Konica Corporation

Merck Patent Gmbh

Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Hirofumi Ohtani

Syoji Matsuzaka

Yoshitaka Yamada

Hiroshi Okusa

Shuji Murakami

Tsukasa Yagi

Hiroshi Kashiwagi

Kazuyoshi Omata

Hideki Takiguchi

Natsuki Yamamoto

Haruhiko Masutomi

Yukio Ohya

Hiroyuki Hoshino

Yoshiro Ito

Satomi Asano

Naoko Uchida

Nobuaki Kagawa

Tomoyuki Nakayama

Hiroshi Shimazaki

Sadayasu Ishikawa

Chikao Mamiya

Fumie Fukazawa

Kazuyoshi Ichikawa

Yasushi Irie

Yoriko Nakayama

Kouji Tashiro

Katuya Yabuuchi

Shoji Matsuzaka

Mineko Ito

Yoshikazu Ito

An optical fingerprint authentication device includes at least a light source and an image sensor and detects diffused light. The light source is an organic electroluminescence panel. The organic electroluminescence panel comprises a light emitting portion region and a light-transmitting non-light emitting portion, the light emitting portion region being shaped by an organic electroluminescence element. A fingerprint information reader having the image sensor arranged at a position adjacent to the non-light emitting portion is provided.

Optical fingerprint authentication device

A method for producing an organic electroluminescent element including a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode, an organic functional layer unit, and an electrode counter to the transparent electrode disposed in sequence, the method including: forming a preform of an element satisfying the following expression: &#x394;Exy&#x2265;0.05, wherein 0&#xb0; is an angle orthogonal to the transparent substrate and &#x394;Exy represents a chromaticity difference of a reflected color measured at a tilted angle within a range of 0 to 80&#xb0; with respect to the transparent substrate; and irradiating a specific region of the preform of the element with light.

Method for producing organic electroluminescent element

The improved silver halide photographic material has one or more silver halide emulsion layers on a support and at least one of said emulsion layers contains silver halide grains which are of normal crystal form having at least one concave crystal face. This photographic material has not only high sensitivity but also good keeping quality.

Silver halide photographic material having improved keeping quality

A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver halide grains which are prepared by a process comprising forming the silver halide grains in the presence of a dispersing medium and chemically sensitizing the silver halide grains formed, wherein, in the step of forming the silver halide grains, at least a part of the dispersing medium is a gelatin having an adenine content of 0.2 .mu.g or less per g of gelatin and the silver halide grains are chemically sensitized in the presence of a compound represented by the following formula. ##STR1##

Silver halide emulsion and process for its preparation

A method for manufacturing a silver halide emulsion comprising core/shell type silver iodobromide grains, said emulsion having an average iodide content of 3 mol % or more, each of the grains having two or more phases different in silver iodide content from each other which comprises an inner phase having silver iodide content of 10 mol % or more and an outermost phase having a silver iodide content lower than the iodide content of the inner phase, wherein a compound represented by the following formula [I] is present at least in a process prior to a desalting process:

Method of manufacturing a silver halide emulsion

A method for preparing a silver halide photographic emulsion containing silver halide grains , each of which has two or more phases different in the silver halide composition, comprising a step of growing silver halide grains, in which said silver halide grains are grown by supplying a solution of water-soluble silver salt and a solution of water-soluble halide, wherein fine grains of silver halide having a solubility product smaller than that of silver halide grains present in the course of growing silver halide grains are made present in the silver halide emulsion at a time during the grain-growth, iridium ions being individually added at a time when or after starting the grain-growth.

High-speed halide photographic light-sensitive material

A method for manufacturing an ultrafine gold and/or silver chalcogenide being used for the sensitivity speck seeding sensitization method is disclosed. The gold and/or silver compound, and a water-soluble chalcogenide are mixed into a protective colloid solution under prescribed condition. The light-sensitive photographic material obtained by this method has a high sensitivity and low fog property.

Ultrafine gold and/or silver chalcogenide and production thereof

A method for preparing a silver halide emulsion is disclosed. The silver halide emulsion comprises silver halide grains which are mixed crystals comprising: preparing a seed emulsion comprising seed grains; and adding potentially effective silver iodide grains comprising a silver halide micro grains having .gamma.-AgI structure, a soluble salt and a soluble halide to the seed emulsion.

Method for preparing a silver halide emulsion

A photosensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and, provided thereon, the photographic component layers including at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains (1) having at least two kinds of halogens, is disclosed. The silver halide grains (1) are grown to in a system in the presence of silver halide grains (2) coexisting:

Photosensitive silver halide photographic material

An apparatus for producing sparingly water-soluble salt crystal grains, including a mixing vessel in which a cationic component solution and an anionic component solution are mixed to form a precipitation process solution in which sparingly water-soluble salt grains are produced, wherein the mixing vessel is connected to a reaction chamber through a one-way valve, and the precipitation process solution is injected into the crystal growth process solution through the one-way valve immediately after mixing while stirring the crystal growth process solution.

Apparatus for production of sparingly water-soluble salt crystal grains

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein

Color photographic light-sensitive material excellent in color

The improved color photographic material has on a support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each of those emulsion layers having a specified spectral response. This color photographic material has high chroma and insures faithful reproduction of color hues even under illumination with a fluorescent lamp.

Color photographic material

A silver halide photographic material in which at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated onto a base support has been subjected to supersensitization by the combination of at least one symmetrical carbocyanine dye having two symmetrical heterocyclic structures, at least one other symmetrical carbocyanine dye having two symmetrical heterocyclic structures, and at least one asymmetrical carbocyanine dye having either one of the two heterocyclic structures in the first symmetrical carbocyanine dye and either one of the two heterocyclic structures in the second symmetrical carbocyanine dye. This photographic material has high spectral sensitivity and good storage stability since it is resistant to desensitization due to desorption of spectral sensitizers from silver halides.

Silver halide photographic material

A silver halide color negative photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which is improved on stability to fluctuation of processing conditions applied thereon, and has a sufficient wide exposure latitude. The photographic material is also improved on standing stability of silver halide emulsion in the course of manufacturing thereof. The photographic material comprises a support having thereon photographic component layers including at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least two groups of silver halide grains each being substantially different in desensitizing agent content from each other.

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Hino, Japan

Hirofumi Ohtani