Forming Multicolor Image Patents (Class 430/383)
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Publication number: 20130052594Abstract: A silver halide motion picture film can be used to provide multicolor images for archival storage, exhibiting excellent dark stability as determined by Arrhenius testing. This motion picture film can be imaged using common digital recorders. The resulting multicolor image has a Dmax in each color record of at least 2.3 Status A density. The overall contrast from each of the blue light sensitive color record, the red light sensitive color record, and the green light sensitive color record is the slope of a straight line connecting a point A and a point B on the characteristic curve of Status A density vs. log Exposure (E) for the respective color record, wherein point A is the log Exposure (E) required to attain a density level of 0.4 above Dmin and point B is the point represented by the log Exposure (E) of point A plus 0.7 log Exposure (E).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Diane M. Carroll-Yacoby, Christopher J. Haller, Paul L. Zengerle, Anabisdally Castro, Cynthia A. Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 7732124Abstract: A color-image forming method in a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having the steps of: performing exposure of the light-sensitive material cut into sheets; and subjecting the exposed light-sensitive material sheets to photographic processing, while conveying them with conveying rollers, with the sheet conveying speed being 40.0 to 100 mm/sec; wherein the light-sensitive material to be exposed contains any of: 1) a dye-forming coupler of formula (IA), 2) a compound of formula (I), and 3) 1.4 mg/m2 or more of a compound of formula (II); wherein R? and R? are a substituent; Z is a hydrogen atom, or a coupling split-off group; A is an alkyl group, M is a cation, and R is an atom or group having 100 or lower total molecular weight.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Yasuaki Deguchi, Shin Soejima, Naoto Ohshima, Tatsuya Ishizaka, Katsuyuki Takada, Futoshi Yoshida, Atsushi Maruhashi, Yoshinori Morimoto, Takehisa Ohno
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Patent number: 7611829Abstract: A color-image forming method in a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having the steps of: performing exposure of the light-sensitive material cut into sheets; and subjecting the exposed light-sensitive material sheets to photographic processing, while conveying them with conveying rollers, with the sheet conveying speed being 40.0 to 100 mm/sec; wherein the light-sensitive material to be exposed contains any of: 1) a dye-forming coupler of formula (IA), 2) a compound of formula (I), and 3) 1.4 mg/m2 or more of a compound of formula (II); wherein R? and R? are a substituent; Z is a hydrogen atom, or a coupling split-off group; A is an alkyl group, M is a cation, and R is an atom or group having 100 or lower total molecular weight.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Yasuaki Deguchi, Shin Soejima, Naoto Ohshima, Tatsuya Ishizaka, Katsuyuki Takada, Futoshi Yoshida, Atsushi Maruhashi, Yoshinori Morimoto, Takehisa Ohno
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Publication number: 20090130613Abstract: A color-image forming method in a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having the steps of: performing exposure of the light-sensitive material cut into sheets; and subjecting the exposed light-sensitive material sheets to photographic processing, while conveying them with conveying rollers, with the sheet conveying speed being 40.0 to 100 mm/sec; wherein the light-sensitive material to be exposed contains any of: 1) a dye-forming coupler of formula (IA), 2) a compound of formula (I), and 3) 1.4 mg/m2 or more of a compound of formula (II); wherein R? and R? are a substituent; Z is a hydrogen atom, or a coupling split-off group; A is an alkyl group, M is a cation, and R is an atom or group having 100 or lower total molecular weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Yasuaki Deguchi, Shin Soejima, Naoto Ohshima, Tatsuya Ishizaka, Katsuyuki Takada, Futoshi Yoshida, Atsushi Maruhashi, Yoshinori Morimoto, Takehisa Ohno
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Silver halide color photographic photosensitive material and image forming method utilizing the same
Patent number: 7238465Abstract: The invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material including a substrate and photographic layers containing a yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta color-developing green light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a cyan color-developing red light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein a total gelatin coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 3 to 6 g/m2 and/or a total silver coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 0.2 to 0.5 g/m2, the yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer includes a silver halide emulsion having silver halide grains which have a sphere-equivalent diameter of no more than 0.6 ?m and a silver chloride content of at least 90 mol %, and an image forming method utilizing the photosensitive material.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Naoto Ohshima -
Patent number: 7166422Abstract: Provided is a silver halide color photographic material having at least one yellow-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one non-photosensitive non-coloring hydrophilic colloid layer on a reflective support, wherein, after being color developed, the reflection density A(?) at a wavelength of ? nm in the non-exposed portion of the material is at most 0.07 at 450 nm, at most 0.09 at 550 nm and at most 0.07 at 650 nm and the mean grain size of the silver halide grains in the yellow-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer in the material is at most 0.70 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakahira, Shin Soejima, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Naoya Shibata, Naoto Ohshima
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Patent number: 7150962Abstract: A method for forming images on a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having a substrate and photographic structural layers thereon, including at least three silver halide color photosensitive layers having different photosensitive regions, respectively, and at least one non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, is disclosed. At least one of the photosensitive layers contains 90 mol % or more of silver chloride. Shortly after the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material has been scan-exposed with laser beams, the material is rapid-processed with a low replenishing amount.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2006Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Akito Yokozawa, Naoya Shibata
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Patent number: 7087365Abstract: A method for forming images on a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having a substrate and photographic structural layers thereon, including, at least three silver halide color photosensitive layers having different photosensitive regions, respectively, and at least one non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer is disclosed. At least one of the photosensitive layers contains 90 mol % or more of silver chloride. Shortly after the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material has been scan-exposed with laser beams, the material is rapid-processed with a low replenishing amount.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Akito Yokozawa, Naoya Shibata
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Patent number: 7060424Abstract: A method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material. The photosensitive material has, on a support, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a nonsensitive layer. The method comprises adding, to the emulsion layer or the nonsensitive layer, a compound represented by formula (M) or (C): in the formula (M), R1 represents H or a substituent, Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms required to form a 5-membered azole ring containing 2 to 4 nitrogen atoms, and X represents H or a substituent, and in the formula (C), Za represents —NH— or —CH(R3)—, Zb and Zc represent —C(R4)? or —N?, R1, R2 and R3 represent an electron attractive group having a Hammett constant ?p of 0.2 to 1.0, R4 represents H or substituent, and X represents H or a substituent.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichiro Hosokawa, Yasuhiro Shimada, Osamu Uchida, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Toshio Kawagishi
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Patent number: 7008760Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least three silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivity from each other on a reflective support, wherein said reflective support is one selected from the group consisting of the following (a), (b) and (c): (a) the reflective support is a water-resistant resin-coated support, and at least one layer of the water-resistant resin layers between the support and the silver halide emulsion layers is a biaxially oriented polyolefin layer having micropores, (b) the reflective support is a water-resistant resin-coated support, and at least one layer of the water-resistant resin layers between the support and the silver halide emulsion layers is a biaxially oriented polyolefin layer having micropores, and between the polyolefin layer and the silver halide emulsion layers, a polyolefin layer having no micropore is provided, and (c) the reflective support is one prepared by coating onto at least the side of the emulsion-coaType: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Yasuaki Deguchi, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Hidekazu Sakai, Katsuyuki Takada, Yoshiro Ochiai, Shin Soejima, Kentaro Okazaki
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Patent number: 6921631Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material, which can provide photographs reduced in unevenness of finished image density with high productivity and at low prices even when it undergoes exposure and photographic processing operations under high-speed transport in the form of sheets, and a method of forming images by use of such a photographic material.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2003Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuaki Deguchi, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Kazuaki Yoshida, Shin Soejima, Yoshiro Ochiai, Shinichi Nakahira
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Patent number: 6887657Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material, which containes at least one specific compound containing at least one alkenylcarbonyl group, in at least one layer on a support; and an image-forming method using the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2004Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Seto, Toshiyuki Makuta, Hidekazu Sakai, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Tomonori Ichinose
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Patent number: 6836076Abstract: A disclosed exposure device performs controlling exposing dose by gradations of {n×(m−1)+1} stages representing shadow to highlight for each color when exposing the maximum n times under a condition that every light-emitting element is exposure-gradation controlled independently at m-stages. When a silver halide photosensitive material is used as a photosensitive material, light sensitivity is high in the order of red, green and blue. The number of aligned rows of red light-emitting elements is greater than those of aligned rows of other colors for reducing the light-emitting intensity on a time-average basis for every red light-emitting element. The area of red light-emitting elements and the area of green and blue light-emitting elements are simultaneously and independently passive-matrix driven by corresponding driving circuits. Of each light-emitting element, the driving duty improves and the peak light-emitting intensity reduces.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroaki Hyuga
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Patent number: 6830880Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material for being subjected to a color development within nine seconds of being imagewise exposed, and comprising a support and a photograph constitution layer provided on the support, the photograph constitution layer containing at least one layer that comprises a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one layer that comprises a magenta dye-forming coupler, at least one layer that comprises a cyan dye-forming coupler, and at least one non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer. The coupler-comprising layers respectively include silver halide emulsions, and at least one of the silver halide emulsions has the characteristics of: (i) a silver halide content of 90 mol % or more; and (ii) containing at least one specific metal complexes. The color development is preferably completed within 28 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Oshima, Tadanobu Sato, Akito Yokozawa
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Patent number: 6818388Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprising, on a reflective support, at least one yellow-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-photosensitive, non-coloring hydrophilic colloid layer. Reflective density A(&lgr;) at a wavelength &lgr; at an unexposed portion of the material after a color development treatment is 0.08 or less for 450 nm, 0.10 or less for 550 nm, and 0.08 or less for 650 nm. Alternatively, chromaticity at the unexposed portion of the material after the color development treatment satisfies the condition: 91≦L*≦96, 0≦a*≦2.0, −9.0≦b*≦−3.0. Also provided is a process for forming an image using the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Makuta, Shin Soejima, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
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Patent number: 6780575Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of scanning silver-halide-containing color photographic and photothermographic film. In particular, the present invention comprises record shifting by means by employing at least one infrared dye in a color unit of the film, thereby forming at least one image record in the infrared. This expedient leads to the formation of high quality images, especially when scanning photothermographic elements in which the silver halide, metallic silver, and/or any organic silver salts have not been removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Richard P. Szajewski
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Publication number: 20040161713Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed thereon, a blue-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit and a red-sensitive layer unit, each of these layers comprising at least two silver halide emulsion layers with different photographic speeds, together with at least one antihalation layer, wherein couplers capable of color formation are contained in a total coating amount of 0.02 mmol/m2 to 2 mmol/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2003Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventors: Hiroshi Tamaoki, Yoichi Suga, Yoshio Ishii, Mitsuhiro Uchida
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Publication number: 20040161712Abstract: A deformable color photographic silver halide material, said color photographic silver halide material comprising on a deformable plastic support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, wherein the silver halide emulsions have an overall silver chloride content of at least 95 mol % and at least one silver halide emulsion contains silver halide crystals that are doped with 10 to 700 nmol iridiumType: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2003Publication date: August 19, 2004Applicant: Agfa-GevaertInventors: Ly Cuong, Markus Geiger, Leon Vermeulen, Arno Schmuck
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Silver halide color photographic photosensitive material and image forming method utilizing the same
Patent number: 6777174Abstract: The invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material including a substrate and photographic layers containing a yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta color-developing green light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a cyan color-developing red light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein a total gelatin coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 3 to 6 g/m2 and/or a total silver coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 0.2 to 0.5 g/m2, the yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer includes a silver halide emulsion having silver halide grains which have a sphere-equivalent diameter of no more than 0.6 &mgr;m and a silver chloride content of at least 90 mol %, and an image forming method utilizing the photosensitive material.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoto Ohshima -
Publication number: 20040126720Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material wherein at least one of light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers includes a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of at least 95 mol % and a silver iodide content of 0.05 mol % to 0.75 mol % and/or a silver bromide content of 0.05 mol % to 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Matsunaga, Tadashi Inaba, Shinichi Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20040101793Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, a yellow dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that does not develop a color, wherein a total amount of a hydrophilic binder on the emulsion layer-coating side of the support is 6.0 g/m2 or less, and at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound selected from metal complexes represented by formula (I) set forth below and a silver halide emulsion of a 90 mole % or more silver chloride content with a silver bromide-containing phase formed in a layer form.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Shigeru Shibayama, Naoya Shibata
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Publication number: 20040067458Abstract: A one-part photographic developing concentrate comprising: (i) a paraphenylene diamine color developing agent; and (ii) a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein a molar ratio of sodium ion to potassium ion is at least 3, and a molar ratio of sulfate ion to carbonate ion is at least 0.25.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Inventor: Wataru Satake
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Publication number: 20040023165Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material for being subjected to a color development within nine seconds of being imagewise exposed, and comprising a support and a photograph constitution layer provided on the support, the photograph constitution layer containing at least one layer that comprises a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one layer that comprises a magenta dye-forming coupler, at least one layer that comprises a cyan dye-forming coupler, and at least one non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer. The coupler-comprising layers respectively include silver halide emulsions, and at least one of the silver halide emulsions has the characteristics of: (i) a silver halide content of 90 mol % or more; and (ii) containing at least one specific metal complexes. The color development is preferably completed within 28 seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto Oshima, Tadanobu Sato, Akito Yokozawa
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Silver halide color photographic photosensitive material and image forming method utilizing the same
Publication number: 20040005519Abstract: The invention provides a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material including a substrate and photographic layers containing a yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta color-developing green light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a cyan color-developing red light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein a total gelatin coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 3 to 6 g/m2 and/or a total silver coating amount in the photographic layers is within a range from 0.2 to 0.5 g/m2, the yellow color-developing blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer includes a silver halide emulsion having silver halide grains which have a sphere-equivalent diameter of no more than 0.6 &mgr;m and a silver chloride content of at least 90 mol %, and an image forming method utilizing the photosensitive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoto Ohshima -
Publication number: 20030232293Abstract: A silver halide emulsion formed of high silver chloride particles, the high silver chloride particles having a continuous outermost layer containing at least 30 mol % of silver bromide, the high silver chloride particles having a silver chloride content of at least 95 mol % and a silver iodide content of 0.05 mol % to 0.75 mol %, wherein the outermost layer has a center portion, the center portion being limited to a region within 10% to 90% of the volume of the outermost layer, the center portion having present therein a compound of a metal from column VIII of the periodic table.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2003Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiro Ochiai
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Publication number: 20030228544Abstract: A method for forming images on a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having a substrate and photographic structural layers thereon, including, at least three silver halide color photosensitive layers having different photosensitive regions, respectively, and at least one non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer is disclosed. At least one of the photosensitive layers contains 90 mol % or more of silver chloride. Shortly after the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material has been scan-exposed with laser beams, the material is rapid-processed with a low replenishing amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto Ohshima, Akito Yokozawa, Naoya Shibata
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Publication number: 20030203328Abstract: A silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains comprising silver chlorobromide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains, wherein each of silver halide grains has a silver chloride content of not less than 98% and comprises a silver bromide-containing layer having a silver bromide content of 0.5 to 5%, and the silver bromide-containing layer is located at a depth of 0 to 0.01 &mgr;m from the surface of the grain. A silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains containing Compound A having adsorptivity to silver, wherein each of the silver halide grains has a silver chloride content of not less than 90% has a core-shell structure comprised of a core and shell having different contents of Compound A each other, and the content of Compound A in the shell is smaller than the content of Compound A in the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventors: Shuji Murakami, Yuji Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Kubotera, Koichiro Kuroda
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Patent number: 6623896Abstract: Disclosed is a light sensitive photographic element comprising a support, a convergent micro-lens array, and an interposed light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit. Also disclosed is a camera combination and imaging method. Embodiments of the invention provide improved sensitivity and latitude in scene exposure range.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard P. Szajewski, Lyn M. Irving
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Publication number: 20030157443Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprising, on a reflective support, at least one yellow-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan-coloring photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-photosensitive, non-coloring hydrophilic colloid layer. Reflective density A(&lgr;) at a wavelength &lgr; at an unexposed portion of the material after a color development treatment is 0.08 or less for 450 nm, 0.10 or less for 550 nm, and 0.08 or less for 650 nm. Alternatively, chromaticity at the unexposed portion of the material after the color development treatment satisfies the condition: 91≦L*≦96, 0≦a*≦2.0, −9.0≦b*≦−3.0. Also provided is a process for forming an image using the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Makuta, Shin Soejima, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
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Patent number: 6586167Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 23, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunobu Katoh, Toyohisa Oya
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Patent number: 6548234Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, UV absorber and (A) a stabilizer of formula (I) wherein R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or aryl group or a 5- to 10- membered heterocyclic ring which contains one or more heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, which ring is unsubstituted or substituted; Z is a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; X is a group selected from —SO2—, —SO—, —COO—,—CO— and —CS—, W is one or more unsubstituted or independently substituted alkylene groups connecting the nitrogen atom to X, and p is 0 or 1; R2 is a substituent group; or the groups represented by Z and R2 can be joined to form a ring which may be substituted; and (B) a high-boiling solvent of formula (II) wherein R3 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl orType: GrantFiled: August 21, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Danuta Gibson
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Patent number: 6534252Abstract: A light sensitive silver halide color photographic element having a common chromogenic coupler and a distinct developer associated with each color forming layer unit is disclosed. In a first embodiment, the light sensitive silver halide color photographic element has a red light sensitive silver halide layer unit and a first blocked coupling developer, a green light sensitive silver halide layer unit and a second blocked coupling developer and a blue light sensitive silver halide layer unit having a third blocked coupling developer and wherein each layer unit has the same chromogenic coupler. In a second embodiment, the light sensitive silver halide color photographic element has a red light sensitive silver halide layer unit and a first blocked coupling developer, a green light sensitive silver halide layer unit and a second blocked coupling developer and a blue light sensitive silver halide layer unit having a third blocked coupling developer.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard P. Szajewski, Lyn M. Irving
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Patent number: 6514679Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion and a peptoid-containing azole dye-forming coupler.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donald R. Diehl, Robert J. Niger, Richard P. Dunlap, William J. Sonnefeld, Hans F. Schmitthenner
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Photofinishing processing system and a processing solution supply cartride for the processing system
Publication number: 20020181960Abstract: A cartridge that supplies fresh photographic processing solution or chemistry to a photoprocessing machine and recovers silver from spent processing solution. The cartridge is designed to integrate a solution supply system and a silver recovery system to facilitate the collection of silver from spent processing solution, form a less-regulated spent solution and reduce chemical exposures to operators of photoprocessing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: Robert B. Call, Jay E. Mathewson, Donna M. Timmons, Richard R. Horn -
Patent number: 6489088Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Shinichi Ichikawa, Masaru Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 6489086Abstract: Disclosed are an improved silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photosensitive layer containing at least one kind of photosensitive silver halide grain, a color developing agent, a coupler and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer, wherein a one dye is contained as a dispersion of solid fine particles at least one of the layers the dye being represented by general formula (I) as follows: D−(X)y General formula (I) wherein D represents a compound having a chromophore; X represents a dissociative proton or a group having a dissociative proton which is linked to D directly or via a divalent linking group; and y represents an integer of 1 to 7.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsu Kamosaki, Keizo Kimura, Masashi Ogiyama
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Patent number: 6479229Abstract: A multilayer silver halide color photographic material, wherein when the multilayer silver halide color photographic material is development processed with a color developing solution containing a p-phenylenediamine derivative as a color developing agent, the relationship between the development proceeding velocity a of the lowermost layer of the constituting emulsion layers of the photographic material and the development proceeding velocity b of the uppermost layer satisfies the following equation (R-1): 0.65≦a/b≦2.0 (R-1) provided that the development proceeding velocity is expressed by the reciprocal of the developing time required for the density value by development to reach ½ of the maximum density.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kazuaki Yoshida, Yasuaki Deguchi, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
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Patent number: 6444412Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith one or more dye-forming couplers and a stabilizer compound of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy or amino group or may combine to complete a 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring which may contain in addition to the silicon atom one or more heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, which ring is unsubstituted or substituted; each Z independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted arene or heteroaromatic ring system; X is a single bond or a linking group having a single atom which connects the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems; or X forms, together with substituents ortho to X on the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems, a fused unsubstituted or substituted 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring, which may contType: GrantFiled: August 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David Clarke, Llewellyn J. Leyshon, Christopher P. Moore
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Patent number: 6436620Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising a translucent sheet, and at least three photosensitive dye forming coupler containing layers on the face side of said sheet, wherein said at least three photosensitive forming coupler containing layers comprise a cyan dye forming layer comprising a cyan dye forming coupler in combination with a red sensitized photosensitive emulsion, a yellow dye forming layer comprising a yellow dye forming coupler in combination with a blue light sensitive photosensitive emulsion, a magenta dye forming layer comprising a magenta dye forming coupler and a green light sensitive photosensitive emulsion, and on the back side of said translucent polymer sheet at least one dye forming coupler comprising magenta dye forming coupler, cyan dye forming coupler, or yellow dye forming coupler in combination with a light sensitive silver halide emulsion sensitive to a different wavelength of visible light than it was in combination with on the face side.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais, Alphonse D. Camp
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Patent number: 6426178Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element for forming neutral images comprising a cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye-forming coupler of formula wherein Ra and Rb represents H or a substituent; X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; Za, Zb, and Zc are a substituted methine group, ═N—, ═C—, or —NH—; and yellow dye-forming coupler of formula, wherein R5 is an alkoxy group with more than one carbon atom, aryloxy, anilino, arylthio, alkylthio, or dialkylamino groups linked to the anilide phenyl ring by oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen; R6 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkoxycarbonyl(—CO2R), carbamoyl(—CONRR′), carbonamido(—NRCOR′), sulfonate(—OSO2R), sulfamoyl (—SO2NRR′), sulfonamido(—NRSO2R′), or sulfonyl(—SO2R); R and R′ may be hydrogen, alkyl or aryl groups; q is 1 to 4; R7 is alkyl, cyclic, or multicyclic alky, aryl, heterocyclic, heteroaromatic, andType: GrantFiled: August 7, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael R. Roberts, Kurt M. Schroeder, Frank D. Coms
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Publication number: 20020081540Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprising each at least one blue-, green-, and red-sensitive emulsion layer on a support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Applicant: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Mikoshiba, Yoshio Shimura, Naoto Matsuda
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Publication number: 20020076662Abstract: A silver halide emulsion formed of high silver chloride particles, the high silver chloride particles having a continuous outermost layer containing at least 30 mol % of silver bromide, the high silver chloride particles having a silver chloride content of at least 95 mol % and a silver iodide content of 0.05 mol % to 0.75 mol %, wherein the outermost layer has a center portion, the center portion being limited to a region within 10% to 90% of the volume of the outermost layer, the center portion having present therein a compound of a metal from column VIII of the periodic table.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO.,LTD.Inventor: Yoshiro Ochiai
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Publication number: 20020076661Abstract: The present invention provides a system of a digital color proof in which consistent images are obtained while minimizing density variation in spite of various variations of conditions due to the use of a silver halide light-sensitive color material, specifically, the present invention provides a method for forming proof images similar to printed images in terms of various characteristics such as the paper quality of silver halide light-sensitive materials, the dot gain, and the density.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: KONICA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Kawamura, Shigeo Tanaka, Satoshi Nishino, Hirohide Ito, Naohito Naraoka, Naoyo Suzuki, Shinya Watanabe, Masataka Takimoto, Hideaki Sakata, Junichi Tanabe, Tetsuya Taniguchi, Naoki Nozaki, Yasushi Okubo, Koji Daifuku, Katsuji Kondo, Toshitsugu Suzuki
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Patent number: 6406837Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, and at least one photosensitive dye forming coupler containing layer is on each side of said sheet, wherein there are at least four separate photosensitive layers and the photosensitive layers comprise at least four dye forming couplers that form at least four spectrally distinct colors.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2000Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: James L. Edwards, Peter T. Aylward, Alphonse D. Camp, Robert P. Bourdelais
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Patent number: 6403292Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a base material, at least one exposure side photosensitive silver halide layer, and at least one backside photosensitive silver halide layer, wherein said face side photosensitive layer has lower speed than said backside photosensitive layer, and wherein said base material has a percent transmission of between 35 and 60%.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John L. Pawlak, Gary J. McSweeney, Jerzy Z. Mydlarz, Jerzy A. Budz, Eric L. Bell, Alphonse D. Camp, Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward
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Publication number: 20020058212Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith one or more dye-forming couplers and a stabilizer compound of formula (I): 1Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David Clarke, Llewellyn J. Leyshon, Christopher P. Moore
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Publication number: 20020051945Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan “NB coupler” having the formula (I): 1Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: William J. Begley, Frank D. Coms, Gary M. Russo
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Patent number: 6372418Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic print element is disclosed comprising a support bearing on one side thereof: a blue color sensitive record comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion yellow-image forming layer, a red color sensitive record comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion cyan-image forming layer, and a green color sensitive record comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion magenta-image forming layer; wherein the overall contrast (OC) of the green record is greater than 1.7, the mid-scale contrast (MSC) of the green record is less than 2.6, and the upper-scale contrast (USC) of the green record is from 2.85 to 3.15, wherein the parameters OC, MSC and USC are as defined herein. Color print film silver halide photographic elements in accordance with the invention enable the production of outstanding projected images having improved flesh tone and shadow detail reproduction, and sufficiently high black densities.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Kathleen R. C. Gisser, Esther M. Betancourt, Leslie Gutierrez, Sandra M. Finn, Susan K. Mroczek, Christopher J. Haller
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Patent number: 6368759Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, and at least one photosensitive dye forming coupler containing layer is on each side of said transparent sheet, wherein there are at least four separate photosensitive layers and the photosensitive layers comprise at least four dye forming couplers that form at least four spectrally distinct colors, and wherein said imaging element is adhered to a transmissive polymer sheet that has a spectral transmissiveness of greater than 15 and less than 90%.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward, Alphonse D. Camp, James L. Edwards
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Patent number: 6368758Abstract: This invention relates to a decorative package comprising a package having adhered thereto a label comprising a transparent polymer sheet, and at least one dye containing layer is on each side of said sheet, wherein there are at least four separate dye containing layers and the dye containing layers comprise at least four spectrally distinct colors.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Alphonse D. Camp, James L. Edwards, Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward