Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to one embodiment includes: a housing that forms an exterior of the aerosol generating device and includes an opening into which a cigarette is inserted; a heater that generates an aerosol by heating the cigarette; a battery that supplies power to the heater; a temperature sensor that senses a temperature of an internal component of the aerosol generating device; and a controller that prevents abnormal operation of the aerosol generating device based on the temperature of the internal component sensed by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a cartridge driving module comprises a motor and a shaft extending along a rotational axis of the motor, a power transmission screwed to the shaft and moving forward when the shaft rotates in a forward direction and moving back when the shaft rotates in a backward direction, a pusher connected to the power transmission and exerting a pressure to a medicine cartridge containing a medicine when the power transmission moves forward, and a position maintaining unit exerting an external force to the power transmission in a direction along which the power transmission moves forward, when the power transmission moves back up to a predetermined stop position.

Abstract: An embodiment front pillar reinforcement system of a vehicle includes a front pillar inner having a first plurality of walls defining a first cavity, a front pillar outer facing the front pillar inner and having a second plurality of walls defining a second cavity, and a front pillar inner reinforcement received in the first cavity of the front pillar inner and having a third plurality of walls coupled to the first plurality of walls of the front pillar inner, respectively.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a vehicle body structure includes: a roof side rail; a front pillar connected to the roof side rail; a cowl member connected to the front pillar, and extending in a width direction of a vehicle; a cowl cross bar located below the cowl member, connected to the front pillar, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle; and a connection bracket connecting the front pillar, the cowl member, and the cowl cross bar.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heater assembly for accommodating and heating an aerosol generating article, the heater assembly including: an accommodation portion configured to accommodate an end portion of an aerosol generating article; a heating portion arranged to surround another portion of the aerosol generating article; and a combining portion configured to combine the accommodation portion and the heating portion and including engineering plastic, wherein the accommodation portion, the combining portion, and the heating portion are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article and form an accommodation space in which the aerosol generating article is accommodated.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bidirectional window screen for a vehicle, which can be independently deployed forward and backward, respectively, while moving in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The bidirectional window screen for the vehicle includes a guide having upper and lower ends installed on a frame and a roll screen wound around the inside of the guide to be withdrawn from the guide or stored in the guide, in which the guide is slidable in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device may include: a heater; a wetting detection module configured to generate a wetting signal by being electrically shorted as the wetting detection module comes into contact with a liquid introduced from outside the aerosol generating device or a liquid leaked from inside the aerosol generating device; and a control circuit configured to determine whether the wetting signal indicating an electrical short has been received from the wetting detection module, and control the heater based on a determination that the wetting signal has been received.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating article including a first portion comprising an aerosol generating element, a second portion comprising a tobacco element, a third portion comprising a cooling element, and a fourth portion comprising a filter element, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion are sequentially provided in a length direction of the aerosol generating article, and wherein the second portion comprises a porous tobacco solid that comprises the tobacco element.

Abstract: A heater assembly for heating an aerosol generating material includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the aerosol generating material; an induction coil coupled to an outer surface of the accommodation portion; a susceptor located in the accommodation portion and configured to generate heat by an alternating magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the induction coil; and a support element coupled to the susceptor such that the suspector is spaced apart from an inner surface of the accommodation portion by the support element, wherein the induction coil includes a wire including a conductor, an insulator surrounding the conductor, and a bonding member surrounding the insulator.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating apparatus includes a heater assembly configured to heat a cigarette inserted into the aerosol-generating apparatus, a battery configured to supply power to the heater assembly, and a system-in-package (SIP) including a microcontroller unit (MCU); a sensor module; and a heating integrated circuit (IC) configured to control a heating operation of the heater assembly.

Abstract: A detection device includes a substrate, first electrodes formed on a first surface of the substrate, a responsive layer, and second electrodes formed on a first surface of the responsive layer, each of the second electrodes are capacitively coupled to one of the first electrodes and each second electrode is connected to a power supply to provide driving power.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an accommodation space in a cylindrical shape for accommodating a cigarette, an induction coil wound along an outer surface of the accommodation space, a power supply for supplying electric power to the induction coil, a controller for controlling electric power supplied to the induction coil, and a shield film including a ferromagnetic material for shielding electromagnetic interference from electromagnetic waves emitted from the induction coil. The shield film surrounds only a portion of an outer surface of the induction coil to shield the electromagnetic interference from the electromagnetic waves having a frequency that does not exceed 500 kHz.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for manufacturing a propulsion unit having a rim foil, which can significantly reduce drag during forward flight while protecting a rotor blade from surrounding obstacles, a propulsion unit manufactured by the same, and a flying vehicle including the propulsion unit. The method includes: a plate member formation step in which an airfoil-type plate member is formed to have an outline forming an airfoil shape in side view; a rim foil formation step in which a through-hole is formed in the airfoil type plate member to form a rim foil member having an outline forming at least a portion of an airfoil shape in side view; and a rotor blade installation step in which a rotor blade is installed in the through-hole.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device may include: a heater configured to apply heat to an aerosol generating substrate; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater to obtain a measured temperature value; and a processor configured to: control power supplied to the heater; add a first calibration value to the measured temperature value to obtain a first calibrated temperature value; add a second calibration value to the first calibrated temperature value to obtain a second calibrated temperature value; and determine the second calibrated temperature value as the temperature of the heater.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device, including an inductance channel, includes: a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating a cigarette; a cigarette insertion space into which the cigarette is inserted; a first inductance channel; a second inductance channel; and a controller configured to generate a control signal by using information received from the first inductance channel and the second inductance channel, wherein the controller measures, when an amount of a change in frequency of current flowing through the first inductance channel exceeds a first reference value due to an object adjacent to the cigarette insertion space, an amount of a change in frequency of current flowing through the second inductance channel and controls, when the measured amount of the change in frequency of the current is less than a second reference value, a power supply to the heater to be started.

Abstract: A CPS-based smart forklift truck management device includes a space information collector collecting distribution warehouse space information, a distribution warehouse visualizer which generates a digital twin for a distribution warehouse space based on the collected distribution warehouse space information and visualizes a loading situation of an article storage and a movement situation of a forklift truck on the distribution warehouse space digital twin, a movement path information provider which selects a target location at which an article is to be stored based on the visualized distribution warehouse space digital twin and provides information a path through which the forklift truck is movable to the target location, and a height adjustment information provider which provides forklift height adjustment information of the forklift truck according to a location of a storage cell corresponding to the article storage when the forklift truck arrives at the article storage corresponding to the target location.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material to generate an aerosol; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; a controller configured to determine an operating state of the aerosol generating device divided into a heating state and a non-heating state; a first circuit unit configured to control operation of the heater; and a second circuit unit configured to control charging and discharging of the battery, wherein the controller communicates with the first circuit unit in the heating state, communicates with the second circuit unit in the non-heating state, and, on the basis of a result of the communication, determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred according to the operating state of the aerosol generating device, thus allowing a safety accident of the aerosol generating device to be prevented in advance.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat a cigarette to generate an aerosol, an inductance channel, a capacitance channel, and a controller configured to generate a control signal using information received from the inductance channel and the capacitance channel A cigarette insertion space that is configured to receive the cigarette is provided within the aerosol generating device, and the controller is configured to: measure an amount of change in capacitance in the capacitance channel based on an amount of change in frequency of current flowing through the inductance channel exceeding a first reference value, due to an object adjacent to the cigarette insertion space, and control a start of a supply of power to the heater based on the amount of change in the capacitance that is measured exceeding a second reference value.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method of extracting a second RGB feature point and a second ToF feature point such that a correlation between the first RGB feature point and the first ToF feature point is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; calculating an error value between the second RGB feature point and the second ToF feature point; updating pre-stored calibration data when the error value is greater than a threshold value, and calibrating the RGB image and the ToF image by using the updated calibration data; and synthesizing the calibrated RGB and ToF images.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol generator including: an aerosol generator comprising an aerosol-generating material configure to vaporize into an aerosol; a tobacco filling part comprising an inner wrapper on which a plurality of folds are formed, and granules of a tobacco material attached to the plurality of folds such that a tobacco component is added to the aerosol passing through the tobacco filling part; and a thermally conductive wrapper wrapped around at least part of outer surfaces of the aerosol generator and the tobacco filling part, and configured to transmit heat to the aerosol-generating material and the tobacco material.