Claims
- 1. A thermal developing photographic film comprising at least one radiant energy absorbing material, wherein said radiant energy absorbing material promotes efficient energy transfer from a source of IR radiation to effectively heat said thermal developing photographic film, wherein said thermal developing photographic film comprises a film for use in a photographic camera, and wherein said thermal developing photographic film has a light sensitivity of at least ISO 50.
- 2. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises dye sensitive to infrared radiation.
- 3. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises at least two dyes sensitive to different wavelength energy.
- 4. The thermal developing photographic film 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 film of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material absorbs radiation having an optical wavelength greater than 700 nm.
- 6. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said radiant absorbing material absorbs radiation substantially longer than 700 nm and substantially shorter than 1 cm.
- 7. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises organic dye.
- 8. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said radiant absorbing material comprises pigment.
- 9. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said absorber dye comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of the structures:
- 10. The thermal developing photographic film 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 film.
- 11. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein radiant energy absorbing material is localized to particular spatial regions in said film.
- 12. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said energy absorbing materials is localized to at least one layer of said film.
- 13. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material is not substantially degraded between 50 to 180° C.
- 14. The thermal developing photographic film 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 film.
- 15. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 further comprising a light sensitive material, wherein said material is sensitive to visible radiation of between 400 and 700 nm.
- 16. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 15 wherein said light sensitive material comprises silver halide.
- 17. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 further comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion, a non-light sensitive silver salt oxidizing agent and a reducing agent.
- 18. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 further comprising optical or magnetic information.
- 19. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 further comprising a support.
- 20. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 19 wherein said support comprises said radiant energy absorbing material.
- 21. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said film is not substantially degraded between 50 to 180° C.
- 22. The thermal developing photographic film 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 film.
- 23. The thermal developing photographic film of claim 1 wherein said camera comprises a single-use photographic camera.
- 24. A thermal developing photographic element comprising at least one radiant energy absorbing material wherein said radiant absorbing material does not substantially absorb radiation between optical wavelengths of 400 to 700 nm; further comprising a light sensitive material, wherein said light sensitive material is sensitive to visible radiation of between 400 and 700 nm, and wherein said thermal developing photographic element has a light sensitivity of at least ISO 50.
- 25. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material promote efficient energy transfer from a source of IR radiation to effectively heat said thermal developing photographic element.
- 26. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises dye sensitive to infrared radiation.
- 27. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises at least two dyes sensitive to different wavelength energy.
- 28. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material absorbs radiation having an optical wavelength greater than 700 nm.
- 29. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant absorbing material absorbs radiation substantially longer than 700 nm and substantially shorter than 1 cm.
- 30. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material comprises organic dye.
- 31. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant absorbing material comprises pigment.
- 32. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said absorber dye comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of the structures:
- 33. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 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.
- 34. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein radiant energy absorbing material is localized to particular spatial regions in said element.
- 35. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said energy absorbing materials is localized to at least one layer of said element.
- 36. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant energy absorbing material is not substantially degraded between 50 to 180° C.
- 37. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said radiant absorbing materials is not substantially degraded when exposed to radiant energy for between 2 and 30 seconds to develop said element.
- 38. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said light sensitive material comprises silver halide.
- 39. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 further comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion, a non-light sensitive silver salt oxidizing agent and a reducing agent.
- 40. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 further comprising optical or magnetic information.
- 41. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 further comprising a support.
- 42. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 41 wherein said support comprises said radiant energy absorbing material.
- 43. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 wherein said element is not substantially degraded between 50to 180° C.
- 44. The thermal developing photographic element of claim 24 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
This is a Divisional of application No. U.S. Ser. No. 09/571,758 filed May 15, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,464,4120.
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