Abstract:
Provided is an optical film that can suppress rainbow unevenness when viewed with the naked eyes without increasing the in-plane phase difference. The optical film has a low-refractive index layer on a plastic film, the plastic film is a biaxially stretched plastic film with an in-plane phase difference of 2500 nm or less, the low-refractive index layer is located on the outermost surface, and the optical film has a region in which ΔEab satisfies specific conditions, wherein the ΔEab is calculated from the differences between the L* value, the a* value, and the b* value obtained by measuring a laminate 1 including the optical film, the polarizer, and the surface light source under specific conditions and the L* value, the a* value, and the b* value obtained by measuring a laminate 2 including the polarizer and the surface light source under specific conditions, respectively.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a display panel in which deterioration of color tone may be suppressed regardless of the reflectance of the display element. A display panel including a display element (A), a retardation layer (B) positioned upon the light emission surface side of the display element, and a polarizer (C) positioned upon the light emission surface side of the retardation layer, in which the retardation layer (B) has a λ/4 retardation layer (B1), and the in-plane retardation of the λ/4 retardation layer (B1) satisfies the following Condition 1:
The spectral reflectance of the display element is measured by an SCI method, the average reflectance at wavelengths over the range of 400 nm or more and less than 550 nm is obtained as R1, the average reflectance at wavelengths over the range of 550 nm or more and less than 700 nm is obtained as R2, and when the value of R1/R2 is calculated and obtained as x, the in-plane retardation of the λ/4 retardation layer falls within the range of −4.6002x+119.24 nm or more and −4.6002x+129.24 nm or less.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a selectively reflective member which can uniformly reflect only a desired wavelength with high efficiency even in a large area and, at the same time, is highly cost effective. Specifically, there is provided an electromagnetic wave reflecting member that reflects electromagnetic waves with a specific wavelength, the electromagnetic wave reflecting member comprising a first selectively reflective layer that reflects only a clockwise or counterclockwise circularly polarized light component with wavelength λ in incident electromagnetic waves, a phase difference layer, and a second selectively reflective layer that reflects only a clockwise or counterclockwise circularly polarized light component with wavelength λ, provided in that order, the phase difference layer having a retardation satisfying the following equation: Re={(2n+1)/2±0.2}×λ wherein Re represents average retardation; λ represents wavelength; and n is an integer of 1 or more.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.
Abstract:
The present invention provides: an optical laminate comprising at least two films, the optical laminate comprising at least a film A satisfying a given condition (1) and a film C satisfying a given condition (2), wherein a retardation value Re(0) observed in a direction of an axis perpendicular to a plane of the optical laminate is 4,000 to 30,000 nm, and a retardation value Re(40) observed in a direction of an axis tilted from the axis perpendicular to the plane of the optical laminate toward a slow axis by 40 degrees in a plane lying perpendicular to the plane of the optical laminate and extending along the slow axis is 4,000 to 25,000 nm, the slow axis being an axis along which refractive index is highest in a plane of the film A; and a display device comprising the optical laminate.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.
Abstract:
Sufficiently sharp directivity can be secured with a simple configuration in a configuration that improves the efficiency of utilizing the light exiting from a primary light source using a reflective polarizing plate. A backlight unit (2) supplies light exiting from an exit surface of a light guide plate (12) to a liquid-crystal display panel (3) via a reflective polarizing plate (16) after correcting directivity of the exiting light using a prism sheet (14) having a downwardly convex shape. A ¼-wavelength plate (15) is provided between the prism sheet (14) and the reflective polarizing plate (16), between the prism sheet (14) and the light guide plate, or between the light guide plate and a reflective sheet disposed on a surface of the light guide plate opposite to the prism sheet (14).
Abstract:
There is provided a display device exhibiting a good color reproducibility, even when observed through polarized sunglasses. A display device comprises a polarizer a and an optical film X on a surface on a light emitting surface side of a display element, wherein L1, which is the light incident vertically on the optical film X, among light incident on the optical film X from the display element side, satisfies a specific condition, and L2, which is the light emitting vertically from the light emitting surface side of the optical film X, and passing through a polarizer b having the absorption axis parallel to the absorption axis of the polarizer a, satisfies a specific condition.
Abstract:
The present invention aims to provide an image display device including an optical film having a thickness suitable for practical use without including any special inorganic material, wherein the image display device has high color rendering properties and is capable of minimizing the occurrence of blackout and interference colors (rainbow unevenness) even when the image display device includes light sources that emit light having a narrow emission spectrum. The present invention provides an image display device including an optical film having an in-plane birefringence and a polarizer in this order, wherein the optical film and the polarizer are disposed to form an angle of about 45° between a slow axis of the optical film and an absorption axis of the polarizer, the optical film has a retardation of 3000 nm or more, and light incident on the optical film provides at least 50% coverage of ITU-R BT.2020.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.