Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a battery pack is configured to release reverse connection of the battery pack by detecting the reverse connection of the battery pack even in a case where the reverse connection of the battery pack is not detected through a battery pack controller.

Abstract: A conductive material dispersion includes a carbon-based conductive material, a main dispersant, an auxiliary dispersant, and a dispersion medium, wherein the main dispersant is a nitrile-based copolymer and the auxiliary dispersant is a copolymer including an oxyalkylene unit and at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene unit and an alkylene unit.

Abstract: A storage device includes a memory including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of memory cells, and a controller configured to control the memory and perform a read retry operation for the memory using a read retry table. The memory includes a special block that stores a read retry table in which a plurality of read retry values are set for each of a plurality of first conditions and each of a plurality of second conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of first conditions.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system includes a cigarette and an aerosol-generating apparatus. The cigarette includes a medium part including a tobacco material, a flavor unit including a flavoring material and a moisturizer, and a wrapper configured to wrap the medium part and the flavor unit. The aerosol-generating apparatus includes a first heater arranged on a portion corresponding to the medium part and configured to directly heat the medium part and indirectly heat the flavor unit by using heat transmitted through the wrapper, and a processor configured to control the first heater to make the aerosol-generating apparatus operate in a smoke-free mode in which no visible smoke is generated.

Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting and obtaining dynamic 3-dimensional (3D) avatar data are provided. The method for transmitting dynamic 3D avatar data may include generating a plurality of data elements configuring the dynamic 3D avatar data; performing first encoding and transmission for a first data element of the plurality of data elements; and performing second encoding and transmission for a second data element of the plurality of data elements. Each of at least one of the first data element or the second data element may be divided into a plurality of sub-data elements.

Abstract: An inspecting apparatus capable of performing an inspection of equipment without destroying the equipment and semiconductor manufacturing equipment including the inspecting apparatus are provided. The inspecting apparatus includes: a measurement module measuring a first impedance at a first port, and a second impedance at a second port; a comparison module comparing the first and second impedances; and a determination module determining whether the equipment part is operating properly based on a result of the comparison of the first and second impedances, wherein the first impedance includes a first resistance and a first reactance, the second impedance includes a second resistance and a second reactance, and the determination module determines whether the equipment part is operating properly based on at least one of a result of the comparison of the first and second resistances and a result of the comparison of the first and second reactances.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent response recommendation system for real-time voice counseling support and a method thereof. In responding to a customer's question by a customer service representative, the system is configured to: extract voice data of a voice call between a first terminal of the customer and a second terminal of the customer service representative and convert the extracted voice data into test data; and search a database for a sentence recognized through linguistic analysis of the text data so as to generate a response to the customer's question, and the customer's speech collected in real time is recognized as a sentence and searched for on the basis of an artificial intelligence language model so that an appropriate response to the customer's question may be derived and recommended in real time, and an accurate and detailed response may be derived regardless of the customer service representative's knowledge or experience, thus providing high-quality customer service.

Abstract: A tobacco rod, an aerosol-generating article including the same, and an aerosol generation device used with the aerosol-generating article are provided. The tobacco rod according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a first filter segment, a second filter segment disposed upstream of the first filter segment, and a cavity segment which is formed by the first filter segment and the second filter segment and filled with tobacco granules.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing a security service. The method is configured to include the steps of receiving a link connectable to a web page from a device of a user, connecting to a web page corresponding to the link through a remote browser and determining a risk of the connected web page, rendering a screen of the web page to be processed in the remote browser according to the determined risk, and streaming and transmitting the rendered web page screen to provide substantially the same user experience (UX) as a browser installed in the device.

Abstract: A conductive material dispersion includes a carbon-based conductive material, a main dispersant, an auxiliary dispersant, and a dispersion medium, wherein the main dispersant is a nitrile-based copolymer and the auxiliary dispersant is a copolymer including an oxyalkylene unit and at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene unit and an alkylene unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure introduces a vehicle safety control system and a vehicle safety control method, which recognize, in advance, an obstacle approaching the vehicle around the vehicle, and, when the vehicle and the obstacle come near each other in distance, operate SVM to determine the possibility of collision between the vehicle and the obstacle in advance, and prevent a collision accident by controlling the vehicle on the basis of the possibility of collision between the vehicle and the obstacle.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a door including a door body and a door panel coupled to the door body, and a buffer member disposed at a rear surface of the door panel and provided between the door body and the door panel. The door body defines a first part at a front surface, an adhesive portion is provided at the first part between the door body and the door panel to thereby couple a rear surface of the door panel to the front surface of the door body, and the buffer member contacts a first portion of the adhesive portion and the rear surface of the door panel contacts a second portion of the adhesive portion.

Abstract: An insulation structure of a membrane type storage tank is disclosed. The membrane type storage tank includes a secondary insulation wall comprising a plurality of secondary insulation panels; a primary insulation wall which comprises a plurality of primary insulation panels, and which is disposed at the upper part of the secondary insulation wall; and a plurality of fixing devices provided at the upper parts of the secondary insulation panels to be coupled with the primary insulation panels, wherein the plurality of fixing devices are arranged on the center line of the secondary insulation panels in a width direction so that the movement of the fixing devices in the width direction is prevented, and the plurality of fixing devices are arranged to be spaced at equal intervals with respect to the longitudinal direction of the secondary insulation panels.

Abstract: A refrigerator may be provided with a dispenser which includes a nozzle pipe; a light source that radiates ultraviolet light from one end of the nozzle pipe to an inner space of the nozzle pipe, a window that is provided between the one end of the nozzle pipe and the light source, and a liquid supplying hose barb connected to the nozzle pipe via an elbow. Liquid exiting the elbow swirls as ultraviolet light is irradiated onto the liquid.

Abstract: Proposed is a method of synthesizing reactor core power distribution using an in-core instrument in a reactor core protection system, that is, a method of synthesizing reactor core power distribution for a reactor core protection system based on an in-core instrument signal using an ordinary kriging method. According to the present disclosure, a power of all fuel assemblies in a reactor core is calculated from powers of fuel assemblies where in-core instruments are located using the ordinary kriging methodology, and a hot-pin power distribution of each fuel assembly is synthesized from the power of all fuel assemblies calculated, whereby there is an effect that more accurate hot-pin axial power distribution, rather than pseudo hot-pin axial power distribution, may be synthesized.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a negative electrode active material having high discharge capacity, high charge output, and excellent discharge output characteristics; and a carbon material therefor. A carbon material for a negative electrode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a carbon material having the total fibrosity index (TFI) of 0.58 to 0.78.

Abstract: Provided are a reactor for producing hydrogen and carbon through methane pyrolysis by a thermal storage method, and a combination reactor including the same, wherein the reactor includes a reaction unit in which pure-oxygen combustion of carbon and pyrolysis of methane are carried out, a first accommodation unit that supplies oxygen and the carbon to the reaction unit or accommodates carbon and hydrogen obtained by the pyrolysis of the methane, a flame supply unit that generates a flame within the reaction unit, a thermal storage unit that is located within the reaction unit and stores combustion heat generated during the pure-oxygen combustion of the carbon, and a second accommodation unit that accommodates carbon dioxide produced by the pure-oxygen combustion of the carbon or supplies methane to the reaction unit, wherein the pure-oxygen combustion of the carbon and the pyrolysis of the methane are alternately carried out.

Abstract: Provided are an energy big data system and an operation management method associated with meter environment information. A method for managing meters according to an embodiment includes: collecting energy usage data from the meters; collecting environmental data of the meters; and predicting states of the meters, based on the collected environmental data. Accordingly, states of meters may be predicted based on collected environmental information and meter reading information of the meters, so that the meters may be efficiently operated and managed, and a new energy service may be provided through analysis of big data including meter reading information and meter installation environment information.

Abstract: A refrigerator may be provided with a dispenser which includes a nozzle pipe; a light source that radiates ultraviolet light from one end of the nozzle pipe to an inner space of the nozzle pipe, a window that is provided between the one end of the nozzle pipe and the light source, and a liquid supplying hose barb connected to the nozzle pipe via an elbow. Liquid exiting the elbow swirls as ultraviolet light is irradiated onto the liquid.