Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system, method and apparatus for detecting a folding fault in a secondary battery. A method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: measuring a height of a folding part and a height of a pouch case of the secondary battery being transferred by a transfer apparatus for each designated section using a laser scanner; checking whether there is a section where the height of the folding part is greater than the height of the pouch case, provided that a height difference therebetween is a designated reference value or more; and if there is a section where the height difference is the designated reference value or more, determining that the folding fault has occurred.

Abstract: An electric vehicle structure includes a drive system, a front lateral member and a rear upper lateral member. The front and rear lateral members are elongated in a lateral direction of a vehicle and spaced apart from each other in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle with the drive system interposed therebetween. The vehicle structure further includes a rear lower lateral member elongated in the lateral direction of the vehicle and disposed beneath a motor of the drive system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing virtual reality-based eye movement exercise and visual perception training, wherein a dichoptic presentation is provided in consideration of the deviation of a user's eyeball so as to prevent additional damage to stereoscopic vision due to suppression, and is provided by adjusting the degree of difficulty by changing the locations of visual stimuli on the basis of the level of deviation and training capability of the user, thus making it possible for the user to not only receive training suitable for the user's condition, but also simultaneously undergo visual perception training including eye exercise (movement) training and stereoscopic perception recognition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ship waste heat power generation system utilizing waste heat from ships. Specifically, the present invention relates to a ship waste heat power generation system utilizing waste heat from ships, wherein recovers exhaust gas waste heat and engine cooling water waste heat from ships using various fuels such as diesel, LNG, and dual-fuel. The recovered waste heat is used as a heat source, while seawater serves as the heat sink, generating electricity through the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). By combining exhaust gas waste heat and engine cooling water waste heat, which have different waste heat temperatures, in parallel or series to reduce the evaporation heat capacity, the ORC output is enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for audio encoding/decoding that is robust against coding distortion in a transition section. An audio encoding method includes outputting a frequency domain signal by time-to-frequency (T/F) transform of an input signal, outputting a frequency domain residual signal in which a frequency axis envelope is removed from the frequency domain signal by applying frequency domain noise shaping (FDNS) encoding to the frequency domain signal, outputting a time domain residual signal in which a time axis envelope is removed by performing linear prediction coefficient (LPC) analysis based on the frequency domain residual signal, and quantizing and transmitting the time domain residual signal.

Abstract: A connector body has a body terminal passageway configured to accommodate a terminal and a block accommodating part configured to communicate with the body terminal passageway. An assembly block is detachably connected to the connector body, rotatable about the connector body while maintaining a state in which the assembly block is connected to the connector body while an external force is applied, and configured to rotate at a predetermined angle or more to be separated from the connector body and be insertable into the block accommodating part.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery inspection device and a battery inspection method. The battery inspection device includes: a plasma application unit irradiating plasma to a test object while being moved in a predetermined direction; a signal acquisition unit contacting the test object and electrically connected thereto, and receiving an electrical signal induced by plasma; and a control unit controlling the plasma application unit and the signal acquisition unit, wherein the control unit determines whether damage has occurred to the exterior of the test object by analyzing a waveform derived from the electrical signal received from the signal acquisition unit.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a battery, the device including a lower die configured to support an electrode, an upper die above the lower die and connected to the lower die while vertically spaced therefrom, a lift configured to move the upper die upward or downward, a punch on the upper die and inserted into the lower die to perform machining of the electrode, a sensor configured to detect a state of the punch, a controller configured to receive a detection signal of the sensor and monitor an insertion amount of the punch and a corrector configured to correct a height of the punch according to a control signal of the controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing virtual reality-based eye movement exercise and visual perception training, wherein a dichoptic presentation is provided in consideration of the deviation of a user's eyeball so as to prevent additional damage to stereoscopic vision due to suppression, and is provided by adjusting the degree of difficulty by changing the locations of visual stimuli on the basis of the level of deviation and training capability of the user, thus making it possible for the user to not only receive training suitable for the user's condition, but also simultaneously undergo visual perception training including eye exercise (movement) training and stereoscopic perception recognition.

Abstract: A method and device for encoding/decoding an audio signal based on dequantization through potential diffusion are provided. The method of decoding an audio signal includes obtaining a discrete latent vector in which a speech signal is quantized and based on the discrete latent vector, outputting a continuous latent vector in which the discrete latent vector is dequantized.

Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method for audio signal processing. The audio signal processing device according to an embodiment includes a receiver configured to receive a bitstream corresponding to a compressed audio signal and a processor. The processor may be configured to generate a real restoration signal or a complex restoration signal by performing inverse quantization on real data of the bitstream or complex data of the bitstream, generate a result of real Frequency Domain Noise Shaping (FDNS) synthesis or a result of complex FDNS synthesis by performing FDNS synthesis on the real restoration signal or the complex restoration signal, and generate a restored audio signal by performing frequency-to-time transform on the result of the real FDNS synthesis or the result of the complex FDNS synthesis.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a neural network-based personalized speech are provided. The method includes outputting a first bit stream in which an input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal, and outputting a second bit stream in which speaker information of the input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal.

Abstract: An embodiment joint structure of a vehicle body includes a front body module fixed to a front portion of a center floor member of an underbody of the vehicle body, wherein the front body module is a fixed part, a rear body module detachably fixed to a rear portion of the center floor member and a rear portion of the front body module in a set shape, wherein the rear body module is a variable part, a plurality of center floor member coupling modules disposed on the center floor member at the rear portion of the front body module, and a plurality of variable part coupling modules disposed at a lower side of the rear body module and configured to be coupled to the center floor member coupling modules by electromagnetic force.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter is provided. An analog-to-digital converter comprises an interleaver receiving and processing an input signal that is an analog signal and a plurality of sub-ADCs, wherein the interleaver includes a reference circuit outputting a second voltage based on a first voltage, a high-pass filter receiving the second voltage and outputting a first signal obtained by changing a common mode voltage of the input signal to the second voltage, a sampling circuit generating a second signal obtained by sampling an alternate current component of the first signal, and a buffer outputting a third signal obtained by buffering the second signal by using a buffering circuit, and the sub-ADC converts the third signal into a digital signal by using the first voltage.

Abstract: An embodiment joint structure for a vehicle body includes a front body module that is a stationary part fixable to a front part of an under body of the vehicle body, a rear body module that is a variable part having a preset shape, the rear body module being attachable to and detachable from a rear part of the under body and a rear part of the front body module, a plurality of stationary part coupling modules disposed on an upper end surface portion of a rear edge of the front body module, and a plurality of variable part coupling modules disposed on an upper end surface portion of a front edge of the rear body module and couplable to the stationary part coupling modules by an electromagnetic force.

Abstract: An encoding method, a decoding method, an encoder for performing the encoding method, and a decoder for performing the decoding method are provided. The encoding method includes outputting LP coefficients bitstream and a residual signal by performing an LP analysis on an input signal, outputting a first latent signal obtained by encoding a periodic component of the residual signal, a second latent signal obtained by encoding a non-periodic component of the residual signal, and a weight vector for each of the first latent signal and the second latent signal, using a first neural network module, and outputting a first bitstream obtained by quantizing the first latent signal, a second bitstream obtained by quantizing the second latent signal, and a weight bitstream obtained by quantizing the weight vector, using a quantization module.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for designing and testing an audio codec using quantization based on white noise modeling. A neural network-based audio encoder design method includes generating a quantized latent vector and a reconstructed signal corresponding to an input signal by using a white noise modeling-based quantization process, computing a total loss for training a neural network-based audio codec, based on the input signal, the reconstruction signal, and the quantized latent vector, training the neural network-based audio codec by using the total loss, and validating the trained neural network-based audio codec to select the best neural network-based audio codec.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a location information acquisition method of a computing device, including the steps of: acquiring first location information at which an electro-optical topographic surveying device is located in response to a received satellite Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal; acquiring photography information for positioning of a target object photographed by a drone while the drone is flying in a GNSS shadow area from the drone equipped with a survey prism that reflects light waves from the surveying device; calculating absolute coordinates of the target object corresponding to the surveying device based on reflective metering of the survey prism and the photography information for positioning; and calculating GNSS based second location information as location information of the target object using the absolute coordinates and the first location information.

Abstract: A method for preparing isopropyl alcohol is provided. The method includes passing reaction water through a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger to heat the reaction water, supplying the reaction water having passed through the second heat exchanger to a reactor as a feed stream with a propylene monomer to produce a gaseous reaction product including isopropyl alcohol (IPA), purifying isopropyl alcohol from the gaseous reaction product and recovering process water, and passing the process water through the second heat exchanger to cool the process water, and transferring a portion of the cooled process water to the first heat exchanger, wherein the reaction water is brought into contact with the portion of the cooled process water in the first heat exchanger for primary heating, and then brought into contact with the process water in the second heat exchanger for secondary heating.

Abstract: An over-soldering prevented tabbing device for manufacturing solar cell modules is disclosed in which the over-soldering is prevented from occurring in the tabbing device for performing the soldering process in manufacturing the solar cell modules. The over-soldering prevented tabbing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a solar cell module cell that is transported on a conveyor by a unit of cell; a soldering head installed above the solar cell module cell and having a built-in heat source that provides heat to solder the flux coated on the transported solar cell module cell; a driver reciprocating the soldering head in a direction in which the conveyor moves; and a controller controlling the driver.