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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
May. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiyoshi Kawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430363 ; 430509 ; 430944 ; 430945 ; 430434 ; 430567 ;
Abstract
In the improved image forming method, a silver halide photographic material whose characteristic curve passes below the line connecting three points A (logE.sub.max -1.55, fog+0.05), B (logE.sub.max -1.10, fog+0.25) and C (logE.sub.max -0.95, fog+0.50) on a coordinate system (E.sub.max is a maximum quantity of light) and passes above point P (logE.sub.max, fog+1.70) is subjected to digital exposure and thereafter processed photographically to form an image. This method is capable of forming an image of good gradation having no density skips in the highlighted area.