Correcting By Interimage Effect Patents (Class 430/362)
  • Patent number: 7244550
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having, on a support, at least one layer of a blue sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a yellow color forming coupler, a green sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a magenta color forming coupler, and a red sensitive emulsion layer unit containing a cyan color forming coupler, wherein 70% or more of the projection area of the entire silver halide grains has at least one layer of a silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing silver halide grains satisfying the following (a) to (c), and (1) the photosensitive material contains at least one inter-image effect providing layer, or (2) the photosensitive material contains a compound represented by the following Formula (I): (a) the material comprises a tabular silver halide host grain with an aspect ratio of 5 or more having two principal surfaces parallel with each other and a protrusion portion of silver halide epitaxially joined onto the surface of the tabular silver halide host grain,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuzawa, Yutaka Maeno, Kazumi Nii
  • Patent number: 7223530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a support and at least three color records comprising at least three light sensitive layers and at least two interlayers, wherein the light sensitive layers include cyan, magenta, or yellow dye-forming coupler, the light sensitive layers include silver halide grains comprising greater than 90% silver chloride, scavengers are included in the interlayers, the ratio of the total level of scavenger to the total level of coupler is from 0.15 to 0.50, the ratio of the total level of scavenger to the total level of silver is from 0.05 to 0.15, and the reciprocity characteristics of the silver halide grains are such that for a separation exposure of 1 microsecond and 0.4 seconds, upon development, the difference in maximum density is 10% or less and a method for processing the element comprising color developing the element for less than 30 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jess B. Hendricks, III, Patti L. Mellars, Jayme D. Ribeiro, Ronald A. Gogle
  • Patent number: 6878509
    Abstract: An image analysis device 1 is equipped with the photoreceptive means 11 that optically acquires diffraction pattern A that appears on the fluorescent screen 24 in order to obtain the diffraction pattern resulting from reflection high-energy electron diffraction, and the halation-prevention filter 12 provided so as to transmit the visible light emitted from the diffraction pattern A of the fluorescent screen 24, along the light path connecting the photoreceptive means 11 and the fluorescent screen 24. Also, the filter 12 is varied so that the transmittance of the visible light transmitted through the filter 12 is minimum at the filter center and increases with the distance from the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Inventor: Tomohide Takami
  • Patent number: 6806041
    Abstract: The color light-sensitive material has at least four light-sensitive layers of different spectral sensitivity waveforms in a visible range, with a covariance between spectral sensitivities of at least four light-sensitive layers being no more than 0.5, and at least four light-sensitive layers, after development processing; being colored with color materials having different spectral absorption waveforms. The image processing method and apparatus expose and develop the color light-sensitive material described above to form an image, allow the image formed on the color light-sensitive material to be entered by an image input device having at least four light-sensitive portions of different spectral sensitivity waveforms and perform color transformation with an image converting unit on an input image obtained by entering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Noguchi, Junichiro Hosokawa, Mitsuhiro Uchida, Yasuhiro Shimada
  • Publication number: 20040126716
    Abstract: Rapid development of silver bromoiodide color negative photographic films and formation of high quality negative images suitable for scanning to produce display images of excellent quality is made possible by a novel developer solution composition and method of development. The solution is characterized by containing, in addition to the color developer compound and conventional photographic developer solution components, a water soluble pyrrolidone polymer, a high concentration of sulfite ion and a low concentration, or the absence of, bromide ion. In the novel method the developer composition contacts the exposed film at elevated temperature, e.g., 40 to 66° C., for a short development time, e.g., 20 to 90 seconds. The developed image has image quality suitable for scanning and digital manipulation to produce a digital record for forming a color display image of high quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Robert A. Arcus, Peter N. Bacel, John A. Weldy
  • Publication number: 20040063047
    Abstract: The color light-sensitive material has at least four light-sensitive layers of different spectral sensitivity waveforms in a visible range, with a covariance between spectral sensitivities of at least four light-sensitive layers being no more than 0.5, and at least four light-sensitive layers, after development processing; being colored with color materials having different spectral absorption waveforms. The image processing method and apparatus expose and develop the color light-sensitive material described above to form an image, allow the image formed on the color light-sensitive material to be entered by an image input device having at least four light-sensitive portions of different spectral sensitivity waveforms and perform color transformation with an image converting unit on an input image obtained by entering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Noguchi, Junichiro Hosokawa, Mitsuhiro Uchida, Yasuhiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 6531269
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material, which has a support which comprises at least one blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer nearest the light source and at least one green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layer which are further from the light source than is the at least one blue-sensitive layer, and which contains at least one cyan masking coupler which has its maximum absorption above 650 mn, the red-sensitive layers have their maximum sensitivity at 620±20 nm and the absorption of the masking coupler at the maximum sensitivity of the red-sensitive layers is at most 70% of its absorption at 690 mn, is distinguished by improved color reproduction and color saturation in the magenta layer without loss of sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventors: Ralf Wirowski, Jan Haller, Stefan Herrmann, Jürgen Jung
  • Patent number: 6489087
    Abstract: A method for reproducing an image from a photoprint is disclosed. This aspect of the present invention comprises: providing a photoprint comprising an imaging media and a data storage medium; imaging the imaging media to produce an image on an image side of the media; encoding the data storage medium with data corresponding to the image; reading the data from the data storage medium corresponding to the image; and reproducing the image based on the data read from the data storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Cycolor, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Y. Polykarpov, Joseph C. Camillus
  • Publication number: 20020160321
    Abstract: A method for deriving a color negative film developer composition and processing conditions for developing a photographic film image which is optimized for subsequent digital scanning and digital image file manipulation, which allows for optimum rapid development processing of the film is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Robert A. Arcus, Jeffrey L. Hall, John A. Weldy
  • Publication number: 20020055069
    Abstract: An image information recording method is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiko Iwai, Shigeto Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 6376161
    Abstract: An image information recording method is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of imagewise exposed to light a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a light-sensitive layer comprising light-sensitive silver halide and a coupler, color developing the image wise exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, converting the image information formed on the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material to electric information while the light-sensitive material is wetted without a drying and at least a part of developed silver is remained in the light-sensitive material, and recording the image information on another recording medium according as electric image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiko Iwai, Shigeto Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20020009678
    Abstract: A method of providing an image in an imagewise exposed photographic silver halide material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which method comprises developing the silver halide and fixing the remaining silver halide by contacting it with a molten composition comprising a silver halide complexing agent which is present in sufficient amount to render the silver halide substantially clear. The photographic silver halide material may comprise at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support wherein the material also comprises a layer of a composition comprising a silver halide complexing agent which is liquefiable by heat and which, when molten, is in reactive association with the silver halide. The image formed may be scanned to produce an electronic rendition of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Michael J. Simons
  • Publication number: 20020004184
    Abstract: A method for reproducing an image from a photoprint is disclosed. This aspect of the present invention comprises: providing a photoprint comprising an imaging media and a data storage medium; imaging the imaging media to produce an image on an image side of the media; encoding the data storage medium with data corresponding to the image; reading the data from the data storage medium corresponding to the image; and reproducing the image based on the data read from the data storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Alexander Y. Polykarpov, Joseph C. Camillus
  • Publication number: 20010036603
    Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material, which has a support which comprises at least one blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer nearest the light source and at least one green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layer which are further from the light source than is the at least one blue-sensitive layer, and which contains at least one cyan masking coupler which has its maximum absorption above 650 mn, the red-sensitive layers have their maximum sensitivity at 620±20 nm and the absorption of the masking coupler at the maximum sensitivity of the red-sensitive layers is at most 70% of its absorption at 690 mn, is distinguished by improved colour reproduction and colour saturation in the magenta layer without loss of sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Ralf Wirowski, Jan Haller, Stefan Herrmann, Jurgen Jung
  • Patent number: 6274299
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for electronically processing an image scanned from a scene exposed onto a color negative photographic element. The element is especially capable of producing images that, when scanned, converted to electronic form, corrected and then converted to a viewable form, exhibit excellent color, reduced granularity and improved sharpness. The photographic elements contain blue, green and red recording layer units capable of forming spectrally differentiated dye images. The layer units are substantially free of colored masking coupler, and each exhibit a dye image gamma of less than 1.5. The element exhibits an exposure latitude of at least 2.7 log E. The gamma ratios of the blue, green and red recording layer units are between 0.80 and 1.2. A method for producing a viewable image is additionally disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John D. Buhr, Frank R. Brockler, Allan F. Sowinski, Richard P. Szajewski, Lois A. Buitano
  • Patent number: 6261757
    Abstract: A photographic element comprises at least one light-sensitive layer on a support wherein the photographic element also comprises a particulate ion exchange material having an average particle size of about 0.01 to about 10 &mgr;m and comprising at least one reducing agent ionically bound to an ion exchange matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lyn M. Irving, John M. Noonan, Mark E. Irving
  • Patent number: 6235455
    Abstract: The image forming method comprising the steps of subjecting a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising an yellow image forming layer, a magenta image forming layer and a cyan image forming layer to scanning exposure with a light beam so that an exposure time is not more than 10−13 second per pixel, and developing the photographic material by a color developer, wherein the maximum exposure amount (Emax) is controlled by an output of a calibration patch, and a difference between the logarithm of the exposure amount necessary to give a density of 0.3 and the logarithm of Emax is within the range of from 0.35 to 0.6 in each of the yellow, magenta and cyan image forming layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Ito, Kazuhiro Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6200738
    Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed, wherein a photographic element comprising a support having on at least one side thereof at least a photographic component layer containing light sensitive silver halide is subjected to exposure and photographic processing to form a dye image, in which the photographic processing is allowed to be completed, while the residual silver content in the photographic element is 5% or more; image information in the visible light wavelength region, in which the dye image has absorption, and image information in the invisible light wavelength region are read, and the obtained image information is further subjected to image processing to reduce noise due to the residual silver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takano, Hideaki Haraga, Kouji Tashiro
  • Patent number: 6194107
    Abstract: A method has been found for producing a set of exposed photographic color negatives for use in calibrating a developing and a printing machine system for making photographic color prints, wherein all the exposures are carried out to the same multicolored object which also contains a grey reference part while using the same type of photosensitive film material, and the exposures comprise at least 8 normal (N) exposures, at least 4 over (O) exposures and at least 4 under (U) exposures, at a ratio of the number of N/O/U exposures of 5/(2-3)/(2-3), and include, in the order given, each of the four sequences NN/NN; NN/OO; NN/UU; and UU/OO, or NN/NN, NN/UU; NN/OO and OO/UU. The set of exposed negatives thus produced is used in a method for calibrating a developing and a printing machine system for making photographic color prints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film B.V.
    Inventors: H. G. M. Hendrix, P. J. A. M. Sparidaens
  • Patent number: 6190844
    Abstract: High performance radiographic films exhibit visually adaptive contrast when imaged in radiographic imaging assemblies comprising an intensifying screen on both sides. These films have at least two silver halide emulsions (preferably tabular grains) on each side of a film support, and the emulsion closest to the film support on each side includes chemistry to control crossover. In addition, the films can be rapidly processed to provide the desired image whereby the upper scale contrast is at least 1.2 times the lower scale contrast. Thus, dense objects can be better seen at the higher densities of the radiographic image without any adverse sensitometric changes in the lower scale densities. These films have greater dynamic range that allows them to be scanned and digitized to correct for under- or over-exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Dickerson, Phillip C. Bunch
  • Patent number: 6171768
    Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed, comprising: exposing a photosensitive functional element having a red-sensitive function, a green-sensitive function, a blue-sensitive function and an invisible light-sensitive function to obtain an R image information, a G image information, a B image information and an invisible image information, mixing said invisible image information and an RGB visible image information comprised of the R image information, the G image information and the image information to form a mixed image information, and outputting the mixed image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Haraga, Kuniaki Uezawa
  • Patent number: 6156465
    Abstract: A method of crosstalk correction comprises producing a calibration image having different printed image densities in grayscale, measuring the printed image densities at the different light exposure values to obtain a correlation of printed density in grayscale as a function of light exposure value over a range of light exposure values, obtaining experimental analytical density values for a selected light exposure value within the range of light exposure values and using the correlation of printed density as a function of light exposure value and the experimental analytical density values to correct for crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Cymbolic Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Fang Cao, Horst W. Schaaf, Susan Shuping Zhang
  • Patent number: 6100018
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material, which is superior in color reproduction as well as its stability, is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, an invisible light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler and a layer having an interlayer effect, which is light sensitive or light-insensitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Kouji Tashiro
  • Patent number: 6048673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a color reversal photographic light-sensitive material, and particularly to a color reversal photographic light-sensitive material improved in skin color (flesh color) reproduction. More specifically, it relates to a color reversal photographic light-sensitive material that is excellent in tone reproduction of gray and skin colors, and that also exhibits a preferable chroma (colorfulness or saturation) with respect to skin colors of different tints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kuramitsu, Sadanobu Shuto, Shigeru Kuwashima, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 6037109
    Abstract: A method and a device for reproducing originals onto light-sensitive materials is described where unsharp masks for changing the reproduction process or the density values to be reproduced are determined from the density values of the original and from pre-specified gradation factors. Several different gradation factors are used to determine the mask of an original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft AG
    Inventors: Markus Fuessel, Friedrich Jacob, Manfred Fuersich, Gudrun Taresch
  • Patent number: 5932401
    Abstract: Silver halide photographic elements which are capable of producing reversal images are disclosed including a substantially non-image forming overcoat or intercoat layer comprising an image forming emulsion and a non-image forming emulsion. The combination of imaging emulsion and nonimaging emulsion in a substantially non-image forming overcoat or intercoat layer results in an increase in interlayer interimage effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Keath T. Chen
  • Patent number: 5863711
    Abstract: In a process for the production of colour photographic prints, in which transparent colour photographic originals having a wide range of brightness are reproduced on a colour photographic paper and the colour photographic paper exposed in this manner is subjected to a process comprising at least the stages colour development and silver removal, satisfactory definition both in the highlights and in the shadows is achieved by locally modifying the sensitivity of the colour negative paper before processing as a function of the original and with the modification not being sharply defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zahn, Werner Ritter Von Stein
  • Patent number: 5858629
    Abstract: Methods of forming color images having excellent graininess and sharpness by simple heat development processing are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film, Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun-ichi Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Toshiki Taguchi
  • Patent number: 5840470
    Abstract: Silver bromide color negative films can be rapidly processed using shortened color development times and specific amounts of color developing agent and bromide ion. After development, and optionally desilvering or fixing, the developed film is scanned to form density representative digital signals for the color records. These signals are then digitally manipulated to correct both interimage interactions and gamma mismatches around the color records to produce a digital record that is capable of providing a display image having desired aim color and tone scale reproduction. That digital record can then be stored or used to provide corrected display images, such as color prints, using output display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Anne E. Bohan, John M. Buchanan, Richard P. Szajewski
  • Patent number: 5804356
    Abstract: Silver bromoiodide color negative films can be rapidly processed using shortened color development times and specific amounts of color developing agent and bromide ion. After development, and optionally desilvering or fixing, the developed film is scanned to form density representative digital signals for the color records. These signals are then digitally manipulated to correct both interimage interactions and gamma mismatches among the color records to produce a digital record that is capable of providing a display image having desired aim color and tone scale reproduction. That digital record can then be stored or used to provide corrected display images, such as color prints, using output display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David Leroy Cole, Anne Elizabeth Bohan
  • Patent number: 5747228
    Abstract: A color corrected display image can be rapidly provided by color developing an imagewise exposed, duplitized color photographic element, scanning the developed image to form digital signals, and digitally manipulating those signals to correct either interimage interactions and/or gamma mismatches among at least two color recording units. The color corrected image can be provided in any desired form. The duplitized elements have at least one light-sensitive silver halide imaging layer on each side of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Anne E. Bohan, John M. Buchanan, Richard P. Szajewski
  • Patent number: 5709972
    Abstract: A generalized grain ruler incorporating a plurality of uniform patches representing a range of granularities, each patch being a perceptually distinct representation of graininess spaced at perceptually uniform intervals and recorded in an increasing sequence of graininess. A method for producing a generalized grain ruler for the measurement, by comparison of, grain in a reference imaging system generated image, comprising, the steps of:a) generating a set of random numbers for each image component;b) filtering each set of random numbers to alter the Wiener spectrum to result in a filtered set of random numbers that look as if they were generated by the reference photographic system; andc) delivering the filtered set of random numbers to an output device that renders them into an image which is the generalized grain ruler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert Everett Cookingham, Paul James Kane
  • Patent number: 5698379
    Abstract: Silver chloride color negative films can be rapidly processed using shortened color development times and specific amounts of color developing agent and bromide ion. After development, and optionally desilvering or fixing, the developed film is scanned to form density representative digital signals for the color records. These signals are then digitally manipulated to correct both interimage interactions and gamma mismatches around the color records to produce a digital record that is capable of providing a display image having desired aim color and tone scale reproduction. That digital record can then be stored or used to provide corrected display images, such as color prints, using output display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Anne E. Bohan, John M. Buchanan, Richard P. Szajewski
  • Patent number: 5654123
    Abstract: Multilayer color photographic elements are described which contain a release compound that during photographic processing provides an imagewise distribution of a nucleophile which can react with a uniform distribution of a sulfinate blocked dye moiety contained in the element to release a solubilized unblocked dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Xiqiang Yang, Zbyslaw R. Owczarczyk, Daniel L. Kapp
  • Patent number: 5641613
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a light-sensitive photographic silver halide layer containing (1) a bicyclic azole coupler (2) an azopyrazolone masking coupler and (3) a low impact development inhibitor releasing (LIDIR) coupler having at least one hydrogen atom at the coupling site and which does not substantially reduce contrast in the layer in which it is coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jane Sarah Boff, Stephen Paul Singer
  • Patent number: 5580713
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material includes 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, formed on a support. At least one light sensitive emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having a silver halide phase formed in the presence of an iodide ion-releasing agent, under controlled release of iodide ions from the releasing agent. At least one hydrophilic colloid layer contains a certain heterocyclic compound or a certain DIR compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takefumi Hara, Makoto Kikuchi, Hisashi Okamura
  • Patent number: 5571663
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least four silver halide emulsion layers having different color sensitivity, wherein three layers of the silver halide emulsion layers each contains a specific coupler and the other silver halide emulsion layer contains coupler(s) capable of correcting colors so as to provide a substantially black color having a transmission density of 2.5 or more when all couplers on the support are reacted. A color filter comprising blue, green, red and black parts prepared by subjecting the above-described silver halide light-sensitive material to pattern exposure, color development, bleach-fixing and water washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 5538836
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having an excellent color reproducibility, high sensitivity and excellent graininess.The silver halide color photographic material contains at least one of each blue-sensitive emulsion, green-sensitive emulsion, red-sensitive emulsion layer and hydrophilic colloid layers, in which the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a compound of formula (I) and the silver halide emulsion layer, which gives an interlayer effect to said red-sensitive layer, contains a silver halide emulsion spectrally sensitized with a compound represented by formulae (II) and (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Ueda, Junji Nishigaki, Tetsuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5445926
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing color photographic materials having a layer structure in which a cyan color-forming layer is disposed on the upper side of a pyrazoloazole type magenta coupler-containing magenta color-forming layer. A layer which does not contain any hydroquinones but contains a ultraviolet absorbent is provided above the cyan coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer having a high chloride content, while below the cyan coupler-containing emulsion layer is provided another layer containing hydroquinones but not containing any ultraviolet absorbent. These materials are processed rapidly with a color developer under a reduced replenishment condition, wherein the amount of a color developer replenished is controlled to below 120 ml/m.sup.2, to provide color images fast to light and free from bluish unevenness in the edge part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazunori Hasebe
  • Patent number: 5437965
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one yellow coupler-containing blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BL), at least one magenta coupler-containing green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GL) and at least one cyan coupler-containing red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RL); wherein the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of GL (.lambda..sub.G) of the photographic material is between 520 nm and 580 nm (520 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.G .ltoreq.580 nm), the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of RL (.lambda..sub.R) of the photographic material is between 590 nm and 650 nm (590 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.R .ltoreq.650 nm), and the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of BL (.lambda..sub.B) of the photographic material is between 430 nm and 480 nm (430 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.B .ltoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Uchida, Toshio Kawagishi, Shunichi Tomita
  • Patent number: 5422231
    Abstract: A photographic product having an exposure function is described, which has therein a built-in color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer and having a specific photographic sensitivity of 640 or more, wherein the built-in color photographic material is characterized by blue, green and red density function curves D (logE) in which in each curve a region defined by a gamma (<.gamma.>=dD/dlogE) of 0.4 or more is 2.8 or more as logE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 5389499
    Abstract: A color photographic element which contains a color correction layer above at least one red sensitive layer of the element results in an element having excellent color reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Hall
  • Patent number: 5384234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material which has high saturation, excellent color reproduction and excellent graininess, the material comprising a silver halide emulsion layer which imparts an interlayer effect to a red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing dye represented by formula (I) and contains a development inhibitor releasing compound represented by formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Ueda, Junji Nishigaki, Akihiko Ikegawa
  • Patent number: 5350664
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of obtaining from an imagewise exposed photographic element separate records of the imagewise exposure to each of the blue, green and red portions of the spectrum comprising photographically processing an imagewise exposed photographic element comprised of a sequence of superimposed blue, green and red recording silver halide emulsion layer units at least two of which produce images of the same hue upon processing (e.g., lacking an incorporated dye-forming coupler), and obtaining separate blue, green and red exposure records from the photographic element. The photographic element is additionally comprised of, interposed between the two emulsion layer units, an interlayer unit for transmitting to the emulsion layer unit of the two units which is nearer the support, electromagnetic radiation that this emulsion layer unit is intended to record and capable, after processing, of reflecting electromagnetic radiation within at least one wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Michael J. Simons
  • Patent number: 5270152
    Abstract: A color photographic element which contains a color correction layer above at least one red sensitive layer of the element results in an element having excellent color reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Hall
  • Patent number: 5262286
    Abstract: The invention is generally accomplished by providing a reflection print material having thereon sensitized silver halide containing layers and at least one layer comprising at least one insoluble colored tint, wherein said at least one tint changes the color of said material to be less yellow. In a preferred form, it has been found that a combination of two tints is preferred to provide ready adjustment of the tinting to match the yellowing characteristics of the print material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John F. Bacilek, Gary J. McSweeney
  • Patent number: 5262287
    Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one cyan coupler-containing red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta coupler-containing green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one yellow coupler-containing blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the total light-sensitive silver halide grains in the photographic material have an average silver iodide content of 5.5 mol % or less, and said at least one of light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and a substantially light-insensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer adjacent thereto comprises means for producing an interimage effect, said interimage effect satisfying at least one of relationships (a) and (b):(a)0.20.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(R.sub.0.5).ltoreq.0.40,0.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(R.sub.1.5).ltoreq.0.07,and0.18.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(R.sub.0.5)-.DELTA.logE(R.sub.1.5).ltoreq.0.35(b)0.25.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(G.sub.0.5).ltoreq.0.45,0.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(G.sub.1.5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyasu Deguchi, Junichi Tamano
  • Patent number: 5256523
    Abstract: A compound (I) having a carrier moiety (CAR) and a releasable development inhibitor moiety (INH) capable of being released during photographic processing by means of at least one timing group (T) bonded to and releasable from the carrier moiety provides improved images in a photographic silver halide element and process when the inhibitor moiety (INH) comprises (R.sup.1) a non-aromatic, sterically hindered substituent group having (a) a tertiary carbon atom bonded directly to the releasable development inhibitor moiety or (b) a secondary carbon atom bonded directly to the releasable development inhibitor moiety and wherein the secondary carbon atom is not part of an unsubstituted carbocyclic ring containing at least 6 carbon atoms. Such compounds, particularly as couplers, are useful in photographic silver halide materials and processes to provide improved acutance and interimage effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard P. Szajewski, Jerrold N. Poslusny
  • Patent number: 5169746
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photo-sensitive material comprises a support, and a layer arrangement formed on the support. The layer arrangement includes a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a color coupler capable of forming cyan dye upon reacting with an oxidation product of a developing agent, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a color coupler capable of forming magenta dye upon reacting with the oxidation product of the developing agent, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a color coupler capable of forming yellow dye upon reacting with the oxidation product of the developing agent. The red-sensitive layer has a sensitivity at 650 nm of 50% or less of its maximum sensitivity, and contains substantially no magenta-colored couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noboru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5166042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic photosensitive materials comprising, on a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The ISO speed of the photosensitive material is S. The difference (S.sub.G.sup.560 -S.sub.R.sup.560) is in the range of from -0.2 to 1.0. Here, S.sub.G.sup.560 and S.sub.R.sup.560 are, respectively, the speed of the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the speed of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer with respect to monochromatic light of a wavelength of 560 nm, measured after subjecting the photosensitive material to a uniform exposure of 2/S lux.sec with white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Nozawa