Patents by Inventor Shigeo Hirano

Shigeo Hirano 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: 5971566
    Abstract: A plasma display device comprising a plasma display panel, a chassis member which is disposed substantially in parallel with the plasma display panel, and a thermally conductive medium which is interposed between the plasma display panel and the chassis member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Tani, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5962200
    Abstract: A method for forming a color image comprising developing an image-wise exposed silver halide color photographic photosensitive material in the presence of certain 6-aminotetrahydroquinoline color developing compounds or analogues thereof. A rapid process can be attained and an image of a low fog density can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Morimoto, Keizo Kimura, Kazumi Nii, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5885757
    Abstract: An aminopolycarboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula or analogous thereof: ##STR1## The aminopolycarboxylic acid compound of the present invention can be used as a chelating agent for various metals, which is excellent in the biodegradability and masking effect on metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Inaba, Kiyoshi Morimoto, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5830625
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, the lowermost light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or a light-insensitive layer adjacent thereto containing a compound represented by formula (D): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a substituent connecting to the benzene ring through a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.2 and R.sup.5 or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may be combined to form a ring, R.sup.7 represents a hydrogen atom or forms=(T).sub.m S together with -(T).sub.m S, T represents a timing group, m represents an integer of 0 to 3 and S represents a protective group eliminated at the development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5821041
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid developer for photographic silver halide photosensitive material comprising a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least 50% based on the projected area of tabular silver halide grains with an aspect ratio of at least 3.0 and having a swelling factor of 130-250%. In the liquid developer containing ascorbic acid or a derivative thereof as a developing agent or preservative, a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group or C1-C3 alkyl group and R.sub.3 is a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group is added for preventing the developer from coloring with the lapse of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Okutsu, Shigeo Hirano, Kazue Sano
  • Patent number: 5773203
    Abstract: Disclosed are 4-(N,N-dialkylamino)aniline compounds having a 4-N substituent which is a polyethyleneoxy group and which forms a condensed ring with benzene ring, such as aniline compounds having the following structure, a processing composition containing such a compound and a method for forming a color image with the processing solution. The aniline compound is useful as a color developing agent capable of having a low fog density and sufficient yellow and cyan image densities and suitable for the rapid process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizo Kimura, Shigeo Hirano, Hiroshi Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 5744279
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, at least one layer of the emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layers containing at least one hydrazine-type nucleating agent having, in the vicinity of the hydrazine group, an anionic group or a nonionic group which forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond with a hydrogen atom of the hydrazine, and also containing at least one of the onium salt compounds represented by formulae (a), (b) and (c), or at least one of the amine compounds represented by formulae (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j). Also disclosed is a method for processing, after exposure, the silver halide photographic material described above with a developer containing a reductone-type developing agent and having a pH of 12 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Ezoe, Toshiaki Kubo, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kazunobu Katoh, Shigeo Hirano, Kazuki Yamazaki, Takashi Hoshimiya, Minoru Sakai, Tetsuo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5721093
    Abstract: A method for forming a color image comprises the step of developing an image-wise exposed silver halide color photographic photosensitive material at the presence of the following color developing agent or its analogue. According to this method, the rapid process can be attained, forming an image having only a slight fog, sufficient yellow and cyan image densities and a high image fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizo Kimura, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5688630
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a hydrazine compound is described, wherein the hydrazine compound is selected from (a) a hydrazide compound having an acyl group substituted with an anionic group and with an electron-attracting group and (b) a hydrazide compound having an acyl group substituted with an electron-attracting group and with a nonionic group which forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond with a hydrogen atom in hydrazide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohzaburoh Yamada, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Takashi Hoshimiya, Toshihide Ezoe, Shigeo Hirano, Minoru Sakai
  • Patent number: 5667936
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one of hydrazide compounds represented by formula (1), (2) or (3):X.sub.1 --(R.sub.3).sub.m3 --(L.sub.2 --R.sub.2).sub.m2 --L.sub.1 --A.sub.1 --NHNH--CO--R.sub.1 (1)X.sub.21 --(R.sub.23).sub.m23 --(L.sub.22 --R.sub.22).sub.m22 --L.sub.21 --Ar--NHNH--CO--R.sub.21 (2) ##STR1## The substituents in formulae (1), (2) and (3) are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohzaburoh Yamada, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Takashi Hoshimiya, Toshiaki Kubo, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5541044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one layer of said photographic material contains at least one yellow coupler represented by the following general formulas (3) or (2): ##STR1## as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Yamamoto, Shigeo Hirano, Akira Ogawa, Kouichi Hanaki
  • Patent number: 5403704
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material which contains at least one pyrrolotriazole cyan coupler having two electron attracting groups and at least one non-color forming, nondiffusing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Shigeo Hirano, Makoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5397689
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support having thereon at least one layer containing at least one member of compounds represented by the following general formula (1) or (2): ##STR1## wherein L represents an unsubstituted alkylene group; X represents --O(C.dbd.O)R.sub.2, --O(P.dbd.O) (R.sub.2) (R.sub.3) or a halogen atom; R.sub.1 represents a substituent group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; n represents 0, 1 or 2 and when n is 2, two R.sub.1 groups may be the same or different; R.sub.4 represents an unsubstituted alkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and R.sub.5 represents an unsubstituted alkyl group, the number of carbon atoms of which is larger by 2 than the number of carbon atoms of R.sub.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Ohki, Naoki Asanuma, Osamu Takahashi, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5338658
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which contains at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I) in at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer or one hydrophilic colloid layer, whereby achieving high Dmax and low Dmin: ##STR1## wherein T, U, V, and W each represents CH or N; R.sup.1 represents a substituent group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group, provided that at least one among the substituents of R.sup.2 to R.sup.6 represents a group to be eliminated in the form of R.sup.m --H (m=an integer from 2 to 6) under an alkaline condition; X represents a counter ion for adjusting the charge balance; n represents the number of counter ions necessary to adjust the charge balance; and further, any pair of adjacent groups among the substituents from R.sup.1 to R.sup.6 may combine with each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5213942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising photosensitive silver halide photographic layers in which the average silver chloride content of the photosensitive silver halide emulsions is less than 7.0 mol %, at least one emulsion layer of the photographic layers consists of two or more emulsions having different average grain diameters, and the emulsion layer and/or the adjacent intermediate layer contains at least one compound that can release a photographically useful agent by redox reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent. The silver halide color reversal photographic material of the present invention has a color-reversed image improved in graininess and sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyasu Deguchi, Shigeo Hirano, Yasuhiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5210012
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is provided comprising on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one of the compounds represented by formulae (I) to (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 represents ##STR2## in which R.sub.13 represents an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group, and R.sub.14 and R.sub.15 each represents hydrogen, alkyl group or aryl group; R.sub.12 represents a substituent having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p of 0.3 or less; n represents an integer 0 to 2, and when n is 2, the two R.sub.12 's may be the same or different; B represents a group which releases PUG after being separated from a hydroquinone nucleus; PUG represents a development inhibitor; l represents an integer; and A and A' each represents hydrogen or a group capable of being removed by an alkali; R.sub.11 and R.sub.12, R.sub.11 and A or A', R.sub.12 and A or A', and two R.sub.12 's may together form a ring; ##STR3## wherein Q.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Ono, Kouichi Hanaki, Kei Sakanoue, Shigeo Hirano, Mitsuru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5156945
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photosensitive material contains at least one compound represented by General Formula (I), and at least one type of compound represented by General Formula (II) or an organometallic complex which has copper, cobalt, nickel, palladium or platinum as the central metal and which has at least one bidentate organic ligand, wherein general Formula (I) has the following formula: ##STR1## and general Formula (II) has the following formula:R.sub.10 --W--R.sub.11 (II)wherein the variables are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Masakazu Morigaki, Shigeo Hirano, Satoshi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 5142029
    Abstract: The compounds in a preferred form are represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A and A' are each a group which can be hydrolyzed by hydrogen or alkali; X, Y and Z are each hydrogen, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a thioalkyl group or an electron-withdrawing group; PUG is a group released by a reaction with a light-exposed silver halide and/or the oxidized product of the developing agent, Time is a timing group; Time.sub.t PUG is a group released as .crclbar.TimePUG first when the oxidation-reduction moiety causes a cross reaction during the development and becomes an oxidized product, and is bonded to the benzene nucleus via a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom or a selenium atom; and t is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Adachi, Shingo Sato, Shigeo Hirano, Koki Nakamura, Morio Yagihara, Isamu Ito, Tadashi Ikeda, Kenichi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 5118593
    Abstract: A method of color image formation is disclosed, comprising imagewise exposing a color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a reflective support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive layer containing a color coupler capable of forming a color image upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and a silver halide emulsion, and processing the exposed light-sensitive material with a color developing solution containing substantially no benzyl alcohol within a development time of 2 minutes and 30 seconds, wherein said processing is carried out in the pressence of at least one compound represented by formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, an acyl group, or a sulfonyl group; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kokichi Waki, Shigeo Hirano
  • Patent number: 5110719
    Abstract: A process for preparing a direct positive photosensitive material comprising providing on a support at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer containing the combination of (a) non-prefogged internal latent image silver halide grains; (b) a binder; (c) at least one compound represented by formulae (I), (II), or (III); and at least one compound represented by formula (IV):R--SO.sub.2 S--M (I)R--SO.sub.2 S--R.sup.1 (II)R--SO.sub.2 S--L.sub.m --S.O.sub.2 S--R.sup.2 (III)wherein R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; M represents a cation; L represents a divalent linking group; and m is 0 or 1; andR.sup.3 --SO.sub.2 --M.sup.1 (IV)wherein R.sup.3 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; and M.sup.1 represents a cation. The material provides a direct positive image with high Dmax, low Dmin and high contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadanobu Shuto, Hatsumi Tanemura, Shigeo Hirano