Abstract: A negative electrode material including an inorganic coating layer, a method of preparing the same, a negative electrode including the negative electrode material, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. The negative electrode material includes a core containing a silicon oxide particle and at least one selected from among lithium silicate, lithium disilicate, and lithium silicide, and an inorganic coating layer surrounding the core, where the inorganic coating layer includes metal phosphate, a metal phosphate derivative, or a lithium oxide-non-metal phosphate composite.

Abstract: A showerhead unit that controls plasma confinement by using an upper ground ring and a substrate treating apparatus including the same are provided. The substrate treating apparatus comprises a chamber housing providing a space in which a substrate is treated; a substrate support unit disposed inside the chamber housing, supporting the substrate; a showerhead unit disposed inside the chamber housing, providing a process gas; and a plasma generating unit generating plasma for treating the substrate by using the process gas, wherein the showerhead unit includes: a showerhead main body that includes a plurality of gas feeding holes to provide the process gas; and an upper ring assembly surrounding the showerhead main body, and the upper ring assembly includes a portion extended in a direction in which the substrate support unit is positioned.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a position of a target may include a particle generator to generate a plurality of particles on a map, a particle selector to calculate position accuracy of each of the plurality of particles, based on data sensed related to a position of a target, and select, as a reference particle, at least one of the plurality of particles, based on the position accuracy, and a position determining device to determine the position of the target, based on the reference particle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas turbine blade having a shelf squealer tip, the gas turbine blade including an airfoil-shaped blade housing, and a squealer tip extending from an edge portion of a tip surface that is an end surface of the blade housing, in which the squealer tip is formed only on a part of the edge portion of the tip surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to maximize film-cooling performance on the tip surface and additionally reduce an aerodynamic loss by suppressing high-temperature main flow reattachment and swirl flow generation on the tip surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a method and device for providing an adaptive map for diverse autonomous navigation platforms. The method includes: generating environment information around a moving object based on perception information acquired from the moving object equipped with a sensor; selecting at least one piece of map information among multiple pieces of map information based on characteristics information of a type of the moving object, the moving object, which includes at least one of sensing performance of the moving object, processing performance of the moving object, and communication performance of the moving object, and the environment information; adjusting the map information based on situation information representing a situation around the moving object recognized from the environment information; and transmitting the adjusted map information to the moving object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic compound represented by the following Formula 1, and a high-efficiency and long-lifetime organic light emitting device enabling significantly improved low voltage driving, and having long lifetime, excellent luminous efficiency and the like by employing the same as a light emitting layer host material in the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic compound represented by the following Formula 1, and a high-efficiency and long-lifetime organic light emitting device enabling significantly improved low voltage driving, and having long lifetime, excellent luminous efficiency and the like by employing the same as a light emitting layer host material in the device.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a biosignal measurement electrode including: preparing a conductive polymer including a coil-type chain structure having a coil shape; providing a sugar alcohol and a water-soluble polymer to the conductive polymer to produce an electrode source including an expanded chain structure in which the coil-type chain structure is expanded and linearly arranged; forming a coating layer by providing the electrode source on a substrate; and producing the biosignal measurement electrode by annealing the coating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic compound represented by the following [Formula 1], and a high-efficiency and long-lifetime organic light emitting device enabling significantly improved low voltage driving and having long lifetime, excellent luminous efficiency and the like by employing the same as a light emitting layer host material in the device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic compound represented by Formula 1: Also disclosed is an organic light emitting device including a light emitting layer employing the organic compound as a host. The use of the organic compound enables low voltage driving of the organic light emitting device and ensures significantly long lifetime and improved luminous efficiency of the device.

Abstract: In a method for preparing a cathode of a secondary battery, a method for preparing a purified N-methyl pyrrolidinone (NMP), and a method for purifying a waste NMP, an inhibitor is added to prevent NMP from being decomposed to produce formaldehyde during the process. 1. The inhibitor may be a phenol-based antioxidant and/or an amine-based light stabilizer.

Abstract: Organic compounds represented by Formulas 1 and 2 are disclosed: Also disclosed is an organic light emitting device including a light emitting layer employing the organic compounds as host materials. The use of the organic compounds enables low voltage driving of the organic light emitting device and ensures significantly long lifetime and improved luminous efficiency of the device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an analysis apparatus (100) including: an information receiving unit (110) configured to receive a tissue image of a tissue of interest provided with an exploring material with which a labeling material for analysis is bonded and transcriptome information sharing spatial information of the tissue of interest, a spatial mapping unit (120) configured to generate spatial mapping information by spatially mapping the tissue image by the labeling material of the exploring material with the spatially reserved transcriptome information, a transcriptome information extraction unit (150) configured to extract the transcriptome information in the tissue relating to distribution of the exploring material from the spatial mapping information, and a molecular marker analysis unit (160) configured to analyze a molecular marker relating to the distribution of the exploring material in the tissue of interest through the extraction.

Abstract: A map generating system for autonomous movement of a robot includes a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud map input device, a 3D point cloud map regeneration device that extracts only 3D point cloud data corresponding to an arbitrary reference height from the 3D point cloud map to regenerate the 3D point cloud map, an unoccupied area generation device that extracts ground point cloud data from the 3D point cloud map to set an unoccupied area into which the robot is able to move, an occupied area generation device that extracts obstacle point cloud data from the 3D point cloud map to set an occupied area into which the robot is unable to move, and a two-dimensional (2D) map generation device that adds the unoccupied area and the occupied area to an area on the 3D point cloud map to generate a 2D map.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas turbine blade having a shelf squealer tip, the gas turbine blade including an airfoil-shaped blade housing, and a squealer tip extending from an edge portion of a tip surface that is an end surface of the blade housing, in which the squealer tip is formed only on a part of the edge portion of the tip surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to maximize film-cooling performance on the tip surface and additionally reduce an aerodynamic loss by suppressing high-temperature main flow reattachment and swirl flow generation on the tip surface.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel disposed on a back-light unit; and a viewing angle control unit disposed between the back-light unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the viewing angle control unit includes light-blocking patterns having a light-blocking material and variable patterns disposed between a first control electrode and a second control electrode, wherein the variable patterns are extended in a direction perpendicular to the light-blocking patterns, and wherein transmittance of each variable pattern is changed according to a voltage applied to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, thereby preventing a distraction of people around a user by selectively sharing a realized image.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel disposed on a back-light unit; and a viewing angle control unit disposed between the back-light unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the viewing angle control unit includes light-blocking patterns having a light-blocking material and variable patterns disposed between a first control electrode and a second control electrode, wherein the variable patterns are extended in a direction perpendicular to the light-blocking patterns, and wherein transmittance of each variable pattern is changed according to a voltage applied to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, thereby preventing a distraction of people around a user by selectively sharing a realized image.

Abstract: A system for exclusive track resource sharing is provided. Some embodiments provide an exclusive track resource sharing system including onboard control units and a resource manager. Onboard control unit is provided in each of trains and is configured to communicate with another onboard control unit in another train. The resource manager is configured to record ownership status information of track resources of the plurality of trains, to provide the ownership status information of the track resources to the onboard control unit, and to generate and deliver a resource entitlement or resource authority to the onboard control unit. The resource authority is configured to be owned by a single onboard control unit. The onboard control unit possessing the resource authority is configured to seize or release the track resources corresponding to the resource authority and to control the track resources corresponding to the resource authority.

Abstract: Provided is a method for purifying waste N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, the method comprising the steps of: reacting the waste N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone containing an amine compound with an acid anhydride; converting the amine compound into an amide compound; and removing the amide compound by distillation, thereby manufacturing high-purity N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone that can be reused.

Abstract: An embodiment device for planning a path of a robot includes a camera configured to capture an image in a moving direction of the robot and a controller configured to detect a moving obstacle in the image in the moving direction of the robot, to calculate a speed and a moving direction of the moving obstacle based on a change in a location of the moving obstacle, and to set a region of the moving obstacle based on the speed and the moving direction of the moving obstacle, the region being in a form of an ellipse.