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EP0399473B1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Mixture of yellow and cyan dyes to form a green hue for color filter array element

Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1990-05-22
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Granted: 1993-09-01
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Expires: 2010-05-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Helmut C/O Eastman Kodak Company Weber
  • 👤 Steven C/O Eastman Kodak Company Evans

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/26; B41M5/382; B41M5/385; B41M5/3858; B41M5/265; B41M5/3854; B41M5/388; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10S428/914; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146; Y10S430/148; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 393 words
A thermally-transferred color filter array element comprising a transparent support having thereon a thermally-transferred image comprising a repeating mosaic pattern of colorants in a receiving layer, one of said colorants being a mixture of a yellow dye and a cyan dye to form a green hue, characterized in that said yellow dye has the formula: wherein: R¹ and R² each independently represents hydrogen; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl group of from 5 to 7 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl group of 6 to 10 carbon atoms; or can be taken together to form, along with the nitrogen to which they are attached, a 5- or 6-membered ring; or either or both of R¹ and R² can be joined to a carbon atom of the aromatic ring at a position ortho to the position of attachment of the anilino nitrogen to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R³ represents hydrogen or halogen; Y represents hydrogen; halogen; cyano; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl group of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; aryloxy; acylamido, alkylsulfonamido; or arylsulfonamido; and n is a positive integer from 1 to 5; and said cyan dye has the formula: wherein R⁴ and R⁵ each independently represents hydrogen; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl group of from 5 to 7 carbon atoms; or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl group of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; R⁶ represents hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group of from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R⁵ may be taken together with R⁴ to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R⁴ or R⁵ may be combined with R⁶ or may be joined to the carbon atom of the benzene ring at a position ortho to the position of attachment of the anilino nitrogen to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R⁷ represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group of from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, halogen, sulfonamido or acylamido; R⁸ represents nitro, cyano, fluorosulfonyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, trifluoromethyl or halogen; R⁹ represents nitro, cyano, acyl, trifluoroacetyl, dicyanovinyl or tricyanovinyl; and J represents -S- or -CH=CR⁸-.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 22 words
The element of Claim 1 characterized in that said receiving layer comprises a polycarbonate binder having a T g greater than 200°C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
The element of Claim 2 characterized in that said polycarbonate is derived from a bisphenol component comprising a diphenyl methane moiety.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 39 words
The element of Claim 1 characterized in that said R¹ and said R² in said structural formula I represents the atoms which are taken together to form, along with the nitrogen to which they are attached, a 6-membered ring.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 37 words
The element of Claim 1 characterized in that said R⁴ and said R⁵ in said structural formula II are each independently hydrogen, ethyl, n-propyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl, -(C₂H₄O)₂C₂H₂, or may be taken together to form a morpholino group.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
The element of Claim 1 characterized in that said pattern consists of a set of red, green and blue additive primaries.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 30 words
The element of Claim 6 characterized in that each area of said primary color and each said set of primary colors are separated from each other by an opaque area.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 23 words
The element of Claim 1 characterized in that said thermally-transferred image is obtained using laser induction or using a high intensity light flash.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 435 words
A process of forming a color filter array element comprising a) imagewise-heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer, and b) transferring portions of said dye layer to a dye-receiving element comprising a transparent support having thereon a dye-receiving layer, said imagewise-heating being done in such a way as to produce a repeating mosaic pattern of dyes to form said color filter array element, one of said dyes being a mixture of a yellow dye and a cyan dye to form a green hue, characterized in that said yellow dye has the formula: wherein: R¹ and R² each independently represents hydrogen; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl group of from 5 to 7 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl group of 6 to 10 carbon atoms; or can be taken together to form, along with the nitrogen to which they are attached, a 5- or 6-membered ring; or either or both of R¹ and R² can be joined to a carbon atom of the aromatic ring at a position ortho to the position of attachment of the anilino nitrogen to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R³ represents hydrogen or halogen; Y represents hydrogen; halogen; cyano; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl group of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; aryloxy; acylamido, alkylsulfonamido; or arylsulfonamido; and n is a positive integer from 1 to 5; and said cyan dye has the formula: wherein R⁴ and R⁵ each independently represents hydrogen; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl group of from 5 to 7 carbon atoms; or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl group of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; R⁶ represents hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group of from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R⁵ may be taken together with R⁴ to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R⁴ or R⁵ may be combined with R⁶ or may be joined to the carbon atom of the benzene ring at a position ortho to the position of attachment of the anilino nitrogen to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R⁷ represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy group of from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, halogen, sulfonamido or acylamido; R⁸ represents nitro, cyano, fluorosulfonyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, trifluoromethyl or halogen; R⁹ represents nitro, cyano, acyl, trifluoroacetyl, dicyanovinyl or tricyanovinyl; and J represents -S- or -CH=CR⁸-.

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