Identified Nondye Image Forming Developing Agent, Silver Halide Development Accelerator Or Retarder, Or Dye Image Forming Accelerator Or Retarder Containing Patents (Class 430/218)
  • Patent number: 8808963
    Abstract: A photoresist composition includes a binder resin, a photo acid generator, an acryl resin having four different types of monomers, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., AZ Electronic Materials (KOREA) Ltd.
    Inventors: Hi-Kuk Lee, Sang-Hyun Yun, Min-Soo Lee, Deok-Man Kang, Sae-Tae Oh, Jae-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 8436852
    Abstract: Image editing which is consistent with geometry of a scene depicted in the image is described. In an embodiment a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided to enable a user to simply and quickly specify four corners of a rectangular frame drawn onto a source image using the GUI. In embodiments, the four corners are used to compute parameters of a virtual camera assumed to capture the image of the drawn frame. Embodiments of an image processing system are described which use the virtual camera parameters to control editing of the source image in ways consistent with the 3D geometry of the scene depicted in that image. In some embodiments out of bounds images are formed and/or realistic-looking shadows are synthesized. In examples, users are able to edit images and the virtual camera parameters are dynamically recomputed and used to update the edited image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Criminisi, Carsten Rother, Gavin Smyth, Amit Shesh
  • Patent number: 8158527
    Abstract: A resist pattern (5) is formed in a dimension of a limitation of an exposure resolution over a hard mask material film (4) over a work film (3). The material film (4) is processed using the resist pattern (5) as a mask. A hard mask pattern (6) is thereby formed. Thereby a resist pattern (7), over a non-selected region (6b), having an opening (7a) through which a selection region (6a) in the mask pattern is exposed is formed. Only the mask pattern (6a) exposed through the opening (7a) is slimmed by performing a selection etching, the work film (3) is etched by using the mask pattern (6). A work film pattern (8) is thereby formed, which include a wide pattern section (8a) of a dimension width of the limitation of the exposure resolution and a slimmed pattern section (8a) of a dimension that is not more than the limitation of the exposure resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Hashimoto, Soichi Inoue, Kazuhiro Takahata, Kei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7163782
    Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material including an organic silver salt, a binder, a reducing agent, coupler and a main developing agent which forms coloring images by reacting with the coupler, those which are on a support wherein the reducing agent comprises a compound represented by the following Formula (1), the coupler is a compound represented by the following Formula (CP1) and sum of maximum density of colorant images at maximum absorption wavelength formed by the coupler and the main developing agent is 0.01 or more and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Narito Goto
  • Publication number: 20040224250
    Abstract: An image forming method for forming an image with laser irradiation on a photothermographic material including transporting the photothermographic material in a sub scanning direction and guiding it to a thermal developing portion, wherein the photothermographic material comprises at least one compound selected from formulae (1a), (1b) and (1c), and the method satisfies one of the following conditions:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Sakai, Eiichi Okutsu, Katsuyuki Watanabe, Kouta Fukui, Katsutoshi Yamane
  • Publication number: 20040043338
    Abstract: A thermally developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver halide salt and a reducing agent, wherein when a regression line is obtained by plotting color coordinates (u*, v*) of the thermally developable light-sensitive material at optical densities of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and the minimum density on a two dimensional coordinates of CIE 1976 (L* u* v*) color space, in which the abscissa is u* and the ordinate is v*, a coefficient of determination R2 of the regression line is from 0.998 to 1.000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20040038162
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat developable photosensitive material including a substrate, and at least one constituent layer which contains a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for thermal developing and a binder. The material includes at least one reducing agent that does not form a dye at the time of thermal developing and at least one reducing forming a dye at the time of thermal developing, and the dye-forming reducing agent is more active than the reducing agent that does not form a dye at the time of thermal developing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20040038156
    Abstract: An image forming method using a photothermographic material including, on at least one surface of a support, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, in which (1) the photothermographic material is exposed and thermally developed during transportation at a transportation speed of 23 mm/sec or faster, (2) the non-photosensitive organic silver salt contains 30 mol % to 85 mol % of silver behenate and an amount of the time untill a leading end of the photothermographic material reaches a thermal development station after a power source for ae thermal developing apparatus is turned on is 15 minutes or less, or (3) a coating amount of silver inf the photothermographic material is 1.9 g/m2 or less and a thermal development time is 12 sec or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Takayoshi Oyamada, Senzo Sasaoka, Katsutoshi Yamane
  • Patent number: 6586167
    Abstract: A method for thermally forming images for plate making, which comprises forming an image for plate making by using a thermally processed image recording material comprising a silver salt of an organic acid, a reducing agent, a color image forming material and an organic binder on a support, wherein the image consists essentially of a developed silver image and a color forming dye image and the color forming dye image shows an absorbance for ultraviolet region higher than that for visible region and has a transmission density of 0.3 or more for the region of 360-450 nm. There are provided a thermally processed image recording material and method for thermally forming images that provide significant difference of ultraviolet absorption between image areas and non-image areas suitable for printing plate making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Katoh, Toyohisa Oya
  • Patent number: 6495304
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel color-developing agent of a 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl hydrazine type. There is also disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which gives sufficient color formation by development and forms an image excellent in image quality and image storability, by using the color-developing agent. Further, there is disclosed an image-forming method using the light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Uchida, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Taiji Katsumata, Takashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6489088
    Abstract: A color diffusion-transfer photographic light-sensitive material provided with at least two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, each of which is combined with a non-diffusive dye image forming compound forming or releasing a diffusive dye or its precursor in relation to silver development, or with a dye image forming compound whose diffusibility changes in relation to silver development, on a support, the light-sensitive material comprises a specific hydrazine compound and a specific compound improved in storability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Shinichi Ichikawa, Masaru Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20020102489
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel color-developing agent of a 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl hydrazine type. There is also disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which gives sufficient color formation by development and forms an image excellent in image quality and image storability, by using the color-developing agent. Further, there is disclosed an image-forming method using the light-sensitive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Osamu Uchida, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Taiji Katsumata, Takashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20020042015
    Abstract: A color diffusion-transfer photographic light-sensitive material provided with at least two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, each of which is combined with a non-diffusive dye image forming compound forming or releasing a diffusive dye or its precursor in relation to silver development, or with a dye image forming compound whose diffusibility changes in relation to silver development, on a support, the light-sensitive material comprises a specific hydrazine compound and a specific compound improved in storability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Shinichi Ichikawa, Masaru Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 6337170
    Abstract: This invention provides a color diffusion transfer image forming material comprising a light-sensitive material containing a compound which forms or releases a diffusible dye upon reaction with a developing agent derived from a light-sensitive silver halide, aminopheno derivative or phenylenediamine derivative and an oxidation product of the developing agent supported on a first support, and a dye-fixing material containing a discoloration preventing agent having a specific structure supported on a second support which may be the same as or different from the first support, wherein the light-sensitive material and the dye-fixing material are located so that the diffusible dye formed or released by developing is at least transferred from the light-sensitive material to the dye-fixing material in developing the light-sensitive material, thereby providing the image forming material with excellent properties in terms of dye concentration, image fastness and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Naruse
  • Patent number: 6329129
    Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a hydrophilic binder and a dye-donating compound capable of releasing a diffusible dye in correspondence or counter-correspondence to the silver development, wherein at least two light-insensitive layers are provided between the support and a light-sensitive layer closest to the support and the light-insensitive layer not adjacent to the light-sensitive layer contains at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II): wherein R1 to R6 are defined herein wherein R7, R8 and R9 are defined herein and Y represents —CO— or —SO2—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayasu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6303261
    Abstract: Disclosed are a silver halide color photographic material having on a support a photographic element in which silver halide grains, a developing agent and a coupler capable of forming a dye by reaction with an oxidation product of the developing agent are incorporated, the photographic element further comprising at least one color stain inhibitive compound represented by the following formula (SC-1) or (SC-2) and at least one photographically useful group-releasing compound represented by the following formula (II); and a method of forming color images by the use of the foregoing material: A—[(L1)a—(B)m]p—(L2)n—PUG  (II)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Arakawa, Toshio Kawagishi
  • Patent number: 6303282
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a color photographic photosensitive material for heat development, which material is characterized in that the color photographic photosensitive material produces superior discrimination with reduced color muddiness in rapid processing. The color photographic photosensitive material for heat development of the present invention comprises a support having thereon a photosensitive silver halide, a binder, a dye-releasable compound, a compound represented by the general formula (I) or (II), and a compound represented by the general formula (III) or (IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Naruse, Toshio Kawagishi, Takeshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 6277994
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel color-developing agent of a 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl hydrazine type. There is also disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which gives sufficient color formation by development and forms an image excellent in image quality and image storability, by using the color-developing agent. Further, there is disclosed an image-forming method using the light-sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Uchida, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Taiji Katsumata, Takashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6265117
    Abstract: A color imaging element comprising a dye formed upon a reaction of an oxidation product of a compound represented by formula (I) shown below together with at least one water-soluble compound represented by formula (II) shown below on a support: wherein Z represents a carbamoyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a sulfonyl group or a sulfamoyl group; and Q represents an atomic group necessary for forming an unsaturated ring together with the carbon atom; wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an aliphatic group, an acyl group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group or an aryloxycarbonyl group; Y1 and Y2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, or Y1 and Y2 may be combined with each other to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; Z1 represents a simple bond, a methylene group which may be substituted or an ethylene group which may be substituted; Z2 represents a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 6265118
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image element wherein a dye, formed or released by reaction with an oxidized product of specific a compound, and specific a fixed compound, coexist in a binder on a support. The image element can have high color density in image, and it can be excellent in light fastness. Furthermore, there is also disclosed an image formation method to provide the image element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Taguchi
  • Patent number: 6183932
    Abstract: There is provided a silver halide photosensitive material for color photography which can stably form an image having high quality through a process that is simple, quick and causes less environmental damage. A photosensitive material comprising a substrate carrying thereon a photographic constituent layer containing at least one photographic photosensitive layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, wherein said photosensitive material comprises a compound represented by one of the following general formulae [I], [II] and [III] and further comprises at least one silver halide emulsion in which the variation coefficient of particle size of contained silver halide particle is 20% or less and the variation coefficient of a halogen composition between particles is 25% or less. In the formulae, Z represents a carbamoyl group, an acyl group, or the like, and Q represents an atom group forming an unsaturated ring with C. R1 to R4 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Asami, Hideaki Naruse
  • Patent number: 6177227
    Abstract: There is disclosed a heat-development color photographic light-sensitive material which has on a base at least two applied silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivity from each other and at least one applied non-light-sensitive layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer or the non-light-sensitive layer contains a dye providing compound and at least one specific diffusible electron transport agent, and wherein the non-light-sensitive layer contains a compound capable of reacting with an oxidized product of the electron transport agent. The light-sensitive material can provide an image excellent in discrimination even by subjecting to development for a short period of time, and is excellent in color separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6136495
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprises a support, a hardening layer and a light-sensitive layer in order. The hardening layer contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound or a cross-linkable polymer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and fine particles containing a reducing agent. The fine particles are made of a mixture of a reducing agent and a non-reducing compound. A melting point of the mixture is lower than a melting point of the reducing agent. The difference between the melting points is not smaller than 10.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaku Sakata
  • Patent number: 6114080
    Abstract: An aqueous developable photographic element for forming neutral images comprising balanced cyan, magenta, and yellow heat-diffusible-dye-forming couplers in one or more image forming layers, and further comprising sensitized silver halide, a thermal solvent for nonaqueous, thermal dye-diffusion transfer, and hydrophilic binder, each independently in one or more image forming layers, an integral receiver layer for dye mordanting during nonaqueous, thermal dye-diffusion transfer, and one and only one dimensionally stable support, where said receiver layer is intermediate said support and image forming layers, and wherein said receiver layer and said support may be mechanically separated from said image forming layers by opposing forces is disclosed. Processes for forming a neutral photographic image using such elements and using elements that are similar, but lacking an integral receiving layer, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John Texter, Roland George Willis
  • Patent number: 6100005
    Abstract: There is described a novel diffusion transfer photographic system wherein an exposed diffusion transfer photographic film unit is developed with an aqueous alkaline processing composition in the presence of alumina-free titanium dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Churella, Wilhelm J. Erdmann, Gerard Gomes, John R. Linton, Francis M. Pierce
  • Patent number: 6042751
    Abstract: The invention is directed to polymer thick film conductor compositions comprising conductive metal particles selected from the group consisting of finely divided powders of platinum group metals and mixtures thereof; modified graphite; and a thermoplastic polymer and optionally, graphite and/or a metallized graphite in combination with a surfactant may replace the modified graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Man-Sheung Chan, Donald W. Kuty
  • Patent number: 5976756
    Abstract: A diffusion transfer silver halide photographic material containing a color developing agent represented by the following formula (I) in a hydrophilic colloid layer provided on a support: ##STR1## wherein C.sub..alpha. represents a carbon atom; Z represents a carbamoyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or an aryloxycarbonyl group; and Q represents an atomic group for forming a unsaturated ring together with C.sub..alpha., whereby a color diffusion transfer silver halide photographic material containing a novel color developing agent from which a diffusible dye can be formed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Nakamura, Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Taiji Katsumata, Toshiki Taguchi
  • Patent number: 5871880
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one photographic constitutional layer coated on a support, wherein at least one of the photographic constitutional layers contains at least one reducing agent for color formation represented by formula (I), at least one coupler for forming a diffusive dye, and at least one mordant. The material is capable of reducing the amount of developer and to be replenished or discharged after processing, and of reducing the occurrence of stain after development during storage of the material. There is also disclosed an image-forming method using the material. ##STR1## wherein C.alpha. represents a carbon atom; Z represents a carbamoyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, or aryloxycarbonyl group; and Q represents a group of atoms to form, together with C.alpha., an unsaturated ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Makuta, Koki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5843618
    Abstract: An aqueous-developable chromogenic photographic heat-transferable non-aqueous dye-diffusion-transfer photographic element is disclosed, wherein said element comprises radiation sensitive silver halide, a dye-providing compound that forms or releases a heat-transferable image dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a thermal solvent for facilitating non-aqueous diffusion transfer according to formula (I) ##STR1## wherein AH is a hydrogen bond donating group with an aqueous pK.sub.a value for proton loss of greater than 6;L.sup.1 and L.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David Scott Bailey, Ronald Henry White, John Texter
  • Patent number: 5705312
    Abstract: There is described a photographic system wherein development of an exposed photosensitive element is carried out in the presence of a quaternary pyridinium compound which has a fused 5 - to 12 - member saturated carbocyclic ring attached to the 2 and 3 positions of the pyridine ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Donna J. Guarrera, Neil C. Mattucci, Avinash C. Mehta, Lloyd D. Taylor, John C. Warner
  • Patent number: 5667933
    Abstract: There are described heat-developable photosensitive image-recording elements which have an alkali-generating system incorporated therein. In the alkali-generating system, a slightly water-soluble metal compound is reacted with a salt of 2-hydroxy-pyridine-N-oxide, or its derivatives, in the presence of a fluid such as water, to form an insoluble precipitate and the alkali required for silver image development during processing. The image-recording materials are useful as image-forming materials in thermographic and photothermographic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Gary E. Cargill, Edward C. Taylor, Peter Viski, Christopher E. R. Orvig
  • Patent number: 5604079
    Abstract: There is described a photographic system wherein development of an exposed photosensitive element is carried out in the presence of an acylpyridine-N-oxide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Filosa, Edward D. Kingsley, Kenneth C. Waterman
  • Patent number: 5571656
    Abstract: There is described a multicolor diffusion transfer film unit having a plurality of different color image components, each of which includes a color-sensitive silver halide emulsion in association with a corresponding image dye-providing material and a first silver halide developer which takes part in photographic development to provide an imagewise pattern of diffusible image dye-forming material as a function of photoexposure. At least one of said color image components includes a second silver halide developer, or a precursor thereof, which is capable of developing silver halide indiscriminately and which is made available after photographic development in the color image component in which it is located is substantially completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Polroid Corporation
    Inventors: Edward D. Kingsley, Emmett S. McCaskill, Avinash C. Mehta, Kenneth C. Waterman
  • Patent number: 5503969
    Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material is described, which comprises a light-sensitive silver halide, a binder, a dye-donating compound and at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) on a support: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 30 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms; m represents an integer of from 0 to 10; and n represents 0 or 1; with the proviso that, when m is an integer of from 1 to 10, n is 0; when n is 1, m is 0; when m is an integer of from 2 to 10, the plurality of R.sub.2 groups may be the same or different, and the plurality of R.sub.3 groups may be the same or different; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, R.sub.2 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Uehara, Hiroo Takizawa
  • Patent number: 5496680
    Abstract: There is disclosed a color diffusion transfer light-sensitive material in which a transferred density is increased and a processing temperature dependency of the transferred density is improved to a large extent. The above light-sensitive material comprises a color diffusion transfer light-sensitive element containing at least one of the compounds represented by the following Formula (I), and an alkali processing composition: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group; X represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, a sulfonylamino group, a ureido group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, an amino group, a sulfamoylamino group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; and when n is 2 or more, a plurality of X may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Ohkawa, Hiroshi Iwanaga, Hideaki Naruse, Masaaki Tsukase
  • Patent number: 5494775
    Abstract: A diffusion transfer process is disclosed for forming a color photographic image comprising the steps of:providing an aqueous-developable photographic color diffusion transfer element of two or more layers comprising a single dimensionally stable support, radiation sensitive silver halide, an aqueous solid particle thermal solvent dispersion for facilitating the thermal diffusion of dyes through a hydrophilic binder, a dye-releasing or dye-forming coupler compound, and hydrophilic binder, wherein said dye is heat transferable in said binder and said thermal solvent, said thermal solvent has a melting point between 50.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: John Texter
  • Patent number: 5484683
    Abstract: There is disclosed a dye fixing element containing a novel compound which improves the light fastness of an image obtained by the method in which the image is formed by transferring. The above dye fixing element contains a novel hydrazine derivative represented by the following Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 represent independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkenyl group, or aralkyl group; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be combined with each other to form a ring, provided that this ring is a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring and the atoms constituting the ring other than the nitrogens of Formula (I) are carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Tsukahara, Takanori Hioki, Koki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5480760
    Abstract: An aqueous-developable chromogenic photographic heat-transferable non-aqueous dye-diffusion-transfer photographic element is disclosed, wherein said element comprises radiation sensitive silver halide, a dye-providing compound that forms or releases a heat-transferable image dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a thermal solvent for facilitating non-aqueous diffusion transfer according to formula (I) ##STR1## wherein AH is a hydrogen bond donating group with an aqueous pK.sub.a for proton loss of greater than 6;L.sup.1 and L.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David S. Bailey, Albert J. Mura, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5480761
    Abstract: An aqueous-developable chromogenic photographic heat-transferable non-aqueous dye-diffusion-transfer photographic element is disclosed, wherein said element comprises radiation sensitive silver halide, a dye-providing compound that forms or releases a heat-transferable image dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a thermal solvent for facilitating non-aqueous diffusion transfer according to formula (I) ##STR1## wherein AH is a hydrogen bond donating group with an aqueous pK.sub.a for proton loss of greater than 6;L.sup.1 and L.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David S. Bailey, Albert J. Mura, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5468587
    Abstract: An aqueous-developable chromogenic photographic heat-transferable non-aqueous dye-diffusion-transfer photographic element is disclosed, wherein said element comprises radiation sensitive silver halide, a dye-providing compound that forms or releases a heat-transferable image dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a thermal solvent for facilitating non-aqueous diffusion transfer according to formula (I) ##STR1## wherein AH is a hydrogen bond donating group with an aqueous pK.sub.a value for proton loss of greater than 6;L.sup.1 and L.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David S. Bailey, Albert J. Mura, Jr., Shari L. Eiff
  • Patent number: 5447818
    Abstract: A color diffusion transfer film unit and an image formation method using the same are disclosed, in which a light-sensitive material containing a specific sulfonamide compound of formula (I) and a specific tertiary amine compound of formula (II) is processed with an alkali processing composition containing a specific tertiary amine polymer. The film provides a transferred color image having a high density with reduced dependency on processing time, and suppresses changes in density of the resulting image with time after processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Naruse, Hideki Naito, Jiro Tsukahara, Tomokazu Yasuda
  • Patent number: 5441843
    Abstract: A light-sensitive material comprises a support and a light-sensitive layer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide, a reducing agent, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound and a color image forming substance. The silver halide, the reducing agent, the polymerizable compound and the color image forming substance are contained in light-sensitive microcapsules which are dispersed in the light-sensitive layer. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the light-sensitive layer further contains an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound outside the light-sensitive microcapsules. According to another embodiment of the invention, the light-sensitive material further has an auxiliary layer containing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Hara
  • Patent number: 5436109
    Abstract: A process for forming an improved dye image in a heat-developable photographic dry dye-diffusion transfer element comprising the steps of:providing a heat-developable chromogenic photographic dry dye-diffusion transfer element comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a heat-developable dye-forming compound wherein said compound forms or releases a heat-transferable dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a reducing agent, a reducing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a thermal solvent wherein said thermal solvent comprises a 3-hydroxy benzamide or a 4-hydroxy benzamide and has the structure I ##STR1## wherein (a) Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, Z.sub.4, and Z.sub.5 are substituents, the Hammet sigma parameters of Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3, and Z.sub.4 sum to give a total, .SIGMA., of at least -0.28 and less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David S. Bailey, Ronald H. White, John Texter
  • Patent number: 5418111
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color diffusion transfer photographic material improved in transfer density (Dmax) and treating temperature dependency thereof on color diffusion transfer, comprising a color diffusion transfer light-sensitive element containing at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) and an alkali treating composition: ##STR1## wherein X represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxyl group, an acylamino group, a sulfonylamino group, a ureido group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, an acyl group, a urethane group, an amino group, a sulfamoylamino groups, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a phosphonic acid ester group or a heterocyclic group; n represents an integer of 1 to 5; Xs may be the same or different, when n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; two Xs may be combined with each other to form a saturated ring or an unsaturated ring, when n
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Naruse, Masaaki Tsukase
  • Patent number: 5370966
    Abstract: The invention discloses an aqueous-developable chromogenic photographic heat-transferable non-aqueous dye-diffusion-transfer photographic element comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a dye-providing compound that forms or releases a heat-transferable, image dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a thermal solvent for facilitating non-aqueous diffusion transfer wherein said thermal solvent comprises a sugar group containing amphiphilic compound, said amphiphilic compound comprising from one to three independently constituted 3 to 22 carbon atom hydrophobic tail(s) with one or more attached hydrophilic mono or oligosaccaridic rings or chains such that the HLB value of the compound is less than about 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Pranab Bagchi, David S. Bailey
  • Patent number: 5360695
    Abstract: An aqueous developable chromogenic photographic dye-diffusion transfer element of two or more layers comprising a support, radiation sensitive silver halide, a dye-forming compound wherein said compound forms a heat transferable dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a solid particle thermal solvent dispersion, wherein said thermal solvent is a water-immiscible phenol derivative, has a melting point of between 50.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C., and is incorporated at 5 to 200% by weight of said hydrophilic binder, and where said thermal solvent dispersion contains a dispersing aid, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: John Texter
  • Patent number: 5338644
    Abstract: Hydroquinones form stable hydrogen-bonded complexes with N,N,N',N'-tetrasubstituted diamides of aromatic dicarboxylic acids in which two carboxyl groups are arranged para to one another on the same phenyl ring. These complexes are useful in rendering the hydroquinones more water-dispersible to assist their incorporation into photographic products. Also, the diamides may be incorporated into photographic products to reduce or eliminate various problems associated with hydroquinones, including migration of hydroquinones within the product during storage and the discoloration of images on storage due to oxidation of hydroquinone present in an image-receiving element of the photographic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Lloyd D. Taylor, John C. Warner
  • Patent number: 5328799
    Abstract: Photothermographic and thermographic diffusion transfer image-recording materials are provided wherein an auxiliary ligand for silver ions is employed to enhance transfer image density and discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Freedman, Stephen R. Sofen, Kent M. Young
  • Patent number: 5316888
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color diffusion transfer photographic film unit improved in separability and light fastness. It comprises (1) a light sensitive sheet having an image receiving layer, a white reflective layer, a shading layer and at least one silver halide emulsion layer having at least one dye image forming substance, which layers are formed on a transparent support, (2) a transparent cover sheet comprising a neutralization layer and a neutralization timing layer, which layers are formed on a transparent support, and (3) a shading alkali treating composition developed between the light sensitive sheet and the transparent cover sheet. Further, the image receiving layer contains a hydrazine derivative represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiedaki Naruse, Jiro Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 5254433
    Abstract: A dye fixing element to which a diffusible dye is transferable, the dye having been formed or released during development, either after or at the same time as imagewise exposure of a photosensitive element, which photosensitive element comprises a photosensitive silver halide, a binder and a dye providing compound which forms or releases a diffusible dye in correspondence or counter-correspondence to the exposure, wherein the dye fixing element comprises at least one compound represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and X are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshisada Nakamura, Nobuo Seto, Masakazu Morigaki