Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided A method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image, the method comprising: determining a prediction mode for a current block as an inter prediction mode; determining whether a reference block corresponding to the current block in a reference picture has motion information; when the reference block has the motion information, deriving motion information on the current block for each sub prediction block in the current block; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block based on the motion information on the current block.

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: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an alignment data generation circuit aligning first and second latch data generated from a first group of input data in synchronization with a first internal strobe signal, outputting the aligned first and second latch data as first alignment data, aligning a first and second latch data generated from a second group of the input data in synchronization with a second internal strobe signal, and outputting the aligned first and second latch data as second alignment data. The semiconductor device includes a write data generation circuit generating first and second write data from the first and second alignment data in synchronization with a latch clock after the start of a first operation mode and generating the first and second write data from the first alignment data in synchronization with the latch clock after the start of a second operation mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack that may reduce risks caused by a large amount of gas. In addition, the present invention may provide a battery pack that discharges a gas but prevents internally generated flames from being exposed to the outside. In addition, the present invention may provide an electric device including one or more battery packs.

Abstract: A memory may include a data transmission/reception circuit and a memory bank including a plurality of cell arrays. When a metadata mode is activated, data and metadata received through the data transmission/reception circuit may be distributed to and stored in the plurality of cell arrays. When the metadata mode is deactivated, the data received through the data transmission/reception circuit may be distributed to and stored in cell arrays except one or more no-access cell arrays, among the plurality of cell arrays.

Abstract: A memory module may include a management bus and a plurality of memories connected in series and connected to the management bus, each of the plurality of memories including an identification (ID) input terminal and an ID output terminal. Among the plurality of memories, a memory, for which an activation signal is applied to an ID input terminal of the memory, may set an ID for the memory in response to ID setting information transmitted on the management bus.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a sealing process of forming a sealing part on the battery cell having an electrode assembly accommodated in a pouch; a transfer process of transferring the battery cell to position the sealing part between a first confocal-sensor and a second confocal-sensor, which are disposed to face each other; and a measurement process of measuring a thickness of the sealing part with the first confocal-sensor and the second confocal-sensor.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode are alternately disposed; a can housing including a bottom part and a sidewall extending upward from a circumference of the bottom part to form an internal space, the electrode assembly being disposed in the internal space; a base plate configured to cover an upper opening of the sidewall and coupled to the can housing; a positive electrode terminal having a rivet shape coupled to a through-hole formed in the sidewall; an insulating gasket configured to insulate the positive electrode terminal and the can housing from each other; a positive electrode tab having one side connected to the positive electrode and the other side connected to the positive electrode terminal; and a negative electrode tab having one side connected to the negative electrode and the other side connected to the sidewall.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first portion coated with an active material and a second portion at a first side and adjacent the first portion, the second portion being exposed beyond the separator along a first axial direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the second portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly forming a first surface region including stacked layers of the second portion, and in a partial region of the first surface region, a number of the stacked layers of the second portion is 10 or more in the in the first axial direction.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a can having an open end and accommodating the electrode assembly; a base plate sealing the open end of the can; an electrode terminal passing through a through-hole of the base plate; and an insulating gasket insulating the electrode terminal from the base plate. The open end includes a first-a inclined surface inclined with respect to an inner surface and a first-b inclined surface inclined with respect to an outer surface and having an upper end connected to an upper end of the first-a inclined surface. An edge portion of the base plate includes a second-a inclined surface inclined with respect to a bottom surface and in contact with the first-a inclined surface and a second-b inclined surface inclined with respect to a top surface and having a lower end connected to an upper end of the second-a inclined surface.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus are disclosed. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective film stacked on a light exit surface of the polarizer, and the protective film includes a polyester based base layer and an antiglare layer stacked on a surface of the polyester based base layer, and the protective film has an in-plane retardation of 100 nm to 4,000 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, a total haze of 40% to 80%, and a ratio of internal haze to external haze of greater than 0 to 0.2.

Abstract: A training method of a memory device adjusting an eye window of a data signal in response to a duty cycle adjuster (DCA) includes performing a first training operation that selects a first DCA code corresponding to a first internal clock signal having a phase difference of 180° relative to a reference internal clock signal, and performing a second training operation that selects a second DCA code and a third DCA code respectively corresponding to a second internal clock signal and a third internal clock signal having a phase difference of 90° and 270° relative to reference internal clock signal. In the first training operation, the eye window size of the data signal is measured in units of two unit intervals, and in the second training operation, the eye window size of the data signal is measured in units of one unit interval.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery may include: an electrode assembly; a can body housing the electrode assembly; a base plate including a through-hole and covering an opening at an upper end of the can body; an electrode terminal covering the through-hole of the base plate, at least a portion of the electrode terminal being inserted into the through-hole of the base plate; an insulating gasket configured to insulate the electrode terminal and the base plate from each other; and an insulating sheet disposed on a bottom surface of the base plate to insulate the bottom surface of the base plate. The electrode terminal may include: an insertion part inserted into the through-hole; and a terminal plate part extending outward from an upper end of the insertion part and having a plate shape, wherein the insertion part has a diameter that gradually increases in a direction toward the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery may include an electrode assembly in which electrodes and separators are wound, a can body housing the electrode assembly, a base plate in which a through-hole is defined and which covers an opening of an upper end of the can body and is bonded to the can body, an electrode terminal of which at least a portion is inserted into the through-hole of the base plate and which covers the through-hole, an insulating gasket configured to insulate the electrode terminal and the base plate from each other, and an insulating sheet disposed on a bottom surface of the base plate to insulate the bottom surface of the base plate, wherein a central hole is defined at a winding center of the electrode assembly, and a protrusion protruding in a direction toward the central hole is disposed on a bottom surface of the electrode terminal.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are disclosed. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a protective layer on at least one surface of the polarizer, and the polarizer includes a polyvinyl alcohol based film containing a dichroic material and contains a zinc cation and a sodium cation, and a ratio of the sodium cation to the zinc cation is in a range from 0.1 to 0.96, and a total content of the zinc cation and the sodium cation is in a range from 500 ppm to 1,500 ppm.

Abstract: A low-latency 360 virtual reality (VR) streaming method for estimating a region of interest (ROI) of a user is proposed. The method may include receiving device pose information from a user device, extracting an ROI of a user, based on the device pose information, and generating ROI tile information corresponding to the ROT. The method may also include generating ROI estimation tile information corresponding to a position at which the ROI is to be changed, and requesting, from a streaming server, a tile corresponding to the ROI tile information and the ROI estimation tile information to receive a high-quality tile stream and a low-quality tile stream of full video that includes a low-quality full video tile stream. The method may further include decoding and rendering the high-quality tile stream and the low-quality full video tile stream and providing the rendered video to the user device.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and a display device including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer comprising an absorption axis and a transmission axis that intersect each other, a first retardation layer disposed on a surface of the polarizer, and a second retardation layer disposed on another surface opposite to the surface of the polarizer. An in-plane retardation value of the second retardation layer is greater than about 20 nm and less than about 100 nm. An angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and a retardation axis of the second retardation layer is in a range of about 10° to about 45°.