Abstract: An electrode plate manufacturing apparatus for a secondary battery includes a supply reel configured to supply a substrate, the substrate having a first surface that is uncoated and a second surface that is at least partially coated, and a patterner adjacent to the supply reel, the patterner including a polygon roller and a support roller facing each other, the patterner being configured to pattern the substrate passing between the polygon roller and the support roller, and the polygon roller including convex curved portions that extend in an axial direction of the polygon roller and that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the polygon roller.

Abstract: A storage system includes a master storage device for storing data based on a RAID level determined by a host, a slave storage device for storing the data according to a command distributed from the master storage device, and a controller hub for coupling the slave storage device to the master storage device, wherein the master storage device is further configured to transfer the command to the slave storage device through the controller hub when the master storage device receives a command processing request from the host, transmit a complete queue (CQ) to the host when operations of the master storage device and the slave storage device are completed in response to the command processing request, and request a host to allocate a capacity to each function in the master storage device and the at least one of the plurality of slave storage devices based on a reference capacity.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a motion of a vehicle occupant, and a method therefor, can store motion estimating models of a vehicle occupant, collect behavior data of a vehicle, determine a traveling mode of the vehicle based on a longitudinal acceleration among the behavior data of the vehicle, and estimate a motion of the vehicle occupant using at least one of the motion estimating models corresponding to the traveling mode of the vehicle. The motion estimating models can include a first model corresponding to a dynamic mode of the vehicle and a second model corresponding to a steady state mode of the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for local compression of an artificial intelligence (AI) model. A local compression method for a model may include receiving a pretrained model as input; selecting a layer group as a portion of the input model; and partially compressing the selected layer group and retraining the compressed layer group, and the retraining of the compressed layer group may include retraining the compressed layer group based on input data and output data prestored for the selected layer group.

Abstract: A method includes modeling a reservoir using a lab scale set of models and a field scale set of models. The reservoir is modeled using the lab scale set of models by scanning a sample of the reservoir into the lab scale set of models to create modeled fractures, estimating hydraulic properties of the modeled fractures, estimating multi-phase dynamic properties of the modeled fractures, and determining characteristics of a flow regime of a fluid flowing through the modeled fractures. The reservoir is modeled using the field scale set of models by modeling a discrete fracture network of the reservoir, upscaling the discrete fracture network, and calibrating the discrete fracture network. An enhanced oil recovery operation is designed and performed on the reservoir using the calibrated discrete fracture network.

Abstract: A compound represented by chemical formula 4 is reacted with an alkali metal carbonate salt represented by chemical formula 5 and 1,5-hexadiene, in an organic solvent, and by controlling a compound represented by chemical formula 1, a compound represented by chemical formula 2 and a compound represented by chemical formula 3 to within a specific content range, a ruthenium precursor composition that is thermally very stable is provided in an economical and efficient manner. When a ruthenium-containing film is formed by using the ruthenium precursor composition, changes in the composition of the ruthenium precursor composition is prevented during a process in which the ruthenium precursor composition is vaporized, or even thereafter, production of by-products such as pyrolysis substances or the like is minimized, and accordingly, deposition results having stable and constant properties is obtained in a semiconductor process.

Abstract: Provided is a display device, including sub-pixels formed on a base layer, and including a color conversion layer in a first sub-pixel area and including a quantum-dot, a first scattering layer in a second sub-pixel area and including a first scatterer, and a second scattering layer in the third sub-pixel area and including a second scatterer, a first color filter in the first sub-pixel area, a second color filter in the second sub-pixel area, and a third color filter in the third sub-pixel area, wherein emitted light from a light emitting element includes light of the second color and light of the third color, and wherein colors of light passing through the first scattering layer and the second scattering layer are substantially unchanged by the first scattering layer and the second scattering layer.

Abstract: An odor measurement apparatus and an odor measurement method measure an odorous gas having a low concentration below a certain level and emitted from an explosive or a drug. The odor measurement apparatus and the odor measurement method concentrate the odorous gas having the low concentration below the certain level so as to make an odorous gas having a high concentration above a certain level, supply the odorous gas having the high concentration to an odor sensor, and enable the odor sensor to sense the odorous gas having the high concentration. The odor measurement apparatus and the odor measurement method are used in various industrial and inspection sites.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques apply to a force-based (e.g., primal) formulation for object simulation. In at least one embodiment, updates to the force-based formulation is determined by solving for constraints that are to be satisfied when simulating rigid bodies (e.g., contact rich scenarios).

Abstract: A method for providing 3-dimensional (3D) vehicle contents includes importing 3D vehicle data. The method also includes acquiring bill of materials (BOM) data based on options for a vehicle to be displayed. The method further includes searching for part numbers, included in the BOM data, in the 3D vehicle data to activate relevant parts. The method also includes exporting the activated relevant parts in the 3D vehicle data as 3D vehicle content data. The method additionally includes displaying 3D vehicle contents on a user screen.

Abstract: There is provided a method of decoding/encoding an image. The method of the present invention includes receiving a transform picture reference skip flag; determining whether the transform picture reference skip flag is on or off; and performing inter prediction on a current block on the basis of the transform picture reference skip flag.

Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery includes a cell stack having a stack structure, and a protective member including a first thermoplastic resin layer, a second thermoplastic resin layer, and a third thermoplastic resin layer sequentially stacked, and being disposed on a peripheral portion, in which the cathode layer is not disposed, of the solid-state electrolyte layers, while being interposed between the two solid-state electrolyte layers disposed to be adjacent to each other such that the cathode layer is interposed between the two solid-state electrolyte layers. A glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic resin layer and a glass transition temperature of the third thermoplastic resin layer are lower than a glass transition temperature of the second thermoplastic resin layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for detecting abnormal wheel alignment. The apparatus for detecting abnormal wheel alignment includes a sensor module and a processor operatively connected to the sensor module. The processor may calculate a steering angle error indicative of a difference between a target steering angle of a vehicle and a steering angle of the vehicle that has been detected based on lane information obtained by the sensor module, may calculate a rack force error indicative of a difference between a first rack force estimated based on information that has been fed back by a motor driven power steering system (MDPS) module of the vehicle and a second rack force estimated based on information including a yaw rate and lateral acceleration obtained by the sensor module, and may determine whether wheel alignment is abnormal based on at least one of the steering angle error and the rack force error.

Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element, a first electrode disposed on the light emitting element, an electronic ink layer including partition walls disposed on the first electrode, the partition walls including an internal space having a substantially recessed shape to accommodate an electronic ink between the partition walls, a second electrode disposed on the electronic ink layer, and an adhesive layer disposed between the electronic ink layer and the second electrode and adhered to a surface of the electronic ink layer, and a viewing angle is adjusted by moving a carbon particle included in the electronic ink according to a voltage difference between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: An immersion-cooled battery module according to the present disclosure can includes a battery assembly with a plurality of battery units. A module case of the battery module can extend in a first direction and have an opening at least at one end in a first direction. The module case can accommodate the battery assembly and a cooling liquid in an internal space of the module case connected to the opening. A sealing cover is configured to airtightly seal the opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound, a plurality of host materials, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having long lifespan properties could be prepared, and by comprising a plurality of host materials according to the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having long lifespan properties could be prepared.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hydrogen purge system and a method for controlling the same, which are capable of maintaining the hydrogen purge amount constant based on differential pressure between an anode and a cathode, regardless of the size of a hydrogen purge flow path of a purge valve, by allowing the opening degree of the purge valve to the hydrogen purge flow path to be adjusted by a current control or PWM control according to a mapping of the differential pressure between the anode and the cathode of a fuel cell stack.

Abstract: The invention relates to fusion polypeptides, and to immunogenic polypeptides and their use as vaccines for treating, preventing or ameliorating a wide range of infectious diseases, for example caused by a virus, bacterium or fungus, or cancer. The fusion polypeptide comprises: a first amino acid sequence comprising a non-toxic B subunit of an AB5 Toxin, or a fragment or variant thereof; a second amino acid sequence comprising an immunoglobulin Fc region (Ig-Fc), or a fragment or variant thereof; and a third amino acid sequence comprising an antigen, or a fragment or variant thereof. The invention also extends to nucleic acids encoding such fusion polypeptides and proteins, and to recombinant vectors expressing such nucleic acids. The invention is especially useful for the rapid development of protein-based vaccines, and to their use in methods of treating infectious diseases or cancer, and also to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the fusion proteins.

Abstract: Disclosed is an opening/closing valve including a valve body defining a passage, through which a fluid flows in a first direction, a solenoid coil mounted on the valve body along the first direction to surround the passage on an outside of the passage, and a valve disk including a magnetic substance and that is rotated on the passage to open and close the passage with the solenoid coil.

Abstract: Disclosed is a motion amplification device including: an encoder receiving a first frame and a second frame arbitrarily adjacent in an image, and decomposing the first frame into first shape information and first texture information and decomposing the second frame into second shape information and second texture information; a first module generating a third frame in which a motion of an object is amplified based on the first shape information, the second shape information, and the second texture information; a second module analyzing an intensity of the motion based on the first shape information, the second shape information, and the first texture information; and a third module generating amplification image data indicating the intensity of the motion on the third frame.