Abstract: A system and method are configured to supply parts for use in a vehicle manufacturing process. The vehicle parts supply system includes a parts loading device in which a plurality of parts is loaded, a scanning device configured to scan the plurality of parts loaded in the parts loading device, a controller configured to select one or more parts having a specification suitable for a manufacturing target vehicle among the plurality of parts loaded in the parts loading device from a scanned image by the scanning device, and a pick and place device configured to move and align the parts selected by the controller from the parts loading device to a parts alignment device.

Abstract: A negative electrode, a method of manufacturing a negative electrode, a negative electrode slurry, and a secondary battery including the negative electrode are disclosed. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer includes a silicon-containing active material. The silicon-containing active material comprises silicon-containing particles including SiOx, wherein 0<x<2, and Li. The negative electrode includes 0.05 part by weight or more and 1.5 parts by weight or less of one or more element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron, zinc and zirconium, based on 100 parts by weight of a total weight of the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode includes a structure where one or more element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron, zinc and zirconium are bound to oxygen.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate, a pad on the substrate and connected to an interconnection pattern in the substrate, and a solder resist layer on the substrate, the solder resist layer having an opening exposing the pad. A top surface of the pad having a center region, and a peripheral region surrounding the center region. The center region of the top surface of the pad may be located at a level different from the peripheral region of the top surface of the pad, and a first width of the pad may be constant regardless of a distance from the substrate.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an opening into which an aerosol generating article is inserted, a heater assembly located inside the housing and including an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol generating article that is inserted through the opening, an airflow passage located between the housing and the heater assembly to allow an outside of the aerosol generating device to fluid-communicate with an inside of the accommodation space, a sensor arranged adjacent to the airflow passage and configured to detect at least one of a pressure change and a temperature change in the airflow passage, and a processor electrically connected to the sensor and configured to output a notification of a user's puff action, based on the at least one of a pressure change and a temperature change of the airflow passage.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device includes a heater configured to heat at least a portion of an aerosol-generating product, a sensor configured to detect a user's puff, and a processor electrically connected to the heater and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to obtain first remaining puff data based on pressure change data obtained through the sensor, when the first remaining puff data satisfies a preset condition and a user input is received, obtain data regarding an inhalation pattern based on the pressure change data, and supply power to the heater by changing the first remaining puff data to second remaining puff data based on the data regarding the inhalation pattern. Various embodiments may be made.

Abstract: This application provides example configuration methods and apparatuses. One example method include configuring n processes, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. M processes in the n processes are mapped to a first component, where m is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to n, and the first component is associated with a first port. Based on a preconfigured association relationship, an association relationship is generated between each of m service instances corresponding to the m processes and the first port.

Abstract: A method for video coding uses various block partitioning structures. A method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes decoding, from a bitstream, a width and a height of the current block, and a split flag indicating whether the current block is to be partitioned. The method also includes checking for a value of the split flag. If the split flag is false, the method further includes checking whether the aspect ratio satisfies a preset first condition and whether the width and the height satisfy a preset second condition. If the aspect ratio satisfies the first condition and if the width and the height satisfy the second condition, the method further includes decoding from the bitstream a sequential split flag indicating an application of a sequential quad-tree structure. If the sequential split flag is true, the method further includes partitioning the current block into lower blocks by using the sequential quad-tree structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device has a substrate in which recess regions are formed and semiconductor regions acting as a source region or a drain region is defined between the recess regions; a gate insulating layer disposed on an inner surface of each recess region; a recess gate disposed on the gate insulating layer in each recess region; an insulating capping layer disposed above the recess gate in each recess region; a metallic insertion layer disposed between a side surface of the recess gate and a side surface of the insulating capping layer and facing with a side surface of the source region or the drain region; and an intermediate insulating layer disposed between the metallic insertion layer and the recess gate to electrically insulate the metallic insertion layer from the recess gate.

Abstract: A bipolar battery system includes N battery cells. Each of the N battery cells comprises M cores each comprising a first current collector, cathode active material, a separator, anode active material, and a second current collector, where M is an integer greater than one. The M cores are connected in parallel by connecting the first current collectors of the M cores in each of the N battery cells together and by connecting the second current collectors of the M cores in each of the N battery cells together. N-1 clad plates are arranged between adjacent ones of the N battery cells and the N battery cells are connected in series by the N-1 clad plates. A voltage sensing system connects to the N-1 tabs, a first terminal, and a second terminal and is configured to determine N voltages across the N battery cells, respectively.

Abstract: A functionalized separator for a battery cell includes a separator layer including a first side and a second side. A functionalized layer is arranged on at least one of the first side and the second side of the separator layer. The functionalized layer comprises a lithium-ion conducting solid electrolyte and a capacitor active material.

Abstract: Provided is an electric power safety authentication device, including a front casing, a rear casing, a sealing element, and a fastener connection structure. A sealing groove that matches the sealing element is provided at connection between the front and rear casings. The fastener connection structure comprises a first connector, a second connector, a first fastener, a second fastener, a first spring, and second springs. The first fastener is arranged on the front casing, and the second fastener is arranged on the rear casing. The first fastener and the second fastener each comprise a first clamp and a second clamp. The first connector is fit in and fastened to the first fastener, and the second connector is fit in and fastened to the second fastener.

Abstract: Provided are a marine concrete composition using dechlorination microorganisms capable of easily removing chlorine generated by seawater through an electrical method by allowing electrons emitted from electricity-generating microorganisms to flow through steel fibers incorporated into ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) or high-performance fiber reinforced concrete (HPFRCC) through a dechlorination microbial capsule carrier and capable of self-healing concrete crack sites through a self-healing microbial capsule carrier and is also capable of fundamentally solving the problem of reduced durability against salt damage of ultra-high-performance concrete or high-performance fiber reinforced concrete for application in marine construction environments through a dechlorination microbial capsule carrier, and a method for constructing a marine concrete structure using the same.

Abstract: The present application provides a heterocyclic compound and an organic light emitting device in which the heterocyclic compound is contained in an organic material layer.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing methodology is disclosed for freeform fabrication of hydrophobic structures without the use of printed support structures. The build material is directly printed in and supported by a fumed silica-containing yield-stress support bath to form an intermediate article in the support bath material. The intermediate article may be liquid or only partially solidified after being printed into the support bath material. The intermediate article is then heated or irradiated with ultraviolet radiation to initiate cross-linking to solidify the printed intermediate article, forming a finished article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a recombinant protein in which an interferon-beta mutein, in which an amino acid residue is substituted, and an antibody binding to a specific antigen are fused together; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer, the composition comprising, as active ingredients, a polynucleotide, an expression vector and a recombinant microorganism, and the recombinant protein. In the recombinant protein, the physical properties of interferon-beta are improved through site-specific mutation, and thus the recombinant protein may have improved biological activity and purification efficiency, and the productivity thereof can be increased.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a submodule. An enclosure 20 may form the exterior of the submodule 10 of the present disclosure. A first opening 25 may be formed on one side surface 24 of the enclosure 20. A heat sink 30 may be installed in the first opening 25. The inner surface of the heat sink 30 faces the inside of the enclosure 20, and the outer surface of the heat sink 30 may form one outer surface of the enclosure 20. A heating element such as a power semiconductor 32 or a control board may be installed on the heat sink 30. An inlet 34 and an outlet 36 may be provided at one side edge of the heat sink 30 to communicate with a flow path formed therein and allow cooling fluid to flow in and out.

Abstract: A motor comprises: a body; a busbar coupled to the body; and a heat transfer member disposed on the body, wherein the body includes a first open area for exposing the busbar in the axial direction, and a second open area, the second open area includes a first unit open area and a second unit open area, and the heat transfer member is in contact with the busbar in the first open area and is disposed between the first unit open area and the second unit open area.

Abstract: A battery device is disclosed, the battery device may include a plurality of cell assemblies including a plurality of battery cells; and a housing accommodating the plurality of cell assemblies therein, wherein upper surfaces of the plurality of cell assemblies may be spaced apart from the housing by a certain distance, a first venting passage may be formed in the housing facing the upper surfaces of the plurality of cell assemblies, and a second venting passage may be formed in a space between first side surfaces of the plurality of cell assemblies and the housing.

Abstract: A paint thickness measuring device and a computer-implemented method for measuring paint thickness using the same are provided. The paint thickness measuring device includes a first continuous-wave (cw) laser, a second continuous-wave laser, a photomixer, one or more computer processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable memory. The photomixer includes an optical coupler configured to mix laser lights emitted by the first and second continuous-wave lasers and generate a terahertz (THz) wave, a photomixer emitter configured to emit the terahertz wave, and a photomixer receiver configured to detect the terahertz wave reflected off a painted surface. The non-transitory computer-readable memory stores computer program instructions executable by the one or more computer processors to perform operations for paint thickness measurement.

Abstract: An electrode plate manufacturing apparatus includes a roller press mechanism configured to roller press an electrode plate and a freezing mechanism disposed upstream of the roller press mechanism. The freezing mechanism is configured to freeze the electrode plate. An electrode plate manufacturing method includes freezing an electrode plate and roller pressing the frozen electrode plate.