Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Yamada

Yoshitaka Yamada 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: 5426370
    Abstract: In a spark plug voltage probe device, an electrically shield casing (301) is provided in which electrical circuit boards (302) are accommodated, the shield casing (301) having an electrically conductive wall (313) connected to the ground. An insulator base (303) is securely attached to an outer bottom of the electrical shield casing (301) and has an electrode plate (332) embedded in the insulator base to be connected to the electrical circuit boards (302). A rubber plate (342) is securely attached to a lower surface of the insulator base (303). A plurality of grooves (333, 341) are provided between the insulator base (303) and the rubber plate (342) to locate the corresponding cables (305) in the grooves (333,341) so as to form a static capacity (C1) between the electrode plate (332) and the cables (305). This makes it possible to reduce a noise level by the ratio of the static capacity (C1) to a static capacity (C2) between the electrically conductive wall (313) and the electrode plate (332).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyata, Yoshitaka Yamada, Hideji Yoshida, Yoshihiro Matsubara, Yasuo Ito
  • Patent number: 5389500
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming color photographic images which comprises printing of color images obtained by use of a color photographic light-sensitive material, having on a support, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer onto a printing color photographic light-sensitive material having on a support, a yellow color forming layer, a magenta color forming layer and a cyan color forming layer, wherein the following requirements (A) and (B) are fulfilled,(A) wavelength .lambda..sub.B.sup.max to give the maximum value in spectral sensitivity distribution of a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is within the limits of 415 nm to 470 nm, and the sensitivity of the blue-sensitive emulsion layer at 480 nm is not more than 35% of the sensitivity at .lambda..sub.B.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimazaki, Kuniaki Uezawa, Satoru Shimba, Yoshitaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 5376508
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a silver halide color photographic image comprising:exposing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for photographing which comprises a support and provided thereon at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (B layer), at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (G layer) and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (R layer) to light to obtain a latent image; processing said latent image to obtain a color negative image;printing said color negative image on a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for printing which comprises a support and provided thereon a yellow color-forming layer (Y layer), a magenta color-forming layer (M layer) and a cyan color-forming layer (C layer) to obtain a color photographic image; wherein:(A) the spectral sensitivity distribution of the G layer S.sub.G (.lambda.) has a maximum value at a certain point .lambda..sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Satoru Shimba, Hiroshi Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 5252444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on the support, wherein the maximum sensitivity wavelength .lambda..sub.B of the spectral sensitivity distribution in said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer at 400 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.B .ltoreq.470 nm, the sensitivity of said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer at 480 nm does not exceed 40% of the sensitivity at the maximum sensitivity wavelength .lambda..sub.B and the gradient of said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer after blue light separation exposure .gamma..sub.SB and the gradient of said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer after white light exposure .gamma..sub.WB bears the relationship of .gamma..sub.SB /.gamma..sub.WB .ltoreq.1.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Hiroshi Shimazaki, Satoru Shimba
  • Patent number: 5200308
    Abstract: The improved color photographic material has on a support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each of those emulsion layers having a specified spectral response. This color photographic material has high chroma and insures faithful reproduction of color hues even under illumination with a fluorescent lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ohtani, Hiroshi Shimazaki, Yoshitaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 5084373
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material improved on the sharpness and the graininess of images is disclosed. The photographic material of the invention comprises a support having thereon photographic component layers including a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, in which the photographic component layers have a total dry thickness of not more than 18 .mu.m , and at least one of the photographic component layers contains a coupler capable of releasing a scavenger which is capable of scavenging the oxidation product of a color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Watanabe, Yoshitaka Yamada, Toshihiko Kimura, Hidetaka Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 5048952
    Abstract: A liquid mixing ratio detecting sensor has cylindrical holder which is immersed in sulfuric acid solution. The holder is filled with silicone oil. A glass plate is placed within the holder. A light emitting diode emits light beams which enter the glass plate through its vertical side, and totally reflect from a boundary between the glass plate and the sulfuric acid solution. The light beams coming out from the glass plate is reflected by a reflection plate to enter into the glass plate through its vertical side, and totally reflected from a reference boundary between the glass plate and the silicone oil when a refractive index of the sulfuric acid solution is greater than that of silicone oil. On the other hand, the light beams entered into the glass plate refracts at the reference boundary to fall on a photo diode when the refractive index of the sulfuric acid solution decreases to be smaller than that of silicone oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyata, Yoshitaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 5046842
    Abstract: A mixing ratio detecting device for composite liquid has a transparent column placed so that a bottom of the column is in contact with a mixing liquid, and a light emitting diode disposed so that light beams therefrom are incident on one side of the column to pass therethrough so as to impinge on an interface between the bottom of the column and the mixing liquid. The light beams impinged on the interface less than a critical angle are refracted, while the light beams impinged on the interface more than the critical angle totally reflected to escape from other side of the column. A photo diode is provided to receive the light beams escaped from the other side of the column so as to generate an output. An effective photo-receiving area of the photo diode is in the form of an inversed trapezoid to compensate for characteristics of the output from the photo diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyata, Yoshitaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 5034310
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ikeda, Yoshitaka Yamada, Toshihiko Yagi
  • Patent number: 5009988
    Abstract: A photographic material including a support having thereon photographic component layers including a red-sensitive emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, a green-sensitive emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler. At least one of these silver halide emulsion layers contains a diffusible DIR compound, wherein the total dry-thickness of the photographic component layers is not greater than 16 .mu.m and the total silver halide content of the silver halide emulsion layers is not more than 6.5 g/m.sup.2 of silver. A colloidal layer, formed in a position farther from the support than the silver halide emulsion layer which is farthest from the support, contains substantially non-light-sensitive fine grain silver halide grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yagi, Yoshitaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 4977069
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having arranged thereon at least two each of red-sensitive layers, green-sensitive layers and blue-sensitive layers, wherein, with respect to each of the red-sensitive layers, the blue-sensitive layers and the green-sensitive layers, there are not less than two silver halide layers having different sensitivities, said material satisfying the following four requirements:a. the highest blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BH) is arranged to serve as the silver halide emulsion layer in the farthest position from the support;b. the highest green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GH) and the highest red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RH) are interposed between the highest blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BH) and a lower blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (Bh);c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Iijima, Yoshitaka Yamada, Kenji Kumashiro, Hideo Akamatsu, Takashi Kamio
  • Patent number: 4833069
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is improved in a developing stability, whose red density-green density balance is hardly affected even by change in a developing condition. The photographic material comprises a support and, provided on a side of the support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The total thickness of the layers provided on the emulsion coated side of the suport, is within the range of from 5 to 18 .mu.m. The red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a cyan-dye forming coupler and a clored cyan-dye forming coupler, and a ratio of the colored cyan-dye forming coupler to the total amount of the cyan-dye forming coupler and the colored cyan-dye forming coupler is within the range of from 15 to 80 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Hamada, Yoshitaka Yamada, Kiyotoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4804619
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material improved in image quality such as sharpness and graininess is disclosed. The silver halide color photographic material is comprises support having thereon photographic component layers comprising at least two silver halide emulsion layers, adjacently arranged to each other, having the same color sensitivity and different speed from each other. In this photographic material the highest speed layer among these emulsion layers contains a DIR compound capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor or a diffusible compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor, and the total thickness of the silver halide emulsion layers is within the range of from 1.5 .mu.m to 5 .mu.m, and the silver halide emulsion layers are allowed to have the interposition of a non-light-sensitive intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Masao Iwamura
  • Patent number: 4777123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a light-sensitive multi-layer color photographic material having at least each one layer of blue-sensitive layer, green-sensitive layer and red-sensitive layer on a support, wherein;at least one blue-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of benzoyl type couplers,at least one green-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of pyrazoloazole type couplers, andat least one red-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of ureido type couplers.According to this invention, it is possible to obtain a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude and is excellent in gradation characteristic, or a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude and is excellent in graininess, or a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude, is excellent in graininess and also good in a desilverization performance during processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Hiroshi Shimazaki, Toshifumi Iijima
  • Patent number: 4766058
    Abstract: A photographic material comprising at least one blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed. The silver density of the emulsion layer is not less than 4.0.times.10.sup.-1 g/cm.sup.3 and the dry thickness of the layer is not more than 4.0 .mu.m. A core/shell type silver halide emulsion and a high-speed reaction type scavenger for the oxidation products of a developing agent are preferably used for the emulsion layer. The photographic material has a high sensitivity and provides an image having a superior sharpness and resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sampei, Toshifumi Iijima, Yoshitaka Yamada, Hiroshi Shimazaki, Kenji Kumashiro, Yoshiharu Mochizuki, Syoji Matsuzaka, Hiroshi Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 4752558
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising at least one layer of green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GH), at least one layer of red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RH) and a plural number of blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers with different sensitivities, provided on a support, which is characterized in that one of the said plural number of blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers is provided as a silver halide emulsion layer (BH) positioned at the farthest side from the support, at least one layer GH and at least one layer RH are provided between the layer BH and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer lower in sensitivity than the layer BH, and further fine grains of silver halide are contained in at least one of the said blue-sensitive emulsion layer of lower sensitivity and a layer adjacent thereto. The fine grains of silver halide may have a blue-sensitive sensitizing dye adsorbed on the surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Shimura, Yoshitaka Yamada, Toshifumi Iijima, Kenji Kumashiro, Takashi Kamio
  • Patent number: 4724198
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers, each layer consisting of two or more layers with different sensitivities on a support, wherein the layers are constituted so as to satisfy the following requirements (A), (B), (C) and (D):(A) of the respective emulsion layers having the highest sensitivities among the the red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers, the highest sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer is provided on the side farthest from the support;(B) at least the the highest sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer and the highest sensitivity green-sensitive emulsion layer are provided between the the highest blue-sensitive emulsion layer and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer with lower sensitivity;(C) none of the respective red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers having the lowest sensitivities exists on the side farther than the low sensiti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Toshifumi Iijima, Kenji Kumashiro, Takashi Kamio, Shinya Shimura
  • Patent number: 4704351
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, the silver halide emulsion layer includes substantially monodispersed core/shell type silver halide grains, and the silver halide grains are those which have been sensitized with a combination of at least one of sensitizing dyes represented by the following formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.8, Y.sub.1 to Y.sub.3, Z.sub.1 to Z.sub.8, X.sub.1.sup..crclbar., X.sub.2.sup..crclbar., m and n have the same meanings as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Takiguchi, Yoshitaka Yamada, Hirofumi Ohtani, Hiroshi Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 4701404
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having blue-, green- and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers coated on a support is provided, each of said layers being composed of a plurality of sub-layers having different sensitivities. In said material, at least a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion sub-layer having high sensitivity is provided between a first green-sensitive silver halide emulsion sub-layer of high sensitivity and a second green-sensitive silver halide emulsion sub-layer having a lower sensitivity than said first green-sensitive sub-layer, said first green-sensitive sub-layer and/or said red-sensitive sub-layer with high sensitivity giving a maximum color density of formed dye in said material higher than 0.6 but not exceeding 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Iijima, Yoshitaka Yamada, Kenji Kumashiro, Takashi Kamio, Shinya Shimura
  • Patent number: 4701405
    Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, the silver halide emulsion layer includes substantially monodispersed core/shell type silver halide grains, and the silver halide grains are those which have been sensitized with a combination of at least one of sensitizing dyes represented by the following formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.8, Y.sub.1 to Y.sub.8, X.sub.1.sup..crclbar., X.sub.2.sup..crclbar., m and n have the same meanings as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Takiguchi, Yoshitaka Yamada, Hirofumi Ohtani, Hiroshi Kashiwagi