Lintec Corporation

Tohoku University

Kentaro Kusama

Baku Katagiri

Tomoo Orui

Satoru Shoshi

Tatsuki Kuramoto

Koichi Nagamoto

Kenta Tomioka

Mikihiro Kashio

Takahiro Ishinabe

Kazuhiro Kon

Motoyuki Hayakawa

Hideo Fujikake

Tetsuya Arazoe

Tadashi Matano

Yasuaki Aso

Toru Sano

A reflective display body configured such that the up-down direction of display content on a display surface can be changed. The reflective display body includes a light diffusion control layer, a display device, and a reflective layer. The light diffusion control layer has a diffusion angle width of 5° or more and 80° or less in which a haze value (%) is 90% or more as measured when one surface of the light diffusion control layer is irradiated with light rays at an incident angle of −70° to 70° with respect to the normal direction of the one surface being 0°. The light diffusion control layer has an acute angle of 7° or more and 83° or less.

Reflective display body and roll body of light diffusion control sheet

A light diffusion control body includes at least two light diffusion control layers each having a regular internal structure. The regular internal structure includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The at least two light diffusion control layers includes a first light diffusion control layer and a second light diffusion control layer each having a minimum value of a haze value of 35% or more. The haze value is measured when one surface of each of the first light diffusion control layer and the second light diffusion control layer is irradiated sequentially with a light ray at an incident angle of −70° to 70° with respect to the normal direction of the surface being 0°.

Light diffusion control body and reflective display body

An external light use type display body including: a light diffusion control layer; a display layer; and a reflective layer. The light diffusion control layer has a regular internal structure that comprises a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The reflective layer has a patterned indented structure when at least one cross section cut in a thickness direction is viewed. When the entrance plane is irradiated with light rays that travel on the light ray traveling plane with a predetermined incident angle while being scanned along an intersection line of the light ray traveling plane and the entrance plane, the ratio of the light rays satisfying the following Formula (1) or Formula (2) is 50% or more.&#x3b8;&#x3c;&#x3b8;&#x2264;&#x3b8;&#x2264;&#x3b8;&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)&#x3b8;&#x2264;&#x3b8;&#x2264;&#x3b8;&#x3c;&#x3b8;&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)

External light use type display body

A laminate used under an environment irradiated with external light includes a light diffusion control film having an internal structure in the film. The internal structure includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The laminate further includes an ultraviolet absorbing layer located further on the external light incident side than the light diffusion control film. The light diffusion control film contains a hindered amine-based compound.

Laminate and light diffusion control film

A light diffusion control member includes a first light diffusion control layer and a second light diffusion control layer. The first light diffusion control layer and the second light diffusion control layer each has a regular internal structure that includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The first light diffusion control layer and the second light diffusion control layer are laminated so that an angle between two respective vectors determined based on the regular internal structure in the first light diffusion control layer and the second light diffusion control layer is more than 0&#xb0; and 90&#xb0; or less.

Light diffusion control member and reflective display body

A laminate used under an environment irradiated with external light includes a light diffusion control film having an internal structure in the film. The internal structure includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The laminate further includes an ultraviolet absorbing layer located further on the external light incident side than the light diffusion control film. The light diffusion control film has an indentation elastic modulus of 30 MPa or more as measured at a maximum load of 2 mN by a nanoindentation method.

A light diffusion film having an internal structure in the film. The internal structure includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The light diffusion film has an indentation elastic modulus of 30 MPa or more at 23&#xb0; C.

Light diffusion film comprising an indentation elastic modulus of 30 MPa or more at 23 degrees Celsius throughout an entirety of the light diffusion film

In various embodiments, the present invention is directed to an interior-light-utilizing display obtained by laminating a reflection structure and a light diffusion film, in which the light diffusion film has an internal structure including a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index in the film. The interior-light-utilizing display provides improved luminance and is capable of stably maintaining constant display characteristics even where the incident angle of the external light changes.

Interior-light-utilizing display

A reflective display body includes a light diffusion control layer and a reflective layer. The light diffusion control layer has a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The regions having the relatively high refractive index extend from one surface side toward the other surface side of the light diffusion control layer, and a straight line parallel to the extending direction is tilted with respect to the thickness direction of the light diffusion control layer. When a vector C is obtained by projecting a vector, which is parallel to the extending direction and directed from the surface side distal to the display surface of the reflective display body toward the display surface side, onto the display surface, the smallest angle among three angles between vector C and vectors Dto Dis more than 0&#xb0; and 45&#xb0; or less.

Reflective display body

Provided are an optical diffusion film composed of a single layer, for which the optical diffusion incident angle region can be effectively expanded, and even when the incident angle of incident light is varied within the optical diffusion incident angle region, changes in the optical diffusion characteristics can be effectively suppressed; and a method for manufacturing the optical diffusion film. Disclosed is an optical diffusion film having, inside the film, a single optical diffusion layer having a first internal structure and a second internal structure, each of which include a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index, sequentially from the lower part along the film thickness direction, and the regions having a relatively high refractive index in the first internal structure have a bent section at an intermediate point along the film thickness direction.

Optical diffusion film and method for manufacturing optical diffusion film

Provided is a projection screen which can effectively diffuse incident light coming from a wide angle, despite that the number of laminated sheets of a light diffusion control film is small such as 3 to 4 sheets, and can thereby provide a wide viewing angle even if the projection screen is applied to a large-sized screen. Disclosed is a projection screen having a light diffusion control plate, the light diffusion control plate being formed by laminating a plurality of sheets of a light diffusion control film, the light diffusion control film being a light diffusion control film having a single light diffusion layer having a first internal structure and a second internal structure sequentially from the lower part along the film thickness direction, in which the first internal structure is a predetermined louver structure, and the second internal structure is a predetermined columnar structure.

Projection screen

Provided is a projection screen that can effectively diffuse incident light coming from a wide range of angles in the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction and can provide a wide viewing angle even if the projection screen is applied to a large-sized screen. Disclosed is a projection screen including a light diffusion control plate, in which when a first direction and a second direction orthogonally intersecting each other are assumed to be on the surface of the light diffusion control plate, and when the incident angle of the light incident to the light diffusion control plate is defined such that an angle parallel to the normal line to the surface of the light diffusion control plate is defined as 0&#xb0;, in a case in which the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident at an incident angle of 0&#xb0; is designated as L; the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident at a predetermined incident angle along the first direction is designated as L; and the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident at a predetermined incident angle along the second direction is designated as L, there exist a first direction and a second direction, in which L, L, and Lalways satisfy the following relational expressions (1) and (2):&#x2265;0.25&#xd7;&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)&#x2265;0.25&#xd7;&#x2003;&#x2003;(2).

Provided are a light diffusion film having a single-layered light diffusion layer, in which the uniformity of the intensity of diffused light in the light diffusion angle region can be increased, or the light diffusion angle region can be expanded effectively, by regulating the combination of the angles of inclination of pillar-shaped objects in plural columnar structure regions, and a method for manufacturing a light diffusion film. Disclosed is a light diffusion film having a single-layered light diffusion layer, the light diffusion film having a first columnar structure region and a second columnar structure region, in which plural pillar-shaped objects having a relatively high refractive index are arranged to stand close together in a region having a relatively low refractive index, sequentially from the lower part of the film along the film plane.

Light diffusion film and light diffusion film manufacturing method

An optical-diffusion film for display which, particularly when applied to a display device using a collimated backlight as a backlight for the display panel, can efficiently diffuse and emit a highly directional light emitted from the collimated backlight toward the front of the display device as image display light, without allowing straight transmission of the highly directional light, and a display device using the optical-diffusion film for display are provided. Disclosed is a single layered optical-diffusion film having a columnar structure in which plural pillar-shaped objects having a relatively high refractive index are arranged to stand close together in a film thickness direction in a region having a relatively low refractive index, in which the film thickness of the optical-diffusion film has a value within the range of 60 to 700 &#x3bc;m, and the haze value obtainable in the case in which light is made incident in the normal line direction of the film plane has a value of 80% or more.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kentaro Kusama