IP Library Granted Patent US 7,060,424
Granted Patent B2
US 7,060,424 · App. 10/301,762 · Granted Jun 13, 2006

Method of increasing speed of silver halide color photosensitive material

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Patent No.
US 7,060,424
App. No.
10/301,762
Granted
Jun 13, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

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), R 1 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(R 3 )—, Zb and Zc represent —C(R 4 )═ or —N═, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represent an electron attractive group having a Hammett constant σp of 0.2 to 1.0, R 4 represents H or substituent, and X represents H or a substituent.

Claims (14)

1. A method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material by using at least one type of compound represented by the following general formula (M-1):

in the general formula (M-1), R 11 and R 12 independently represent a substituent; and X represents a hydrogen atom or substituent; and wherein, in the formula (M-1), the total number of carbon atoms of R 11 , R 12 and X is 13 to 50, wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) is added to a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a red-sensitive silver both of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) is added to the highest speed silver halide light sensitive layer of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or both of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.

2. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein the general formula (M-1) is represented by the general formula (M-3):

wherein R 11 and R 13 independently represent a substituent; and X represents a hydrogen atom or substituent.

3. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein the addition of the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) changes film pAg (ΔpAgF) of the silver halide color photosensitive material by 0 to 0.3.

4. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) has a pKa value of 6.0 to 8.4.

5. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) has a reactivity (CRV) with an oxidized color developing agent of 0.01 to 0.1.

6. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the general formula (M-1), X represents an alkyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, carbamoyl group or a group that leaves by a reaction with an oxidized developing agent.

7. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 2 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-3) has a reactivity (CRV) with an oxidized color developing agent of 0.01 to 0.1.

8. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 6 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) has a reactivity (CRV) with an oxidized color developing agent of 0.01 to 0.1.

9. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) is added to a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of the silver halide color photosensitive material.

10. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) is added to a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of the silver halide color photosensitive material.

11. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein a layer of the photosensitive material containing tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of 8 or more, contains at least one compound represented by the general formula (M-1) described in claim 1 .

12. The method of increasing speed of a silver halide color photosensitive material according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (M-1) is added further to a non-sensitive layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2003
From: HOSOKAWA, JUNICHIRO; SHIMADA, YASUHIRO; UCHIDA, OSAMU; ISHIWATA, YASUHIRO; KAWAGISHI, TOSHIO
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 013807/0255 →