a gas supply unit, and a power supply unit that supplies high-frequency and low-frequency power to the chamber, and includes: a step of mounting, on the substrate support, the substrate including a lower thin film deposited under the condition of a process temperature in a low temperature range; a step of depositing an upper thin film on the lower thin film under the condition of the process temperature in the low temperature range; and a step of treating a surface of the upper thin film under the condition of the process temperature in the low temperature range.

Abstract: An audio apparatus includes a signal receiver configured to receive a left-channel signal and a right-channel signal of a stereo audio signal; at least one filter configured to block a signal in a band exceeding a predetermined frequency based on the frequency bands of each of the received left-channel signal and right-channel signal; and a controller configured to generate a center-channel signal of the stereo audio signal based on the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal passing through the filter, to calculate a signal level sensitivity between the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal passing through the filter, to determine a similarity between the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal based on the calculated signal level sensitivity, and to control the generated center-channel signal to be output in response to the determined similarity.

Abstract: Various example embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device and a wireless communication connection control method thereof.