Patent application number | Description | Published |
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 |
20130029118 | HARD COAT FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HARD COAT FILM - The present invention provides a hard coat film in which the generation of interference fringes can be reliably prevented. The hard coat film | 01-31-2013 |
20130181206 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device with a light diffusing element that includes a matrix containing a resin component and an ultrafine particle component, and a light diffusing fine particle dispersed in the matrix. Refractive indices of the resin component, the ultrafine particle component, and the light diffusing fine particle satisfy the following expression (1). Further, the light diffusing element includes a concentration adjusted area formed outside a vicinity of a surface of the light diffusing fine particle, in which a weight concentration of the resin component decreases and a weight concentration of the ultrafine particle component increases as a distance from the light diffusing fine particle increases. | 07-18-2013 |
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 |
20130301130 | LIGHT-DIFFUSING ELEMENT AND POLARIZING PLATE PROVIDED THEREWITH - There is provided a light diffusing element of a thin film, which has high light diffusibility and a small depolarization factor. A light diffusing element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first region having a first refractive index; a refractive index modulation region having a substantially spherical shell shape, which surrounds the first region; and a second region having a second refractive index, which is positioned on a side of the refractive index modulation region opposite to the first region. The light diffusing element has a haze of 90% to 99.9% and a depolarization factor of 0.2% or less. | 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 |
20140002899 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM, ANTI-GLARE FILM, COATING SOLUTION, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY | 01-02-2014 |
20140002901 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM, ANTI-GLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY | 01-02-2014 |
20140002904 | IMAGE DISPLAY, ANTI-GLARE FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM | 01-02-2014 |
20140044891 | OPTICAL LAMINATE - There is provided an optical laminate which secures adhesiveness between the (meth)acrylic resin film (base material film) and a hard coat layer, and can prevent a reduction in scratch resistance. An optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material layer formed of a (meth)acrylic resin film; and a hard coat layer formed by applying a composition for forming a hard coat layer to the (meth)acrylic resin film, wherein: the composition for forming a hard coat layer contains a compound (A) having 9 or more radically polymerizable unsaturated groups; and a content of the compound (A) is 15 wt % to 100 wt % with respect to all curable compounds in the composition for forming a hard coat layer. | 02-13-2014 |
20140126064 | ANTI-GLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM - The present invention provides an anti-glare film having superior display characteristics of both having anti-glare properties and preventing white blur from occurring as well as having a higher production yield by preventing formation of a projection as a defect in outward appearance. The anti-glare film is an anti-glare film including: a translucent base: and an anti-glare layer on at least one surface of the translucent base, wherein the anti-glare layer is formed using an anti-glare layer-forming material containing a resin, particles, and thixotropy-imparting agents, the anti-glare layer includes a flocculated portion forming a convex portion on a surface of the anti-glare layer by flocculation of the particles and the thixotropy-imparting agents, and in the flocculated portion, the particles are present in the state of being gathered in an in-plane direction of the anti-glare layer. | 05-08-2014 |
20140247486 | OPTICAL LAMINATE - There is provided an optical laminate excellent which secures adhesiveness between the (meth)acrylic resin film (base material film) and a hard coat layer, and can prevent a reduction in scratch resistance. An optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material layer formed of a (meth)acrylic resin film; a hard coat layer formed by applying, to the (meth)acrylic resin film, a composition for forming a hard coat layer containing a curable compound and inorganic nanoparticles; and a penetration layer having a thickness of 1.2 μm or more, the penetration layer being formed between the base material layer and the hard coat layer by penetration of the composition for forming a hard coat layer into the (meth)acrylic resin film, wherein a content of the inorganic nanoparticles is 1.5 wt % to 50 wt % with respect to a total of the curable compound and the inorganic nanoparticles. | 09-04-2014 |
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 |