Abstract: An apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle is introduced. The apparatus may comprise at least one sensor to capture surrounding environment data, a processor, and a controller configured to control operations of the vehicle. During autonomous driving, the processor may generate vehicle state information and determine whether a minimal risk maneuver is to be performed, potentially mitigating collision risks. Upon determining to perform the minimal risk maneuver, the processor may determine a maneuver type and a target location. The processor may control, based on the determined maneuver type and the target location, autonomous driving of the vehicle by causing the controller to operate the vehicle to stop at the target location.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a vehicle for performing minimum risk maneuvers and a method of operating the same. An autonomous driving vehicle includes at least one sensor configured to detect surrounding environment of the vehicle to generate surrounding environmental information, a controller configured to control an operation of the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor the status of the vehicle to generate vehicle state information; determine whether a minimal risk maneuver is required; execute, based on the minimal risk maneuver being required, the minimal risk maneuver by causing the controller to control autonomous driving of the vehicle; provide, to a user inside the vehicle, an indication of initiation of the minimal risk maneuver; and turn on and off an external indicator indicating the execution of the minimal risk maneuver.

Abstract: This invention relates to a solidifying agent for solidifying radioactive waste, and more particularly to a solidifying-agent composition for solidifying radioactive waste, including alumina cement and a gypsum powder. The solidifying-agent composition including alumina cement and a gypsum powder is capable of effectively minimizing an increase in the volume of a solidified radioactive waste product to a level satisfying physical and chemical safety regulations upon the solidification of radioactive waste.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells; a pack housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells; and a bus bar having a terminal fastening unit coupled to an electrode terminal of each of the plurality of battery cells and disposed at least one side of the pack housing. The terminal fastening unit has a shape bent toward the electrode terminal from a circumference of a bus bar hole disposed in the bus bar and includes at least one fastening leg coupled to the electrode terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display driving device insensitive to external noise. The display driving device may include first and second data wires configured to connect a transmitter of a timing controller and a receiver of a source driver, first and second terminating resistors configured to connect the first and second data wires, and a noise reduction circuit configured to detect a lock fail, generate a common voltage when detecting the lock fail, and provide the common voltage to a node between the first and second terminating resistors. The display driving device can prevent an image failure by minimizing the influence of external noise.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes: a first portion comprising an aerosol generating material; a second portion comprising a tobacco material including a moisturizing agent; a third portion configured to cool airflow that has passed through the first portion and the second portion; a fourth portion comprising a filter material; and a wrapper that surrounds the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, wherein the second portion includes the moisturizing agent in an amount of 10 wt % or less based on a total weight of the tobacco material such that heat conductivity in the second portion is improved.

Abstract: A light emitting element may include a light emitting stack pattern including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer. An insulating film may surround an outer circumferential surface of the light emitting stack pattern. The insulating film may include a first layer, a second layer surrounding the first layer, and a third layer surrounding the second layer. The first layer and the third layer may include a same material.

Abstract: A gate driving device includes a power supply circuit configured to boost a power source voltage and to output a first driving power voltage and a second driving power voltage, and a gate driver configured to drive a top control signal for switching a top switch element of an inverter by receiving the first driving power voltage from the power supply circuit, to drive a bottom control signal for switching a bottom switch element of the inverter by receiving the second driving power voltage from the power supply circuit, and to output a charging control signal for switching a charging switch element connected to a neutral terminal of a motor and one end of the bottom switch element by receiving the second driving power voltage.

Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element disposed on a substrate and including a first end portion and a second end portion. The first electrode is electrically connected to the first end portion of the light emitting element. The second electrode is electrically connected to the second end portion of the light emitting element. A first semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an electrode layer of the light emitting element are sequentially disposed along a longitudinal direction from the second end portion to the first end portion. An insulating film of the light emitting element covers side surfaces of the first semiconductor layer, the light emitting layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the electrode layer, and extends in parallel to the longitudinal direction. A shielding layer is disposed inside the insulating film.

Abstract: Disclosed is a condenser for a water purifier, comprising a pipe provided with a plurality of bending parts which are disposed so as to be vertically overlapping with one another, cooling wires provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the plurality of bending parts; and fixing members for fixing the cooling wires. The cooling wires that are provided on the surfaces, facing each other, of the plurality of bending parts are disposed so as to alternate with each other.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel in a display area, sensing electrodes overlapping the pixel, a sensing pad in a non-display area, a sensing connection line in the non-display area, and electrically connected to the sensing pad, a sensing signal line in the non-display area, and electrically connected to the sensing electrodes, and a power line extending from the non-display area, and electrically connected to the pixel, wherein the sensing signal line is electrically connected to the sensing connection line through an opening or indentation defined by the power line.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating device, wherein the aerosol generating article includes a tobacco medium portion and an aerosol generator, the tobacco medium portion including a tobacco material and a pH adjuster, and the aerosol generator including an aerosol generating material. The aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to receive power from a battery to heat the aerosol generating material, and a controller configured to control power supply to the heater. When the heater operates in a smokeless mode, an aerosol is not generated from the aerosol generating material, and when the heater operates in a smoke mode, an aerosol is generated from the aerosol generating material.

Abstract: A vehicle control system may include a controller that detects an object outside a vehicle, calculates an angle based on a ratio of a relative speed between the object and the vehicle to a speed of the vehicle, and updates a phase curve reflecting a phase distortion of an input signal based on the calculated angle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode connection element, a light emitting apparatus including the same, and a method for manufacturing the light emitting apparatus, and more particularly, to an electrode connection element, a light emitting apparatus including the same, and a method for manufacturing the light emitting apparatus, which are for electrically connecting an electrode terminal and an external drive circuit. An electrode connection element according to an exemplary embodiment includes: an upper connection member coming into contact with an upper surface of an electrode terminal formed on a substrate; a lower connection member configured to support a lower surface of the substrate; a connection member configured to connect the upper connection member and the lower connection member to each other.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aerosol generating rod includes providing a sheet of a first non-tobacco material by using at least one first conveying roller; crimping the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a first crimping device; applying an aerosol generating material to at least one surface of the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a first spray nozzle; applying a liquid containing a tobacco component to at least one surface of the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a slit nozzle; drying the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a drying device; and forming the aerosol generating rod by forming the sheet of the first non-tobacco material into a rod by using a rod forming device.

Abstract: An electric field variable gas sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating film disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor thin film material disposed on a part of the semiconductor substrate and a part of the insulating film, a gas molecule adsorption inducing material disposed on the semiconductor thin film material, a first electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate to be spaced apart from the semiconductor thin film material, and a second electrode disposed on the insulating film to be connected with the semiconductor thin film material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for synthesizing chiral magnetic nanocoils using an electrodeposition technique, which can be used to fabricate magnetic nanosensors capable of generating an electric field by strongly reacting to an external magnetic field, such as Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction at the nanoscale, depending on the coil shape of the nanostructure. In accordance with one embodiment, a method of synthesizing a chiral magnetic nanocoil may include generating a primary particle composed of metal ions by applying an external electric field, binding a chiral molecule to a surface of the generated primary particle, and controlling an assembly direction of a next primary particle by the bound chiral molecule.

Abstract: The electroplating apparatus for surface modification of pipes includes: a housing comprising an inner space accommodating an electrode, a plating solution, and a pipe therein, and a plating solution inlet disposed on a lower surface of the housing and allowing the plating solution to be injected therethrough; a plating auxiliary part disposed inside the housing, vertically fixing the pipe inserted into the housing, and guiding the plating solution injected into the housing to flow toward an upper portion of the housing; and an auxiliary support part disposed inside the housing, spacing the plating auxiliary part and the plating solution inlet apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and guiding the plating solution introduced through the plating solution inlet to flow in a direction, where the plating auxiliary part is disposed.

Abstract: Provided are an adhesive film, an optical member comprising same, and an optical display device comprising same, the adhesive film comprising a (meth)acryl-based binder containing an aromatic group and a hydroxyl group, inorganic particles, and a trigger polymer, wherein the trigger polymer has a melting point of about 0° C. or more, the adhesive film has a haze of about 2% or less, and an adhesive film has a ratio of adhesive strength of about 10 or more according to Equation 1.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). A phase shifter device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a first board configured to comprise a phase changing rail; and a second board configured to comprise an input rail connected to an input port, a first output rail connected to a first output port, a second output rail connected to a second output port, and a connection rail connecting the first output rail with the second output rail. The first board may be disposed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from the second board so as to face and overlay the second board. The phase of a signal passing through a first section of the connection rail may vary by a first value depending on the rotation of the first board.