Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090244474 | DEPOLARIZING FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A depolarizing film of the present invention comprises a film containing at least one liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal compound comprises a liquid crystal compound ( | 10-01-2009 |
20120008070 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display being capable of improving the contrast ratio in the front direction thereof is provided. A liquid crystal display | 01-12-2012 |
20120307179 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a liquid crystal cell; polarizing plates placed on both sides of the liquid crystal cell; a light diffusing element provided outside of the polarizing plate on a viewer side; and a backlight unit provided outside of the polarizing plate on an opposite side of the viewer side. The backlight unit includes a collimated light source device that emits collimated light having a brightness half-value angle of 3° to 35° toward the liquid crystal cell, and a ratio Fw(BL)/Fw(FD) between a diffused light half-value angle Fw(FD) of the light diffusing element and the brightness half-value angle Fw(BL) of the collimated light is 0.5 or less. | 12-06-2012 |
20130242241 | LIGHT DIFFUSING FILM, POLARIZING PLATE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSING FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - There is provided an extremely thin light diffusing film, which has strong light diffusibility, has suppressed backscattering, and is excellent in productivity. The light diffusing film includes: a first region having a first refractive index; a substantially spherical shell-shaped refractive index modulation region surrounding the first region; and a second region having a second refractive index, the region being positioned on a side of the refractive index modulation region opposite to the first region. The light diffusing film has a light diffusion half-value angle of 30° or more and a thickness of 4 μm to 25 μm, and satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2): | 09-19-2013 |
20130242395 | METHODS OF PRODUCING LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT AND POLARIZING PLATE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT, AND LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT AND POLARIZING PLATE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT OBTAINED BY THE METHODS - There is provided a method capable of producing an extremely thin light diffusing element, which has strong light diffusibility and in which backscattering is suppressed, at a low cost and with extremely high productivity. A method of producing a light diffusing element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: mixing a matrix formation material containing a monomer of a resin component and an ultrafine particle component, light diffusing fine particles, and a solvent for dissolving the monomer; and polymerizing the monomer. A zeta potential of each of the light diffusing fine particles in a solution prepared by dissolving the monomer in the solvent is equal in sign to a zeta potential of the ultrafine particle component in the solution prepared by dissolving the monomer in the solvent. | 09-19-2013 |
20130265506 | LIGHT-DIFFUSING ELEMENT, POLARIZING PLATE HAVING LIGHT-DIFFUSING ELEMENT ATTACHED THERETO, POLARIZING ELEMENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THOSE COMPONENTS - There is provided a light diffusing element made of a thin film capable of realizing low back scattering and a high haze. A light diffusing element according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a first region having a first refractive index n | 10-10-2013 |
20130300980 | LIGHT-DIFFUSING ELEMENT, POLARIZER HAVING LIGHT-DIFFUSING ELEMENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME - There is provided a light diffusing element made of a thin film capable of realizing low backscattering and a high haze. A light diffusing element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first region having a first refractive index; and a second region having a second refractive index. The first region and the second region form a fine uneven-shaped and spherical shell-shaped boundary. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301135 | LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT - A light diffusing element having less unevenness in external appearance while having excellent light diffusibility. A light diffusing element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material film; and a light diffusing film provided on one surface of the base material film, wherein: the light diffusing film has a haze value of 75% or more; the light diffusing film contains a fluorine-based surfactant; the fluorine-based surfactant is localized on a surface of the light diffusing film opposite to the base material film; and the fluorine-based surfactant contains at least one kind of constituent unit selected from the group consisting of a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (I), a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (II), and a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (III): | 11-14-2013 |
20150029442 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal cell between first second polarizing plates; and a surface light source device. The surface light source device includes a light source unit, a light guide plate for outputting first directivity light having directivity of maximum intensity in a first direction, which forms a predetermined angle from a normal direction of the light output surface in a plane approximately parallel to a light guiding direction of light, and having a high ratio of a polarized light component oscillating in the plane and a prism sheet being configured to convert the first directivity light into second directivity light directed in a second direction within a predetermined angle from the normal direction of the light output surface of the light guide plate while substantially maintaining a polarization state of the first directivity light. | 01-29-2015 |