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The present invention relates to a device and method (100) of generating a depth map for an image using monocular information, the method comprising: generating (110) a first depth map for the image (205), wherein the first depth map corresponds with an estimate of a global depth profile of a scene depicted in the image, generating (120) a second depth map for the image, wherein a depth value associated with a pixel in the second depth map is based on depth values in the first depth map within a region spatially proximate to the pixel and at least one of color and luminance values of the image within the region and generating (130) a third depth map for the image using depth values from the first depth map and the second depth map, the generating scaling a depth difference, such that a difference between a depth value of the third and first depth map is scaled compared to the corresponding difference between a depth value of the second and first depth map. The invention further relates to a computer program product for use in executing the method according to the present invention.

Even if produced from a broad amorphous alloy ribbon, a nano crystal soft magnetic alloy, a magnetic core made of a nano crystal soft magnetic alloy, and the amorphous alloy ribbon for a nano crystal soft magnetic alloys which has the excellent alternate magnetic property, the small dispersion, the excellent temporal stability in high temperature, the excellent mass productivity can be provided.

An amorphous alloy ribbon, wherein the alloy composition is represented by Fe_100-a-b-c-dM_aSi_bB_cC_d (atomic %), 0<a≦10, 0≦b≦20, 2≦c≦20, 0<d≦2, 9≦a+b+c+d≦35, and an amorphous alloy ribbon consists of inevitable impurities, and said M is at least one element selected from Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W, and C concentration takes maximum value at 2-20 nm depth from the surface of said amorphous alloy with equivalent SiO₂.

A toner excellent in temporal stability is provided which toner is capable of maintaining good cleaning property stably for a long period of time and whose surface is provided with a coating layer having an effect of preventing toner aggregation. There are also provided a method of manufacturing the toner, a two-component developer, a developing apparatus, and an image forming apparatus. The toner has a core particle containing a binder resin and a colorant and a coating layer which contains fine resin particles and are formed on surfaces of the core particles. The coating layers are formed by partially fusing the fine resin particles to at least either the core particle or adjacent fine resin particles.

A polyhydroxyalkanoate comprises a unit of formula (1): —(O—CH((CH₂)_mSASO₂R)CH₂C(═O))— wherein R is selected from the group consisting of OH, a halogen atom, ONa, OK, OCH₃ and OC₂H₅; A represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon structure; m is an integer number selected from 1 to 8; and in the case where a plurality of units exist in the same molecule, R, A and m in one unit can be different from them in another unit respectively. A method of producing the polyhydroxyalkanoate comprises the step of reacting a polyhydroxyalkanoate comprising a unit of formula (18): —(O—CH((CH₂)_mBr)CH₂C(═O))—, wherein m is an integer number selected from 1 to 8, and in the case where a plurality of units exist in the same molecule, m in one unit can be different from that in another unit, with at least one type of compounds of formula (19): HS-A₁-SO₂R₁₅ wherein R₁₅ is selected from the group consisting of OH, a halogen atom, ONa, OK, OCH₃ and OC₂H₅ and A₁ is a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon structure, and in the case where a plurality of types of compounds exist in the same molecule, R₁₅ and A₁ in one unit can be different from them in another unit respectively.

A negative resist composition including a complex represented by the general formula (1); and a polymerization initiator. in which M represents hafnium (Hf) or zirconium (Zr), X represents a ligand including a conjugate base of an acid which has an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3.8 or less and has a polymerizable group, Y represents a ligand having no polymerizable group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

[MX_nY_4-n]  (1)

The invention discloses a contact type scanning probe for a micro-nano three-coordinate measuring machine. The contact type scanning probe is characterized in that a measuring head and a measuring unit are arranged in a probe housing. The measuring head unit comprises a suspension sheet (5a) and a base (6), wherein the suspension sheet (5a) is arranged inside the inner cavity of the base (6) to form a suspension structure. The central through hole of the suspension sheet is fixedly provided with a probe with a measuring ball. The probe extends out of the bottom port of the base and is free from swinging under the interference of the bottom port of the base. The measuring unit comprises a capacitive sensor arranged on each cantilever of the suspension sheet. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the output signal of the capacitive sensor is adopted as the detection signal of the probe. Therefor, the detection result is ensured to be high in accuracy, high in sensitivity and small in measurement force. Meanwhile, the contact type scanning probe is high in stability and low in cost.

The present invention provides a negataively chargeable charge controlling agent to control a charged state of a powder or granular material such as toner for electrophotography, where the agent comprises a polyhydroxyalkanoate having at least one kind of 3-hydroxy-ω-carboxyalkanoic acid unit represented by the chemical formula (1):

wherein n is an integer selected from 1 to 8; R₁ is an H, Na or K atom, or

and when more than one unit exists, n and R₁ is the same or different between the units. The charge controlling agent is excellent in electrophtographic properties and propitious to environment because of the biodegradability of the polyhydroxyalkanoate.

wherein n is an integer selected from the range shown in the same chemical formula; R₁ is an H atom, Na atom, K atom, or

and when more than one unit exists, n and R₁ may differ from unit to unit.

A method of producing a magnetic carrier, having a coating process step in which a surface of a magnetic carrier core is coated with particles of a resin composition by a mechanical impact force. The coating process step has a first coating process step of mixing, dispersing, and fixing the particles on the surface of the core, and a second coating process step, which is performed after the first coating process step, of carrying out a film-forming coating process on the particles. In the first and second coating process steps, the peripheral velocity of the outermost end of stirring members, the coating process time, the product temperature at the end of the coating process, and the glass-transition temperature of the resin component satisfy specific relationships.

This invention discloses a Ta-substituted (K, Na) NbO3-based Pb-free piezoelectric ceramic, whose general formula is (K0.44Na0.52Li0.04) (Nb0.96-xTaxSb0.04) O3, where, x is 0.00-0.40. The preparation method comprises: pre-treating the raw materials, mixing, pre-sintering, granulating, producing green bodies, gel-casting, sintering, coating with Ag, polarizing and examining. The obtained Ta-substituted (K, Na) NbO3-based Pb-free piezoelectric ceramic has a piezoelectric constant d33 of 252 pC/N, an electromechanical coupling coefficient KP of 0.42, a dielectric constant epsivr of 1503, and a dielectric loss tan delta of 0.025. The Ta-substituted (K,Na)NbO3-based Pb-free piezoelectric ceramic has such advantages as high dielectric parameters, high piezoelectric parameters, high time stability and simple process, and can be used to prepare acoustic generators, ultrasonic transdecuers and resonators.

A thermosensitive recording material and the method of producing the same are provided, in which the protective layer-coating liquid represents superior temporal stability, transporting ability at printing is superior even under higher temperatures and humidities and even by use of printers with lower motor torque, and also coloring property and storage property at image and background portions are excellent. The thermosensitive recording material comprises comprises at least a support, a thermosensitive recording layer and a protective layer in order, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer comprises at least a leuco dye and a color developer, and the protective layer is formed from a protective layer-coating liquid comprising at least a diacetone-modified polyvinyl alcohol, a carbodihydrazide compound and an aqueous ammonia solution.

Methods are provided for generating intraluminal prosthetic implants designed to fit onto specific anatomical locations within regions which are stable in terms of their motion in time.

The invention discloses a device for generating Nyquist optical pulse based on an ultra-broadband optical frequency comb. The device comprises the following components: a narrow line-width laser, a first wavelength division multiplexer, a polarization controller, a Fabry-Perot electro-optic modulator, a temperature control device, an optical coupler, a circulator, a phase-shifted fiber bragg grating, an optical amplifier, a photoelectric detector, an electric amplifier, an electric phase shifter, a bias T, a direct-current bias, an optical band-pass filter, an optical spectrum analyzer, a quantum dot mode-locked laser, a second wavelength division multiplexer and a plurality of electro-optical modulators. By virtue of the device, the disadvantage of bandwidth of the conventional electronics method can be overcome; the device is used as a light source for optical fiber communication; the frequency spectrum utilization rate of an optical fiber communication system can be greatly improved.

A method for manufacturing a high temperature superconductor (=HTS) coated tape (20), with the following steps: preparation of a substrate tape (1), deposition of at least one buffer layer (2), deposition of an HTS film (3), deposition of a metallic protection layer (35) on the HTS film (3) and deposition of a metallic shunt layer (36) is characterized in that, prior to deposition of the metallic shunt layer (36), the partially prepared coated tape (10) undergoes a laser beam cutting in order to provide a desired tape form, wherein the laser beam cutting is applied together with a gas flow and/or a liquid flow (23). The method reduces the loss of critical current and reduces or avoids a deterioration of the critical temperature in a HTS coated tape due to tape cutting.

A device and method for converting magnetic flux to voltage uses a Fraunhofer pattern of a 1D array of long Josephson junctions. The 1D array of Josephson junctions may include from 1 to 10⁹ junctions formed in a planar geometry with a bridge width within the range of 4-10 μm.

There is disclosed a chemically-amplified positive resist composition comprising, as main components, (A) a base polymer, which contains one or more kinds of a monomer unit represented by the following general formula (1) and the like, and is an alkali-insoluble polymer whose hydroxyl group is partly protected by an acetal group while alkali-soluble when deprotected by an acid catalyst, (B) a sulfonium salt containing a sulfonate anion, (C) a basic component, and (D) an organic solvent. In a lithography technology by a photo resist, an extremely high temporal stability is necessary. In addition, it must give a good pattern profile not dependent on a substrate and have a high resolution power. There can be provided a chemically-amplified positive resist composition which can solve these problems simultaneously, a resist patterning process using the same, and a method for producing a photo mask blank.

The invention provides a preparation method for a graphene/metal composite thin film. The method comprises the following steps that (A) a growth substrate with a graphene thin film is immersed in a reduction solution to be subjected to an in-situ reduction reaction, and a metal particle/graphene thin film/growth substrate composite thin film is obtained; and (B) a metal particle/graphene thin film in the metal particle/graphene thin film/growth substrate composite thin film is transferred to a target substrate, and a target substrate/metal particle/graphene thin film composite thin film is obtained. According to the preparation method, metal particles are reduced to the graphene thin film in situ, a compositing process is omitted, and the metal particles well disperse on the graphene thin film, so that the sheet resistance of the graphene/metal composite thin film is lowered. The metal particles in the prepared graphene/metal composite thin film are clamped between the graphene thin film and the target substrate so as to be well protected, and therefore the time stability of the sheet resistance of the composite thin film is greatly enhanced.

This invention relates to a fiber laser, the technology of which includes: taking the output light of a large power laser with the central wavelength of 1070nm as the pump light to enter into the cascade structure linear resonate cavity composed of Raman gain fiber and fiber gratings, the energy of which is converted to the long wavelength light steadily via Stokes at different levels to get the necessary output band. In the process of the transformation from the last-but-one level Stokes light to the last, a narrowband tuned filter ring resonate cavity is used to obtain large sphere of laser output at the needed bands under the combined action of wide band gain property of the Si elements in Raman fiber and the narrow band tuning.