Patents by Inventor Shun Takada

Shun Takada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5508149
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for use in preparing a color proof image from a halftone image information is provided, comprising a support having thereon blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, in which at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers comprises silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 80 mol % and of which the reflection densities, when unprocessed, at wavelengths of 450, 550 and 700 nm each are not less than 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Masumi, Shun Takada
  • Patent number: 5346809
    Abstract: A method of photographic color image formation is disclosed. The method gives a color photographic image having high preservability under a condition with a lowered replenishing amount of developer. The method comprises the following steps;(1) imagewise exposing to light a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer,(2) developing the exposed light-sensitive material with a color developer,(3) bleach-fixing the developed light-sensitive material with a bleach-fixer, and(4) washing the bleach-fixed light-sensitive material, In the above method, the silver halide emulsion layer contains a specified yellow coupler having a molecular weight of not more than 800 and a specified antifungal agent. The developing step is carried out for a time not more than 25 seconds and developer is replenished with a developer replenisher in a ratio of from 20 ml to 150 ml per square meter of light-sensitive material developed the developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Satoshi Masumi
  • Patent number: 5342745
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a base paper support coated with a hydrophilic polymer as a peeling agent, and having thereon, a polyolefin resin layer, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is coated on the side on which the silver halide emulsion layer is provided, and a peel strength between the base paper support and the polyolefin resin layer is within the range of 30 to 160 g in weight per inch, and a maximum color transmission density is not less than 2.0 when the silver halide light-sensitive material is subjected to a color developing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tai, Shun Takada
  • Patent number: 5340703
    Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide light-sensitive photographic material in which a replenishing amount of a color developer is not more than 1000 ml/m.sup.2 and the material contains a coupler represented by formula I: ##STR1## The processing method of the invention can provides effects that even when treated with processing solution of low replenishing amount, a sensitive material suppresses deterioration in whiteness of non-image area and reproduces yellow close to that of a printing ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Masumi, Shun Takada
  • Patent number: 5219716
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material characterized in that the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is processed with a color developer in an amount of 20 to 150 ml/m.sup.2 replenished and contains a yellow coupler represented by the formula (Y-1) shown below: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group; R.sub.2 an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or acyl group; R.sub.3 is a group substitutable on benzene ring; n is 0 or 1; X.sub.1 represents a group eliminable during coupling with the oxidized product of a developing agent; and Y.sub.1 an organic groupand a method for processing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takahiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5180659
    Abstract: A photosensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and provided thereon, photographic component layers including at least one silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed. At least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains having silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %; at least one of the photographic component layers comprises a specific dye excellent in decolorization and capable of improving sharpness; at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprises a mercapto compound for improving aging stability of silver halide emulsions; a photographic component layer is hardened with cyanuric chloride series hardeners for improving fog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Murai, Shun Takada
  • Patent number: 5168033
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer formed on a base is disclosed said base is a reflective base having an oxygen permeability of no more than 2.0 ml/m.sup.2.hr.atm, at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers is a magenta dye forming layer containing at least one magenta coupler of formula (I) shown below, and the layers positioned above said silver halide emulsion layer with respect to said base have a gelatin content of no less than 3 g/m.sup.2 : ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of the non-metallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, provided that the ring formed by Z may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being eliminated upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; and R is a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 5112728
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler and an non-light-sensitive layer containing a binder and a UV absorbent, wherein said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has not more than 7.6 g/m.sup.2 of gelatin, said UV absorbent is liquid at an ordinary temperature, and said magenta coupler is a compound represented by Formula I; ##STR1## wherein Z represents a non-metallic group necessary to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent, and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Tanji, Toyoki Nishijima, Takahiro Ogawa, Shun Takada, Kazuhiro Murai
  • Patent number: 5006454
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a silver halide emulsion layer containing (1) a pyrazoloazole magenta coupler, (2) an anti-color-fading agent having an oxidation potential (Eox) of 0.95(V)<Eox<1.50(V) and (3) a hydroquinone derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Sasaki, Toyoki Nishijima, Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4996138
    Abstract: There is provided a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support and photographic layers containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer thereon. At least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol % and silver bromide content of not less than 0.05 mol % and at least one photographic layer contains a specific oxanol dye. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is suitable for rapid processing and excellent in image-sharpness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Murai, Yasuhiko Kawashima, Shun Takada, Nobuaki Kagawa
  • Patent number: 4994350
    Abstract: An image forming method suitable for forming a color proof is disclosed. The method comprises (1) a step for exposing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is comprised of a support having thereon photographic component layers including a yellow image-forming blue-sensitive, a magenta image forming green-sensitive and a cyan image-forming red-sensitive emulsion layer, to light through a transparent black-and-white halftone image and (2) a step for processing the exposed light-sensitive material to form a color image, wherein the photographic component layers contain a yellow water-soluble dye, a magenta water-soluble dye and a cyan water-soluble dyes and reflective densities of the silver halide color photographic material measured with light of 450 nm, 550 nm and 700 nm are each not less than 0.8, and toe portion gradations of characteristic curves of yellow, magenta and cyan images formed in the light-sensitive material by the processing are each not less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ogawa, Shun Takada
  • Patent number: 4994362
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material and a image forming method using the photographic material. The photographic material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, a cyan coupler represented by the following formula C-1 and a nitrogen-containing hetero-cyclic mercapto compound. ##STR1## The photographic material is developed with a color developer substantially not containing benzyl alcohol for a time not more than 2 minutes 30 seconds. An color image having preferable light-absorption characteristics and a high maximum density is obtained. The photographic material is also excellent in storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okumura, Shun Takada
  • Patent number: 4981774
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a support, a silver halide emulsion layer provided on one side of the support, and a backing layer provided on the other side of the support is disclosed. Said support is transparent, and the transmittances of the support, the support plus the backing layer, and the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in 450 nm, 550 nm and 700 nm satisfy the following equations;.alpha..sub.700 =T.sub.B700 /T.sub.A700 =0.20 to 0.50.beta..sub.700 =T.sub.A700 /T.sub.0700 =0.05 to 0.30.alpha..sub.550 =T.sub.B550 /T.sub.A550 =0.10 to 0.40.beta..sub.550 =T.sub.A550 /T.sub.0550 =0.10 to 0.50.alpha..sub.450 =T.sub.B450 /T.sub.A450 =0.20 to 0.50.beta..sub.450 =T.sub.A450 /T.sub.0550 =0.15 to 0.50wherein T.sub.0700, T.sub.0550 and T.sub.0450 represent the transmittances of the support in 700 nm, 550 nm and 450 nm, respctively; T.sub.A700, T.sub.A550 and T.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tai, Shun Takada, Hisayoshi Tsurui
  • Patent number: 4980274
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a support, provided thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, and a backing layer provided on a reverse side of said silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed. Said support is of white color polyester or comprises a layer containing a white pigment and provided on a side of the silver halide emulsion layer; and the transmittances of the support, the support plus the backing layer, and the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in 450 nm, 550 nm and 700 nm satisfy the following equations;.alpha..sub.700 =T.sub.B700 T.sub.A700 =0.30 to 0.70.beta..sub.700=T.sub.A700 /T.sub.0700 =0.05 to 0.30.alpha..sub.550 =T.sub.B550 /T.sub.A550 =0.60 to 0.90.beta..sub.550 =T.sub.A550 /T.sub.0550 =0.10 to 0.50.alpha..sub.450 =T.sub.B450 /T.sub.A450 =0.60 to 0.90.beta..sub.450 =T.sub.A450 /T.sub.0550 =0.15 to 0.50wherein T.sub.0700, T.sub.0550 and T.sub.0450 represent the transmittances of the support in 700 nm, 550 nm and 450 nm, respectively; T.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tai, Shun Takada, Hisayoshi Tsurui
  • Patent number: 4828969
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having, upon a substrate, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer. The silver halide grains contained in the blue-sensitive emulsion layer is optically sensitized for maximum spectral sensitivity in the wavelength region of 450 to 500 nm, and at least one emulsion layer other than the blue-sensitive layer contains a magenta coupler represented by the following formula, the substituents of which are defined within the Specification. ##STR1## Photographic materials thus formed have both an increased blue and green sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4820614
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material improved in suitability for rapid processing and in color forming efficiency, spectral absorption property and fastness of the cyan image is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Kazuhiro Murai, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4770985
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which has formed on a support in sequence a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a yellow coupler of the formula (I), a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a magenta coupler of the formula (II), and a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a cyan coupler of the formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group; R.sub.2 is --NHCOR.sub.3, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.3, --COOR.sub.3 or ##STR2## provided that R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each an alkyl group; and Z.sub.1 is a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered hetero ring together with a nitrogen atom); ##STR3## [wherein R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.6 is (provided that R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are each a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, and when R.sub.7 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Masao Sasaki, Toyoki Nishijima, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4753870
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer on the support. At least one layer of the silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound of the Formula I ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being split off upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and a compound represented by formula 1R.sup.1 (O).sub.n SO.sub.3 Mwherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group; M represents a hydrogen atom or a cation and n is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Toyoki Nishijima, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4734358
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is excellent in raw-stock preservability, physical characteristics of its layers such as glossiness, scratch resistance, and degree of swelling and whose sensitivity changes very little with time after manufacture comprising a compound represented by Formula [I] of the specification, hardened with at least one of the compounds represented by Formula [II] or [III] of the specification. The storage stability is further improved when at least one of the cyan couplers represented by Formula [IX] or [X] of the specification is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: RE34697
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material having a support and at least one silver halide emulsion is provided. The silver halide emulsion layer contains in combination at least one cyan coupler of Formula (I) and at least one cyan coupler of Formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera, Takashi Kadowaki