Photographic processes for producing spectral image records retrievable by scanning
US5334469A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/146
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method is disclosed of extracting two or more spectral image records from an imagewise exposed multicolor photographic element containing a plurality of tabular grain emulsions for individually recording imagewise exposure in at least two different regions of the visible spectrum. In each of the tabular grain emulsions tabular grains exhibiting a mean equivalent circular diameter of greater than 0.4 micrometer and a mean thickness of less than 0.2 micrometer account for greater than 90 percent of total grain projected area. No more than one of the tabular grain emulsions exhibits a mean tabular grain thickness of less than 0.07 micrometers, and each of tile remaining tabular grain emulsions exhibit a coefficient of variation of tabular grain thickness of less than 15 percent. The mean tabular grain thickness of emulsions for recording imagewise exposure to different regions of the visible spectrum differs by at least 0.02 micrometer. The imagewise exposed element is photographically processed to develop silver halide grains as a function of exposure and to remove developed silver. The processed photographic element is scanned in a first spectral wavelength region at which the tab…
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