Patents by Inventor Yuji Kume

Yuji Kume 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: 8807699
    Abstract: An ink composition including: initiator particles including a water-insoluble polymerization initiator and a water-soluble polymer and having a volume average particle diameter of 500 nm or less; a water-soluble polymerizable compound; a pigment; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi Ooishi, Yuji Kume
  • Publication number: 20130016156
    Abstract: An ink composition including: initiator particles including a water-insoluble polymerization initiator and a water-soluble polymer and having a volume average particle diameter of 500 nm or less; a water-soluble polymerizable compound; a pigment; and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Ooishi, Yuji Kume
  • Patent number: 8317312
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition including a pigment, water, a polymerizable compound having an acrylamide structure, a polymerization initiator and a wetting agent that is in the form of a solid at a temperature of 25° C. and an atmospheric pressure of 1 bar, the wetting agent being included in the ink composition in an amount of from 0.01% by mass to 400% by mass with respect to the polymerizable compound having an acrylamide structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi Ooishi, Yuji Kume
  • Publication number: 20110234690
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition including a pigment, water, a polymerizable compound having an acrylamide structure, a polymerization initiator and a wetting agent that is in the form of a solid at a temperature of 25° C. and an atmospheric pressure of 1 bar, the wetting agent being included in the ink composition in an amount of from 0.01% by mass to 400% by mass with respect to the polymerizable compound having an acrylamide structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi OOISHI, Yuji KUME
  • Patent number: 6597869
    Abstract: When a stop aperture formed by a shutter blade has reached a diameter corresponding to a predetermined f-number, a flash light is emitted and an exposure is performed with the flash light. Successively, the diameter of the stop aperture is gradually increased. When the stop aperture has reached a diameter corresponding to a set f-number, a color-temperature conversion filter is placed at a photographic optical path. Another exposure is performed with an illumination light which has passed through the color-temperature conversion filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Uchida, Yuji Kume
  • Publication number: 20030007800
    Abstract: When a stop aperture formed by a shutter blade has reached a diameter corresponding to a predetermined f-number, a flash light is emitted and an exposure is performed with the flash light. Successively, the diameter of the stop aperture is gradually increased. When the stop aperture has reached a diameter corresponding to a set f-number, a color-temperature conversion filter is placed at a photographic optical path. Another exposure is performed with an illumination light which has passed through the color-temperature conversion filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Uchida, Yuji Kume
  • Patent number: 6301442
    Abstract: A lens-fitted photo film unit for photographing an object includes a flash charger button as mode selector, which designates a selected one of a flashless mode and a flashing mode. An exposure aperture forms a color image by object light from the object. The image, if the flashless mode is designated, is recorded with first color balance in the exposure aperture, and if the flashing mode is designated, is recorded with second color balance. An electronic flash unit applies flash light to the object. A light balancing filter as color balance adjustor subjects the object light to correction if the flashless mode is designated, so as to set the first and second color balance substantially equal to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Uchida, Yuji Kume, Yasushi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 5376515
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has, on a support, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, and at least two red-sensitive silver emulsion layers containing a cyan coupler and having different sensitivities. The highest sensitivity layer of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains a yellow coupler, and a red-sensitive emulsion layer having a lower sensitivity contains a yellow-colored cyan coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Kume
  • Patent number: 5370979
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has, on a support, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, and at least two red-sensitive silver emulsion layers containing a cyan coupler and having different sensitivities. The highest sensitivity layer of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains a magenta coupler, and a red-sensitive emulsion layer having a lower sensitivity contains a magenta colored cyan coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Kume
  • Patent number: 5059517
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic emulsion containing tabular silver bromide series grains having a mean aspect ratio of 2 or more, which is characterized by the grains having no projection on the grain surface and by the silver chloride content in the surface part of the grains being higher than that in the part of the grain which is underneath the grain surface. Also disclosed is a multi-layer photographic light-sensitive material having at least two silver halide emulsion layers on a support in which at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains the tabular silver bromide series grains as defined above. By the incorporation of the emulsion, the sensitivity, the storage stability and the manufacture stability properties of the photographic material are improved without deteriorating its graininess property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Ihama, Yuji Kume, Koji Tamoto, Hiroshi Ayato
  • Patent number: 5043258
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is described which has excellent color-sensitizing efficiency by sensitizing dyes, sharpness, covering power, and pressure resistant properties, wherein the grains are comprised of core/shell type grains having contained therein a partially halogen-converted silver salt phase, the silver salt comprising silver halochloride, silver thiocyanate or silver citrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co.
    Inventors: Mikio Ihama, Yuji Kume, Koji Tamoto, Hiroshi Takehara, Hiroshi Ayato, Yoichi Suga, Seiichiro Kishida
  • Patent number: 4977075
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising a hydrophilic colloid having dispersed therein tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of at least 2, the grains comprising a matrix comprising at least 50 mol % silver bromide ions based on silver ions, and a high silver chloride layer on the matrix, the high silver chloride layer comprising at least 50 mol % chloride ions based on silver ions and forming a substantially uniform plane on the matrix, wherein at least 50 mol % of the high silver chloride layer is present on two basal plane surfaces of the matrix.The emulsion has improved pressure properties which are suited for rapid processing, and minimized grain aggregation and excellent suitability for preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Ihama, Yuji Kume, Koji Tamoto, Hiroshi Takehara, Masao Arai
  • Patent number: 4933989
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a silver halide emulsion contained in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers is a silver halide emulsion in which 30% by number of the total number of whole silver halide grains have a diameter of not more than 0.3 .mu.m, as a diameter of equivalent sphere, and the silver halide color photographic material contains a compound capable of releasing upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent a compound which is capable of releasing development inhibitor upon a reaction with another molecular of an oxidation product of a developing agent.The silver halide color photographic material has excellent color reproducibility and sharpness as well as a broad exposure latitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co.
    Inventors: Yuji Kume, Keiji Mihayashi, Koji Tamoto, Mikio Ihama