Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Marui

Toshiyuki Marui 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: 7364841
    Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than 1/10 of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998-1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscicca and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5-5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7-2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta & Medical Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
  • Publication number: 20070003886
    Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than 1/10 of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998-1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscicca and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1976 (L*a*b) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5-5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7-2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
  • Patent number: 7138225
    Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than 1/10 of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998–1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscissa and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1076 (L*a*b*) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5–5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7–2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
  • Publication number: 20050064352
    Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than {fraction (1/10)} of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998-1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscissa and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1076 (L*a*b*) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5-5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7-2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
  • Patent number: 5962209
    Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains, wherein at least 50% of the total projected area of silver halide grains contained in the silver halide emulsion layer is accounted for by tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of 2 to 15, (100) major faces with an edge ratio of 1 to 2, and a silver chloride content of 50 mol % or more; and the emulsion layer further containing a leuco compound capable of forming a blue dye upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Marui
  • Patent number: 5928846
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The processing method comprises the step of (1) developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and a hydrophilic colloid layer adjoining with the silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a phosphazene compound and a compound represented by the following Formula 1 or 2 by a developing solution and (2) fixing the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material by a fixing solution, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, an amino group, an acylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or an alkylthio group, and Z is a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-member ring, ##STR2## wherein R is an aryl group, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hirobumi Yamashita, Naoko Fukuwatari, Toshiyuki Marui
  • Patent number: 5516627
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide photographic material. The method comprises the steps of (1) developing, fixing and washing a photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support and a photographic layer including a silver halide emulsion layer being provided on the support in which the outermost surface of the photographic layer has a matting degree of 0 to 150 mmHg and the silver halide emulsion layer contains colloidal silica particles, (2) drying the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material by contacting with a heat conductive member having a surface temperature of 90.degree. C. to 150.degree. C. which installed in a drying zone of the automatic processing machine. In the above method, the photographic light-sensitive material has a moisture content of 3 g/m.sup.2 to 6.5 g/m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Marui
  • Patent number: 5476762
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support and provided thereon, a photographic component layer comprising a silver halide emulsion layer, the material being processed in 10 seconds to less than 45 seconds, wherein the photographic component layer comprises polymer latex of a polymer containing in its chemical structure a unit derived from a monomer having a solubility in water of 25.degree. C. of 0.000 to 0.025% by weight and the pH of the surface on the silver halide emulsion layer side of the material is not more than 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Marui
  • Patent number: 5470700
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide X-ray photographic material comprising a mixture of tabular silver halide grains, wherein tabular silver halide grains of 0.6 .mu.m to 1.5 .mu.m in an average grain size are contained in a proportion of 70% to 95% and of 0.3 .mu.m to 0.5 .mu.m in a proportion of 5% to 30%; the aspect ratio of tabular grains is more than 3; and having sensitometric properties in which a gamma (.gamma.1) formed by a straight line portion between two points 0.5 and 1.5 of optical density is 2.7 to 3.3 and a gamma (.gamma.2) formed by a straight line portion between points 2.0 ana 3.0 of optical density is 1.5 to 2.5 in the characteristic curve of a rectangular coordinate system having equal coordinate axis unit lengths for the optical density (D) and the amount of exposure (log E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Marui
  • Patent number: 5393652
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and optionally having another layer, and the emulsion layer or the other layer contains a kind of polymer latex comprising a polymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer having a solubility in water at 25.degree. C. of not higher than 0.025% by weight, and said support comprises polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate and has a thickness of from 70 .mu.m to 120 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Marui