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: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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.

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 display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus, a display configured to display contents being shared with the other display apparatus and a video call user interface (UI) for a video call with a user of the other display apparatus, and a processor, in response to at least one of a gesture and a voice of the user included in video call data received from the other display apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition, configured to control the display to change a size of the video call UI displayed on the display.

Abstract: A camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is proposed, the camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, a housing member arranged at an upper surface of the PCB, a bobbin movably positioned at an inner side of the housing member, an upper elastic member connected to an upper surface of the housing member and to an upper surface of the bobbin, and a space forming part formed at one side of the housing member to provide a moving space to the upper elastic member when the bobbin makes a relatively vertical movement to the housing member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating diseases related to advanced glycation end products, comprising an indole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the composition of the present invention possesses the effect of trapping methylglyoxal (MGO), which is a main precursor of advanced glycation end products, and thus can be effectively used for preventing, improving, or treating diseases related to advanced glycation end products.

Abstract: A bump stopper can be provided for a vehicle. The bump stopper includes an upper part, a lower part, and a connection member. The upper part and the lower part are stacked vertically and have double density. The connection member is positioned at an interface between the upper part and the lower part to connect the upper part and the lower part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel indole derivative and a use thereof. The novel indole derivative according to the present invention traps methylglyoxal (MGO), which is a main precursor of advanced glycation end products, and thus can be effectively used for preventing, improving, or treating diseases related to advanced glycation end products.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a logical qubit execution apparatus and method. The logical qubit execution apparatus may be configured to execute, by a logical execution layer, a quantum circuit including requested logical qubits using a lattice surgery operation, generate, by the logical execution layer, measurement results of the logical qubits by combining measurement results of logical Pauli frames, generate, by a physical execution layer, a physical qubit circuit by converting a logical qubit operation corresponding to the measurement results of the logical qubits into a physical qubit operation, and measure, by the physical execution layer, results of an operation on physical Pauli frames by executing the physical qubit circuit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting process of manufacturing the wheel in a one-piece body having a forming end and a temporary flange protruding at inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively, wherein the one-piece body further includes a resonance chamber forming groove; a primary shape machining process of forming a stepped part at an outer circumferential side of the resonance chamber forming groove; a flow forming process of bending the forming end to be seated on the stepped part; a friction stir welding process of integrally bonding a portion where the forming end and the stepped part are in close contact with each other; a fine machining process of removing the temporary flange; and a sound-absorbing hole machining process of forming a sound-absorbing hole for communicating between the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire in the forming end.