And Containing Plural Layers Sensitive To The Same Spectral Region Patents (Class 430/506)
  • Patent number: 5705327
    Abstract: Color negative photographic films having red, green and blue color sensitive records, wherein the ratio of the toe area contrast to the mid-scale contrast for each of the red, green and blue color records is less than or equal to 0.80, and either at least two color records having a toe-area contrast less than or equal to 0.42 or a mid-scale contrast less than or equal to 0.55, or the film having a speed rating of ISO 200 or greater. The mid-scale contrast for a color record is defined as the slope of a straight line connecting a point C and and a point D on the characteristic curve of Status M density versus log Exposure for the color record, where points C and D are located by defining a point A on the characteristic curve at a density level 0.1 above minimum density, a point B is located on the characteristic curve at an exposure value +1.0 Log Exposure beyond point A, and points C and D are located at exposure values -0.45 log Exposure and +0.45 log Exposure with respect to point B, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John Charles Brewer, John Tyler Keech, John Frank Sawyer
  • Patent number: 5698383
    Abstract: This invention provides a color silver halide photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit. The photographic element further comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer being a layer which provides a site of development for solution physical development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Spencer Alan Pugh, Sang Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 5691124
    Abstract: This invention provides color silver halide photographic element comprising a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; the photographic element further comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer being a layer which provides a site of development for solution physical development; wherein at least one of the dye-forming units comprises two or more emulsion layers spectrally sensitized to the same region of the visible spectrum, but exhibiting different photographic sensitivities and wherein the first layer is positioned adjacent to the layer containing the slowest emulsion of said dye-forming unit and between the layer co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sang Hyung Kim, Spencer Alan Pugh
  • Patent number: 5674665
    Abstract: A color negative photographic film wherein on the curve of density versus log E for each color sensitive record: (1) a straight line, which connects the point at density Dmin+0.1 and the point at 1.5log E above the exposure required for density Dmin+0.2, has a mathematical slope .ltoreq. 0.50; and (2) the difference in log E is .gtoreq.1.7 between the point 0.9log E above the exposure required for density Dmin+0.2 and the point where the density difference is 0.1 between the curve and the straight line which results from a linear regression of the three density points at exposures 0.3log E, 0.9log E, and 1.5log E above the exposure required for the density Dmin+0.2; and (3) the difference in log E is .gtoreq.1.20 between the exposure needed for density Dmin+0.1 and the point that corresponds to the exposure, in lux-seconds, of 9.2/(Film Speed). The exposure of the foregoing gray card is a typical normal exposure based on the film speed rating (i.e. the film is not overexposed or underexposed).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John Frank Sawyer, Michael Paul Keyes, John Charles Brewer, John Tyler Keech, Elizabeth Laura Kelly
  • Patent number: 5631123
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, wherein at least one emulsion layer in any one of color-sensitive layers contains a silver halide grain having incorporated therein a rhodium ion and the emulsion layer or a layer adjacent to the emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion with at least one of the inside and/or surface of substantially light-insensitive grains being fogged or colloidal silver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuji Abe
  • Patent number: 5631122
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having provided on a support at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said photographic material contains a coupler of formula (I) and at least one coupler selected from the group consisting of couplers represented by formula (II) and (III), wherein the substituents are as defined herein the specification. ##STR1## The material has improved coloring capacity and color image fastness and fluctuation of the properties of the material due to variation of the processing conditions is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Katsuyoshi Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 5620837
    Abstract: This invention provides a color silver halide photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon a red light-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; a green light-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; and a blue light-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an image dye-forming coupler; wherein at least one of the dye-forming units comprises two or more emulsion layers spectrally sensitized to the same region of the visible spectrum, but exhibiting different photographic sensitivities, each such emulsion layer containing an image dye-forming coupler wherein at least one, but not all, of the emulsion layers of the dye-forming unit contains the hydrolyzed or unhydrolyzed form of a benzazolium compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sang H. Kim, Arlyce T. Bowne, Thomas J. Dannhauser
  • Patent number: 5616453
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer and a yellow dye-forming blue-sensitive layer, wherein the photographic material satisfies a specified relation, which is concerned with latent image keeping thereof. Further, at least one light-sensitive layer of the photographic material comprises a silver halide emulsion layer containing internally reduction-sensitized silver halide grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tadanobu Sekiya, Hideaki Haraga
  • Patent number: 5609978
    Abstract: A photographic element, is disclosed which includes a support and at least three silver halide emulsion layers, that records exposure information. The exposure information is recorded in three image-recording units and wherein the spectral sensitivities of said image-recording units are chosen such that the average color error, .DELTA.E*.sub.ab, is less than or equal to 3.1. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is computed for a specified set of test colors of known spectral reflectance, and the light source is specified as D.sub.65. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is the average CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) .DELTA.E*.sub.ab between the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates of said test colors and the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates corresponding to transformed exposure signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Edward J. Giorgianni, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Jose E. Rivera, Richard A. Simon, Teresa A. Smith, James E. Sutton
  • Patent number: 5609999
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material can be formed which exhibits good storage stability and provides excellent sharpness and superior color reproducibility by incorporating therein a dye comprising an indole moiety having a methyl group substituted by an electron-withdrawing group at the 1-position and an acidic nucleus which are connected together via a methine chain. The dye is typically provided in a light-insensitive layer in the form of a solid dispersion. Specific embodiments include the combination of the indole-containing dye with a magenta dye, fogged silver halide grains, a DIR compound or a mercaptoheterocyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Aida, Keisuke Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Koji Wariishi
  • Patent number: 5599657
    Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material with a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one interlayer Z-1 beneath the lowermost red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or at least one interlayer Z-2 beneath the lowermost green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, in which Z-1 and/or Z-2 contains a silver halide emulsion which contains tabular grains with an aspect ratio of>2, an average diameter of a sphere of equal volume of.gtoreq.0.3 .mu.m and a diameter of a circle of equal projected surface area of the tabular grains of at least 0.3 .mu.m, is distinguished by improved red and/or green sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Detlef Brennecke, Johannes Willsau, Ralf B uscher, Hans-Ulrich Borst, Peter Bell, Lothar Endres
  • Patent number: 5582961
    Abstract: A photographic element, is disclosed which includes a support and at least three silver halide emulsion layers, that records exposure information. The exposure information is recorded in three image-recording units and wherein the spectral sensitivities of said image-recording units are chosen such that the average color error, .DELTA.E*.sub.ab, is less than or equal to 3.1. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is computed for a specified set of test colors of known spectral reflectance, and the light source is specified as D.sub.65. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is the average CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) .DELTA.E*.sub.ab between the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates of said test colors and the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates corresponding to transformed exposure signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Edward J. Giorgianni, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Richard A. Simon, Teresa A. Smith, James E. Sutton
  • Patent number: 5576128
    Abstract: A color negative photographic film with at least one color record thereof having a mid-scale contrast less than or equal to 0.45, wherein the mid-scale contrast for the color record is defined as the slope of a straight line connecting a point C and and a point D on the characteristic curve of density versus log Exposure for the color record, where points C and D are located by defining a point A on the characteristic curve at a density level 0.1 above minimum density, a point B is located on the characteristic curve at an exposure value +1.0 Log Exposure beyond point A, and points C and D are located at exposure values -0.45 log Exposure and +0.45 log Exposure with respect to point B, respectively. Use of such a color negative film is particularly advantageous in making telecine transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John T. Keech, John C. Brewer
  • Patent number: 5576158
    Abstract: A color reversal photographic element comprises a support bearing a red-sensitive, cyan dye-forming unit, a green-sensitive, magenta dye-forming unit, and a blue-sensitive, yellow dye-forming unit, each unit comprising a photosensitive silver halide layer and an image-dye forming coupler; the element contains an interimage effect-controlling means which is characterized as having the capability of simultaneously forming a red image of high relative chroma and a yellow-red tint image of substantially lower relative chroma when the element is exposed to a red color standard object having CIELab values for D.sub.55 reference white a*=30.46, b*=19.16, C*=35.98, L*=40.12 and a yellow-red tint color standard object having CIELab values for D.sub.55 reference white a*=17.26, b*=18.01, C*=24.95, L*=66.98; the resulting images have a red reproduction coefficient equal to or greater than 0.88 and a ratio of red reproduction coefficient to yellow-red tint reproduction coefficient equal to or greater than 1.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Frederick E. Ford, Arlyce T. Bowne, Carl Kotlarchik, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5571664
    Abstract: A negatively developing color photographic silver halide material containing at least two blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layers, at least two green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layers, at least two red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layers and a yellow filter layer on a transparent support, the layers of the same spectral sensitivity having different photographic sensitivities and the blue-sensitive layers being arranged further from the support than the yellow filter layer and the green-sensitive and red-sensitive layers being arranged nearer the support than the yellow filter layer, is distinguished by improved development kinetics if at least one of the green-sensitive layers of highest sensitivity and the red-sensitive layers of highest sensitivity contains a crown ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: J org Siegel, Peter Hankofer, Hans-Ulrich Borst
  • Patent number: 5571663
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least four silver halide emulsion layers having different color sensitivity, wherein three layers of the silver halide emulsion layers each contains a specific coupler and the other silver halide emulsion layer contains coupler(s) capable of correcting colors so as to provide a substantially black color having a transmission density of 2.5 or more when all couplers on the support are reacted. A color filter comprising blue, green, red and black parts prepared by subjecting the above-described silver halide light-sensitive material to pattern exposure, color development, bleach-fixing and water washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 5567571
    Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprises at least two silver halide emulsion layer groups having different color sensitivities on a support. Each group contains at least two silver halide emulsion layers to essentially the same spectral range and having different sensitivities. A highest-speed layer of these at least two silver halide emulsion layers contains a silver halide emulsion in which selenium-sensitized silver halide grains with an aspect ratio of 3 or more occupy 50% or more of a total projected area. A lowest-speed layer of the at least two silver halide emulsion layers contains a selenium-sensitized regular crystal silver halide emulsion. In development of this light-sensitive material, a method of continuously processing which comprises exposing said photographic light-sensitive material, subjecting said photographic light-sensitive material to a developing solution and replenishing a developer solution with not mre than 500 ml of developer replenishing solution per 1 m.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 5563026
    Abstract: The invention provides a multicolor negative photographic element comprising a support bearing at least two green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layers of differing light sensitivity, the least and only the least sensitive layer containing a 1-phenyl-3-acylamino-4-nitrogenheterocycle-pyrazolin-5-one dye forming hue correction coupler which reacts with oxidized developer during development to form a dye having a D580/D550 ratio greater than that exhibited by the element absent the hue correction coupler. The invention also provides an imaging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Stephen P. Singer
  • Patent number: 5561031
    Abstract: A color reversal photographic element having a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a second layer containing a light insensitive silver halide emulsion. The element additionally has a bleach accelerating releasing compound in the second layer or in a layer associated therewith. A method of processing such elements is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Arlyce T. Bowne
  • Patent number: 5547818
    Abstract: A color photographic print material with the usual three different sensitized silver halide emulsion layers and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing no color coupler (control layer) with a spectral sensitization range outside the sensitization range of the image-producing layers, wherein the control layer contains a substance A, which, on negative development of the silver halide emulsion used in the control layer (control emulsion), releases a compound B which alters the gradation of the image-producing layers, is usable as a print material with variable gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Otto Lapp, Arno Schmuck, Wolfgang Schmidt, J org Siegel
  • Patent number: 5545513
    Abstract: A multilayered color photographic element contains a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers including at least three layers each having the same spectral sensitivity but having, respectively, the most, mid, and least light sensitivity wherein the most and mid sensitive layers are contiguous and the most sensitive layer is extremely starved of image dye-forming coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Larry D. Edwards
  • Patent number: 5543278
    Abstract: An infrared sensitive silver halide photographic element is disclosed comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized to the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. In particular, an infrared sensitive color photographic element, capable of providing full color images without exposure to corresponding visible radiation, is disclosed, said element comprising at least three silver halide emulsion layers on a substrate, each associated with different photographic color image forming materials, such as color couplers capable of forming dyes of different colors upon reaction with an oxidized color photographic developer, diffusing dyes, bleachable dyes, or oxidized leuco dyes. The three emulsion layers are sensitized to three different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum with at least two layers sensitized to different regions of the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Marco Bucci, Ivano Delprato, Giorgio Spazzapan
  • Patent number: 5541040
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive type color light sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a mainly yellow image forming layer, a mainly magenta image forming layer and a mainly cyan image forming layer;wherein, when an exposure quantity-gives minimum density of +0.2 on a first layer selected from said three layer after developing in the main spectra sensitivity region of the first layer, a second layer selected from said three layers is given lower density with said exposure than a density without said exposure.The positive type color light sensitive material is capable of providing a color proof improved in the approximation degrees of an image quality to a printed printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Okawauchi, Yasuo Tosaka, Yoshiyuki Nonaka, Keiichi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 5538839
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one blue-sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive layer containing a magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive layer containing a cyan coupler, wherein on each of the characteristic curves of yellow, magenta and cyan of the silver halide photographic material, 1) the maximum density is not less than 3.0 and the density obtained by subtracting the density of the support from the minimum density is not more than 0.1, 2) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 0.5 to less than 1.5 is from not less than 0.85 to not more than 1.15 and the fluctuation width thereof is within .+-.15% of the average value of point gamma in the exposure region, and 3) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 1.5 to that 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Abe, Shinsuke Bando
  • Patent number: 5514527
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one blue-sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive layer containing a magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive layer containing a cyan coupler, wherein on each of the characteristic curves of yellow, magenta and cyan of the silver halide photographic material, 1) the maximum density is not less than 3.0 and the density obtained by subtracting the density of the support from the minimum density is not more than 0.1, 2) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 0.5 to less than 1.5 is from not less than 0.85 to not more than 1.15 and the fluctuation width thereof is within .+-.15% of the average value of point gamma in the exposure region, and 3) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 1.5 to that 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Abe, Shinsuke Bando
  • Patent number: 5512103
    Abstract: The invention provides a cyan color producing silver halide emulsion layer or a magenta color producing silver halide emulsion layer wherein said at least one layer has an exposure range of at least 0.6 log E from the point where the instantaneous contrast is 1.0 and wherein the instantaneous contrast of said layer increases as a function of increasing exposure over at least 70 percent of said exposure range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James L. Edwards, Eric L. Bell, Benjamin T. Chen, Richard L. Parton
  • Patent number: 5476759
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed, wherein said light-sensitive material contains a DIR coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue; R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a pyridyl group; and n represents 1 when A represents a phenol type or naphthol type coupler residue, or n represents 0 when A represents other coupler residues, and said emulsion layer contains chemically sensitized silver halide grains which individually have a distinct layer comprising silver iodobromide containing from 7 to 45 mol % of silver iodide and which individually have an overall silver iodide content of more than 4 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Mihayashi, Seiji Ichijima, Toshio Kawagishi, Naoki Saito, Masuji Motoki
  • Patent number: 5474881
    Abstract: A medical radiographic element comprising a base bearing on each of its two major surfaces a layer of photographic silver halide emulsion sensitive to green light, said element having between the base and at least one silver halide layer a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a dye having a nucleus of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: each R independently represents an alkyl group,each Y independently represents an electron attracting group andeach X represents a water solubilising group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Sean D. Slater, Andrew W. Mott
  • Patent number: 5466566
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises at least one red-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer and at least one blue-sensitive layer on a support, in which (1) the blue-sensitive layer contains a magenta colored or cyan colored yellow coupler and contains an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more, (2) the green-sensitive layer contains a cyan colored magenta coupler and contains an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more, or (3) the blue-sensitive layer and/or the green-sensitive layer contain(s) a magenta colored or cyan colored colorless coupler and contain(s) an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more. The material has excellent color reproducibility and gives a color image having good sharpness and storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Tashiro, Seiji Ichijima
  • Patent number: 5462842
    Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element and process of forming an image where the element is a multicolor photographic element comprising at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light and containing a yellow image dye-forming coupler, at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light: and containing a magenta image dye-forming coupler, and at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to red light and containing a cyan dye-forming coupler,wherein the yellow image dye-forming coupler has the formula I: ##STR1## wherein t-Bu is a tertiary butyl group, Ph is an unsubstituted phenyl ring or one containing up to 5 substituents, and Y is a heterocyclic ring, substituted or non, which is capable of leaving upon reaction if the coupler with oxidized developer; andwherein said at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light and containing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Romano, Jr., Larry D. Edwards, Richard E. Hibbs
  • Patent number: 5460932
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having located thereon a first layer which does not contain colloidal silver and a second layer, the first layer containing a release compound that comprises a development inhibitor moiety and a blocking group from which the development inhibitor moiety is non-imagewise released, and the second layer containing a development accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Keath T. Chen, John V. Nelson, David A. Dickinson, Thomas R. Welter
  • Patent number: 5457007
    Abstract: The image forming process of the present invention includes subjecting a photosensitive material having at least one dye-forming layer for each of the three primary colors on a support to scanning exposure using light sources modulated in accordance with the image data, thereby reproducing a full color image of quality in which delicate shades in a high density color developed portion of high purity are reproduced stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Asami
  • Patent number: 5455151
    Abstract: Colour photographic silver halide material with at least two blue-sensitive yellow-coupling, two green-sensitive magenta coupling and two red-sensitive cyan coupling silver halide emulsion layers of differing photographic sensitivity, in which the silver halide emulsion of the highest sensitivity blue-sensitive and the highest sensitivity green-sensitive layers have an iodide content of .ltoreq.4 mol % and an average particle size of .gtoreq.0.65 .mu.m and the silver halide emulsions of the lowest sensitivity blue-sensitive and the lowest sensitivity green-sensitive layers have an iodide content of .gtoreq.8 mol % and an average particle size of .ltoreq.0.3 .mu.m and which material contains at least one DIR compound in an effective quantity, the inhibitor of which has diffusibility of .gtoreq.0.4, is characterised by great sharpness and very good colour separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert AG
    Inventor: Reinhart Matejec
  • Patent number: 5445928
    Abstract: A color photographic material comprising at least one cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layer containing a red sensitizer, at least one magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layer containing a green sensitizer and at least one yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer containing a blue sensitizer on a support, in which a silver halide emulsion is provided in a coupler-free layer sensitized with another spectral sensitizer (a gap sensitizer) of which the sensitization maximum lies between the sensitization maxima of the red- and green-sensitive layers or the green- and blue-sensitive layers, is distinguished by an extended gradation range towards the maximum densities and by distinctly improved detail reproduction in the region of high densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Arno Schmuck, Edgar Draber, Michael Missfeldt
  • Patent number: 5441857
    Abstract: Color photographic silver halide material of the negative type, in which at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound of the formulaA-B-(T.sub.1).sub.m -(COUP-D)-(T.sub.2).sub.n (I),whereinA represents a ballast group,B represents the radical of a compound which reacts to release (T.sub.1).sub.m -(COUP-D)-(T.sub.2).sub.n during development,T.sub.1 and T.sub.2 represent time-regulating units which can be released during development,m, n are 0 or 1,COUP represents the radical from a 4-equivalent coupler andD represents a group with an affinity for silver,distinguished by improved sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Odenwalder, Peter Bell, Johannes Willsau
  • Patent number: 5437968
    Abstract: A silver halide color photograph light-sensitive material having an improved push-processing suitability. The material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer. The layers adjacent to each of layer having a color sensitivity contain yellow colloidal silver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsurou Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 5437969
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer which is cyan coupling and contains a red sensitizer, at least one magenta coupling silver halide emulsion layer containing a green sensitizer and at least one yellow coupling silver halide emulsion layer containing a blue sensitizer on a support, in which the at least one blue sensitive halide emulsion layer contains a further spectral sensitizer (gap sensitizer) whose sensitization maximum lies between the sensitization maxima of the red and green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or the at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains an additional spectral sensitizer (gap sensitizer) whose sensitization maximum lies between the sensitization maxima of the green sensitive and the blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is distinguished by an increased range of gradations in the region of the maximum densities and a markedly improved detail reproduction in the region of high densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Arno Schmuck, Edgar Draber, Michael Missfeldt
  • Patent number: 5429915
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a cyan coupler and a yellow coupler with a relative coupling rate of 0.7 to 3.0 with respect to the cyan coupler. In addition, at least one layer may contain a specific DIR compound, the average silver iodide content of a silver halide emulsion contained in the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion may be higher than that of a silver halide emulsion contained in the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, or at least one layer may contain a monodisperse silver halide grain emulsion with a grain diameter/grain thickness ratio of 2 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Shibahara, Kei Sakanoue
  • Patent number: 5422231
    Abstract: A photographic product having an exposure function is described, which has therein a built-in color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer and having a specific photographic sensitivity of 640 or more, wherein the built-in color photographic material is characterized by blue, green and red density function curves D (logE) in which in each curve a region defined by a gamma (<.gamma.>=dD/dlogE) of 0.4 or more is 2.8 or more as logE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 5418118
    Abstract: The invention provides a cyan color producing silver halide emulsion layer or a magenta color producing silver halide emulsion layer wherein said at least one layer has an exposure range of at least 0.6 log E from the point where the instantaneous contrast is 1.0 and wherein the instantaneous contrast of said layer increases as a function of increasing exposure over at least 70 percent of said exposure range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James L. Edwards, Eric L. Bell, Benjamin T. Chen, Richard L. Parton
  • Patent number: 5399468
    Abstract: A color photographic silver halide negative working duplicating element and process comprising (A) a magenta colored masking coupler in at least one blue-sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer; and (B) a combination of (i) masking couplers and (ii) color contamination of at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer enables upon exposure and processing of the element formation of a duplicate image that enables formation of a print image that is visually indistinguishable from the original image. The color photographic silver halide duplicating element is useful in forming duplicate images, especially for color motion picture films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John F. Sawyer, David E. Fenton
  • Patent number: 5399469
    Abstract: This invention relates to color photographic elements and processes and especially to color photographic elements comprising two or more image forming layers sensitized to the same region of the electromagnetic spectrum where a more sensitive layer is positioned closer to an exposure source than a less sensitive layer and the less sensitive layer additionally comprises a spatially fixed absorber dye. The combination provides improved image sharpness without compromising photographic sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Richard P. Szajewski
  • Patent number: 5391469
    Abstract: Radiographic elements are disclosed each containing a support and, coated on the support, at least two high tabularity tabular grain emulsions. The tabular grains coated on the support exhibit a face centered cubic crystal lattice structure formed by silver bromide with a selected portion of the tabular grains additionally containing iodide substantially uniformly distributed through the crystal lattice structure in an overall concentration of at least 0.5 mole percent with the iodide concentration at any one grain site being less than 5 mole percent. The proportion of the tabular grains selected to contain iodide as well as the distribution of iodide within the tabular grains results in a reduction in pressure induced variance of radiographic imaging response as a function of applied pressure, such as that inadvertently applied during film handling and processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Robert E. Dickerson
  • Patent number: 5391443
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of extracting independent spectral image records from an imagewise exposed photographic element that contains superimposed silver halide exposure recording layer units each containing a latent image derived from a selected region of the spectrum. The photographic element contains N+1 superimposed silver halide exposure recording units. Photographic processing is conducted to produce a silver image in N+1 of the exposure recording units and a dye image distinguishable from other dye images in at least N exposure recording layer units. The photographic element is in one instance scanned in a spectral region of silver absorption and minimal image dye absorption to provide a first image density record, and the photographic element is also in N spectral regions wherein maximum density of a different image dye occurs to provide N additional image density records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Simons, James E. Sutton
  • Patent number: 5389506
    Abstract: A process of producing a viewable photographic image is disclosed wherein an imagewise exposed photographic element containing at least two silver halide emulsion layers capable of recording within the same region of the spectrum and having differing threshold sensitivities produces during photographic processing spectrally distinguishable images. Separate image records are obtained from the emulsion layers, and the image record corresponding to the photographically superior image is preferentially employed in producing a viewable image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: James E. Sutton
  • Patent number: 5389503
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of obtaining from an imagewise exposed photographic element separate records of the imagewise exposure to each of the blue, green and red portions of the spectrum comprising photographically processing an imagewise exposed photographic element comprised of a sequence of superimposed blue, green and red recording silver halide emulsion layer units that produce images of the same hue upon processing. A first interlayer overlies the emulsion layer unit nearest the support for transmitting to it imagewise exposing radiation this emulsion layer unit is intended to record and for absorbing after photographic processing scanning radiation within at least one wavelength region. A second interlayer underlies the emulsion layer unit farthest from the support for transmitting to the underlying emulsion layer units exposing radiation they are intended to record and for absorbing after photographic processing scanning radiation within at least one wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gareth B. Evans, Christopher B. Rider, Michael J. Simons
  • Patent number: 5389499
    Abstract: A color photographic element which contains a color correction layer above at least one red sensitive layer of the element results in an element having excellent color reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Hall
  • Patent number: 5389504
    Abstract: A photographic element including a support and first and second green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers of different sensitivity, wherein the layer of higher sensitivity includes a two-equivalent magenta dye-forming coupler selected from the group consisting of a pyrazolone coupler having a structure according to formula I and a pyrazoloazole coupler having a structure according to formula II as set forth in the disclosure, and the layer of lower sensitivity includes a two-equivalent magenta dye-forming coupler selected from the group consisting of couplers defined by formulas I and II. The activity of the magenta dye-forming coupler present in the layer of lower sensitivity is less than the activity of the coupler present in the layer of higher sensitivity. The layers of higher and lower sensitivity do not comprise magenta couplers which are defined by the same formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hans G. Ling, Drake M. Michno, Stephen Singer
  • Patent number: 5389505
    Abstract: A color photographic material has on a support at least one blue-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer and at least one red-sensitive layer, and further has an emulsion layer capable of imparting an interlayer effect to the red-sensitive layer. The interlayer effect-donating layer is color-sensitized with both a sensitizing dye of formulae (I) and a sensitizing dye of formula (II): ##STR1## where R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 each represents an alkyl group; Z.sub.11 and Z.sub.21 each represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a benzene ring; Z.sub.12 represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a benzothiazzole nucleus or a benzoselenazole nucleus; Z.sub.22 represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a benzoxazole nucleus or a naphthoxazole nucleus; X.sub.11 and X.sub.21 each represents a charge-balancing pair ion; and m and n each represents 0 or 1. The material has an excellent color reproducibility and gives a color image with high chroma and graininess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junji Nishigaki
  • Patent number: H1594
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is provided, wherein at least one spectral-sensitive layer comprises two or more silver Halide emulsion layers each containing monodispersed silver halide grains having two parallel twin planes and an aspect ratio of 3 or less, having development starting points localized at specific sites on the grain surface or in the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tadanobu Sekiya, Sadayasu Ishikawa