Fujifilm Corporation

Fufifilm Corporation

Hiroshi Inada

Shunya Katoh

Masaki Noro

Nobutaka Fukagawa

Shigeaki Nimura

Yasukazu Kuwayama

Rie Takasago

Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi

Aiko Yoshida

Yuki Nakamura

Yu Naito

Naozumi Shiraiwa

Masaaki Suzuki

Akio Tamura

Yutaka Nozoe

Masaru Yoshikawa

Yuki Fukushima

Akihiro Anzai

Yuki Saiki

Yoshitaka Maeda

Shuuji Kanayama

Yingjie Xu

Kenichiro Sato

Toshiyuki Makuta

Tadashi Inaba

Akinori Shibuya

Kazuhiro Oki

Daisuke Hayashi

Keisuke Kodama

Shuhei Yamaguchi

Tomohiro Mizuno

Naoya Shimoju

Yoshinori Kanazawa

Ryo Nakamura

Yuko Suzuki

Takayasu Nagai

Toshikazu Sumi

Daisuke Sawai

Yusuke Ino

An optically anisotropic layer having an excellent surface condition, with which an image display device having an excellent contrast can be manufactured; and an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device, each having the optically anisotropic layer. The optically anisotropic layer is obtained by immobilizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition including a polymerizable rod-shaped liquid crystal compound exhibiting a liquid crystal state of a smectic phase and an additive in a liquid crystal state of a smectic phase, in which a molecular length A (Å) of the polymerizable rod-shaped liquid crystal compound, a layer interval B (Å) of the smectic phase of the optically anisotropic layer, and a molecular length C (Å) of the additive satisfy a relationship of Expression (1-1), 0.5×B≤C≤0.6×A . . . (1-1).

Optically anisotropic layer, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device

A liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a non-liquid crystal compound, in which both of the liquid crystal compound and the non-liquid crystal compound are compounds having any of aromatic rings selected from the group consisting of groups represented by predetermined formulae, and a ratio of a molecular weight of the non-liquid crystal compound to a molecular weight of the liquid crystal compound is 1 or less.

Liquid crystal composition, optically anisotropic layer, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device

Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition with which an image display device having an excellent contrast can be manufactured; and a cured product, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a compound represented by Formula (I). L-SP-D-(A)-D-(G)-D-[Ar-D]-(G)-D-(A)-D-SP-L. . . (I), and a compound represented by Formula (II), L-SP-D-(A)-D-(G)-D-M . . . (II).

Polymerizable liquid crystal composition, cured product, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device

Provided is a compound which is capable of reducing a tilt angle of a liquid crystal molecule, and a polymerizable composition, a cured product, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device, each using the compound. The compound is represented, for example, by Formula (I), P-Sp-Z-G-(X-Cy)n-(X-A)m-X-A.

Compound, polymerizable composition, cured product, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device

Provided is an image forming method including a step of imagewisely applying, onto a base material by an inkjet method, at least two inks containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, and a polymerization initiator and having reflection wavelengths different from each other, such that the total application amount of the inks provides an image area ratio of 50% or more in an image forming region.

Image forming method

Provided is a half mirror which is used for a windshield constituting a head up display, and in which a feeling of glare is suppressed, and a boundary between a region which selectively reflects visible light and a region which reflects visible light is made inconspicuous. The half mirror has a reflection layer including a non-reflection region which does not reflect visible light, a reflection region which selectively reflects visible light, and a mixed region which is provided between the regions and in which a non-reflection portion which does not reflect visible light and a reflection portion which selectively reflects visible light are mixed, and in the mixed region, an area of the reflection portion is gradually increased from the non-reflection region toward the reflection region.

Half mirror

Provided are an imaging device that is inconspicuous from the outside, can easily apply design, and can obtain a clear image, and a laminate. The imaging device includes: an imaging unit that includes an image pickup element; and a transflective film that is disposed on a side of the imaging unit where light is incident into the image pickup element and reflects a part of the incident light, in which the transflective film includes at least one of a cholesteric liquid crystal layer or a multi-layer polymer film, when seen from a direction perpendicular to a surface of the image pickup element where light is incident, a peripheral region surrounding the imaging unit satisfies L*&#x2264;50 in a CIE-Lab (D50) color space, and when seen from the direction perpendicular to the surface of the image pickup element where light is incident, the transflective film is disposed to cover at least the imaging unit and the peripheral region.

Imaging device and laminate

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a reflective layer having an excellent diffuse reflectivity and a wide reflection wavelength range. Another object of the present invention is to provide a reflective layer having an excellent diffuse reflectivity and a wide reflection wavelength range. The method for producing a reflective layer of the present invention includes:

Method for producing reflective layer, and reflective layer

The present invention provides a viewing system capable of providing varying visual effects with a simpler configuration. In addition, the present invention also provides a display device, a stage installation, and a polymerizable liquid crystal composition. A viewing system according to the present invention is a viewing system for viewing an object to be irradiated including a light source unit, and the object to be irradiated with light emitted from the light source unit, in which the object to be irradiated includes a member, and a first circularly polarized light reflecting layer that is arranged on the member and reflects either right-handed circularly polarized light or left-handed circularly polarized light, the light source unit is capable of emitting light to be switchable between either right-handed circularly polarized light or left-handed circularly polarized light that is reflected by the first circularly polarized light reflecting layer or natural light, and circularly polarized light having a revolution direction opposite to a revolution direction of the circularly polarized light reflected by the first circularly polarized light reflecting layer, and color of the object to be irradiated is changed by switching light emitted from the light source unit.

Viewing system, display device, stage installation, and polymerizable liquid crystal composition

To provide a decorative film capable of applying a visual effect of making a pattern not visually recognizable, in a case where it is seen from the front, and making it visually recognizable, in a case where it is obliquely seen. a circular polarization plate including a linear polarization plate, and a laminate of a uniaxial retardation layer or a biaxial retardation layer; and a circularly polarized light reflection layer which reflects circularly polarized light having a revolution direction opposite to that of light transmitted through the circular polarization plate in a vertical direction from the linear polarization plate side are included.

Decorative film

A polymerizable composition includes a polymerizable liquid crystal compound of Formula (I) and a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer including a urethane bond and three or more (meth)acryloyl groups:Q-SpA-LA-Sp-Q&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)In Formula (I), A represents a cyclic divalent group (at least one is a divalent saturated hydrocarbon ring group), L preferably represents &#x2014;C(&#x2550;O)O&#x2014; or &#x2014;OC(&#x2550;O)&#x2014;, m represents 3 to 12, Spand Sppreferably are alkylene, and any one of Qand Qrepresents a polymerizable group. A film including a layer obtained by curing the polymerizable composition; and a film adjacently including a layer obtained by curing the polymerizable composition including a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (I) and a layer obtained by curing a composition including a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer and a manufacturing method thereof, are also disclosed. The polymerizable composition includes a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having low birefringence and provides a highly durable optical film.

Polymerizable composition including polymerizable liquid crystal compound, film, and method of manufacturing film

A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (I):Q&#x2014;Sp&#x2014;[A&#x2014;L]&#x2014;A&#x2014;Sp&#x2014;Q&#x2003;&#x2003;(I) A represents a divalent nitrogen-containing saturated cyclic group (that may have a substituent) formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from piperidine or piperazine, a phenylene group that may have a substituent, or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group that may have a substituent; L represents a linking group such as &#x2014;C(&#x2550;O)O&#x2014; or &#x2014;OC(&#x2550;O)&#x2014;; m represents 3 to 12; Spand Sprepresent an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; any one of Qand Qrepresents a polymerizable group; and Formula (I) has a nitrogen-containing saturated cyclic group and a phenylene group that are directly bonded to each other via &#x2014;C(&#x2550;O)O&#x2014;. By using a polymerizable composition including the polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a film such as a retardation film can have low birefringence or a reflection film can have high selectivity in a reflection wavelength range.

Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable composition, and film

A transfer sheet includes a cured liquid crystal composition layer, a block layer including a (meth)acrylic polymer, and a thermoplastic welded layer in this order, the thermoplastic welded layer and the block layer are in direct contact with each other, and the thermoplastic welded layer includes a thermoplastic resin and an ultraviolet curable resin.

Transfer sheet, method for producing transfer sheet, optical laminate, and method for producing optical laminate

A transmission decorative film includes a circular polarization plate and a circular polarization reflection layer disposed on the circular polarization plate. The circular polarization reflection layer includes at least one or more first cholesteric liquid crystalline layers that reflect any one of left circularly polarized light or right circularly polarized light. The first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer includes two or more reflection regions having different selective reflection wavelengths. The circular polarization plate transmits circularly polarized light having a revolution direction opposite to a revolution direction of the circularly polarized light reflected by the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer.

Transmission decorative film and method of manufacturing transmission decorative film

An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission decorative film having transparency and capable of applying different visual effects on observation surfaces. The transmission decorative film includes: a linear polarization plate; a first &#x3bb;/4 plate laminated on one main surface of the linear polarization plate; a first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer laminated on the first &#x3bb;/4 plate; a second &#x3bb;/4 plate laminated on the other main surface of the linear polarization plate; and a second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer laminated on the second &#x3bb;/4 plate, in which the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer and the second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer respectively have wavelength selective reflectivity and reflect light which is right circularly polarized light or left circularly polarized light at a selective reflection wavelength.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hiroshi Inada