Abstract: A home appliance includes a first communication circuitry configured to communicate with a mobile terminal placed within a first communication range supporting a first communication method, a second communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external wireless access point apparatus placed within a second communication range supporting a second communication method, and at least one processor configured to control the first communication circuitry to detect the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being executing an application for communicating with the home appliance, based on detecting the mobile terminal, obtain, via the first communication circuitry, network set-up information from the mobile terminal for connecting to the external wireless access point apparatus, control the second communication circuitry to establish a communication with the external wireless access point apparatus using the obtained network set-up information, and control the second communication circuitry to access an i

Abstract: A fan motor includes a motor mount, a motor part accommodated in an inner space of the motor mount, and an impeller disposed above the motor mount. The motor mount defines: an air discharge opening configured to discharge air discharged from the impeller to an outer space of the motor mount; a cooling flow path outlet disposed at the upper side of the motor mount at a position between the impeller and the air discharge opening; and a first cooling flow path inlet disposed at a position below the air discharge opening and the cooling flow path outlet. The fan motor further includes a guide that is configured to direct, to an upward direction, at least a portion of air that is discharged through the air discharge opening and introduced to the inner space through the first cooling flow path inlet.

Abstract: A light emitting device including a substrate, a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a mesa including a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer and an active layer, first and second contact electrodes respectively contacting the first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, a passivation layer covering the first and second contact electrodes, the mesa, and including first and second openings, and first and second bump electrodes electrically connected to the first and second contact electrodes through the first and second openings, respectively, in which the first and second bump electrodes are disposed on the mesa, the passivation layer is disposed between the first bump electrode and the second contact electrode, the first contact electrode includes a reflective material, and a portion of the first opening is surrounded with a side surface of the mesa, and another portion of the first opening is not surrounded with the side surface of the mesa.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an etching device and an etching method thereof, the etching device comprising: an etchant supply unit for supplying an etchant to an etching chamber, a rinsing liquid supply unit for supplying a rinsing liquid to the etching chamber; a cleaning liquid supply unit for supplying a cleaning liquid to the etching chamber; and a first pressurization maintaining unit for maintaining at least one of the etching chamber and the etchant supply unit in a pressurized atmosphere.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing lithium sulfide includes a reaction chamber that has a reaction space for generating lithium sulfide and is provided to move a supplied lithium raw material in a predetermined direction; a lithium raw material supply unit provided to continuously supply the lithium raw material to an upstream side of the reaction chamber in the predetermined direction; a hydrogen sulfide supply unit provided to supply hydrogen sulfide to the reaction chamber; a heating unit; a lithium sulfide recovery unit provided on a downstream side of the reaction chamber in the predetermined direction and provided to recover lithium sulfide that is generated by a reaction between the hydrogen sulfide and the lithium raw material in the reaction chamber; an inert gas supply unit provided to supply an inert gas to the upstream side of the reaction chamber in the predetermined direction; and a moisture removal unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of rapidly and precisely predicting lithium ion conductivity of a solid electrolyte. The method may include simulating a crystal structure of the solid electrolyte and creating training sets based on the crystal structure for machine learning; calculating a potential specific to the simulated crystal structure by machine learning using the training sets; and predicting the lithium ion conductivity of the solid electrolyte from the potential using molecular dynamics simulations.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sample ingredient analysis apparatus including a first spectrum collection unit configured to radiate first light to a sample in order to generate a first spectrum and to concentrate the first spectrum, a second spectrum collection unit configured to radiate second light to the sample in order to generate a second spectrum and to concentrate the second spectrum, a data analyzer configured to receive the first and second spectra from the first and second spectrum collection units, to generate first and second spectral data based on the first and second spectra, and to calculate the first and second spectral data in order to obtain spectral data, and a data terminal configured to receive the first and second spectra data and the spectral data from the data analyzer and to display the first and second spectra and the spectral data to the outside.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device using the same. Between first and second pixel areas having different pixels per inch, a third pixel area is provided to have the same pixels per inch as the first pixel area. In the third pixel area, some of pixels emit light as ON pixels, and remaining background pixels except for the ON pixels are driven as OFF pixels or low luminance pixels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor. The biosensor comprises: an electrode; and a polymer structure disposed on the electrode and formed of poly-5,2?:5?,2?-terthiophene-3?-carboxylic acid (pTTCA), wherein an enzyme is present in a state of covalently binding with pTTCA inside the polymer structure.

Abstract: A display device may include: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a pixel defining layer including a pixel opening through which the first electrode is exposed; a second electrode disposed on the pixel defining layer and the first electrode; an encapsulation layer covering the second electrode; a color filter disposed on the encapsulation layer; and a light blocking component including a light opening overlapping the color filter. The pixel defining layer may include a first portion. At least a portion of the first portion may overlap an edge portion of the light blocking component. The first portion may be inclined.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.

Abstract: An external lighting apparatus delivers various messages through selective lighting by applying a lighting function to the exterior of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a light source module with a plurality of light sources and a light guide in which light emitted from the light sources is incident. The light guide reflects the incident light so that the light travels in different areas. The apparatus has a light cover composed of a plurality of transmission parts into which the light, travelling in different areas via the light guide, is incident. The light is emitted to different lighting areas through each transmission part to create a plurality of illumination images.

Abstract: A multiphase power supply apparatus for wireless power transmission and a control method thereof are disclosed. The multiphase power supply apparatus includes two power supply coils and coupling coefficient between the power supply coils is below a predetermined value. When it is determined that a deviation in alignment with the corresponding pickup has occurred, the phase difference between the inverters is adjusted. When adjusted to the optimum phase difference, the output of the pickup coils becomes uniform, even if there is a deviation in the alignment between the power supply apparatus and the pickup.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spectrometer including a slit unit and a collimating member sequentially arranged along a path of pre-diffraction radiation light, a focusing member and a detection unit sequentially arranged along a path of post-diffraction radiation light, and the diffraction grating located between the collimating member and the focusing member, wherein the slit unit, the collimating member, the diffraction grating, and the focusing member are seated in one plane and are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the detection unit is spaced apart from one plane and is located under or above the diffraction grating.

Abstract: A fan motor for a vacuum cleaner includes a motor mount defining a cooling flow path inlet, an impeller, an impeller cover defining an air inlet, an air discharge opening defined at the motor mount and configured to discharge air to an outer space of the motor mount, and a cooling flow path outlet defined vertically above the motor mount. The cooling flow path inlet is configured to introduce air from the outer space of the motor mount into an inner space of the motor mount to cool the motor part, and the cooling flow path outlet is configured to discharge air from the inner space of the motor mount toward a space that is defined between the impeller and the air discharge opening based on the space between the impeller and the air discharge opening having a lower pressure than the inner space of the motor mount.

Abstract: An external lighting apparatus delivers various messages through selective lighting by applying a lighting function to the exterior of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a light source module with a plurality of light sources and a light guide in which light emitted from the light sources is incident. The light guide reflects the incident light so that the light travels in different areas. The apparatus has a light cover composed of a plurality of transmission parts into which the light, travelling in different areas via the light guide, is incident. The light is emitted to different lighting areas through each transmission part to create a plurality of illumination images.

Abstract: A Raman spectroscopic device includes a light capturing unit between a light analysis unit and a target, the light analysis unit includes a light sensor, a light collection lens, a diffraction grating, a light generator, a dichroic mirror, and a light passing lens, and the light capturing includes one first light guide and at least one second light guide, which are arranged sequentially toward the target from the light analysis unit, receives light of the light generator from the light passing lens and transmits the light to the target or receives scattered light from the target and transmits the scattered light to the light passing lens by means of the first light guide and the second light guide.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, which is excellent in corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, contains, by weight %, C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: 0.5-2.0%, Mn: 0.01-4.0%, Al: 0.001-0.4%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.0001-0.02%, Cr: 0.5% to less than 3.0%, N: 0.001-0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfying formula (1) below, and includes an Si amorphous oxidation layer continuously or discontinuously formed at a thickness of 1 nm-100 nm on the surface thereof. Formula (1): 1.4? 0.4*Cr+Si?3.2 (wherein element symbols denote measurements of respective element contents by weight %).

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus are disclosed. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a stack of retardation layers on a surface of the polarizer, and the stack of retardation layers includes a second retardation layer and a first retardation layer stacked on the polarizer in sequence from the surface of the polarizer, the second retardation layer being a non-liquid crystal layer, and the stack of retardation layers has an out-of-plane retardation of ?40 nm or more to less than 0 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm and satisfies Relation 1.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a cell assembly in which a plurality of electrode assemblies in which a cathode sheet, a separator, and an anode sheet are wound together are stacked; and a pouch exterior material formed to surround the outer circumference of the cell assembly.