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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Yahagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kouichi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Saki Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Aikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02C 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2019.01); G02C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 7/02 (2013.01); G02B 5/3025 (2013.01); G02C 7/10 (2013.01); G02C 2202/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical film for eyewear includes a first light control layer, at least one light reflection layer, a second light control layer, and a linear polarization element layer in this order from an outer side with respect to a viewer. The light reflection layer includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer that reflects left-handed circularly polarized light or right-handed circularly polarized light in a visible light range, and the first light control layer and the second light control layer are each a quarter wave plate.