Abstract: The present invention relates to verifying the suitability of a tool and diagnosing a spindle for a machining center on which different tools are mounted. Provided are a machining center spindle diagnosis apparatus and method configured to monitor a change of a tool in the machining center; when the change of the tool is recognized, control the machining center to idle the spindle; acquire sensor data from a sensor installed on the machining center during the idling of the spindle; input the acquired sensor data to a tool verifying model pre-trained by a machine learning technology to verify suitability of the tool; and when the tool is verified to be suitable, inputting the acquired sensor data to a spindle diagnosing model pre-trained by the machine learning technology to diagnose an operating state of the spindle.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for controllable magneto-photonic particles (e.g., for light delivery and/or collection) are provided. In one aspect, a magneto-photonic particle includes a supporting material, a photonic structure configured to manipulate light, and a magnetic structure controllable to make the particle move. The photonic structure and the magnetic structure are supported by the supporting material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of guiding a transportation vulnerable person, including in response to a vehicle entering a destination, monitoring surroundings of the destination, determining a drop-off point at the destination based on information from the monitoring, and controlling a guide handle to move to an outside of the vehicle when the transportation vulnerable person alights at the determined drop-off point.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component, in which the first external electrode may include the 1-1-th electrode layer disposed on the third surface, and the 1-2-th electrode layer disposed on the first and second surfaces, and the second external electrode may include the 2-1-th electrode layer disposed on the fourth surface and the 2-2-th electrode layer disposed on the first and second surfaces, wherein the 1-2-th electrode layer and the 2-2-th electrode layer include Cu and a first additive element having a content lower than a content of the Cu, the contents of the first additive element included in the 1-2-th electrode layer and the 2-2-th electrode layer are greater than the contents of the first additive element included in the 1-1-th electrode layer and the 2-1-th electrode layer, respectively, and the first additive element is at least one selected from Ag and Al, thereby preventing cracks and improving moisture resistance reliability.

Abstract: Provided are a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer having excellent hydrolysis resistance and high viscosity which has a carboxyl end group (CEG) content of 15 mg KOH/g or less, a ratio (Mz/Mn) of a z-average molecular weight (Mz) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 3 to 15, and a melt index (MI) of 5 g/10 min or less as measured under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D 1238. A method of preparing a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer is provided, including adding a chain extender and an anti-hydrolysis agent to an aliphatic-aromatic polyester pre-copolymer over time, whereby a significant viscosity rise and improvement of hydrolysis resistance may be implemented simultaneously.

Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for measuring sealing strength. The apparatus includes a fixed plate, a moving plate on which a measurement object formed by bonding first and second specimens is mounted, and movably disposed on the fixed plate, and a load applier measuring a load applied to the first specimen to peel off the first specimen from the second specimen. The first specimen is peeled off from the second specimen while maintaining a predetermined peeling angle.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for executing a digital twin is provided. The apparatus includes a generation module configured to generate first to Nth digital twin Docker images by combining first to Nth digital twin models, where assets are virtualized, and first to Nth Docker images, respectively, wherein each of the digital twin Docker images includes the corresponding digital twin model and a file required for executing the corresponding digital twin model (N being a natural number greater than 1), an authoring module configured to author a digital twin workflow by connecting the first to Nth digital twin Docker images, a scheduling module configured to select a target digital twin Docker image to be currently executed from the digital twin workflow, and schedule execution of the selected target digital twin Docker image, and an execution module configured to execute the target digital twin Docker image according to the scheduling result.

Abstract: According to embodiments, modeling through evaluation of thermal-hydraulic analysis of a unique containment facility may be provided. Also, orders for nuclear power plants in other countries may be obtained, and a relative technological advantage may be achieved among nuclear power plant developing countries. In addition, a power plant may be designed through conservative and realistic modeling, and costs required for power plant design may be reduced by optimizing a design margin of a containment facility.

Abstract: A storage device may load, between a first time point at which information on candidate memory regions among a plurality of memory regions is started to be sent to an external device and a second time point at which a command requesting a map segment for a target memory region among the plurality of memory regions is received from the external device, all or a part of map segments corresponding to the candidate memory regions into a buffer.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a radar apparatus having a plurality of antenna elements and enabling to reduce a number of ADCs as long as being allowable according to a bandwidth of the ADC, reduce a chip area occupied by the ADC and interconnections in an integrated circuit, and prevent a synchronization problem between the ADCs by sampling receive signals of multiple channels at once. Frequencies of local oscillation signals used for downconverting receive signals are set to be different from each other by an amount of an offset frequency, so that each of band-limited receive signals obtained through respective RF paths may occupy a different position on a frequency axis of a frequency domain. Downconverted receive signals are combined into a single signal and converted into a single digital signal stream, and a signal processing of the digital signal stream in a digital domain enables to obtain target data.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a first sub-battery pack and a second sub-battery pack each including a plurality of battery module including a plurality of battery cells arranged in one direction, and stacked in a height direction of the plurality of battery cells; and a heat sink disposed between the first sub-battery pack and the second sub-battery pack and including a cooling flow path, wherein the first sub-battery pack and the second sub-battery pack are disposed symmetrically with respect to the heat sink.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a package architecture. In an embodiment, the package architecture comprises a first substrate with a first fiducial mark on a surface of the first substrate. In an embodiment, the package architecture further comprises a second substrate over the first substrate, where the second substrate comprises glass and a second fiducial mark on the second substrate, and where a footprint of the second fiducial mark at least partially overlaps a footprint of the first fiducial mark.

Abstract: A computational approach is proposed herein for controlling a user interface for rendering of interactive graphical control elements representing offers and coupons that are inserted into a computational payment process. In particular, the offers and coupons can interact with stored payment information resident (or tokens thereof) on a digital wallet data structure. The approach can be implemented as a computing system, a computing method operable on a computing system, or a computer program product affixed in the form of a non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine-interpretable instructions.

Abstract: A battery pack comprising one or more battery modules and a support frame opposing the one or more battery modules in a first direction, the one or more battery modules including a plurality of battery cells stacked in the first direction to form a cell stack and a side cover opposing the cell stack in the first direction, wherein the side cover comprises a first inclined surface opposing the support frame and inclined with respect to the first direction.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, a coil disposed in the body and having a concave portion disposed in a portion of a surface of the coil, an external electrode disposed on the first surface of the body, and a connecting conductor connecting the coil and the external electrode. The connecting conductor includes a filling region disposed in at least a portion of the concave portion of the coil and a tapered region having a side surface inclined with respect to the first surface.

Abstract: A battery module includes a housing that includes an internal space, a cell stack accommodated in the internal space and including a plurality of battery cells stacked in a first direction and a plurality of thermal blocking members disposed between battery cells in the plurality of battery cells, a plurality of electrically conductive members electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells, and a frame supporting the plurality of electrically conductive members. Each battery cell includes an electrode assembly and an electrode accommodating portion accommodating the electrode assembly. At least one of the thermal blocking members includes: a body portion configured to face the electrode accommodating portion and blocking heat propagation between the plurality of battery cells, and one or more blocking portions extending from the body portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and configured to at least partially block gas flow in the first direction.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, among a plurality of crystal grains included in first electrode layers, crystal grains disposed on an end of the dielectric layer in the second direction and in contact with the second electrode layers are defined as first crystal grains and crystal grains disposed on ends of the internal electrodes in the second direction and in contact with the second electrode layers are defined as second crystal grains, and a growth direction of the first crystal grains and a growth direction of the second crystal grains may be adjusted, so that bonding force between the first electrode layers and the body may be improved.

Abstract: A pouch unit and a battery cell including the same are disclosed. The pouch unit comprises a pouch sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, an accommodation portion formed on the pouch sheet, the accommodation portion forming an accommodation space that is open in a direction in which the inner surface faces, a perimeter portion formed on the pouch sheet, the perimeter portion being positioned between a perimeter of the pouch sheet and the accommodation portion, and a notch portion formed alongside a side of the accommodation portion at the perimeter portion, the notch portion being concave on the inner surface.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first fin-type active region and a second fin-type active region, a device isolation film adjacent to each of the first and second fin-type active regions, a first gate line on the first fin-type active region, a second gate line on the second fin-type active region, and a gate cut insulating pattern separating the first and second gate lines, wherein the device isolation film includes a first local isolation portion and a second local isolation portion, which are separating the first fin-type active region from the second fin-type active region to be apart from each other with the gate cut insulating pattern therebetween.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component, in which a first external electrode may include a 1-2-th electrode layer including glass, and a 1-3-th electrode layer disposed on the first and second surfaces and a second external electrode may include a 2-2-th electrode layer including glass, and a 2-3-th electrode layer disposed on the first and second surfaces. In cross sections of the first and second external electrodes in the first and second directions, when an area fraction occupied by glass in the 1-2-th electrode layer is S1-2, an area fraction occupied by glass in the 1-3-th electrode layer is S1-3, an area fraction occupied by glass in the 2-2-th electrode layer is S2-2, and an area fraction occupied by glass in the 2-3-th electrode layer is S2-3, S1-2?15%, S1-2?S1-3, S2-2?15%, S2-2>S2-3 are satisfied, thereby preventing cracks and improving moisture resistance reliability.