Patents by Inventor Shigeru Shibayama

Shigeru Shibayama 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: 8481252
    Abstract: Silver halide photographic photosensitive materials are disclosed. A silver halide photographic photosensitive material has a support, and on or above the support, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a first interlayer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a second interlayer, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in this order from the support, wherein the first interlayer includes a chelating agent and another silver halide photographic photosensitive material has, in the following order, a support, and provided on or above the support, a first interlayer containing a chelating agent, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a second interlayer, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a third interlayer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroya Yoshioka, Hidekazu Sakai, Shigeru Shibayama
  • Patent number: 8383331
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material for movie, having a specific layer structure by using particles of at least one kind of electroconductive metal oxide and at least one kind of an electroconductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Nakamura, Kenichi Yamamoto, Kazuhito Miyake, Hidekazu Sakai, Shigeru Shibayama
  • Patent number: 8188000
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having a support and, on each of both sides of the support, at least one receptor layer containing at least one kind of latex polymer; a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet containing a support and, on each of both sides of the support, are formed at least one interlayer, at least one heat insulation layer containing at least one kind of hollow polymer, and at least one receptor layer in this order from the support; and a method of producing a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a support and, on each of both sides of the support, at least one receptor layer containing at least one kind of latex polymer, which method including forming the receptor layer by applying a receptor layer-coating liquid which has a solid content in the range of from 5% by mass to 50% by mass, per one coating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Koide, Kazuaki Oguma, Yasufumi Nakai, Shinichiro Morimoto, Shigeru Shibayama
  • Patent number: 8133843
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, comprising a support, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles and at least one receptor layer provided for the support in this order, wherein the receptor layer contains a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. and a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. is contained in an amount, as solid content, larger than that of the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, and the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. is a latex polymer having the recurring unit obtained from vinyl chloride monomer in an amount of 50 mol % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Oguma, Shigeru Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20110275021
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material for movie, having a specific layer structure by using particles of at least one kind of electroconductive metal oxide and at least one kind of an electroconductive polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshige NAKAMURA, Kenichi YAMAMOTO, Kazuhito MIYAKE, Hidekazu SAKAI, Shigeru SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 8030243
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having a support, and at least two heat insulation layers and at least one receiving layer sequentially formed thereon, wherein each of the heat insulation layers comprises at least one kind of hollow particles and at least one kind of water-soluble polymer, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied: 1.5?{(a1/a2)/(b1/b2)}?50 wherein a1 is a mass of a hollow particle solid content in the heat insulation layer farthest from the support, a2 is mass of a water-soluble polymer solid content in the heat insulation layer farthest from the support, b1 is a mass of a hollow particle solid content in the heat insulation layer closest to the support, and b2 is a mass of a water-soluble polymer solid content in the heat insulation layer closest to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Arai, Shigeru Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20100143838
    Abstract: Silver halide photographic photosensitive materials are disclosed. A silver halide photographic photosensitive material has a support, and on or above the support, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a first interlayer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a second interlayer, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in this order from the support, wherein the first interlayer includes a chelating agent and another silver halide photographic photosensitive material has, in the following order, a support, and provided on or above the support, a first interlayer containing a chelating agent, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a second interlayer, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a third interlayer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroya YOSHIOKA, Hidekazu SAKAI, Shigeru SHIBAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20090191365
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, comprising a support, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles and at least one receptor layer provided for the support in this order, wherein the receptor layer contains a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. and a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. is contained in an amount, as solid content, larger than that of the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, and the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. is a latex polymer having the recurring unit obtained from vinyl chloride monomer in an amount of 50 mol % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Oguma, Shigeru Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20090191366
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having a support, and at least two heat insulation layers and at least one receiving layer sequentially formed thereon, wherein each of the heat insulation layers comprises at least one kind of hollow particles and at least one kind of water-soluble polymer, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied: 1.5?{(a1/a2)/(b1/b2)}?50 wherein a1 is a mass of a hollow particle solid content in the heat insulation layer farthest from the support, a2 is mass of a water-soluble polymer solid content in the heat insulation layer farthest from the support, b1 is a mass of a hollow particle solid content in the heat insulation layer closest to the support, and b2 is a mass of a water-soluble polymer solid content in the heat insulation layer closest to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya ARAI, Shigeru SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 7527922
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, 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, characterized in that at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 90 mole % or above, the silver halide emulsion contains at least one kind of selenium compound, and the silver halide emulsion layer containing the silver halide emulsion has a characteristic curve satisfying the following relation (1); 2.0??H/?L?0.5??Relation (1) wherein ? represents a gradient of the characteristic curve, ?H represents a gradient in the case of 1×10?6-second exposure and ?L represents a gradient in the case of 100-second exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Shibayama, Toshihiro Kariya, Akito Yokozawa, Kenji Naoi, Katsuhisa Ohzeki, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090075218
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, in which at least one of silver halide emulsion layers contains a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of at least 90 mol % and being chemically sensitized with at least one compound of formula (1): wherein Ch represents a sulfur, selenium, or tellurium atom; A1 represents an oxygen or sulfur atom, or NR4; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclic, or acyl group; R2, R3, and R4 represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group; X1 represents a substituent; n1 is 0 to 4; and Y represents, for example, a group of formula (2): wherein Z represents an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group, or OR5, or NR6R7, in which R5, R6 and R7 represent an alkyl alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20090061124
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having a support and, on each of both sides of the support, at least one receptor layer containing at least one kind of latex polymer; a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet containing a support and, on each of both sides of the support, are formed at least one interlayer, at least one heat insulation layer containing at least one kind of hollow polymer, and at least one receptor layer in this order from the support; and a method of producing a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a support and, on each of both sides of the support, at least one receptor layer containing at least one kind of latex polymer, which method including forming the receptor layer by applying a receptor layer-coating liquid which has a solid content in the range of from 5% by mass to 50% by mass, per one coating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KOIDE, Kazuaki OGUMA, Yasufumi NAKAI, Shinichiro MORIMOTO, Shigeru SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 7344828
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
  • Publication number: 20070202448
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, 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, characterized in that at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 90 mole % or above, the silver halide emulsion contains at least one kind of selenium compound, and the silver halide emulsion layer containing the silver halide emulsion has a characteristic curve satisfying the following relation (1); 2.0??H/?L?0.5??Relation (1) wherein ? represents a gradient of the characteristic curve, ?H represents a gradient in the case of 1×10?6-second exposure and ?L represents a gradient in the case of 100-second exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Shigeru Shibayama, Toshihiro Kariya, Akito Yokozawa, Kenji Naoi, Katsuhisa Ohzeki, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070178415
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
  • Patent number: 7226727
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
  • Patent number: 7083905
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
  • Publication number: 20060051711
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
  • Publication number: 20040101793
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
  • Patent number: 6724145
    Abstract: The invention provides an arc tube with improved chromaticity and start-up characteristics that does not contain mercury, and provides a vehicle headlamp equipped with a metal halide lamp that contains no mercury in the arc tube. Among other improvements, the evaporation of low melting point metal halides is promoted and the start-up characteristics of the arc tube are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Muto, Shigeru Shibayama, Hiroharu Shimada, Isamu Sato, Shinya Omori, Yasuhisa Yaguchi, Naoyuki Matsubara, Yoshifumi Takao, Toshiyuki Nagahara