US4770978A
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Method for the formation of image and apparatus therefor
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1986-08-01
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Granted: 1988-09-13
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Expires: 2006-08-01
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to an image forming method and apparatus in which a photographic material is subjected to an exposure by scanning with laser beam being of blue, green and red wavelengths as an exposure means, the photographic material used in the above scanning exposure process is a silver halide photographic material comprising blue, green and red sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, the silver halide of at least one of which emulsion layers is silver chloroiodobromide whose silver bromide content is from zero to 65 mol %.
Inventors
- 👤 Syoji Matsuzaka
- 👤 Shin-ichi Daiba
- 👤 Tsuyoshi Hattori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 01:44
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/30; G03C7/3022; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146; Y10S430/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of producing a photographic image comprising, (a) a step of imagewise exposing a silver halide color photosensitive material to blue, green and red lights by means of laser scanning, and, thereafter, (b) a step of developing said exposed color photosensitive material, characterized in that said silver halide color photosensitive material comprises a blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer, said red-sensitive layer and/or said green sensitive layer containing a silver iodochloride or a silver chloro-iodo-bromide containing silver bromide in an amount not more than 65 mol %.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of producing a photographic image comprising, (a) a step of imagewise exposing a silver halide color photosensitive material to blue, green and red lights by means of laser scanning, and, thereafter, (b) a step of developing said exposed color photosensitive material, characterized in that said silver halide color photosensitive material comprises a blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer, said red-sensitive layer and/or said green sensitive layer containing a silver iodochloride or a silver chloro-iodo-bromide containing silver bromide in an amount not more than 65 mol %.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said amount is not more than 55 mol %.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said amount is at least 5 mol %.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said light beam is divided into picture elements and an exposing time period of said light beam on said photographic material is less than 10 -2 second per picture element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 3, wherein the size of an apperture of said picture element is less than 1000 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 4, wherein the number of graduations of each of said light beams corresponding to the wavelengths of red, blue and green colors is more than four steps.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the silver halide in said red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains silver bromide zero to 65 mol% thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 6, wherein the average size of silver halide grains in said blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is 0.2 to 1.0 μm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 7, wherein said green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains monodisperse silver halide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said rayers contains a silver chloro-iodo-brmide containing silver bromide in a quantity of 5 to 65 mol%.
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