Claims
- 1. A thermal developing photographic element comprising at least one radiant energy absorbing material.
- 2. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises dye sensitive to infrared radiation.
- 3. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises at least two dyes sensitive to different wavelength energy.
- 4. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant absorbing material does not substantially absorb radiation between optical wavelengths of 400 to 700 nm.
- 5. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material absorbs radiation having an optical wavelength greater than 700 mn.
- 6. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant absorbing material absorbs radiation substantially shorter than 1 cm
- 7. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant absorbing material absorbs radiation substantially longer than 700 nm and substantially shorter than 1 cm
- 8. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises organic dye.
- 9. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant absorbing material comprises pigment.
- 10. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said absorber dye comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of the structures:
- 11. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said the absorption spectra of said radiant energy absorbing material matches the output spectra of at least one radiant energy source used to develop said element.
- 12. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein radiant energy absorbing material is localized to particular spatial regions in said element.
- 13. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said energy absorbing materials is localized to at least one layer of said element.
- 14. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material is not substantially degraded between 50 to 180° C.
- 15. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said radiant absorbing materials is not substantially degraded when exposed to radiant energy for between 2 and 30 seconds to develop said element.
- 16. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 further comprising a light sensitive material, wherein said material is sensitive to visible radiation of between 400 and 700 nm.
- 17. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 16 wherein said light sensitive material comprises silver halide.
- 18. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 further comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion, a non-light sensitive silver salt oxidizing agent and a reducing agent.
- 19. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 further comprising optical or magnetic information.
- 20. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 further comprising a support.
- 21. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 20 wherein said support comprises said radiant energy absorbing material.
- 22. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said element is not substantially degraded between 50 to 180° C.
- 23. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 1 wherein said element is not substantially degraded by exposure to said radiant energy for between 2 and 30 seconds to develop said element.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a Divisional of application No. U.S. 09/571,758 filed May 15, 2000, now allowed.
Divisions (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09571758 |
May 2000 |
US |
Child |
10165967 |
Jun 2002 |
US |