Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080205066 | OPTICAL ELEMENT PACKAGE - An optical packaged body capable of preventing generation of a wrinkle, deflection, and warpage, capable of being thinned is provided. The optical package body includes a support medium and a packaging film that covers the support medium in a state of being applied with shrinkage force. The packaging film has an optical function section that acts on light from a light source in at least one of a first region into which the light from the light source enters and a second region from which the light from the light source is emitted after passing through the optical packaged body when the light source is arranged on one face side of the optical packaged body. | 08-28-2008 |
20080259243 | OPTICAL SHEET STACK AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an optical sheet stack which includes a first optical sheet having a large number of irregularities consecutively arranged on one surface thereof, and a second optical sheet stacked thereon. In the optical sheet stack, the second optical sheet has, on a bonding surface thereof, an adhesive layer bonded with apexes of the irregularities, and while assuming pitch of arrangement of the irregularities as P, and width of bonding of each apex of the irregularities bonded to the adhesive layer as Pw, the relation of 010-23-2008 | |
20080259612 | OPTICAL SHEET - A lens film with small warpage even when a transparent base is thin is provided. Pole prisms made of a hardening resin are arranged along the extending direction on a transparent base made of a flexible material. The transparent base has a depression according to a valley between the pole prisms adjacent to each other. The pole prism has a sloping face extending to an inner wall of the depression. The transparent base is in contact with the valley. A layer not functioning as a prism, that is, a so-called skirt layer does not exist between the transparent base and the pole prisms. | 10-23-2008 |
20080316392 | Liquid Crystal Display, Optical Sheet Manufacturing Method, and Optical Sheet - A liquid crystal display, optical sheet manufacturing method, and an optical sheet are provided. The occurrence of moiré is prevented while suppressing a reduction in front luminance. The liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a light source arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal display panel; an optical sheet with a light-condensing property arranged between the liquid crystal display panel and the light source, the optical sheet having a number of irregularities arranged continuously on a principal surface of the optical sheet; and a diffuser sheet arranged between the liquid crystal display panel and the optical sheet. The liquid crystal display is constructed so that when an arrangement pitch of the irregularities of the optical sheet is P [μm], a haze value of the diffuser sheet is H [%], a total light transmittance of the diffuser sheet is Tt [%], and a pixel pitch of the liquid crystal display panel is Pp [μm], the following relationship is satisfied: (H/Tt)·(Pp/P)≧1.6. | 12-25-2008 |
20090059119 | OPTICAL ELEMENT PACKAGE, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical element covering member capable of improving insufficiency in rigidity of the optical element while an increase in thickness of a liquid crystal display device or deterioration of display characteristics of the liquid crystal display device is reduced, a backlight provided with the optical element covering member, and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The optical element covering member includes at least one optical element, a support medium for supporting the at least one optical element, and a covering member for covering the at least one optical element and the support medium. The at least one optical element and the support medium constitute a stack. | 03-05-2009 |
20090079900 | OPTICAL ELEMENT COVERING MEMBER, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical element covering member includes: at least one optical element; a support medium supporting the at least one optical element; and a shrinkable covering member covering the at least one optical element and the support medium. In the optical element covering member, among sides forming primary surfaces of the support medium, at least one set of sides facing each other is covered with the covering member, and the following equation (1) is satisfied under conditions at a temperature of 70° C., | 03-26-2009 |
20090207341 | LIGHT CONTROL ELEMENT, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light control element capable of controlling deflection of light output through a light guide plate to a desired output viewing angle is provided. A light control element (prism sheet) has a plane of incidence on one surface thereof, and a plane of output on the other surface thereof. The plane of incidence is formed as having thereon a number of prism portions arrayed in parallel. Each of the prism portions has a first prism surface allowing incidence of light, and a second prism surface where the light entering through the first prism surface is reflected by total reflection on the inner side. The second prism surface has an outwardly-swelled curved profile, formed with a curvature that allows the light to output through the plane of output at a second output viewing angle wider than a first output viewing angle of a case where the second prism surface is flat. | 08-20-2009 |
20090303413 | OPTICAL SHEET PACKAGED BODY, OPTICAL SHEET UNIT, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY UNIT - An optical sheet packaged body in which a wrinkle is not generated is provided. The optical sheet packaged body includes a laminated body in which a plurality of optical sheets such as a light source image segmentation sheet, a diffusion plate, a diffusion sheet, and a luminance enhancement film are layered, and a flexible film that wraps around the laminated body and has one or a plurality of openings to expose at least part of an outer edge of the diffusion plate. An exposed portion exposed from at least one of the openings of the diffusion plate is provided with a shape (supported portion) for positioning to a chassis (bottom chassis and middle chassis) supporting the optical sheet packaged body. | 12-10-2009 |
20100039797 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illuminating apparatus is provided and includes a plurality of point light sources in one plane and a first optical sheet and a second optical sheet overlapped in a region facing the plurality of point light sources. The plurality of point light sources are arranged in a first direction and also arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first optical sheet has a plurality of first three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to the first direction and arranged in a direction parallel to the second direction. The second optical sheet has a plurality of second three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to the second direction and arranged in a direction parallel to the first direction. Each of the second three-dimensional structures has a shape which generates a larger amount of return light from normal incident light as compared with the first three-dimensional structures. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046204 | SURFACE ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A surface illuminating device is provided and includes a plurality of linear light sources, a light-transmissive optical sheet including a luminance-distribution control layer for decreasing unevenness in luminance of light emitted from the linear light sources, and a reflection surface for reflecting the light emitted from the linear light sources. The luminance-distribution control layer includes a plurality of protrusions. In a range of 0≦x≦L/2, protruding directions of some or all the protrusions are inclined such that the protruding directions of the protrusions are located farther from a Z direction, which is an optical axis of a linear light source in an X direction, to the X direction as the protrusions are located farther from the position of x= | 02-25-2010 |
20100067117 | Optical packaged body, method of manufacturing it, illuminating device, and display unit - An optical packaged body capable of preventing generation of a wrinkle, deflection, and warpage, and capable of being thinned is provided. The optical packaged body includes a support medium and a packaging film that covers the support medium in a state of being applied with shrinkage force. The packaging film has an optical function section that acts on light from a light source in at least one of a first region into which the light from the light source enters and a second region from which the light from the light source is emitted after passing through the optical packaged body when the light source is arranged on one face side of the optical packaged body. | 03-18-2010 |
20100195314 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - An illuminating device capable of decreasing not only in-plane luminance unevenness in the front face direction but also in-plane luminance unevenness when viewed from a diagonal direction is provided. Where an occupancy ratio of a return light generation section in which light from respective linear light sources vertically entering a light incident surface of an optical sheet is entirely reflected by a surface of a convex section and return light oriented toward a reflecting plate is generated out of a first region R | 08-05-2010 |
20100309411 | DIFFUSION SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A diffusion sheet includes: a substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; and structures each in a convex shape formed randomly on the first principal surface or the second principal surface of the substrate. The structures have an identical or almost identical height. The structures have an aspect ratio h/r, where r denotes an average radius of the structures and h denotes an average height of the structures, of more than 0.85 and not more than 1.50. The structures have a filling factor of not less than 60% and not more than 80%. | 12-09-2010 |
20100328575 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A diffusion plate includes a base body including a plurality of convex portions formed on a principal surface of the base body. An angle of inclination of the convex portions at a base of the convex portions ranges from 38° to 42°. Also, a ratio R/Cp between a curvature R of a summit of the convex portions and a pitch Cp between adjacent convex portions is 0.001412-30-2010 | |
20110026240 | OPTICAL ELEMENT LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical element laminate is provided which, while an increase in thickness of a liquid crystal display device is suppressed, improves insufficient rigidity of an optical element and, in addition, which does not degrade display characteristics of the liquid crystal display device. The optical element laminate includes a plate-shaped support member having a first primary surface and a second primary surface and an optical element which is laminated on at least one of the first primary surface and the second primary surface of the support member and, in addition, which has a film shape or a sheet shape. The periphery of the laminated optical element is at least bonded to facing two sides of the support member, the optical element and the support member are placed in close contact with each other, and a thickness t of the support member, a length L of the support member, and a tensile force F of the optical element satisfy the relational expression of 0≦F≦1.65×10 | 02-03-2011 |
20110205734 | OPTICAL SHEET STACK BODY, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical sheet stack body includes two optical sheets disposed to overlap a plurality of point light sources arranged in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The optical sheets are disposed so that a long-side direction of the optical sheet crosses the first and second directions at an angle other than right angle. A first optical sheet disposed on the point light source side has a plurality of first three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to or almost parallel to the first direction. A second optical sheet disposed on the side opposite to the point light source has a plurality of second three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to or almost parallel to the second direction. The second three-dimensional structure has a shape by which return light is generated from normal incident light more than the first three-dimensional structure. | 08-25-2011 |