Abstract:
An optical film comprising a first domain of a polymer composition and a second domain disposed inside the first domain, wherein the second domain is a bubble having a morphology anisotropy, and the mean alignment direction of the main chain of the polymer molecule in the first domain differs from the mean direction of the major axis of the second domain, is capable of contributing toward display performance unification and body thickness reduction of an image display device.
Abstract:
Provided is a stereoscopic image forming apparatus which is excellent from the viewpoint of brightness, flicker, and crosstalk when viewed from the front side while tilting a face, and suppresses crosstalk at the time of oblique observation.The stereoscopic image recognition apparatus including: a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates on the both sides of the liquid crystal cell; and a time division image display interception device including a polarizer, a liquid crystal encapsulation body, and a λ/4 plate B.
Abstract:
A lighting device that can switch between intensity distributions of emitted light with a simple configuration. The lighting device includes a light source, a polarization controller, and a polarizing plate, in which the polarization controller switches light emitted from the light source between light components having two or more different polarization states to be incident into the polarizing plate, and the polarizing plate functions as a diffraction grating that has two or more regions having different polarization states of transmitted light in an in-plane direction and where one or more regions among the regions are periodically disposed.
Abstract:
Objects are to provide a projection-image-displaying laminate film that enables, when used for, for example, a HUD, displaying of undistorted projection images of high-quality screen images, a laminated glass using the projection-image-displaying laminate film, and an image display system using the laminated glass. The objects are achieved with a projection-image-displaying laminate film including a half-mirror film including a selective reflection layer configured to wavelength-selectively reflect light, and a heat-sealing layer disposed on one surface of the half-mirror film, wherein the half-mirror film has a stiffness at 25° C. of 4.0 N·mm or less, and the heat-sealing layer has a thickness of 40 μm or less, contains a thermoplastic resin, and has a surface opposite from the half-mirror film, the surface having a static coefficient of friction of 1.0 or less.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a half-mirror film for displaying a projection image having high adhesiveness, a laminated glass in which wrinkle generation of the half-mirror film is suppressed or furthermore has high adhesiveness, and an image display system using the laminated glass. The problem is solved by providing a half-mirror film for displaying a projection image including a transparent support; and a selective reflection layer reflecting light in a wavelength selective manner, in which the transparent support has an absolute value of 10 nm or less of an in-plane phase difference at a wavelength of 550 nm and a heat seal layer disposed on an opposite surface of a surface having the selective reflection layer, the heat seal layer contains a thermoplastic resin, and a mixed layer in which components of the transparent support and the heat seal layer are mixed is formed between the transparent support and the heat seal layer.
Abstract:
Provided are a decorative film including, in the following order, a temporary support, a colored layer, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and a protective layer, in which the decorative film is a film for viewing the colored layer through the cholesteric liquid crystal layer; a decoration method or a method for manufacturing a decorative molded article; and a decorative molded film including, in the following order, a base material, a colored layer, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and a protective layer, or including, in the following order, a colored layer, a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a base material, and a protective layer, in which the decorative molded film is a film for viewing the colored layer through the cholesteric liquid crystal layer.
Abstract:
Display performance can be improved by reducing light leak in an oblique direction at the time of black display while increasing front brightness. Provided is a backlight unit including: a light collimating member in which a lens array is formed on one surface of a transparent substrate and a plurality of truncated cones are arranged on another surface of the transparent substrate; a light guide plate; and a light source, in which the truncated cone on the light collimating member has a shape in which a width decreases away from the transparent substrate in a height direction, a position of each of lenses of the lens array deviates from a position of the truncated cone corresponding to the lens to move away from the light source in a direction that connects a center of the lens and the light source most adjacent to the lens, an optical axis of the lens is arranged to pass through a slope of the truncated cone corresponding to the lens, the light guide plate and a surface of the truncated cone opposite to the transparent substrate are in contact with each other, and the shape of the truncated cone of the light collimating member satisfies specific expressions.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a decorative sheet exhibiting high lustrousness even when observed from a direction deviated from a specular reflection of illumination light, and a liquid crystal display device and an automobile interior material each using the decorative sheet. The object is achieved by a decorative sheet including a cholesteric liquid crystal layer having wavelength-selective reflectivity and satisfying Expression (1), R[−45,20](λ1)/R[−45,20](λ2)≥5 Expression (1).
Abstract:
According to the present invention, there is provided a plurality of protruding portions that are formed on one surface of the support and have inclined surfaces parallel to each other; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer that is formed on each of the inclined surfaces of the protruding portions; and an overcoat layer that is laminated on the surface of the support on which the protruding portions are formed so as to cover the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, in which a normal line of each of the inclined surfaces of the protruding portions is parallel to a spiral axis of the cholesteric structure of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, an angle formed between a normal line of a surface of the overcoat layer and the spiral axis of the cholesteric structure is 5° to 42°, a difference in refractive index between the cholesteric liquid crystal layer and the protruding portion and a difference in refractive index between the cholesteric liquid crystal layer and the overcoat layer are 0.2 or less.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical film having high contrast and excellent visibility. The optical film includes: a transparent screen; and a transparent reflecting layer that is disposed on one main surface of the transparent screen, in which in the transparent screen, a ratio T15/T30 of a light amount T15 of transmitted light at an angle of 15 degrees with respect to a normal direction of the main surface to a light amount T30 of transmitted light at an angle of 30 degrees with respect to the normal direction of the main surface is 2.0 or higher, and the ratio R15/R30 of the light amount R15 of reflected light at an angle of 15 degrees with respect to the normal direction of the main surface to the light amount R30 of reflected light at an angle of 30 degrees with respect to the normal direction of the main surface is 2.0 or lower.