Abstract: In a method for recovering lithium hydroxide from a lithium secondary battery, cathode powder is prepared from a cathode of the lithium secondary battery. A cathode active material mixture is prepared by mixing the cathode powder with a calcium compound. The cathode active material mixture is reduced to form a preliminary precursor mixture. A lithium precursor is recovered from the preliminary precursor mixture. Therefore, a lithium precursor can be obtained with high purity without a complicated leaching process or an additional process, which result from a wet-based acid solution process.

Abstract: The electronic device for recommending an AI-based melanoma biopsy site according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a processor which classifies a skin image that is input by using a classification model as melanoma or nevus, identifies melanoma features in the skin image by using a generation model when the skin image is classified as melanoma to generate an image from which the melanoma features are removed, and compares the skin image with the generated image to identify at least one candidate biopsy site.

Abstract: A shoes care device includes an inner cabinet and a module housing. A blowing part, a heating part, and a dehumidifying part are jointly accommodated in a module chamber inside a module housing, and the module housing is detachably coupled to a lower side of the inner cabinet. A shoes care device having a structure in which condensed water generated while passing through the blowing part, the heating part, and/or the dehumidifying part can be prevented from being leaked, and it is advantageous for leakage management, and the module housing and a component accommodated therein are easily managed and replaced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light emitting diode (LED) driving device that may expand a usable range of LED current and battery voltage by reducing heat generation of an integrated circuit, and an LED lighting device including the same, which may include a current controller that constantly controls an LED current flowing through an LED string and an IC heat dissipation part connected to a node between the LED string and the current controller to dissipate IC heat of the current controller, wherein when a battery voltage supplied to the LED string increases, the IC heat dissipation part reduces a first LED current flowing from the LED string to the current controller and simultaneously increases a second LED current flowing from the LED string to the current controller via the IC heat dissipation part, thereby reducing the IC heat generation of the current controller.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a teaching method for teaching a transfer position of a transfer robot. The teaching method includes: searching for an object on which a target object to be transferred by the transfer robot is placed, based on a 3D position information acquired by a first sensor; and acquiring coordinates of a second direction and coordinates of a third direction of the object based on a data acquired from a second sensor which is a different type from the first sensor.

Abstract: A charging cable for an electric vehicle includes a cable main body having a flat cross-section in a width direction thereof and partitioned into a plurality of internal regions. The charging cable includes terminal portions through which positive and negative power cables, a communication/sensor cable, a coolant flow channel, and a ground pass into the plurality of internal regions, respectively. The terminal portions are arranged in a row in the width direction of the cable main body.

Abstract: A conductive composite material, a method of preparing the same, and a secondary battery including the same. The conductive composite material may increase the proportion of an active material when forming an electrode by chemically bonding a conductive material and a binder to each other. A method of preparing the conductive composite material comprises ionizing carbon-based particles in a predetermined polarity, ionizing PTFE particles in a polarity different from that of the carbon-based particles, and chemically bonding the ionized carbon-based particles and the ionized PTFE particles, which are ionized in different polarities, to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a discharge pressure of a fluid includes: a pump configured to suck the fluid through an inlet or to discharge the sucked fluid through an outlet; a distributor connected to the pump and to an injection nozzle provided by a sensor and configured to distribute the fluid discharged from the pump to the sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the pump to operate selectively in accordance with detection of contamination of the sensor and to control operation of the distributor to be forcibly delayed during operation of the pump such that the fluid distributed to the sensor, when detected as being contaminated, is controlled to reach a selected required discharge pressure of different required discharge pressures selected in accordance with water amount information and a degree of contamination of the sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a cable for an electric vehicle charger includes a cable holding unit configured to restrict a charging cable extended and connected to a charging coupler, and to ascend or descend to predetermined positions, a housing unit mounted in a manner that is rotatable along a leftward-rightward direction, the cable holding unit being accommodated inside the housing unit, a driving unit configured to provide drive power for enabling the cable holding unit to ascend and descend and drive power for rotating the housing unit, and a control unit configured to control the driving unit in such a manner that the cabling holding unit and the housing unit are selectively driven when the charging coupler is removed from an electric vehicle charger or rests thereon.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a thermal management fluid module for a vehicle using a circulating fluid such as a refrigerant or a coolant, the thermal management fluid module including a manifold plate in which a plurality of fluid flow channels are formed, and a thermal interference avoidance unit which is coupled to the manifold plate and in which fluid flow channels having a relatively high temperature or low temperature are formed to be separated and spaced apart from other fluid flow channels among the fluid flow channels.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling step charging of a secondary battery. A charging control unit determines a SOC, an OCV and a polarization voltage of the secondary battery, determines an OCV deviation corresponding to a difference between the OCV and a predefined minimum OCV value, determines a correction factor corresponding to the polarization voltage and the OCV deviation, determines a look-up SOC by correcting the SOC according to the correction factor, determines the magnitude of a charging current corresponding to the look-up SOC, and provides the determined charging current to a charging device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling the supply of solid silicon to a preliminary crucible of an ingot growth apparatus for maintaining a constant amount of molten silicon in the preliminary crucible by measuring the height of the molten silicon in the preliminary crucible.

Abstract: A display may include flexible substrate, a blocking layer on the flexible substrate, a pixel on the flexible substrate and the blocking layer, and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line connected to the pixel. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor connected to the scan line, and a driving transistor to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode. The blocking layer is in an area that overlaps the switching transistor on a plane, and between the switching transistor and the flexible substrate, and receives a voltage through a contact hole that exposes the blocking layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting process of manufacturing the wheel in a one-piece body having a forming end and a temporary flange protruding at inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively, wherein the one-piece body further includes a resonance chamber forming groove; a primary shape machining process of forming a stepped part at an outer circumferential side of the resonance chamber forming groove; a flow forming process of bending the forming end to be seated on the stepped part; a friction stir welding process of integrally bonding a portion where the forming end and the stepped part are in close contact with each other; a fine machining process of removing the temporary flange; and a sound-absorbing hole machining process of forming a sound-absorbing hole for communicating between the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire in the forming end.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes: a battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the battery cell assembly; and at least one injection hole provided in a bottom portion of the module case to inject a thermally conductive adhesive into the module case.

Abstract: A bitline sense amplifier including: an amplifier which is connected between a first sensing bitline and a second sensing bitline, and detects and amplifies a voltage difference between a first bitline and a second bitline in response to a first control signal and a second control signal; and an equalizer which is connected between a first supply line through which the first control signal is supplied and a second supply line through which the second control signal is supplied, and pre-charges the first bitline and the second bitline with a precharge voltage in response to an equalizing control signal, wherein the equalizer includes an equalizing enable transistor in which a source terminal is connected to the first supply line and performs equalizing in response to the equalizing control signal.

Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes: an intake part including an intake door configured to open an outdoor air inlet to introduce an outdoor air in an outdoor air mode, open an indoor air inlet to introduce an indoor air in an indoor air mode, and control an opening degree of the outdoor air inlet or the indoor air inlet, and a blower configured to suck the indoor air or the outdoor air through the indoor air inlet or the outdoor air inlet and blow the indoor air or the outdoor air into a vehicle interior; and a control part configured to control a rotational speed of the blower according to an air flow rate level of the air conditioning system.

Abstract: Provided is a holographic optical element printing method using a tunable focus lens and a rotating mirror. According to an embodiment, a holographic printer includes: a first optical engine and a second optical engine configured to adjust a phase of an incident collimated beam and emit the collimated beam; and a first reduction optical system and a second reduction optical system configured to reduce the beam emitted from the first optical engine and the second optical engine and to allow the beam to enter a holographic material, wherein each of the first optical engine and the second optical engine includes: a rotating mirror configured to reflect while adjusting the phase of the incident collimated beam through rotation; and a tunable focus lens configured to refract while adjusting the phase of the incident collimated beam reflected from the rotating mirror through focus tuning.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display area comprising a plurality of pixels, and a data line and a gate line electrically connected to the plurality of pixels, a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area, a plurality of pads disposed on a side of the non-display area, a gate control line electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of pads and that supplies a gate control signal, a driving voltage line electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of pads and that supplies a driving voltage, an antistatic circuit electrically connected to the gate control line, a scan driver that generates a gate signal based on a gate control signal received from the gate control line and that supplies the gate signal to the gate line, and a shielding layer integral to the driving voltage line to overlap the top of the antistatic circuit.

Abstract: Provided is a cognitive experiment method for change in periphery region image quality for parameter determination of a foveated hologram. According to an embodiment, a cognitive experiment method for determining foveated image parameters includes: generating a foveated image which includes a foveal region and a periphery region while reducing image quality regarding the periphery region; displaying the generated foveated image; receiving an input of a response to image quality of the periphery region from a subject; and collecting information regarding appropriate image quality of the periphery region, based on the response inputted by the subject. Accordingly, in applying a foveated hologram generation algorithm for real-time reproduction, various parameters such as a boundary between a foveal region image and a periphery region image in a foveated hologram, and a degree of quality degradation of the periphery region image may be appropriately determined through a cognitive experiment.