(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,607,873 B2 (*) Notice
USOO66O7873B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,607,873 B2 Chari et al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 19, 2003 (54) FILM WITH COLOR FILTER ARRAY 4,971,869 A 11/1990 Plummer 6,117,627 A 9/2000 Tanaka et al. (75) Inventors: Krishnan Chari, Fairport, NY (US); Sidney J. Bertucci, Rochester, NY FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (US); Michael J. Simons, Ruislip (GB) DE 1811 983 6/1970 EP O 935 168 A2 8/1999 (73) Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (*)* ) Notice: Subject tot any disclaidisclaimer, the tterm off thisthi AyrM. J. Simons, USSN “Method00sossi of (DSO552)Making a Random id Mar Color 15, 2001.Filter past isis''S alusted under 35 M. J. Simons, “Film With Random Color Filter Array”, a -- y yS. USSN 09/808,873 (D-80554) filed Mar. 15, 2001. M. J. Simons, “Random Color Filter Array”, USSN 09/810, (21) Appl. No.: 09/922,273 787 (D-80555) filed Mar. 16, 2001. (22) Filed: Aug. 3, 2001 * cited by examiner (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner John A. McPherson US 2003/0054264 A1 Mar. 20, 2003 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Arthur E. Kluegel (51) Int. Cl. ........................... G03C 1/825; G02B5/20 (57) ABSTRACT (52) U.S. Cl. ............................................ 430/511; 430/7 (58) Field of Search ...................................... so. 511 aDisclosed light Sensitive is a color layer, film and comprising (3) a water (1) permeable a support color layer, filter (2) (56) References Cited array (CFA) layer comprising a continuous phase transpar ent binder containing a random distribution of colored U.S.
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