Patents by Inventor Tsumoru Hirano

Tsumoru 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: 5057404
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed having blue-sensitive, green-sensitive, and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a support, wherein said red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a dispersion of fine oleophilic grains formed by dispersing by emulsification a mixture comprising a water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer and at least one coupler represented by formula (I) or formula (II), and the silver halide emulsion layer or non-light-sensitive layer of the material contains a dye represented by formula (III);wherein formula (I) is represented by ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.12 represents an acylamino group or an alkyl group; R.sub.13 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, or R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 are bonded together to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; Z.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kokichi Waki, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 5057408
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising a silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein said layer contains a dispersion of fine oleophilic grains, which grains contain at least one nondiffusible oil-soluble cyan coupler capable of forming a substantially nondiffusible dye by coupling with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one coupler solvent which is immiscible with water and has no aromatic group in the molecule and which has a melting point of 100.degree. C. or lower and has a boiling point or decomposition point of 140.degree. C. or higher. As the characteristic feature of the invention, the dispersion of said fine oleophilic grains is formed by emulsifying and dispersing a mixture solution comprising at least one of the coupler, at least one of the coupler solvent and at least one water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 5055386
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which material comprises a support and at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer which contains a dispersion of fine lipophilic particles which particles are comprised of at least one type of oil solution non-color forming polymer and an oil soluble coupler which has been rendered fast to diffusion and which can form a dye by coupling with the oxidized form of a primary aromatic amine developing agent, wherein at least 20% by weight of said oil soluble non-color forming polymer has a molecular weight not more than 40,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Haruyoshi Gotou, Osamu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5047316
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler and a polymer latex, the polymer latex is derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; L.sub.1 represents --CONH-- or ##STR2## p represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and q represents an integer of from 1 to 30.The silver halide color photographic material provides a cyan color image without accompanying decrease in color density even when it is processed with an exhausted bleaching or bleach-fixing solution or a bleach or bleach-fixing solution having an weak oxidizing power. Further, the cyan color image is prevented from the occurrence of stain due to irradiation to light for a long period of time after processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Kiyoshi Nakajyo
  • Patent number: 5047314
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a cyan coupler-containing layer, a magenta coupler-containing layer and a yellow coupler-containing layer, wherein the cyan coupler-containing layer contains a dispersion of oleophilic fine particles which is obtained by emulsifying or dispersing a solution containing (a) at least one cyan coupler represented by the general formula (I) and/or (II) described below, (b) at least one compound represented by the general formula (III) described below and (c) at least one water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.4 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or an acylamino group, and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Sakai, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 5006453
    Abstract: The present inventioin calls for a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing a dispersion of oleophilic fine particles containing at least one diffusion resistant oil-soluble coupler which forms a substantially nondiffusible dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one water-immiscible coupler solvent having a melting point of not more than 100.degree. C. and a boiling point of not less than 140.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Minoru Sakai, Genichi Furusawa, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4960688
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains a water-soluble polymer comprising at least one repeating unit represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A represents a vinyl repeating unit having a color coupler moiety which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent;and at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of formulae (II-A), (II-B), (II-C), (II-D), (II-E), and (II-F): ##STR2## The water-soluble polymer is a photographic polymeric coupler incorporating a crosslinkable group with gelatin and the silver halide color photographic material containing the water-soluble coupler is excellent in layer strength and image sharpness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Yoshio Ishii, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4954417
    Abstract: A light-sensitive microcapsule comprising a core material containing a polymerizable compound and a shell material characterized in that the shell material contains therin silver halide in the form of grains. A light-sensitive material comprising a light-sensitive layer containing a great number of said microcapsules and a reducing agent provided on a support is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Nakamura, Tsumoru Hirano, Eiji Funatsu, Shunichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 4946770
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dispersion, said dispersion comprising oleophilic fine particles containing (a) at least one oil-soluble cyan coupler represented by formula (I) (described herein) capable of forming substantially non-diffusible cyan dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, and (b) a water-insoluble, organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer comprising not more than about 20% by weight of a repeating unit having an acid radical in the main chain or a side chain thereof, wherein the dispersion does not contain high-boiling point organic solvents. The photographic material provides color images excellent in preservability, particularly resistance to dark discoloration and light discoloration in good balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takahashi, Tsumoru Hirano, Seiki Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 4946771
    Abstract: Photographic materials which comprise novel color photographic couplers are provided. The silver halide color photographic material is improved in sharpness and prevention against the mixing of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Maekawa, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4937179
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains a two-equivalent magenta polymer coupler which is capable of forming a color image upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and has an oil pKa' of 8.0 or more.The two-equivalent magenta polymer coupler has an excellent color forming property, an improved conversion efficiency to a dye and an improved resistivity to decreases in color forming property upon the attack of chemical substances and is free from the formation of undesirable fog when preserved under conditions of high temperature or of high temperature and high humidity.The silver halide color photographic material has a reduced layer thickness and an improved sharpness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Kei Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 4874689
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material containing new dye image-forming couplers consisting of polymer couplers obtained by a polymerization reaction which employs a chain transfer agent having 8 or more carbon atoms. The silver halide color photographic material exhibits a high sensitivity and a high color-forming property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamanouchi, Shigetoshi Ono, Tsumoru Hirano, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Nobuo Sakai, Keiji Mihayashi
  • Patent number: 4820610
    Abstract: A light-sensitive liquid composition in which droplets of a silver halide emulsion are dispersed in a polymerizable compound, characterized in that a polymer having a principal chain consisting essentially of a hydrocarbon chain substituted in part with hydrophilic groups which contain, in their terminal groups, -OH or nitrogen having a lone electron-pair is dissolved in the polymerizable compound. Process for the preparation thereof is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Nakamura, Tsumoru Hirano, Eiji Funatsu
  • Patent number: 4791051
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support and at least silver halide emulsion layers on the support, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers contains at least one 2-equivalent 5-pyrazolone polymer coupler and at least one of the other emulsion layers contains at least one phenol cyan coupler having an acylamino group in the 5-position and a ureido group in the 2-position. The present material is advantageous over conventional materials in that the color balance of the image dyes remains unchanged over long periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakanoue, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4774162
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a layer having a polymeric mordant which comprises repeating units represented by formula (I) and repeating units represented by at least one of formulae (II), (III) and (IV) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom or a straight or branched alkyl group,L represents a divalent linking group, andp represents 0 or 1; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or a straight or branched alkyl group,R.sub.6 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group,R.sub.7 represents a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group,A represents a divalent linking group bound to the main polymer chain through a carbon atom, andn represents an integer of from 1 to 30; ##STR3## wherein R.sub.5 ' and R.sub.8 ' each represents a hydrogen atom or a straight or branched alkyl group,R.sub.6 ', R.sub.6 ", and R.sub.6 '" each represents a divalent hydrocarbon group,R.sub.7 ', R.sub.7 ", and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shibata, Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4668613
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a polymer coupler which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is polymerized using a polymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; an R.sub.2 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.The polymer coupler according to the present invention has a good stability to humidity and heat during storage of the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing thereof and provides decreased formation of fog in non-image areas of color photographs obtained by means of color development processing of the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Yagihara, Tsumoru Hirano, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Kei Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 4576910
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing in its silver halide emulsion layer a latex of magenta color image-forming polymer or copolymer coupler capable of coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, wherein said coupler has repeating units derived from the monomer represented by the formula (I), (II), (III), (IV) or (V) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Nobuo Furutachi
  • Patent number: 4522916
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein [Q] represents a magenta color image forming coupler residue; Za, Zb, Zc and Zd each represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group, or --N.dbd.; R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a chlorine atom; A represents --NHCO--, --OCO--, or a phenylene group; Y represents --O--, --NH--, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsumoru Hirano
  • Patent number: 4518687
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming oleophilic polymer coupler. The polymer coupler is comprised of three repeating units including a repeating unit of a cyan coupler corresponding to general formula (I), an ethylene type unsaturated monomer repeating unit corresponding to general formula (II) which contains an acid component and an ethylene type unsaturated monomer repeating unit corresponding to general formula (III). The cyan dye-forming oleophilic polymer coupler is present in the form of a dispersed product, said polymer coupler having been dissolved in an organic solvent followed by emulsion dispersion of a gelatine aqueous solution in the presence of a surfactant. The general formulae and their substituents are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsumoru Hirano, Makoto Umemoto, Mitsunori Hirano
  • Patent number: H156
    Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material having excellent properties for a sensitization treatment is described, containing a polymer coupler having an average molecular weight higher than 30,000 and having a polymeric unit derived from a monomeric magenta coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, chlorine, or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A is a phenylene group, a --CONH-- group, or a --COO-- group; B is an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkylene group, or an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene group; Y is --O--, --NH--, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CONH--, --COO--, --NHCO--, or --NHCONH--; Q is a residue of a megenta color-forming coupler which forms a dye through coupling with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developer; and m is 1 when n is 1, and m is 0 or 1 when n is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ozawa, Tsumoru Hirano