US5512103A
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Silver halide color photography element with improved high density contrast and bright low density colors
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1995-01-19
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Granted: 1996-04-30
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Expires: 2015-01-19
Abstract
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.
Inventors
- 👤 James L. Edwards
- 👤 Eric L. Bell
- 👤 Benjamin T. Chen
- 👤 Richard L. Parton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 17:04
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/30; G03C7/3041; G03C7/32; G03C7/3225; G03C7/392; G03C7/39204
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A method of forming a photographic image comprising providing a multicolor photographic element comprising at least one layer said at least one layer comprising a silver halide emulsion 1ayer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler capable of producing cyan color or a silver halide emulsion 1ayer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler capable of producing a magenta color 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, exposing said element to actinic radiation to form a latent image, and developing said latent image with a color developing agent to yield a color image.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
131 words
A method of forming a photographic image comprising providing a multicolor photographic element comprising at least one layer said at least one layer comprising a silver halide emulsion 1ayer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler capable of producing cyan color or a silver halide emulsion 1ayer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler capable of producing a magenta color 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, exposing said element to actinic radiation to form a latent image, and developing said latent image with a color developing agent to yield a color image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler 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.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
171 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said cyan color producing layer comprises at least one coupler selected from the group consisting of ##STR15## wherein R 4 and R 8 each represent a hydrogen or a phenyl group; R 5 represents a CN; R 6 and R 7 each represent an electron attractive group having a Hammett's substituent constant σ para of 0.2 or more and the sum of the σ para values of R 6 and R 7 is 0.65 or more; R 9 represents an electron attractive group having a Hammett's substituent constant σ para of 0.35 or more; X represents a hydrogen or a coupling-off group; Z 4 represents nonmetallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing, six-membered, heterocyclic ring which has at least one dissociative group; Z d represents --C(R 10 )═ or --N═; and Z e and Z f each represent --C(R 11 )═ or --N═; R 11 represents hydrogen and R 10 represents an electron group having a Hammett's substituent constant σ para of 0.2 or more.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said emulsion 1ayer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler 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.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said magenta color producing layer comprises at least one coupler selected from the following group consisting of ##STR16##
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
136 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said magenta color producing layer comprises at least one coupler selected from the group consisting of ##STR17## wherein R 1 and R 2 independently represent H or a substituent; X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; and Z a , Z b , and Z c are independently a methine group, ═N--, ═C--, or --NH--, provided that one of either the Z a --Z b bond or the Z b --Z c bond is a double bond and the other is a single bond, and when the Z b --Z c bond is a carbon-carbon double bond, it may form part of an aromatic ring, and at least one of Z a , Z b , and Z c represents a methine group connected to the group R 2 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
67 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one layer comprises both cyan and magenta dye-forming coupler containing layers that have an exposure range of greater than or equal to 0.6 log E from the point where the instantaneous contrast is 1.0 and wherein the instantaneous contrast of said layers increases as a function of increasing exposure over at least 70 percent of said exposure range.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said layer comprising a cyan dye-forming coupler producing cyan color comprises a blended emulsion wherein one emulsion has a lower sensitivity to light and has higher contrast than the other emulsion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said layer comprising a magenta dye-forming coupler producing magenta color comprises two separate layers having different sensitivities to light.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said layer comprising a magenta dye-forming coupler producing magenta color comprises a blended emulsion wherein one emulsion of said blended emulsion has less sensitivity to light and has higher contrast than the other emulsion of said blended emulsion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one layer comprises cyan, magenta, and yellow dye-forming coupler containing silver halide emulsion 1ayers having 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 layers increases as a function of increasing exposure over at least 70 percent of said exposure range.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
114 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said yellow color producing layer comprises at least one coupler selected from the group consisting of ##STR18## wherein Z 1 represents a phenyl group and Z 2 represents a methyl group, R 3 represents an ethyl group; X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; Z 3 represents an organic residue required to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group together with the >N--; and Q represents nonmetallic atoms necessary to from a 3- to 5-membered hydrocarbon ring or a 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic ring which contains at least one hetero atom selected from N, O, S, and P in the ring.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The element of claim 1 wherein said exposure range is at least 0.7 log E.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the instantaneous contrast of said layer increases in a function of increasing exposure over at least 75 percent of said exposure range.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The element of claim 1 having an exposure range of at least 0.75 log E.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The element of claim 1 having an exposure range of at least 0.8 log E.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the instantaneous contrast of said layer increases in a function of increasing exposure over at least 80 percent of said exposure range.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the emulsion of said at least one silver halide emulsion 1ayer comprises silver halide particles of greater than 90 mole percent chloride.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 18 wherein said at least one layer comprises silver halide particles of greater than 95 mole percent chloride.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the instantaneous contrast increase is continuous.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the instantaneous contrast increase may include a deviation of up to 15 percent from a continuous increase.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the instantaneous contrast increase may include a deviation of up to 10 percent from a continuous increase.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the contrast in a higher exposure range of said at least one layer is greater than in the lower exposure range of said layer.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said layer comprising a cyan dye-forming coupler producing cyan color comprises two separate layers each having different sensitivities to light.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein silver halide particles in at least one silver halide emulsion layer contain iridium.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein silver halide particles in at least one silver halide emulsion layer contain a desensitizing ion or complex.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said method comprises at least one silver halide emulsion containing a contrast increasing ion or complex.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said method comprises at least one silver halide emulsion containing a shallow electron trapping ion or complex.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said method comprises at least one silver halide emulsion containing (1) either a desensitizing or contrast increasing ion or complex and (2) a shallow electron trapping ion or complex.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said exposing of said element is with a color negative film having a spectral sensitivity in the red region of the visible light spectrum of between 610 nm and 645 nm.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 having a spectral sensitivity in the blue region of the visible light spectrum of between 450 nm and 470 nm.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising a reflective base.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein silver halide particles in at least one silver halide layer contain an organic dopant or a metal ion complex containing an organic ligand.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said element comprises at least one silver halide emulsion comprising at least one of Rh, Ru, Fe, and osmium.
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