Patents by Inventor Tawara Komamura
Tawara Komamura 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).
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Publication number: 20010016820Abstract: A face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus, comprises: a face image information acquiring section to acquire face image information of a customer; a transmitting section to transmit the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section to a transmission destination; and a payment receiving section to receive a payment charged to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: August 23, 2001Applicant: Konica CorporationInventors: Shinri Tanaka, Tawara Komamura, Katsutoshi Sawada
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Patent number: 5985528Abstract: A method to recover the resources incorporated in a photographic material is disclosed. An exposed silver salt light-sensitive photographic material is subjected to color development processing; the obtained image information is optically read; digital image information is obtained by converting the read information to electrical signals, and the resulting image information is recorded on a recording medium, and resources incorporated in a photographic material is recovered from the processed photographic material.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Shinri Tanaka, Michiko Nagato, Hiroyuki Iizuka, Noritaka Nakayama, Naoshi Kunieda, Hideaki Haraga
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Patent number: 5892033Abstract: Disclosed is a metal chelate dye which is composed of a metal ion and a ligand that is a methine dye having 2 or more bonding positions capable of coordinate bond to the metal ion at the bonding position. A thermal transfer recording material, an ink used for an ink jet image recording process and a color toner for electrostatic image recording process are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1996Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Akira Onishi, Tatsuo Tanaka, Yoriko Nakayama, Mari Honda, Norio Miura
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Patent number: 5814580Abstract: A thermal transfer recording material is disclosed, comprising an azomethine dye represented by the following formula and a metal ion-containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1996Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Akira Onishi, Noriyasu Kita, Noritaka Nakayama, Tatsuo Tanaka, Tawara Komamura
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Patent number: 5753017Abstract: A recording method comprising the step of ejecting an ink jet recording ink on an ink receiving material using an ink jet printer, the ink comprising a dye represented by the following Formula (1): ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1996Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Akira Onodera, Hidetaka Ninomiya, Hidenobu Ohya, Daisuke Ishibashi, Tawara Komamura, Katsunori Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka, Hitoshi Morimoto
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Patent number: 5616446Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having on one side thereof hydrophilic colloid layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one of the hydrophilic colloid layers contains a redox compound having at least one carbonyl group, wherein said redox compound is capable of being oxidized with an oxidized product of a developing agent in a photographic processing so as to release a development inhibitor, and wherein said redox compound satisfies the following Formulae 1 through 3:Formula 1development inhibitor releasing rate (%) under a condition (A).gtoreq.4.5,Formula 2development inhibitor releasing rate (%) under a condition (B)<15.0,Formula 3development inhibitor releasing rate (%) under a condition (A)>development inhibitor releasing rate (%) under condition (B).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1995Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Norio Miura, Tawara Komamura, Seiji Hidaka, Takeo Arai
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Patent number: 5612282Abstract: An image forming dye and a heat sensitive transfer material comprising the same are disclosed, the dye being represented by the following Formula (1): ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Katsunori Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
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Patent number: 5512531Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method which has the steps of:(a) superposing a thermal recording material and an image-receiving material,(b) heating the thermal transfer recording material to the extent according to image information; and(c) forming an image on the image-receiving material with a chelate dye formed upon reaction of a metal source being present in the image-receiving material or in a heat-fusible layer of the thermal transfer recording material and a yellow dye represented by Formula 1: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group or aryl group which may have a substituent; Z represents a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring with two carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1993Date of Patent: April 30, 1996Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Norio Miura, Tawara Komamura
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Patent number: 5476755Abstract: An image forming element and an image forming method using the same are disclosed. The element comprises a support having thereon a image forming layer comprising a binder, an aromatic aldehyde, a cobalt (III) complex represented by formula I, and a compound represented by formula II or formula III;Co.sup.3 +(L)p(X)q (I)wherein L is a coordination compound capable of forming a complex compound with the cobalt cation and at least one of which is NH.sub.3 or a primary amine; X is a counter anion; p is an integer of 1 to 6; when p is 2 to 6, the plural Ls may be the same or different; and q is an integer of 1 to 3, ##STR1## wherein lig is a coordination compound capable of forming with the cobalt cation; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkinyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group or a cyano group; n.sub.1 is an integer of 1 to 6, when n.sub.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Noritaka Nakayama, Norio Miura, Yoriko Nakayama, Tawara Komamura, Toshihisa Takeyama
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Patent number: 5476943Abstract: An image forming dye and a heat sensitive transfer material comprising the same are disclosed, the dye being represented by the following Formula (1): ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Katsunori Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
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Patent number: 5432144Abstract: A thermal transfer recordimg material comprising a support having thereon a thermal transfer layer containing a dye represented by the following formula and a thermal transfer recording process capable of recording magenta images by forming a chelate dye in the presence of a metallic ion-containing compound ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1993Date of Patent: July 11, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Noritaka Nakayama, Katsunori Katoh, Norio Miura, Tatsuo Tanaka, Yoriko Nakayama
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Patent number: 5415984Abstract: An image forming element utilizing the photoreduction of a cobalt complex is disclosed. The image forming element comprises a support having thereon a layer comprising a cobalt complex compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2; ##STR1## wherein lig is a coordinating compound capable of forming a cobalt complex compound with a cobalt cation; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, a heterocyclic group or a cyano group, provided that at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, a heterocyclic group or a cyano group, the above groups represented by R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 or R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1994Date of Patent: May 16, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Noritaka Nakayama, Toshihisa Takeyama, Norio Miura
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Patent number: 5358922Abstract: A thermal transfer recording material comprises a support and provided thereon, a layer containing a binder and a metal ion providing compound represented by the following Formula ( I ):M.sup.2+ (X.sup.-).sub.2 Formula (I)wherein M.sup.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1993Date of Patent: October 25, 1994Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Noritaka Nakayama, Katsunori Kato, Tatsuo Tanaka, Yoriko Nakayama, Tawara Komamura
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Patent number: 5346801Abstract: An image forming process of an image forming material comprising a support and provided thereon, a photosensitive layer and a covering layer in that order comprises imagewise exposing the material by laser beam scanning, and peeling the covering film from the exposed material to form an image on the support or on the covering film, wherein said photosensitive layer contains a colorant, an addition-polymerizable or cross-linkable compound and a salt of a cationic dye with a borate anion represented by the following Formula (1):Formula (1) ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Tatsuichi Maehashi, Koichi Nakatani, Katsunori Kato, Tawara Komamura
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Patent number: 5302438Abstract: A photographic image-bearing recording member and a manufacturing method of it are disclosed. The recording member comprisesa support,a thermoplastic resin layer bearing a photographic image, which is provided on a surface of said support, anda protective layer comprising a radiation setting composition and being set with irradation of an actinic radiation, which is provided at a outermost position of the side of the support on which said thermoplastic layer is provided. Symbols or characters may be further beared in the thermoplastic layer. The symbols and characters are preferably formed on the themopastic layer by the heat-transfer printing method.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1993Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Takao Nimura, Taketo Nozu
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Patent number: 5212146Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive transfer recording material having a colorant layer containing a colorant transferable by heat, wherein a compound represented by the formula [I] shown below is contained in said colorant layer and/or a layer adjacent to said colorant layer: ##STR1## [wherein M.sup.2+ represents a chelatable metal ion, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a monovalent organic group, X represents ##STR2## --OR.sup.5 and hydroxyl group (where R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 each independently represent an alkyl group which may also have a substituent), Y represents a 6-membered nitrogen containing aromatic heterocyclic ring together with ##STR3## Z represents an anion, m represents 1 or 2 and n represents 1 or 2].Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1991Date of Patent: May 18, 1993Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Katsunori Katoh, Yoriko Ikehata
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Patent number: 5116716Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-developable color photographic material containing a compound represented by Formula (1) shown below: ##STR1## wherein X represents a halogen atom, and Y represents a group of nonmetallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring bearing on the ring at least one substituent having 4 or more carbon atoms.Disclosed is also a process for forming an image on a heat-developable color photographic material, which comprises carrying out heat-development processing in the presence of the compound represented by Formula (1) mentioned above.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1991Date of Patent: May 26, 1992Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Masaru Iwagaki, Hiroyuki Kaguchi
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Patent number: 5084376Abstract: There is disclosed a heat-developable color light-sensitive material having an excellent preservability and capable of providing images having a superior discrimination and only a slight fluctuation of Dmin against that of the development conditions. The material comprises a support having thereon a light-sensitive silver halide, a dye donor and a compound represented by following Formula I: ##STR1## wherein X represents a group capable of splitting off in heat-development; Y represents the group of atoms necessary to form 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; Z represents a substituent; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1991Date of Patent: January 28, 1992Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko Suda, Hidenobu Ohya, Kazuhiro Miyazawa, Tawara Komamura, Norio Miura
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Patent number: 5032499Abstract: There is disclosed a thermal developing light-sensitive material comprising a support and, provided thereon, photographic structural layers comprising at least one layer containing light-sensitive silver halide, said photographic structural layer comprising a compound represented by general formula (1);Formula (1)X.sub.1 --L.sub.1 --Awherein X.sub.1 represents a residual group of a photographic restrainer, L.sub.1 is a mere bonding hand or a divalent group and A is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group or a salt thereof, a sulfo group or a salt thereof and a sulfin group or a salt thereof;and a compound represented by general formula (2);Formula (2)X.sub.2 --L.sub.2 --Bwherein X.sub.2 represents a residual group of a photographic restrainer, L.sub.2 is a divalent group and B is a ballast group.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1989Date of Patent: July 16, 1991Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Kohno, Tawara Komamura, Ken Okauchi
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Patent number: 4987049Abstract: An image-receiving element for heat transfer type dye image, which comprises a support, a binder and a compound represented by the formula (I) shown below on the support: Formula (I)[M(X.sub.1).sub.l (X.sub.2).sub.m (X.sub.3).sub.n ].sup.P+ Qwherein, M represents a transition metal ion, X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 represent a coordination compound capable of forming a complex by coordinate bonding with the transition metal ion, Q is at least one of ##STR1## and (R.sub.5 --SO.sub.3.sup.-).sub.p, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cyano group, a heterocyclic residual group or hydrogen atom (these may be the same or different), R.sub.5 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, p represents 1, 2 or 3, m represents 1, 2 or 0, n represents 1 or 0, and p represents 1 or 2.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1990Date of Patent: January 22, 1991Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tawara Komamura, Nobuyuki Takiyama, Katsunori Katoh