Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359493000 | Glare prevention by discriminating against polarized light | 17 |
20090002822 | Variable Reflectance Mirrors and Windows - Various structures for variable reflectance rearview mirrors and variable transmittance windows are disclosed. One embodiment pertains to the provision of a polarized reflector in a rearview mirror. Another embodiment pertains to the provision of a switchable cholesteric liquid crystal element in a window. Yet another embodiment pertains to the provision of a plurality of apertures in a reflector layer of a rearview mirror where the apertures are sized and positioned in alignment with light emitting areas of a display positioned behind the reflector layer. In another embodiment, a moveable display or mirror element is attached to a rearview mirror housing. | 01-01-2009 |
20090086320 | Protective Film for Polarizing Plate - A protective film for polarizing plate comprising k layers (k is an integer of 2 or more) of thermoplastic resin layer laminated, wherein
| 04-02-2009 |
20090091825 | Plastic Polarized Lens - A plastic polarized lens | 04-09-2009 |
20090168173 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - Provided is an optical film including a transparent support; and an antiglare layer that comprises a light-transmitting resin and at least two kinds of light-transmitting particles, wherein the antiglare layer has a thickness of from 10 μm to 15 μm, each kind of the at least two kinds of light transmitting particles has an average particle size of from 7 μm to 15 μm, each kind of the at least two kinds of light transmitting particles has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the light-transmitting resin by from 0.001 to 0.050 in absolute value, and a total amount of the at least two kinds of light-transmitting particles are from 15 to 40 mass % based on all solid contents in the antiglare layer. | 07-02-2009 |
20090268292 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a thermoplastic resin film having a retardation close to 0 nm, in particular, a thermoplastic resin film having a retardation close to 0 nm, thereby showing a small optical anisotropy, and a method for producing the same. The method for producing a thermoplastic resin film includes a step of heat treating a thermoplastic resin film | 10-29-2009 |
20090310219 | OPTICAL FILM, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, ANTI-GLARE POLARIZER USING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An anti-glare film is provided and includes micro concave/convex portions on a surface. An average interval between the micro concave and convex portions is equal to 300 μm or less. A differentiation with respect to angle d{Log(I(α))}/dα of a logarithm intensity of reflection Log(I(α)) in a direction of a deviation angle α from a direction of specular reflection has an extreme value. A differentiation d{Log(P(β)}/dβ of a histogram P(β) to an inclination angle β of the micro concave/convex portions has an extreme value. In the anti-glare film | 12-17-2009 |
20100020398 | OPTICAL LAMINATE COMPRISING LOW-REFRACTIVE INDEX LAYER - The present invention discloses an optical laminate comprising a light-transparent base material and a low-refractive index layer provided on the light-transparent base material, the low-refractive index layer simultaneously having both contamination preventive properties and slipperiness. The optical laminate comprises a light-transparent base material, and a hard coat layer and a low-refractive index layer provided in that order on the light-transparent base material, wherein the low-refractive index layer contains a contamination preventive agent and/or a slipperiness imparting agent, and contamination preventive agent and/or slipperiness imparting agent are added so that the concentrations of the contamination preventive agent and/or slipperiness imparting agent have a concentration gradient from the surface of the hard coat layer toward the surface of the low-refractive index layer. | 01-28-2010 |
20100027116 | ANTIGLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An antiglare film is provided, the antiglare film including a transparent plastic film substrate; an antiglare layer having fine recesses and projections on the surface thereof; and an abrasion resistant layer provided at an uppermost surface of the antiglare film, the abrasion resistant layer having an average film thickness of from 0.03 to 0.4 μm, wherein the abrasion resistant layer is formed from a curable composition containing at least following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an inorganic fine particle containing silicon oxide as a main component and having an average particle size of from 1 to 300 nm; (B) an ionizing radiation-curable resin; and (C) a polymer thickener. | 02-04-2010 |
20100053753 | Optical Relay for Compact Head Up Display - An optical relay ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100073770 | ROLLED WEB OF OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a rolled web of optical film that has an optical orientation axis, which is less displaced from a predetermined angle throughout the entire area of the elongated rolled web, and can be easily produced according to the desired angle of the optical orientation axis, and a method of producing the rolled web of optical film. The rolled web of optical film includes an optical film layer having an optical orientation axis, and an adhesive film web including a release material layer and an adhesive material layer, the optical film layer being laid on the adhesive film web via the adhesive material layer and rolled up into a roll. The optical film layer is made up of plural optical film pieces that are arranged into a substantially elongated shape with end portions of the optical film pieces being adjacent to each other. The optical film pieces are formed by cutting an optical film web having an optical orientation axis, at least along cutting lines that cross the longitudinal direction of the optical film web. The optical film pieces are disposed on the adhesive film web to have the cutting lines oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction of the adhesive film web. Optical orientation axes of the optical film pieces each are oriented at a common angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the adhesive film web. | 03-25-2010 |
20100149637 | OPTICAL FILTER AND PLASMA DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - An optical filter including: a polarizing film; and a plurality of phase delay films laminated on one side of the polarizing film, the optical axes of the phase delay films crossing each other, the plurality of phase delay films phase-delaying light having wavelengths in the visible range incident through the polarizing film and phase-delaying light reflected from a surface, thereby allowing the incident light to be interfered with and offset by the reflected light. | 06-17-2010 |
20100165460 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY, POLARIZER, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical layered body having sufficient hardness as an optical layered body and exhibiting a good antiglare property. | 07-01-2010 |
20100220393 | SPINEL SINTERED BODY, LIGHT TRANSMITTING WINDOW AND LIGHT TRANSMITTING LENS - A low-cost spinel sintered body having small polarization and high heat-conductivity is provided. Also, a useful light-transmitting window and light-transmitting lens for light-emitting device is provided. For such purpose, the spinel sintered body of the present invention has a contrast ratio of 300 or more in the case of white light, where the contrast ratio is defined as the quotient obtained by dividing an amount of transmitting light in the case of being arranged between two polarizing plates, the polarizing directions of the two polarizing plates being parallel to each other, by an amount of transmitting light in the case of being arranged between two polarizing plates, the polarizing directions of the two polarizing plates being orthogonal to each other. | 09-02-2010 |
20100232018 | POLARIZING PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A polarizing plate of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer and transparent protective films provided on both sides of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed between the polarizer and each transparent protective film, wherein the transparent protective film on one side comprises a lactone ring structure-containing (meth)acrylic resin and is a retardation plate having an in-plane retardation of 40 nm or more and/or a thickness direction retardation of 80 nm or more, and the transparent protective film on the other side has an in-plane retardation of less than 40 nm and a thickness direction retardation of less than 80 nm. The polarizing plate can satisfy durability and display uniformity (unevenness). | 09-16-2010 |
20100238548 | OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ANTIGLARE POLARIZER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical film includes a base member having convex structures that are two-dimensionally and orderly arranged on a surface thereof and a hard-coating layer provided on the surface of the base member, the surface having the arranged structures thereon. A continuous wave surface is provided on a surface of the hard-coating layer so as to approximately conform to the shape of the structures of the surface of the base member, a maximum amplitude A and a minimum wavelength λ of the continuous wave surface are each substantially uniform, and a ratio (A/λ) of the maximum amplitude A to the minimum wavelength λ is more than 0.002 and 0.011 or less. | 09-23-2010 |
20100254003 | Anti-Reflection Film - The present invention provides an anti-reflection film which not only has a sufficient anti-reflection properties and sufficient antistatic properties but also reduces color in reflection light, inhibits color unevenness and provides a display device with excellent contrast in a bright place and excellent contrast in a dark place when applied on a display device. The anti-reflection film of the present invention has average luminous reflectance in the range of 0.5-1.5% on a low refractive index layer surface, a difference in the range of 0.2-0.9% between the maximum and the minimum in spectral reflectance on the low refractive index layer surface in a wavelength region of 400-700 nm, absorption loss in average luminous transmittance in the range of 0.5-3.0%, and parallel light transmittance in the range of 94.0-96.5%. | 10-07-2010 |
20100284075 | VIDEO VIEWING FACILITY AND SELF-LUMINOUS DISPLAY - A video viewing facility is provided. A circularly polarized light source is provided outside a self-luminous display. The self-luminous display includes a first wave plate having a function of converting circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light; a polarizing film; a second wave plate having a function of converting circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light; a circularly polarized light separating film; and a self-luminous panel, in this order from a visible side of the self-luminous display. | 11-11-2010 |