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20130209848 | DEVICE FOR FOLDING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - Disclosed herein is a folding device to manufacture a stacked/folded type electrode assembly having unit cells sequentially stacked in a state in which a separation film is disposed between the respective unit cells, the folding device including a web supply unit to supply a web having plate-shaped unit cells arranged at a top of a separation film at predetermined intervals, a winding jig to rotate the unit cells while holding a first one of the unit cells of the web so that the unit cells are sequentially stacked in a state in which the separation film is disposed between the respective unit cells, and a rotary shaft compensation unit to compensate for the position of a rotary shaft of the winding jig in an advancing direction of the web (X-axis direction), wherein the rotary shaft compensation unit periodically changes the position of the rotary shaft to compensate for the change in X-axis velocity (Vx) of the web caused during winding of the plate-shaped unit cells, thereby uniformly maintaining tension of the web. | 08-15-2013 |
20130240323 | DEVICE FOR FOLDING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a unit cell transfer apparatus for arranging and delivering unit cells to a folding device, which is used in a continuous process for manufacturing a stack/folding type electrode assembly having a structure of planar unit cells wound up over a separate film. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244083 | NOVEL DEVICE FOR CUTTING ELECTRODE SHEET AND SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a device for cutting an electrode sheet laminate wherein two or more continuous electrode sheets, in which an electrode active material is applied to one or both surfaces thereof, are laminated, to form a plurality of unit electrode laminates from the electrode sheet laminate, the device including a cutter to cut the electrode sheet laminate at a set position and thereby form unit electrode laminates, and two or more transport grippers arranged at the front of the cutter based on a feed direction of the electrode sheet laminate, the transport grippers drawing and transporting the electrode sheet laminate by one pitch, a size corresponding to the unit electrode laminate according to operation of the cutter, wherein while one of the transport grippers draws and transports the electrode sheet laminate, the remaining transport grippers move to a position for drawing. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244093 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY CELL MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery cell including an electrode assembly and electrolyte provided in a battery case composed of a laminate sheet having a resin layer and a metal layer, which includes; (a) thermally fusing and sealing the periphery of the case except for an end part thereof while the electrode assembly is mounted in the case; (b) introducing the electrolyte through the unsealed end part then sealing the same by thermal fusion; (c) charging and discharging the battery cell to activate the same; (d) puncturing the unsealed part inside the end part to form a through-hole communicating with the inside of the case; and (e) pulling top and bottom faces of the battery case in the opposite direction to each other at the unsealed part to open the same while applying vacuum pressure, to thereby remove the gas generated during activation as well as excess electrolyte. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244095 | DEGASSING METHOD OF SECONDARY BATTERY USING CENTRIFUGAL FORCE - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery cell including an electrode assembly and electrolyte provided in a battery case made of a laminate sheet having a resin layer and a metal layer, which includes: (a) mounting the electrode assembly in the battery case and sealing the periphery of the battery case except for one end part thereof through thermal fusion; (b) introducing the electrolyte through the unsealed end part and sealing the end via thermal fusion; (c) charging-discharging the battery cell to activate the same; (d) transferring gas generated during activation and excess electrolyte to the foregoing end part of the battery cell by centrifugal force; and (e) removing the gas and excess electrolyte from the end part. | 09-19-2013 |
20130247637 | NOVEL DEVICE FOR NOTCHING AND SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a device for notching, at an interval of a unit electrode, a continuous electrode sheet in which an electrode active material is applied to one or both surfaces thereof, to form a plurality of unit electrodes from the electrode sheet, the device including a press to press notches on the top and the bottom of the electrode sheet at a set position, and a drawing member arranged at the rear of the press based on a feed direction of the electrode sheet, the drawing member drawing and transporting the electrode sheet by one pitch, a size corresponding to the unit electrode according to operation of the press, wherein, when one of the grippers draws and transports the electrode sheet, the remaining grippers move to a position for drawing. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252069 | MANUFACTURE DEVICE OF BATTERY CELL - Disclosed herein is a battery cell manufacturing device configured to manufacture a battery cell including two or more unit cells. The battery cell manufacturing device includes a unit cell stacking unit into which unit cells are introduced from above and in which the unit cells are sequentially stacked, a wrapping unit to wrap an outside of the unit cell stack discharged from the unit cell stacking unit with a separation film, and a heating unit to thermally shrink the separation film wrapping the outside of the unit cell stack. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252072 | NOVEL DEVICE FOR NOTCHING AND SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a device for notching, at an interval of a unit electrode, a continuous electrode sheet in which an electrode active material is applied to one or both surfaces thereof, to form a plurality of unit electrodes from the electrode sheet, the device including a press to press notches on the top and the bottom of the electrode sheet at a set position, and two or more grippers arranged at the rear of the press based on a feed direction of the electrode sheet, the grippers drawing and transporting the electrode sheet by one pitch, a size corresponding to the unit electrode according to operation of the press, wherein while one of the grippers draws and transports the electrode sheet, the remaining grippers move to a position for drawing. | 09-26-2013 |
20130260211 | NOVEL DEVICE FOR LAMINATING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a device for laminating an electrode assembly including a cathode, an anode and a separator interposed therebetween laminated in this order by thermal bonding, the device including an inlet, through which a web having the cathode/separator/anode laminate structure is fed, a heater to heat the web and thereby induce thermal bonding between the cathode, the separator and the anode, an outlet through which the thermally bonded web is discharged, and a transporter to transport the web through the inlet, the heater and the outlet, wherein the transporter imparts a transport driving force to the web in a state that the transporter contacts at least one of the top and the bottom of the web and the heater directly heats a region of the transporter contacting the web and thereby transfers thermal bonding energy to the web. | 10-03-2013 |
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20100182833 | MEMORY AND BOUNDARY SEARCHING METHOD THEREOF - A memory and a boundary searching method thereof are provided therein. When searching a boundary of a threshold voltage distribution of the memory, data errors resulted from tail bits of the memory would be corrected. Therefore, a sensing window could be broader, and the boundary of the threshold voltage distribution could be determined precisely. | 07-22-2010 |
20100226180 | MEMORY ARRAY AND METHOD OF OPERATING A MEMORY - A memory array is described, including memory cells with source and drain doped regions, and global bit lines coupled to the doped regions via select transistors. The connections of the select transistors are configured such that the respective loading capacitances of two global bit lines respectively coupled to the source and the drain of a memory cell to be read do not vary with the memory cell to be read. | 09-09-2010 |
20110085383 | CURRENT SINK SYSTEM FOR SOURCE SIDE SENSING - Source-side sensing techniques described herein determine the data value stored in a memory cell based on the difference in current between the read current from the source terminal of the memory cell and a sink current drawn from the read current. The sink current is drawn in response to the magnitude of a reference current provided by a reference current source such as a reference cell. | 04-14-2011 |
20110085384 | CURRENT SINK SYSTEM FOR SOURCE-SIDE SENSING - Source-side sensing techniques described herein determine the data value stored in a memory cell based on the difference in current between the read current from the source terminal of the memory cell and a sink current drawn from the read current. The sink current is drawn in response to the magnitude of a reference current provided by a reference current source such as a reference cell. | 04-14-2011 |
20110157986 | MEMORY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A memory and an operating method thereof are provided therein. When searching a boundary of a threshold voltage distribution of the memory, data errors resulted from tail bits of the memory would be corrected. Therefore, a sensing window could be broader, and the boundary of the threshold voltage distribution could be determined precisely. | 06-30-2011 |
20110216601 | CURRENT SINK SYSTEM BASED ON SAMPLE AND HOLD FOR SOURCE SIDE SENSING - Source-side sensing techniques described herein determine the data value stored in a memory cell based on the difference in current between the read current from the source terminal of the memory cell and a sink current drawn from the read current. The sink current is drawn in response to a magnitude of an operating voltage between first and second nodes. During a first time interval, the operating voltage is set in response to a magnitude of the reference current using a feedback path. During a second time interval following the first time interval, the operating voltage is held independent of the feedback path. The data value stored in the memory cell is determined based on a difference in current between the read current and the sink current during the second time interval. | 09-08-2011 |
20110267881 | MEMORY ARRAY - A memory array is shown, including memory cells with source and drain doped regions, and global bit lines coupled to the doped regions via select transistors. The connections of the select transistors are configured such that the respective loading capacitances of two global bit lines respectively coupled to the source and the drain of a memory cell to be read do not vary with the memory cell to be read. | 11-03-2011 |
20120033518 | CURRENT SINK SYSTEM FOR SOURCE-SIDE SENSING - Source-side sensing techniques described herein determine the data value stored in a memory cell based on the difference in current between the read current from the source terminal of the memory cell and a sink current drawn from the read current. The sink current is drawn in response to the magnitude of a reference current provided by a reference current source such as a reference cell. | 02-09-2012 |
20130058181 | MEMORY WITH TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION - A memory element in which the temperature coefficient of a memory cell substantially matches the temperature coefficient of a reference cell and tuning either the temperature coefficient of a memory cell to substantially match the temperature coefficient of the reference cell provides for improved precision of sensing or reading memory element states, particularly so as to minimize the affect of temperature variations on reading and sensing states. | 03-07-2013 |
20140026011 | Memory with Dynamic Error Detection and Correction - A dynamic error correcting table can be embedded on an integrated circuit memory device. The error correcting table includes entries which are created for data when an error is detected and corrected during a read of the data. During subsequent reads, without intervening write or refresh operations, the entry in the table can be used to correct the error by merging the corrected bit with the data output from the array before it is applied to the ECC logic. | 01-23-2014 |
20140266105 | LOW DROP OUT REGULATOR AND CURRENT TRIMMING DEVICE - A regulator comprises an amplifier, a bias circuit, and a current trimming circuit. The bias circuit is coupled to the amplifier and supplies a first bias current to the amplifier in a first mode of a system including the regulator. The current trimming circuit is coupled to the bias circuit to adjust the first bias current. | 09-18-2014 |
20150262675 | Incremental step pulse programming (ISPP) scheme capable of determining a next starting pulse based on a current program-verify pulse for improving programming speed - A method for programming a memory including a plurality of memory cells is provided. The method comprises selecting a current cell and executing a pre-program verify operation at a first program verify level. The method comprises executing a program and program verify operation for the current cell, including applying a sequence of program pulses and performing program verify steps. The sequence includes a starting pulse having a starting magnitude. The program verify steps use a second program verify level. The method also comprises determining the starting magnitude for a next cell as a function of a magnitude of the program pulse in an instance of the program verify step in which the current cell passes verify at the second program verify level. | 09-17-2015 |
20160049178 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DRAIN BIAS OF A MEMORY CELL WITH ADDRESSED AND NEIGHBOR BITS - The storage layer such as a nitride layer of a nonvolatile memory cell has two storage parts storing separately addressable data, typically respectively proximate to the source terminal and the drain terminal. The applied drain voltage while sensing the data of one of the storage parts depends on the data stored at the other storage part; the different parts can be in different, neighboring memory cells. If the data stored at the other storage part is represented by a threshold voltage exceeding a minimum threshold voltage, then the applied drain voltage is raised. This technology is useful in read operations and program verify operations to widen the threshold voltage window. | 02-18-2016 |
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20110093194 | NAVIGATION METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A navigation method and apparatus of a mobile terminal capture an image of a road on which a driver is driving a vehicle if the road is a new road which has not been updated on map data, automatically generates guidance information of the captured road, and provide a user preference route in searching a route from a current location to a destination to thereby enhance user satisfaction. The navigation apparatus of a mobile terminal includes a storage unit configured to store map data, a display unit configured to display a route from a current location to a destination on the map data, and a controller configured to store locus information of a vehicle in real time when the vehicle gets off of the route and gives a weight value to a link corresponding to the locus information. | 04-21-2011 |
20130265221 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UI THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus and control method thereof is provided. The flexible display apparatus may include a display, a sensor that senses one of a first deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus and a second deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller which controls the display to display a first user interface (UI) corresponding to the first sensed shape in response to sensing the first shape and a second user interface corresponding to the second sensed shape in response to sensing the second shape, receives an input on the displayed UI, and transmits a control signal to a controlled apparatus that instructs the controlled apparatus to execute a function of the controlled apparatus corresponding to the input. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265262 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus may display a graphical user interface (GUI) indicating a deformation gesture associated with a function executed when the deformation gesture is performed. Accordingly, a user may easily control the flexible display apparatus to perform functions using the deformation gesture. | 10-10-2013 |
20140019005 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION OF DANGER ELEMENT, AND METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus which is used in a transportation apparatus includes: a communication unit which receives surrounding situation information, a controller which recognizes surrounding objects using the surrounding situation information, and determines a danger element that is likely to collide with the transportation apparatus using characteristics of the surrounding objects and a movement characteristic of the transportation apparatus, and a transparent display which displays information for informing a user of the danger element. Accordingly, a surrounding situation can be effectively presented. | 01-16-2014 |
20140029017 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF - A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes a plurality of motion sensors mounted on different locations of the flexible apparatus, a storage configured to store operation information of the flexible apparatus corresponding to a bending shape, and a controller configured to determine a bending shape of the flexible apparatus based on a sensing value of each of the plurality of motion sensors, and to perform an operation corresponding to the determined bending shape based on the operation information stored in the storage. | 01-30-2014 |
20140067320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SHAPE INFORMATION OF OBJECT - A method and an apparatus for generating shape information of an object. The method of generating the shape information of the object includes identifying a bend location of a flexible display apparatus surrounding the object; identifying a bend angle of the flexible display apparatus; and generating the shape information of the object based on the bend location of the flexible display apparatus and the bend angle of the flexible display apparatus. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071086 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch input device and a touch input method are provided. The touch input device includes a first panel configured to be touched by an input tool having magnetic properties, a second panel configured to generate a magnetic field, and a control unit configured to control the second panel to generate the magnetic field in a portion of the second panel that is related to a touched location of the first panel, as the input tool touches the first panel. | 03-13-2014 |
20140156145 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment system and method of determining whether to deploy an external airbag. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area that has a predetermined range and selecting an object that has a shortest Time To External Airbag (EAB) (TTE), from objects detected in the detection area, as a dangerous object, the TTE being a remaining time until the object collides with an airbag cushion when the external airbag is predicted to be deployed. When the dangerous object has a relative velocity greater than a first reference, an overlap greater than a second reference, and a TTE less than a third reference, the dangerous object may be selected as a target object, to cause the external airbag to be deployed. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156146 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method and system. In the method, a detection area located in front of a vehicle is set. A target object is selected from a plurality of objects detected in the detection area by comparing a relative velocity, an overlap, and a TTE, which is a remaining time until each object collides with an airbag cushion when an external airbag is predicted to be deployed. The method further includes determining whether the vehicle is stable by comparing a predicted yaw rate of the vehicle with a measured yaw rate and determining whether a relative velocity and an overlap, predicted at a time when the target object is predicted to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels. The external airbag is deployed when the vehicle is stable, and the predicted relative velocity and overlap are greater than the predetermined levels. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156147 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment system and method. The method includes determining, by a controller, whether to deploy an external airbag. The controller may be configured to set a detection area having a predetermined range and track physical characteristics of objects entering the detection area to update the physical characteristics at intervals of a measurement period of a front sensor. In addition, the controller may be configured to calculate predicted physical characteristics at intervals of a unit time during each measurement period. Based on the calculated physical characteristics, the controller may be configured to determine whether to deploy the external airbag at intervals of the unit time. | 06-05-2014 |
20140163824 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method of determining whether to deploy an external airbag. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area that has a predetermined range and tracking physical characteristics of objects entering the detection area. The detection area is a predetermined area located in front of a vehicle and is set by the controller based on a full deployment time of the external airbag and a relative velocity upon colliding with another object. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163825 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area located in front. In addition, the method includes setting, by the controller, a target object from objects detected in the detection area, when an object has a relative velocity greater than a first reference, an overlap greater than a second reference, and a TTE less than a third reference, wherein TTE is a remaining time until the object collides with an airbag cushion when the external airbag is predicted to be deployed. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a relative velocity and an overlap, predicted at a time when the target object is predicted to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels and deploying the external airbag when the predicted relative velocity and overlap are greater than the predetermined levels. | 06-12-2014 |
20140277950 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area located in front. In addition, the method includes setting, by the controller, a target object from objects detected in the detection area, when an object has a relative velocity greater than a first reference, an overlap greater than a second reference, and a TTE less than a third reference, wherein TTE is a remaining time until the object collides with an airbag cushion when the external airbag is predicted to be deployed. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a relative velocity and an overlap, predicted at a time when the target object is predicted to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels and deploying the external airbag when the predicted relative velocity and overlap are greater than the predetermined levels. | 09-18-2014 |
20140378166 | METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, SERVER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING LOCATION BASED SERVICE WITHIN BUILDING - A method of implementing a location-based service within a building is provided. The method includes receiving, from at least one electronic device, a plurality of data sets indicating information of wireless signals which the at least one electronic device measures for each time or for each location within the building; determining a similarity between the plurality of data sets; generating a logical path by integrating similar data sets; and generating a wireless signal map within the building by mapping the logical path to a physical path of the building. | 12-25-2014 |
20150158446 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD - In an external airbag deployment method, a detection area located in front of a vehicle is set. A target object is selected from among objects detected in the detection area by comparing relative velocities, overlaps, and Time To External Airbag (TTE) values of the detected objects. It is determined whether the vehicle is stable or unstable by comparing a predicted yaw rate of the vehicle with a measured yaw rate. It is determined whether a relative velocity and an overlap of the target object, predicted at a time when the target object is assumed to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels. The external airbag is deployed if it is determined that the vehicle is stable and the predicted relative velocity and overlap of the target object are greater than predetermined levels. | 06-11-2015 |
20150321633 | METHOD FOR UNFOLDING EXTERNAL AIR BAG - A method for deploying an external air bag, including searching region of a front of vehicle, updating a physical amount of a searched object within the searching region each measurement period of a front sensor, determining a predicted physical amount each unit time during each measurement period, and predicting the physical amount by assuming that a specific searched object is moved at a constant speed when a capture of the specific searched object which was searched by the front sensor is stopped, selecting a target object among searched objects based on a relative speed or an overlap of the searched object obtained by the updating step or (Time To External Airbag) TTE and deploying the external air bag in a case in which each of a relative speed and an overlap predicted when the target object collides are a predetermined level or more. | 11-12-2015 |