Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly provided with an electrode tab; a battery can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly through an opening defined at one side thereof; a cap plate covering the opening; a collector disposed between the electrode assembly and the cap plate to electrically connect the electrode tab to the battery can; and a spacer having a body part disposed between the collector and the cap plate, a sealing part configured to seal a gap between the battery can and the cap plate, and a connection part configured to connect the body part to the sealing part. The collector includes a center part; a can coupling part coupled to the battery can; and a bridge connecting the center part to the can coupling part. The bridge of the collector and the connection part of the spacer do not overlap other.

Abstract: An emulsion spectrum fluid filter capable of controlling light wavelength absorption includes a transparent channel formed as a tube of a 90 degrees-rotated U shape, and an emulsion received in the transparent channel, wherein the emulsion may include dispersed oil and surfactant. Further, a method for preparing the emulsion is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for preventing drunk driving of a vehicle, the system including: an input unit through which a transfer intention to transfer a control privilege of a vehicle from a registered driver to a passenger is input; a sobriety determination unit configured to determine a current driver's inebriation state through a breathalyzer provided in the vehicle when the transfer intention is input through the input unit; a driver verification unit configured to identify personal information of the current driver seated on a driver's seat; and a control unit configured to transfer the control privilege of the vehicle to the passenger when the passenger is measured as being able to drive by the sobriety determination unit and the passenger and the current driver are identified to be the same by the driver verification unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a drunk driving prevention system and a method of controlling the system that includes a sensor module measuring a alcohol content in the exhaled breath of a driver during a breath-checking of the driver and a control module configured to check the intoxication state of the driver from the alcohol content measured by the sensor module to determine whether the breath-checking is complete and block an engine start when the breath-checking fails, wherein the control module includes a check unit displaying breath-checking guide information through a display unit and the check unit displays the breath-checking guide information based on an engine start input of the driver.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device which determines a type of a liquid included in a cartridge, transmits a signal identifying the type of the liquid to a terminal, receives a control signal including information about the liquid from the terminal, controls an operation of the electronic device based on the control signal, and transmits an inhalation completion notification to the terminal.

Abstract: An embodiment side sill of a vehicle includes a side sill outer having a first convex cross section toward an outside of the vehicle, a side sill inner coupled to an inside of the side sill outer and having a second convex cross section toward an inside of the vehicle, and a reinforcement member disposed in a space between the side sill outer and the side sill inner, the reinforcement member including a plurality of thin plates made of a same material as the side sill and joinable to the side sill by welding, the thin plates being joined to each other to define a closed cross section therebetween and disposed in the space.

Abstract: A current collector, which electrically connects an electrode assembly and a battery housing included in a cylindrical battery, is provided. The current collector includes a loop-shaped portion configured to surround a periphery of a central axis of the electrode assembly to define an opening region that exposes the first electrode tab; a tab coupling portion configured to extend toward the opening region from an inner side of the loop-shaped portion adjacent to the opening region and coupled with the first electrode tab exposed through the opening region; and a housing coupling portion configured to extend toward the inner circumference of the battery housing from an outer side of the loop-shaped portion and coupled with the battery housing.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a display device may include a display panel, a plurality of flexible films attached to a side of the display panel, and a circuit board electrically connected to the display panel through the flexible films. Each of the flexible films may include a first display driver IC (DDI) and a second DDI spaced apart from each other on a surface of the flexible film, a first common line electrically connecting an input pad and the first DDI, a second common line branching from the first common line and extending under the first DDI to bypass the first DDI, a third common line electrically connecting the second common line and the second DDI, a first independent line electrically connecting the input pad and the first DDI, and a second independent line electrically connecting the input pad and the second DDI.

Abstract: A method of determining a temperature of a vibrator included in a cartridge, includes: when the vibrator of the cartridge is coupled to a driving circuit of the electronic device, supplying a signal to the driving circuit; determining a phase difference between a current and a voltage between both ends of the vibrator and a shunt resistor; determining a reactance component of the vibrator based on a resistance value of the shunt resistor and the phase difference; and determining a temperature of the vibrator based on the reactance component.

Abstract: A lighting device including at least one first light source configured to emit a visible light through a first light emitting surface, at least one second light source spaced apart from the first light source and configured to emit light having a wavelength for sterilization through a second light emitting surface, and a housing having a bottom portion, on which the first and second light sources are disposed. The housing can include at least one sidewall portion connected to the bottom portion to enclose the first light source and the second light source in one common area, in which the first and second light emitting surfaces face substantially the same direction, and both the first light emitting surface and the second light emitting surface can be disposed at a different elevation from the bottom portion of the housing.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present inventive concept, an electrolyte additive represented by the compounds of Chemical Formulas 1 to 4 may be provided. In addition, according to another embodiment of the present inventive concept, a method for preparing an electrolyte additive of the compounds of Chemical Formulas 1 to 4 may be provided, wherein the method for preparing the electrolyte additive includes reacting hexafluorophosphate and 2-monofluoromalonic acid, further adding an HF scavenger to the mixed solution produced by the reaction, and concentrating and drying the reaction solution obtained therefrom.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device includes determining whether a vibrator of a cartridge unit is connected to a driving circuit of the electronic device, determining a natural frequency of the vibrator connected to the driving circuit, and controlling a connection method of connecting one or more capacitors each connected in parallel with the vibrator based on the determined natural frequency is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a three-dimensional (3D) simulation method and a 3D simulation apparatus. The 3D simulation method disclosed herein includes a step (S20) of separating point cloud data including a road, an obstacle, and a cargo transportation route into road data and obstacle data, a step (S40) of converting the road data into road mesh data, and converting the obstacle data into obstacle mesh data, a step (S60) of constructing a virtual environment by merging the road mesh data with the obstacle mesh data, a step (S80) of loading a specific cargo transportation route to the virtual environment, a step (S100) of loading a 3D transport truck and a 3D cargo to a predetermined point of the cargo transportation route, and a step (S120) of performing a route survey simulation while virtually driving the 3D transport truck and the 3D cargo along the cargo transportation route.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pressed area, a non-pressed area, and an alignment mark area defined on a rear surface overlapping the pressed area, a driving chip disposed on a front surface of the display panel overlapping the pressed area, and a cover panel disposed on the rear surface of the display panel. The cover panel includes a first functional layer disposed on the rear surface of the display panel overlapping the non-pressed area, a second functional layer disposed on the first functional layer, extending along the first functional layer, and disposed on the rear surface of the display panel overlapping the pressed area, and a third functional layer disposed on the second functional layer overlapping the pressed area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene expression cassette including a synthetic 5? untranslated region (5? UTR), a promoter, and a regulatory gene; a recombinant vector including a replication origin and the gene expression cassette; a recombinant microorganism which has the recombinant vector introduced thereinto and shows alleviated segregational instability and; a method for preparing a recombinant microorganism having alleviated segregational instability by introducing the recombinant vector thereinto; and a method for quantitatively controlling a plasmid copy number in a recombinant microorganism.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and a conductive material. The negative electrode active material includes SiOx (0?x<2) particles and the conductive material includes secondary particles in which a portion of one graphene sheet is connected to a portion of an adjacent graphene sheet and a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are coupled to each other, wherein the oxygen content of the secondary particles is 1 wt % to 10 wt % based on the total weight of the secondary particles, the specific surface area of the secondary particles measured by a nitrogen adsorption BET method is 500 m2/g to 1100 m2/g, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in the negative electrode active material layer in an amount of an 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nicotine inhaler including: a body including a housing and a venturi tube disposed in the housing; a liquid nicotine storage; and a liquid supplying tube that supplies the liquid nicotine into the venturi tube, wherein the venturi tube includes an inlet pipe section communicating with an air intake port at one end of the housing, a central pipe section having a liquid injection hole on a wall thereof, and an outlet pipe section communicating with an inhalation port at the other end of the housing, and the liquid supplying tube is disposed to communicate with the liquid nicotine storage and the liquid injection hole of the central pipe section.

Abstract: An energy storage system includes a housing including an opening formed therein and an accommodation space disposed therein; a plurality of battery modules accommodated in the accommodation space; a door coupled to the housing and rotating and configured to open and close the opening; a measurement unit configured to derive an environmental value by measuring at least one of temperature, gas concentration, or pressure of the accommodation space in real time; and a control unit configured to compare the environmental value derived from the measurement unit with a predetermined limit value, wherein the control unit may be configured to open the door when the environmental value is determined to exceed the limit value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating assembly including an accommodating unit configured to accommodate an aerosol generating article heatable by an induced magnetic field, a spiral coil arranged outside the accommodating unit and configured to generate an induced magnetic field toward the accommodating unit, and a first supporter arranged at a side in the accommodating unit, supporting an outer surface of the aerosol generating article, and separating the outer surface of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the accommodating unit from an inner wall of the accommodating unit, wherein the spiral coil is wound to form a plate shape covering a portion of an outer wall of the accommodating unit, and a center around which the spiral coil is wound is arranged at a point of the outer wall of the accommodating unit.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells stacked therein and a plurality of frames supporting the plurality of battery cells; a front sensing assembly measuring voltages of the plurality of battery cells and mounted on a front end of the battery cell assembly; a rear sensing assembly measuring voltages of the plurality of battery cells and mounted on a rear end of the battery cell assembly; a front cover covering at least a portion of the front sensing assembly; and a rear cover covering at least a portion of the rear sensing assembly.