Abstract: A display device comprises a pixel configured to be driven in cycle periods during a frame period defined by a vertical start signal, and a display driver configured to divide a cycle period into subfields for driving, configured to control an amount of current flowing through the pixel and to control emission on-duties of the subfields, and configured to independently determine, for the cycle period, a reference duty that is a minimum emission on-duty set in the cycle period based on a dimming signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting diode and an organic light emitting device including the same. The organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and a first blue emitting material layer including a first compound and a second compound and positioned between the first and second electrodes, wherein the first compound is represented by Formula 1, and the second compound is represented by Formula 3. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, it is allowed to provide an OLED and an organic light emitting device having high emitting efficiency and/or improved lifespan.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery, an all-solid-state battery comprising the electrolyte membrane and a method for manufacturing the solid electrolyte membrane. The solid electrolyte membrane may be obtained by stacking a first protective layer, a first film-type solid electrolyte material, a porous substrate, a second film-type solid electrolyte material and a second protective layer successively to prepare a laminate structure; and carrying out pressurization of the laminate structure so that the first and the second solid electrolyte materials may be pressed into the porous substrate and the pores of the porous substrate may be filled with the solid electrolyte materials.

Abstract: A method according to an embodiment is for recovering a valuable metal from a waste electrode material of a lithium secondary battery by using lithium carbonate. An anode-cathode mixed electrode material that has been separated by draining, crushing, screening, and sorting a waste lithium secondary battery is preprocessed. A precipitation operation performed by adding lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) to a metal melt acquired by performing sulfuric acid dissolution using sulfuric acid. A valuable metal such as nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminum, and copper is recovered as a residue in the form of a carbonate composite, and a lithium sulfate (Li2SO4) aqueous solution including lithium is recovered as a filtrate.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte membrane for a solid-state battery and a battery comprising the same is provided. The battery may comprise lithium metal as a negative electrode active material. The solid electrolyte membrane comprises an inhibiting layer, which is preferably capable of inhibiting growth of lithium dendrite, because it includes an effective amount of a dendrite growth-inhibiting material, which is capable of ionizing lithium deposited in the form of metal. Thus, when lithium metal is used as a negative electrode for a solid-state battery comprising the solid electrolyte membrane, it is possible to delay and/or inhibit growth of lithium dendrite, and thus to effectively prevent an electrical short-circuit caused by dendrite growth.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell for evaluating a lithium precipitation behavior includes: an electrode assembly preparation step of preparing an electrode assembly to which an overhang region, where a positive electrode protrudes from a negative electrode, is introduced; a battery cell preparation step of preparing a battery cell by accommodating the electrode assembly in a first pouch, injecting an electrolyte solution thereto, and sealing the first pouch; a secondary sealing step of accommodating the battery cell in a second pouch and secondary-sealing the second pouch; a second pouch removing step of performing formation for the secondary-sealed battery cell and removing the second pouch; a gas pocket unit removing step of degassing and re-sealing the battery cell, from which the second pouch has been removed, and removing a gas pocket unit of the first pouch; and a completion step of accommodating the battery cell.

Abstract: A hygienic cover that covers a contact part with which a human body is in contact, the hygienic cover includes a base cover directly in contact with the contact part; and a plurality of cover sheets stacked on top of one another, wherein the bottom one of the stacked cover sheets is attached onto the base cover, each of the cover sheets including: a hygienic layer, and an adhesive layer fixed to the bottom the hygienic layer, wherein the adhesive layer is detachable from the top of the hygienic layer of another cover sheet, wherein each of the cover sheets includes a non-adhesive portion formed on an edge thereof, wherein each of the cover sheets placed on top is removed from the remaining of the cover sheets by pulling the non-adhesive portion off when the cover sheet become contaminated.

Abstract: An electronic circuit converts a receive signal being analog into reception data being digital. The electronic circuit includes a delay circuit that receives a first receive signal and outputs a reference signal, the reference signal being generated by delaying the first receive signal as much as one of a plurality of different timing delays respectively set to a plurality of loops, a sampler that receives a second receive signal and samples the second receive signal based on the reference signal in each of the plurality of loops, a timing skew estimation circuit that outputs a compensation signal for compensating for a timing skew by extracting a statistical characteristic of a plurality of sample data sampled through the sampler and estimating the timing skew based on the statistical characteristic, and a controller that controls an operation of the timing skew estimation circuit.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an organic material includes an outer tube including an internal accommodating space, and at least one loading inner tube and at least one collecting inner tube disposed in the accommodation space, the loading inner tube including a mesh boat disposed in a first direction in which the loading inner tube extends.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a dielectric layer structure between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the dielectric layer structure including a first surface facing the lower electrode and a second surface facing the upper electrode. The dielectric layer structure includes a first dielectric layer including a first dielectric material and a plurality of grains extending from the first surface to the second surface and a second dielectric layer including a second dielectric material and surrounding a portion of a sidewall of each of the plurality of grains of the first dielectric layer in a level lower than the second surface. The second dielectric material includes a material having bandgap energy which is higher than bandgap energy of the first dielectric material.

Abstract: A display device including: a power supply configured to supply a first power, a second power, and a third power to a first power line, a second power line, and a third power line, respectively, wherein each of the first power, the second power and the third power varies in voltage level during one frame period; and pixels connected to at least one of scan lines and data lines, and connected to a common control line, the first power line, the second power line, and the third power line, wherein the pixels simultaneously emit light when the second power is changed to a low level, and a number of times the second power is changed to the low level during the one frame period changes in response to an image refresh rate.

Abstract: An operating method is disclosed for a dehydrogenation reaction system. The method includes providing a system having: an acid aqueous solution tank including an acid aqueous solution; a dehydrogenation reactor including a chemical hydride of a solid state and receiving an acid aqueous solution from the acid aqueous solution tank to react the chemical hydride with the acid aqueous solution to generate hydrogen; and a fuel cell stack receiving hydrogen generated from the dehydrogenation reactor to be reacted with oxygen to generate water and simultaneously to generate electrical energy. The method also includes recycling the water generated from the fuel cell stack to one or all of the acid aqueous solution tank, the dehydrogenation reactor, and a separate water tank. The acid is formic acid and, in in the dehydrogenation reactor, the temperature is in a range of 10° C. to 400° C. and the pressure is in a range of 1 bar to 100 bar.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction apparatus includes: an aqueous add solution tank that stores an aqueous acid solution; a dehydrogenation reactor that stores a chemical hydride and selectively receives the aqueous acid solution stored in the aqueous add solution tank; and a heat control device. The heat control device is disposed inside or outside the dehydrogenation reactor and controls an internal temperature of the dehydrogenation reactor.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction device is disclosed. The device includes a chemical hydride storage unit including a chemical hydride storage tank, a reaction unit including an acid aqueous solution storage tank, and a dehydrogenation reactor for generating hydrogen by reacting a chemical hydride with an acid aqueous solution. The device further includes a hydrogen storage unit including a hydrogen storage tank for storing the hydrogen produced in the dehydrogenation reactor, and a recovery unit for recovering the product produced in the dehydrogenation reactor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery and a battery comprising the same. In the present disclosure, the battery may comprise lithium metal as a negative electrode active material. The solid electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery according to the present disclosure comprises a guide layer comprising metal particles to guide the horizontal growth of lithium dendrites, thereby delaying an electrical short caused by dendrite growth. Additionally, the guide layer is formed by polymer self-assembly, and thus the metal particles may be uniformly distributed in a very regular pattern within the guide layer.

Abstract: This application relates to a location tracking device and method using a feature matching. The location tracking device may include a sensor, a camera, and a controller. The sensor is provided in a predetermined object and collects sensing information including at least one of speed, direction, gravity, and acceleration of the object. The camera is provided in the predetermined object and collects image information by capturing an image. The controller calculates an initial fundamental matrix (F0) by using the collected sensing information and calibration information of the camera, detects feature points of the image information, performs a feature matching in a fundamental matrix (F) by combining the initial fundamental matrix and the feature points, and tracks a location of the object by using a result of the feature matching.

Abstract: A bipolar all-solid-state battery including a porous support layer is provided. The bipolar all-solid-state battery comprises (a) two or more unit cells each including a positive electrode, a solid electrolyte, and a negative electrode being connected to each other in series and a first porous support layer provided at an interface therebetween; or (b) two or more unit cells each including a positive electrode, a solid electrolyte, and a second porous support layer being connected to each other in series.

Abstract: A method of analyzing a cerebrovascular image based on cerebrovascular chunk features is disclosed, the method including receiving, by an analysis device, a cerebrovascular image of a subject; extracting, by the analysis device, a plurality of vascular unit structures from the cerebrovascular image based on geometric features of a 3D model; extracting, by the analysis device, feature values for each of the plurality of vascular unit structures; inputting, by the analysis device, the feature values of each of the plurality of vascular unit structures into a learning model trained in advance, classifying chunks to which each of the plurality of vascular unit structures belongs, and generating chunk features for the cerebrovascular image; and evaluating, by the analysis device, a condition of the subject based on the chunk features.

Abstract: A method of classifying a cerebrovascular branch in cerebrovascular image is disclosed, the method including receiving, by an analysis device, an cerebrovascular image of a subject; extracting, by the analysis device, a plurality of vascular unit structures from the cerebrovascular image based on geometric features of a 3D model; extracting, by the analysis device, feature values for each of the plurality of vascular unit structures; inputting, by the analysis device, the feature values of each of the plurality of vascular unit structures into a first learning model trained in advance, and classifying chunks to which each of the plurality of vascular unit structures belongs; and inputting, by the analysis device, the feature values of each of the vascular unit structures belonging to same chunk into a second learning model trained in advance, and classifying a vessel branch composed of the vascular unit structures belonging to the same chunk.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction apparatus includes a dehydrogenation reactor having a reaction vessel that stores a chemical hydride; and a methane generator that converts carbon monoxide generated in the dehydrogenation reactor into methane.