Abstract: A virtual engine sound generating system and method are provided in which each of speakers outputting a virtual engine sound provides an intended optimal virtual engine sound to a driver by adjusting a time for a virtual engine sound to reach the driver and an amplitude of an engine sound that reaches the driver when the head position of the driver changes from a reference position. The system includes speakers provided in a vehicle to output the virtual engine sound, an engine sound generating unit generating the sound, and a controller calculating a head position of a driver based on state information of the driver's seat, adjusting a delay time at which the virtual engine sound is output and/or an amplification factor for each of the speakers based on the calculated head position, and outputting an adjusted delay time and/or amplification factor to the engine sound generating unit.

Abstract: A switchboard having a cooling unit is provided. The switchboard having the cooling unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a housing having an inner space, an air inlet formed at one side thereof, and an air outlet formed at the other side thereof; a heat source disposed at one side of the inner space; a cooling unit for introducing an external air through the air inlet to the inside of the housing and discharging an air of the inner space through the air outlet to the outside of the housing; and a support plate disposed in the inner space and coupled to the cooling unit to allow the cooling unit to enter and exit the inner space.

Abstract: An approach for controlling method of an electronic device is provided. The approach acquires voice information and image information for setting an action to be executed according to a condition, the voice information and the image information being respectively generated from a voice and a behavior associated with the voice of a user. The approach determines an event to be detected according to the condition and a function to be executed according to the action when the event is detected, based on the acquired voice information and the acquired image information. The approach determines at least one detection resource to detect the determined event. In response to the at least one determined detection resource detecting at least one event satisfying the condition, the approach executes the function according to the action.

Abstract: A device may include a metal contact between a first isolation region and a second isolation region on a first surface of an epitaxial layer. The device may include a first sidewall and a second sidewall on a second surface of the epitaxial layer distal to the first isolation region and the second isolation region. The device may include a wavelength converting layer on the epitaxial layer between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for adjusting a reference voltage. The apparatus may include a gate signal generation unit for generating an RDQS gate signal, a reference voltage generation unit for setting a reference voltage based on the RDQS gate signal, and a reset counter for holding a voltage at the time at which the RDQS gate signal becomes low when the RDQS gate signal is not applied to the reference voltage generation unit for a specific time period.

Abstract: A pixel structure and driving method of an ultra-thin device display with alignment and driving electrode switching functions.

Abstract: There are a method and a system for extracting a region of interest in an image obtained through a high-resolution camera installed in an autonomous vehicle. The method for extracting the region of interest based on a drivable region in the high-resolution camera includes a step of acquiring an image through the high-resolution camera; and a step of extracting, by a processor, a region of interest within the acquired image by using 3D drivable region information. Accordingly, far-distance information extraction performance may be enhanced, and all of the functions of a set of a wide angle camera and a narrow angle camera of HD may be performed only with one FHD or UHD wide angle camera, so that the number of sensors may be reduced and a production cost may be reduced.

Abstract: Discussed is a cutting device configured to cut at least a portion of an uncoated portion of an electrode assembly that includes an electrode cell body portion in which a separator, and a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet are wound in a state of being stacked, and the uncoated portion on which an active material layer is not coated is provided on an end portion of at least one of the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet in a width direction thereof. The cutting device can include a cutter portion configured to form a cut line in the uncoated portion, the cut line extending in an axial direction of the electrode assembly, and the cutter portion forming the cut line while moving in the axial direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive material dispersion for a secondary battery, and a slurry composition for the electrodes of a secondary battery comprising same. Specifically, the conductive material dispersion comprising a vinyl-based dispersant to show better performance than existing dispersants can be used for the electrodes of a secondary battery.

Abstract: A high voltage battery module includes a battery cell laminate formed by arranging a plurality of high voltage battery cells, an upper housing including an opening at a position corresponding to an inlet of a battery module case on an upper surface of the battery cell laminate and including a cooling flow path of outside air introduced through the inlet formed thereon, and a baffle configured to guide the outside air passing through the opening to flow to the outside of the battery cell laminate along the cooling flow path and formed in a curved surface including an inflection point.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mask pattern includes forming a mold mask layer on a substrate. A pre-mold mask pattern that includes a first trench extending in a first direction is formed by etching the mold mask layer. The first trench has a first width in a second direction crossing the first direction. A mold mask pattern that includes a second trench connected to the first trench is formed by etching the pre-mold mask pattern. The second trench has a second width different from the first width in the second direction. The second trench is adjacent to the first trench in the first direction. A process mask pattern that fills the first and second trenches is formed in the mold mask pattern and disposed on the substrate. The mold mask pattern is removed and the process mask pattern remains disposed on the substrate after removing the mold mask pattern.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery module is provided. The rechargeable battery module may include battery cells aligned in a first direction, a busbar holder configured to cover the battery cells while exposing electrode terminals of the battery cells, a busbar configured to connect the electrode terminals, and a flexible printed circuit connected to the busbar, covered with a film, and including a body portion including signal lines in the film, a sensor coupled to the busbar, a connection portion including a connection line connecting the signal line and the sensor in the film, and having a connection width, and a slot hole passing through the film along a perimeter of the sensor to define the connection portion, and having a penetration width.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a block of integrated circuitry that includes functional circuitry and configurable interface circuitry. The configurable interface circuitry includes output circuitry that routes a node of the functional circuitry to an output node of the block, and input circuitry that selectively routes the output node of the block or an input node of the block to the functional circuitry. The output circuitry may route a selectable subset of multiple nodes of the functional circuitry to respective output nodes of the block, and the input circuitry may be configured to route the output nodes of the block back to the functional circuitry in the absence of an adjacent block (e.g., to repurpose the output circuitry), or in addition to interfacing with the adjacent block.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a duty cycle monitoring method and apparatus for a memory interface, including receiving a clock signal as input and generating a first delay time offset and a second delay time offset, receiving the clock signal and the first delay time offset and then outputting a first delayed signal, receiving the first delayed signal and the second delay time offset and then outputting a second delayed signal, receiving the clock signal and the second delayed signal and then outputting a delay value corresponding to a half-period of the clock signal, and monitoring, based on the first delayed signal, whether a duty cycle of the clock signal conforms to a duty cycle specification.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes a substrate comprising a land structure. The land structure includes a first land section having a first height in a cross-sectional view and a second land section having a second height in the cross-sectional view that is different than the first height. A mold encapsulant is disposed adjacent a lateral portion of the first land section and is disposed below a bottom portion of the second land section. A semiconductor die is attached to the substrate, and includes a first major surface, a second major surface opposing the first major surface, and an outer perimeter. The semiconductor die further includes a bonding structure disposed adjacent the first major surface, which is coupled to the second land section such that the first land section is disposed outside the perimeter of the semiconductor die A mold member encapsulates at least portions of the semiconductor die.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes: a lower can configured to operate as a first electrode terminal; an upper can coupled to the lower can to surround the lower can and configured to operate as a second electrode terminal; and a gasket between the lower can and the upper can. A recessed lower insertion groove and a recessed upper insertion groove are defined in a surface of the lower can and a surface of the upper can, which are in close contact with the gasket, respectively. The lower insertion groove and the upper insertion groove are spaced apart from each other so as not to face each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus with a local interconnect structure. The apparatus can include a first transistor, a second transistor, a first interconnect structure, a second interconnect structure, and a third interconnect structure. The local interconnect structure can be coupled to gate terminals of the first and second transistors and routed at a same interconnect level as reference metal lines coupled to ground and a power supply voltage. The first interconnect structure can be coupled to a source/drain terminal of the first transistor and routed above the local interconnect structure. The second interconnect structure can be coupled to a source/drain terminal of the second transistor and routed above the local interconnect structure. The third interconnect structure can be routed above the local interconnect structure and at a same interconnect level as the first and second interconnect structures.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus may include a main converter including a main housing and at least one transformer disposed in an interior of the main housing, a sub-converter including a sub-housing coupled to an upper portion of the main housing and a voltage boost assembly disposed in an interior of the sub-housing, a lower cooling unit provided in a lower portion of the main housing to support the at least one transformer, and an upper cooling unit provided in a lower portion of the sub-housing to support the voltage boost assembly.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an atomic layer deposition device for filling a gap of a semiconductor structure with a high aspect ratio and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the atomic layer deposition method of filling the gap of the semiconductor structure with the high aspect ratio according to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to remove an overhang at an pattern top at the same time as deposition and perform the gap-filling to remove a void and a seam by improving bottom-up deposition in a high aspect ratio structure of 40:1 or more.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology includes an anode current collector, a first anode active material layer on at least one surface of the anode current collector and including a graphite-based active material and a silicon-based active material doped with a metal element, and a second anode active material layer on the first anode active material layer and including a porous structure. The porous structure includes a carbon-based particle having pores and a silicon-containing coating formed inside the pores or on a surface of the carbon-based particle.