Abstract: Disclosed is an all-solid-state battery capable of suppressing volume expansion during charging and discharging.

Abstract: A binder solution for an all-solid-state battery, an electrode slurry for an all-solid-state battery including the same and a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery using the same, and more particularly to a binder solution for an all-solid-state battery, in which a polymer binder configured such that a non-polar functional group is bonded to the end of a polar functional group is used, whereby the polar functional group is provided by a deprotection mechanism of the polymer binder through a thermal treatment, thus increasing adhesion between electrode materials to thereby improve battery capacity and enabling a wet process to thereby reduce manufacturing costs, an electrode slurry for an all-solid-state battery including the same and a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery using the same.

Abstract: A vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication-based electronic toll collection system (ETCS) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one roadside unit (RSU), a token issuer checking a de-identified token of a vehicle by communicating with an on-board unit (OBU) of the vehicle via the at least one roadside unit, and a clearing house communicating with the token issuer and charging a toll to a driver/owner of the vehicle. The token issuer generates toll information of the vehicle based on the de-identified token of the vehicle and location information of the at least one roadside unit involved in checking the de-identified token.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a teaching method for teaching a transfer position of a transfer robot. The teaching method includes: searching for an object on which a target object to be transferred by the transfer robot is placed, based on a 3D position information acquired by a first sensor; and acquiring coordinates of a second direction and coordinates of a third direction of the object based on a data acquired from a second sensor which is a different type from the first sensor.

Abstract: A charging cable for an electric vehicle includes a cable main body having a flat cross-section in a width direction thereof and partitioned into a plurality of internal regions. The charging cable includes terminal portions through which positive and negative power cables, a communication/sensor cable, a coolant flow channel, and a ground pass into the plurality of internal regions, respectively. The terminal portions are arranged in a row in the width direction of the cable main body.

Abstract: A sterilization apparatus includes a housing; a sterilization unit for irradiating, with sterilization light, at least one region to be sterilized; and a driving unit for moving the sterilization unit into and out of the housing via an opening of the housing and rotating the sterilization unit about a rotation axis.

Abstract: A coil component includes: a body having a first and a second surface opposing each other, and a third and a fourth surface opposing each other and connecting the first surface and second surface; a support member disposed within the body; first and second coils disposed on the support member; first and third external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the first coil; second and fourth external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the second coil; a first via electrode disposed within the body and connecting the first coil and the first external electrode; and a second via electrode disposed within the body and connecting the second coil and the second external electrode, wherein the first to fourth external electrodes are disposed on the first surface, the third external electrode extends onto the third surface, and the fourth external electrode extends onto the fourth surface.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed an aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol through microwaves, the device including a microwave heater generating microwaves; a microwave cavity located in the aerosol-generating device, configured to accommodate a cigarette containing an aerosol-generating substrate, and including at least one outlet for passing an aerosol generated from the cigarette heated by the generated microwaves; and a microwave antenna located outside the microwave cavity and configured to transmit the generated microwaves to a predetermined effective area range in the microwave cavity.

Abstract: A light module includes a first light emitter, a second light emitter, a third light emitter, and a controller. The first light emitter is configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength in a visible range, the second light emitter is configured to emit a second light having a waveform having a second peak wavelength higher than the first peak wavelength, and the third light emitter is configured to emit a third light having a third peak wavelength that is shorter than the first peak wavelength. The controller is configured to control the first light emitter, the second light emitter, and the third light emitter to generate a first light pattern and a second light pattern. The first light pattern comprises a first light spectrum and the second light pattern comprises a second light spectrum including at least one more peak wavelength than the first light spectrum.

Abstract: Provided are apparatuses, a non-transitory computer-readable medium or media, and methods for supporting predicting of vascular disease using a fundus image of a subject. In certain aspects, disclosed a method including the steps of: extracting a feature information from a first fundus image of the subject based on a machine learning model; generating a second fundus image having a feature which is corresponding to the feature information by mapping a saliency factor to the first fundus image; and displaying the first fundus image and the second fundus image on a display device.

Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information includes an image sensor configured to acquire a first contact image of an object, based on the object being in contact with the image sensor, an actuator, and a processor configured to determine a contact position and a direction of the object, based on the acquired first contact image, and control the actuator to adjust a position of the image sensor, based on the determined contact position and the determined direction of the object so that a field of view (FOV) of the image sensor moves to a predefined measurement area on the object.

Abstract: A display device and a method of driving a display device are disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a line; a source structure on the line; a stack structure on the source structure; a first slit structure penetrating the stack structure; a second slit structure penetrating the stack structure; and a contact plug adjacent to the first slit structure in a first direction. The first slit structure and the second slit structure may be spaced apart from each other by a first distance in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The contact plug penetrates the source structure, the contact plug being electrically connected to the lower line. The first slit structure and the contact plug may be spaced apart from each other by a second distance in the first direction, and the second distance may be longer than the first distance.

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 conductive composite material, a method of preparing the same, and a secondary battery including the same. The conductive composite material may increase the proportion of an active material when forming an electrode by chemically bonding a conductive material and a binder to each other. A method of preparing the conductive composite material comprises ionizing carbon-based particles in a predetermined polarity, ionizing PTFE particles in a polarity different from that of the carbon-based particles, and chemically bonding the ionized carbon-based particles and the ionized PTFE particles, which are ionized in different polarities, to each other.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module assembly having at least one battery cell, a pack case configured to accommodate the battery module assembly, and a barrier unit provided on at least one side of the pack case, configured to discharge a vent gas in the pack case to the outside of the pack case and having at least one blocking baffle disposed obliquely to have a predetermined inclination angle.

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: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has secondary micro particles having an average particle size (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m formed by agglomeration of primary macro particles having an average particle size (D50) of 0.5 to 3 ?m and a lithium-M oxide coating layer on all or part of a surface, wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of boron, cobalt, manganese and magnesium. The secondary macro particles have an average particle size (D50) of 5 to 20 ?m formed by agglomeration of primary micro particles having a smaller average particle size (D50) than the primary macro particles. The primary macro particles and the primary micro particles are represented by LiaNi1?b?c?dCobMncQdO2+?, wherein 1.0?a?1.5, 0<b<0.2, 0<c<0.2, 0?d?0.1, 0<b+c+d?0.2, ?0.1???1.0, and Q is at least one type of metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, V, Ti and Zr.

Abstract: A method of filtering dynamic objects in radar-based ego-motion estimation includes converting measurement value at current time, measured by radar sensor, into point cloud, classifying the point cloud into points of a first object predicted as static object and points of a second object predicted as dynamic object, based on position value of dynamic object tracked at previous time, classifying the points of the first object into the points of the static object predicted as normal value and the points of the dynamic object predicted as outlier, based on outlier filtering algorithm, classifying the points of the second object into points of a candidate static object and points of a candidate dynamic object, based on velocity model of the static object, and tracking a position value of the dynamic object at current time, based on the points of the dynamic object and the points of the candidate dynamic object.

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.