Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dry electrode for a lithium secondary battery with controlled surface roughness and a pouch-type lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Electrode monitoring systems and methods are disclosed. In certain configurations, a monitoring system includes a programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to receive specification information of at least one electrode from a first sensor, receive coordinates of a position of the at least one electrode from a second sensor, and generate identification information for the at least one electrode on the basis of the specification information and the coordinates of the position, an inspection device configured to inspect the at least one electrode to generate inspection information, and a controller configured to manage the identification information and the inspection information of the at least one electrode by matching the identification information and the inspection information.

Abstract: A battery manufacturing method according to the present disclosure includes generating a virtual identifier (ID) corresponding to a battery cell, shifting the virtual ID according to a progression of processes included in a process line for the battery cell, storing the shifted virtual ID and associating the shifted virtual ID with process data generated for the battery cell, extracting a cell ID for the battery cell, and matching the process data associated with the shifted virtual ID with the cell ID, and transmitting the process data to an upper control system.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a microphone, a communicator comprising communication circuitry, and a processor configured to control the communicator to transmit a control command to an external audio device for reducing an audio output level of the external audio device in response to a trigger signal for starting a voice control mode being received through the microphone and to control the electronic device to operate in the voice control mode.

Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode for all-solid-state batteries including a network, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a roll map of a merge-wound electrode includes a position measurement device configured to acquire coordinate value data for a longitudinal position of an electrode according to an amount of rotation of the rewinder. The apparatus includes an input device configured to input an input signal indicating a start of merge-winding or an end of merge-winding, a seam detector configured to detect a seam, a reference point detector configured to detect a plurality of reference points of the merge-wound electrode, and a roll map generator configured to generate a roll map for simulating the merge-wound electrode moving in a roll-to-roll state based on the input signal of the input device, and to display the longitudinal coordinate values of the electrode, the electrode coordinate values of the seam, and the electrode coordinate values of the plurality of reference points of the merge-wound electrode on the roll map.

Abstract: An electrode loss measuring apparatus includes an electrode which moves in a roll-to-roll state between an unwinder and a rewinder and on which a plurality of reference points are marked at predetermined intervals. The apparatus further includes a reference point detector configured to detect the reference points marked on the electrode, a position measurer configured to derive a position value of the electrode according to a rotation amount of the unwinder or the rewinder and a position value of the corresponding reference point in conjunction with the reference point detector when the reference point detector detects the reference point, and a calculator configured to calculate a loss amount of the electrode by comparing the derived position value of the reference point with a position value of a set reference point when an interval between the reference points is changed due to a loss of a portion of the electrode.

Abstract: A driving controller for a vehicle includes a detector that obtains driving information of a preceding vehicle and information about the road and a controller that determines a risk level of the preceding vehicle based on the driving information of the preceding vehicle and determines whether to perform avoidance control depending on the risk level. When it is determined that a breakdown or risk occurs in the preceding vehicle, the driving controller provides corresponding logic capable of avoiding the preceding vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air foil journal bearing including a bump foil having a plurality of elastic bumps and provided and coupled inside a bearing housing, a mid-foil provided inside the bump foil, formed in a circumferential direction, and having at least one circumferential end coupled to the bearing housing, and a top foil provided inside the mid-foil, formed in the circumferential direction, and having at least one circumferential end coupled to the bearing housing, in which a stepped portion is formed as a radius of an inner peripheral surface of a partial circumferential region of the mid-foil is smaller than a radius of an inner peripheral surface of the remaining region, such that an additional pressure is generated in a section in which a maximum positive pressure is applied when a rotor rotates at low speed, such that the rotor may float at a relatively low rotational speed, and friction and vibration between the rotor and the top foil may be reduced.

Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for providing information on autonomous driving of a vehicle to a passenger of the vehicle, when it is recognized whether partial autonomous driving of a vehicle is activated, information on whether a user operates a device including a display may be acquired, and it is determined the user operates the display in a state in which the partial autonomous driving is activated, information on the autonomous driving of the vehicle may be output through the display. An effect of inducing an alert measure of the driver against a dangerous situation may be provided by providing driving information at a site, at which a sight of the driver stays.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cooling filter and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, to a cooling filter having a tubular shape with a hollow formed inside, and a main body portion, in which a coating layer is formed on a surface of the hollow, and the coating layer includes alkaline metal chloride, and a smoking article including the same. By using the filter, a smoking article with an effective cooling function and improved tobacco taste and long-lasting smoke flavor may be provided.

Abstract: Provided is a biodegradable film for cigarette packaging, the film including a first film layer applied such that one surface thereof faces a cigarette product, a third film layer applied such that one surface thereof is exposed to the outside, and a second film layer positioned between the first film layer and the third film layer. In the biodegradable film, the first film layer, the second film layer and the third film layer are each formed with different compositions, and at least one of the first film layer, the second film layer and the third film layer includes a biodegradable material. The biodegradable film has a biodegradation rate of 90% or more after 60 days, and has an outer surface kinetic friction coefficient of 0.3 or less.

Abstract: A method of controlling a portable device including first and second touch screens is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first and second touch screens, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first and second screens during the sliding of the third and fourth information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for vitrification and thawing of oocytes of animals for somatic cell cloning. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method for vitrification and thawing of canine oocytes, and to thus produced frozen-thawed oocytes. In a conventional approach of the vitrification-frozen oocyte production for the dog, an estrous cycle may not coincide with an experimental schedule. However, the method for vitrification and thawing of the canine oocyte according to the present disclosure and the resulting frozen-thawed oocyte allows an experimental schedule to coincide with the estrous cycle, resulting in high nuclear transfer and fertilization effects.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle and a drone-based emergency response method thereof are provided. The autonomous vehicle includes a communication device that supports communication with a drone and a detection device that detects vehicle status information and driving environment information. A processing device detects an emergency situation occurring on a road based on the vehicle status information and the driving environment information while autonomous driving and performs a response logic matching the recognized emergency situation using the drone.

Abstract: A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of memory blocks. The storage device performs an alignment operation in response to receipt of an align command. The alignment operation converts a received logical address of a logical segment into a physical address and allocates the physical address to a physical block address corresponding to a free block. The storage device is further configured to performs a garbage collection in units of the physical block address that indicates one memory block.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a fishing tool loss monitoring system comprises at least one buoy providing sensing information and buoy identification information and buoy position information, a fishing vessel terminal device providing fishing vessel information including fishing vessel identification information, fishing vessel position information, the fishing tool identification information, and the buoy position information, and a land control center performing transmitting/receiving information to/from the fishing vessel terminal device or the buoy through a communication network to gather the sensing information including underwater temperature information and overwater temperature information from the buoy during a preset time, measuring a speed of the buoy using the buoy position information when a difference between respective averages of the underwater temperature information and the overwater temperature information falls outside a preset error range.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided.

Abstract: A content container is provided according to one embodiment of the present invention. The content container includes: a container body accommodating content; a neck portion which is formed on the upper end of the container body and has an opening portion formed therein, the opening portion being in communication with the inside of the container body; and a discharge portion which is at least partially accommodated in the neck portion so as to seal the opening portion and has a nozzle portion for discharging the content, on the upper portion thereof. The discharge portion has at least one communication hole formed in the lower end thereof, for transferring the content in the container body to the nozzle portion. When the discharge portion is descended from a first position to a second position by the external force of a user, the communication hole is exposed to the inside of the container body so that the content in the container body can be transferred to the nozzle portion via the communication hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-band base station antenna using a selective shielding surface. The disclosed antenna comprises: a selective shielding surface which passes signals in a preset frequency band; a plurality of low-band radiators located on the selective shielding surface; a reflection plate disposed below the selective shielding surface and spaced apart from the selective shielding surface; and a plurality of high-band radiators coupled onto the reflection plate, wherein the selective shielding surface has a pass band configured to pass signals emitted from the high-band radiators and block signals emitted from the low-band radiators.