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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Michio Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Kashiwagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiko Ichihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The optical member of the present invention includes: a substrate; and a dot that is in contact with a surface of the substrate, in which the dot has wavelength selective reflecting properties, the dot is formed of a liquid crystal material having a cholesteric structure, the cholesteric structure has a stripe pattern including bright portions and dark portions in a cross-sectional view of the dot when observed with a scanning electron microscope, the dot includes a portion having a height which continuously increases to a maximum height in a direction moving from an end portion of the dot to the center of the dot, in the portion, an angle between a normal line perpendicular to a line, which is firmed using a first dark portion from a surface of the dot, and the surface is in a range of 70° to 90°, and the liquid crystal material includes a surfactant.