Abstract: Disclosed are a spinning dope for an aramid and carbon-nanotube composite fiber and a method of manufacturing an aramid and carbon-nanotube composite fiber using the same.

Abstract: A method for clustering point cloud data includes the following steps of identifying a class of each point data of the point cloud data, the class assigned according to a semantic segmentation processing of the point cloud data, storing a plurality of point data of the point cloud data in virtual layers based on the class assigned to each point data, the virtual layers each associated with at least one class; and clustering the plurality of point data for each of the virtual layers.

Abstract: Provided is a soft growing robot which may be precisely controlled by reducing the effect of a tail tension applied to its inner periphery. The soft growing robot includes a case having one open side; and a vine including an outer periphery having one end fixed to one side surface of the case, the inner periphery disposed inside the outer periphery while being spaced apart from the outer periphery and extended into the case, a tip connecting the other end of the outer periphery and one end of the inner periphery to each other, and a tip space formed by the outer periphery, the tip and the inner periphery, and a tip space formed by the outer periphery, the tip and the inner periphery. A diameter of the tip is smaller than a diameter of the outer periphery to a bent portion between the tip and the outer periphery.

Abstract: An embodiment LiDAR free space data generator includes a point filter module configured to select input points in a region of interest of an autonomous parking system from a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud obtained from a LiDAR, a two-dimensional (2D) grid map generation module configured to perform 2D grid-wise point processing on the selected input points to generate a first occupied grid feature map, and a multi-modal noise filter module configured to perform grid-level noise filtering, grid-level downsampling, or point-level noise filtering on the first occupied grid feature map to generate first LiDAR free space data.

Abstract: A LiDAR-based object detection method includes clustering a point cloud acquired from LiDAR, selecting a to-be-divided cluster among clusters generated in the clustering, and selecting division points according to a geometrical feature formed with adjacent points from among points belonging to the to-be-divided cluster, and dividing the to-be-divided cluster based on a representative point determined by at least some of the division points.

Abstract: An object detecting method of a vehicle LiDAR system may be disclosed. The object detecting method includes generating an overhead cluster corresponding to an object whose height from the ground may be equal to or larger than a reference height and a grounded cluster whose height from the ground may be smaller than the reference height, in point cloud data obtained by sensing an object; and comparing point data included in the overhead cluster and point data included in the grounded cluster, and removing the grounded cluster upon determining that an object corresponding to the corresponding grounded cluster does not exist.

Abstract: Provided is a soft growing robot which may be precisely controlled by reducing the effect of a tail tension applied to its inner periphery, the soft growing robot including: a case having one open side; and a vine including an outer periphery having one end fixed to one side surface of the case, the inner periphery disposed inside the outer periphery while being spaced apart from the outer periphery and extended into the case, a tip connecting the other end of the outer periphery and one end of the inner periphery to each other, and a tip space formed by the outer periphery, the tip and the inner periphery, and a tip space formed by the outer periphery, the tip and the inner periphery, wherein a diameter of the tip is smaller than a diameter of the outer periphery, thereby forming a bent portion between the tip and the outer periphery.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an EMI filter device. Specifically, an EMI filter device according to the present disclosure may include a signal processor configured to output a predetermined signal and output a noise source generated in a circuit, and a coil device for removing the noise source, wherein the coil device comprises a common mode coil including a first coil and a second coil on one core, wherein the first coil and the second coil are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to an inductor device, a filter device and a steering assist device. The inductor device can comprise: a core including a magnetic material; and a wire which is wound around the core and which includes a low resistance material.

Abstract: A method of tracking an object using a LiDAR sensor includes: acquiring a point cloud using each of LiDAR sensors and clustering the point cloud. The clustering includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) grid map using the point cloud acquired by each of the LiDAR sensors; labeling voxels present in the 3D grid map with one cluster using direction points of the voxels; and checking whether it is necessary to label the voxels with mutually different clusters.

Abstract: A method of tracking an object includes checking points generated by a LiDAR sensor to determine a first interpolation reference point and a second interpolation reference point when there are missing points being associated with the object, and generating interpolation points to replace the missing points between the first interpolation reference point and the second interpolation reference point.

Abstract: An inductor device, a filter device, and a steering system. The inductor device includes first to third cores and first and second wires. The first core, a portion of the first wire passing through the first core, and a portion of the second wire passing through the first core are provided as a first inductor. The second core and another portion of the first wire passing through the second core are provided as a second inductor. The third core and another portion of the second wire passing through the third core are provided as a third inductor.

Abstract: An object-tracking method using a LiDAR sensor according to an embodiment includes: generating a grid map based on a point cloud generated with respect to an object using a LiDAR sensor mounted to a vehicle traveling in an x-axis direction; performing static labeling when the absolute value of the y-coordinate of the center of each grid on the grid map in a y-axis direction that intersects the x-axis direction is less than a y-axis coordinate threshold value; and performing dynamic labeling when the absolute value is not less than the y-axis coordinate threshold value. Since both static labeling and dynamic labeling are utilized, it is possible to improve the performance of outputting information about an object that is elongated, thus improving the performance of an autonomous driving system, such as prediction of a travel route and map matching.

Abstract: An object-tracking apparatus using a LiDAR sensor of an embodiment includes: a LiDAR sensor configured to acquire a point cloud related to an object; a first clustering unit configured to primarily cluster the point cloud; and a second clustering unit configured to secondarily cluster the result of primary clustering in response to the time taken to perform primary clustering.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for recognizing a high-elevation structure using a LiDAR sensor are provided. The apparatus includes an object-sensing unit configured to output a point cloud, acquired by sensing an object, as LiDAR data, a point-extracting unit configured to extract points associated with a high-elevation structure, which corresponds to an object having a height greater than or equal to a predetermined level, from among points included in the LiDAR data, and an information-generating unit configured to generate the contour of the high-elevation structure and estimate the location of the high-elevation structure using the extracted points and to output the generated contour and the estimated location as information representing the high-elevation structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for a blockchain platform-based service, the method including generating, at a smart contract deployed on a blockchain platform, a pair of a first private key and a first public key, transmitting the first public key generated at the smart contract to a first computing device, receiving, at the smart contract, data encrypted with the first public key at the first computing device, decrypting, at the smart contract, the encrypted data with the first private key, and storing, at the smart contract, the data decrypted with the first private key as a local variable of the smart contract.

Abstract: A control method of a multipurpose rollable moving device may include monitoring the object docked at a docking portion, a docking portion and a driving device; identifying the object mounted on a mounting portion through an identifier element; determining whether or not a camera is mounted; determining whether or not a current mode is an object following mode when the camera is mounted; recognizing a following object when the current mode is the object following mode; determining a distance and a direction to the object; and executing a driving control and a posture control through the driving device depending on the distance and direction to the object.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for a non-contactive sensor having an ESD protection structure, and an apparatus for a non-contactive sensor having an ESD protection structure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a sensing member that acquires sense information emitted from a detection target object; a circuit board that is separately positioned below the sensing member and includes a sensor IC and one or more grounds; and an ESD protection element that is positioned on the circuit board and encloses a part of the sensor IC protruding on the circuit board.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing a smart communication device-based light therapy service in which a light therapy device is operated in conjunction with a smart communication device and an information providing server to perform a light therapy, and when a user purchases a lightceutical clinical code corresponding to a certain disease using the smart communication device, the information providing server generates the lightceutical clinical code of the disease containing a wavelength of light, an intensity of light, an irradiation time of light, and an irradiation pattern of light and sends the generated lightceutical clinical code to the smart communication device, and the smart communication device sends the received lightceutical clinical code to the light therapy device or generates a light therapy device control signal in accordance with the lightceutical clinical code and transmits the generated light therapy device control signal to the light therapy device to operat

Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller body configured to determine whether a light irradiation mode is selected and an operation is started through a user's manipulation, the controller body comprising a wireless transmission unit configured to transform an LED driving signal output according to the selected light irradiation mode into a radio signal and transmit the radio signal, and a wireless electrode probe configured to wirelessly receive the LED driving signal from the controller body by establishing wireless communication with the wireless transmission unit. The wireless electrode probe is configured to be driven by the LED driving signal received from the controller body to emit the light of a predetermined wavelength range, which increases concentration of a material for relaxing smooth muscles of a human body.