Patents by Inventor Masanobu Miyoshi

Masanobu Miyoshi 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: 5342748
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material for printing use comprising a reflection type support bearing thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer; wherein a silver halide emulsion contained in said green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is a monodispersed silver halide emulsion and a coupler combined with said monodispersed silver halide emulsion is a magneta coupler represented by the following formula I ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, and the ring formed by the Z is allowed to have substituents; X represents a substituent capable of splitting off through the reaction thereof on the oxidation products of a color developing agent; and R represents hydrogen or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Makoto Onodera
  • Patent number: 5278038
    Abstract: Light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of said emulsion layer contains light-sensitive silver halide grains having outer surfaces principally comprised of {100} face, and a magenta dye image forming coupler represented by Formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of nonmetal atom necessary for formation of a nitrogen-containing hetero ring; said ring formed by Z may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent eliminable by the reaction with an oxidant in a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.which can porovide a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having high sensitivity, being low in fogs, and having improved color reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 5278040
    Abstract: A reflective silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a reflective support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer wherein the support have an oxygen permeability of not more than 2.0 ml/m.sup.2 .multidot.hr.multidot.atm and the silver halide emulsion layer contains a magenta coupler represented by the following Formula I; ##STR1## wherein Ar is an aryl group; Y is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; X is a halogen atom, an alkoxy group or an alkyl group; R is a strait- or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; J is a strait- or branched-chain alkylene group; and n is an integer of from 0 to 4, when n is 2 or more, the plurality of Xs may be the same or different. The light-sensitive material is excellent in red color reproducibility and light fastness of red colored images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Ohya, Shuji Murakami, Masanobu Miyoshi, Hideaki Maekawa
  • Patent number: 5192652
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support and provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a pyrazolo azole magenta dye-forming coupler represented by general formula M-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), to said silver halide emulsion layer an elementary sulfur having been added at an arbitrary timing before the formation of said silver halide emulsion layer on said support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 5134060
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol % and a method for preparing thereof are disclosed, wherein the silver halide grains are obtained by forming said silver halide grains in the presence of a water-soluble iridium compound and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound capable of forming sparingly-soluble silver salt; and by controlling the addition of said iridium compound, whereby the photographic emulsion is improved in the dependence of gradation on exposure intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Maekawa, Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Mitsuhiro Okumura
  • Patent number: 5070008
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material which comprises a support and provided thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains of which silver chloride content is not less than 90 mol %, and which have been formed in the presence of an iridium compound and a nitrogen containing heterocyclic compound, and under acidic condition is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Maekawa, Masanobu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 5023170
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of said emulsion layer contains light-sensitive silver halide grains having outer surfaces principally comprised of {100} face, and a magenta dye image forming coupler represented by Formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of nonmetal atom necessary for formation of a nitrogen-containing hetero ring; said ring formed by Z may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent eliminable by the reaction with an oxidant in a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent,which can provide a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having high sensitivity, being low in fogs, and having improved color reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4963466
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler and a compound represented by Formula [I] as defined in the specification. The light-sensitive material further comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mole percent and a compound represented by Formula [S] as defined in the specification.The presence of the compounds of Formula [I] and Formula [S] provide a material having a suitable contrast and having additional advantages such as excellent BF contamination resistance and pH variation resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera, Eiichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4914016
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing inorganic sulfur or elemental sulfur, and a processing method comprising a step for developing such photographic material with a color developer which contains an aromatic primary amine compound for not more than 60 seconds. Photographic image improved in contrast of the without degradation in sensitivity and fogging can be obtained by the photographic material and the processing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Shigeo Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Okumura
  • Patent number: 4912026
    Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support with at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler, where the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is characterized in that at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains (i) the dye-forming coupler dispersed with the use of a high boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 6.0 or less, (ii) silver halide grains containing a gold compound and having silver chloride content of 90 mole % or more, and (iii) a compound represented by General Formula (S) shown below. General Formula (S): ##STR1## where Q is a group of atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or a 5- or 6-membered ring fused with a benzene ring and M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or an ammonium group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera, Eiichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4897342
    Abstract: In a method of preparing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion, silver salt and halide are mixed in the presence of an iridium compound. The emulsion is then chemically ripened by an instable sulfur compound and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound capable of forming a complex with silver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4863846
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which is decreased in variation of light-sensitivity caused by a change in environmental humidity and a prolonged storage of the photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Okumura, Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4839263
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material containing a support and, provided thereon, at least one silver halide emulsion layer, this silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains containing 90 mol % or more of silver chloride, a dye-forming coupler, and a compound represented by general formula [S]; ##STR1## wherein Q is a group of atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or a 5- or 6-membered ring fused with a benzene ring and M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or an ammonium group;the silver halide layer having been hardened by a hardener represented by formula [HDA] or [HDB]; ##STR2## wherein Rd.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera, Eiichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4784938
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is improved on fog without decreasing photosensitivity. The photographic material comprises a support and a photographic structural layer provided thereon containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-light-sensitive layer. A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic mercapto compound is contained at least two layers of the photographic structure layer, and at least one of these mercapto compound-containing layer is a non-light-sensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Obhayashi, Shinichi Nakamura, Shigeo Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Okumura, Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera, Eiichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4764457
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed. The emulsion has silver halide grains that consist essentially of silver chlorobromide and which have been sulfur-sensitized in the presence of a silver halide solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hotta, Syoji Matsuzaka, Masanobu Miyoshi
  • 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: 4670377
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon a photographic layer comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer; wherein at least one of the photographic layers is hardened by a vinylsulfone hardener, and at least one layer selected from the group consisting of the photographic layers each hardened by the vinylsulfone hardener and the other photographic layers is hardened by a triazo compound, and further at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains silver halide particles which are spectrally sensitized by one of certain sensitizing dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4640889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide multi-layer color photographic material having a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer combined with a non-diffusion coupler on a support, which comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer farthest from the support which contains mono-dispersed silver halide grains comprising primarily (100) faces and having an average grain size of 0.2 to 0.8 .mu.m.The light-sensitive silver halide multi-layer color photographic material of the present invention has stable performance against fluctuations in developing processing conditions, has high sensitivity and low fogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Komorita, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4591549
    Abstract: Improved process for preparing silver chlorobromide or silver chloroiodobromide emulsion wherein first silver ion solution and second halide ion solution are mixed by double jet method and mole % of silver bromide, silver chloride and silver iodide are in specified range, characterized in that molar ratio of Br.sup.- :Cl.sup.- :I.sup.- in second solution is within specified range and further step is included to produce silver halide with control of silver ion concentration by using third solution containing Br.sup.- and Cl.sup.-. Such emulsions have sufficiently narrow grain diameter distribution and silver halide composition distribution, with constant productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syoji Matsuzaka, Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kiyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4510234
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion, which comprises (i) a mono-dispersed silver halide emulsion comprising 3 to 50 mole % of silver chloride, 1 mole % or less of silver iodide and 50 to 97 mole % of silver bromide having a grain size distribution of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syoji Matsuzaka, Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kiyoshi Yamashita