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公开(公告)号:US20240319532A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18679967
申请日:2024-05-31
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Takashi YONEMOTO , Masaaki SUZUKI , Koji IIJIMA , Hiroshi SATO , Ayato SEKINE
IPC: G02F1/1335 , G02B27/01 , G02F1/13363
CPC classification number: G02F1/133504 , G02B27/0172 , G02F1/13363
Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal diffraction element, an image display apparatus, and a head mounted display where occurrence of a ghost in a head mounted display such as VR glasses can be suppressed. The liquid crystal diffraction element includes at least an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, in a case where a length over which the optical axis rotates by 180 degrees in the one direction is set as a single period, the single period gradually changes in the one direction, and in a case where an average period of 50 periods in the one direction from a period having a longest length of the single period is represented by Λa and a main surface of the optically-anisotropic layer in a region having a period shorter than or equal to the average period Λa is observed with an optical microscope, both of a ratio between a maximum value and a minimum value among widths of 30 continuous bright lines and a ratio between a maximum value and a minimum value among widths of 30 continuous dark lines in the region are 1.2 or less.
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公开(公告)号:US20240329418A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18672128
申请日:2024-05-23
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Koji IIJIMA , Takashi YONEMOTO , Hiroshi SATO , Masaaki SUZUKI
CPC classification number: G02B27/283 , G02B5/3016 , G02B27/0955
Abstract: Provided are a beam combiner that can form a fine and clear interference pattern, a method of forming an alignment film in which a fine and clear alignment pattern can be obtained, and a method of manufacturing an optical element including a fine and clear liquid crystal alignment pattern. The beam combiner element includes: a beam combiner element that emits light where right/left circularly polarized light components are combined; a polarization separating element that separates incidence light into two right or left circularly polarized light components; and a light control element that focuses or diffuses light and is provided on at least one optical path of circularly polarized light incident into the beam combiner element, in which an absolute value of an ellipticity of circularly polarized light emitted from the beam combiner element is 0.8 or more.
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公开(公告)号:US20210207028A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US17208255
申请日:2021-03-22
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Shunya KATOH , Yuki FUKUSHIMA , Shuhei OKUDA , Koji IIJIMA , Masato NAKAO
IPC: C09K19/04 , G02B5/30 , C08G61/04 , C08J5/18 , G02F1/1337 , G02F1/13363 , G02F1/1335
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer compound in which, by blending with a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystalline compound, alignment of the liquid crystalline compound in a phase difference layer to be obtained increases; and a liquid crystal composition, a phase difference layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device using the same. The polymer compound of the present invention is a polymer compound including a repeating unit represented by Formula (I), a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), a repeating unit represented by Formula (III), and a repeating unit represented by Formula (IV).
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公开(公告)号:US20180272593A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-27
申请号:US15991479
申请日:2018-05-29
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Koji IIJIMA , Jun TAKEDA , Katsufumi OHMURO
IPC: B29C55/04 , G02B5/30 , G02F1/13363 , G02F1/1337 , C08J5/18
CPC classification number: B29C55/04 , B29K2995/0034 , C08J5/18 , G02B5/30 , G02B5/3083 , G02F1/13363 , G02F1/1337
Abstract: A phase difference film includes a liquid crystal layer in which a disk-like liquid crystal compound is fixed in a homeotropic alignment state, in which an in-plane retardation Re of the liquid crystal layer satisfies 200 nm≤Re≤300 nm and a retardation Rth in a thickness direction satisfies −30 nm≤Rth.
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公开(公告)号:US20190218460A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16360441
申请日:2019-03-21
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Masaaki SUZUKI , Shunya KATOH , Koji IIJIMA , Yuki NAKAMURA
CPC classification number: C09K19/542 , C09K19/2007 , C09K19/46 , C09K19/54 , C09K2019/0448 , C09K2019/2078 , C09K2019/548 , G02B5/30 , G02F1/1335
Abstract: An object of the present invention is a liquid crystal composition which has excellent alignment properties, improves a surface state of an optically anisotropic layer to be formed, and improves adhesiveness with a polarizer, an optical film using the same, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition according to the present invention is a liquid crystal composition containing a copolymer having a repeating unit represented by Formula (I) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), and a liquid crystal compound.
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公开(公告)号:US20190170922A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-06
申请号:US16266889
申请日:2019-02-04
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Shunya KATOH , Koji IIJIMA , Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI , Masaru YOSHIKAWA
IPC: G02B5/30 , G02F1/1337 , G02F1/13363 , G02F1/1335 , C08F2/44
Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film exhibiting high alignment and good phase difference development in an oblique direction, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. This optical film of the present invention has a substrate; and a phase difference layer which is provided on the substrate to be adjacent to the substrate, in which the phase difference layer is a layer formed by fixing vertical alignment of a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group included in a liquid crystal composition containing the liquid crystal compound and a polymer compound, a difference in δa value between the polymer compound and the substrate, which is calculated using three-dimensional SP values, is 3 or less, and a content of the polymer compound is less than 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal compound.
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公开(公告)号:US20190004225A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-03
申请号:US16123032
申请日:2018-09-06
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Koji IIJIMA , Tatsuya IWASAKI , Katsufumi OHMURO , Masaaki SUZUKI
Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical film which ensures adhesiveness between a polymer film and a liquid crystal layer without deteriorating the alignment of a liquid crystal compound; a polarizing plate using the same; an image display device; a method for producing an optical film; and a method for producing a polarizing plate. The optical film includes a polymer film including a cycloolefin-based polymer, and a liquid crystal layer that is provided adjacent to the polymer film, in which the liquid crystal layer is formed by using a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a compound having a specific structure, where the liquid crystal composition contains the compound having a specific structure at a content of 0.5% to 7.0% by mass with respect to a mass of the liquid crystal compound, and a predetermined eccentricity value is 20% to 80%.
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公开(公告)号:US20240427065A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-26
申请号:US18820531
申请日:2024-08-30
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Masaaki SUZUKI , Koji IIJIMA
Abstract: Provided is a diffraction element having excellent aligning properties of a liquid crystal compound. The diffraction element includes an optically-anisotropic layer that has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, in which a birefringence Δn of the optically-anisotropic layer is 0.20 or more, the optically-anisotropic layer includes a surfactant, and in a case where components in a depth direction are analyzed by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry from one surface to another surface of the optically-anisotropic layer, a depth-direction profile of a secondary ion intensity derived from the surfactant is obtained, a position corresponding to a thickness of 20% from the one surface of the optically-anisotropic layer is represented by a position D20, a position corresponding to a thickness of 80% from the one surface is represented by a position D80, and an average value of secondary ion intensities derived from the surfactant between the position D20 and the position D80 is calculated, in a region from the position D20 to the position D80, a peak having a size of 1.1 times or more the average value is observed and a peak having a size of 5 times or more the average value is not observed.
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公开(公告)号:US20220404535A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-22
申请号:US17890253
申请日:2022-08-17
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Yutaka NOZOE , Kunihiro KASEZAWA , Koji IIJIMA
IPC: G02B5/30
Abstract: According to the present invention, provided are an optical laminate which has excellent adhesiveness between two optically anisotropic layers, and in which an A plate or a layer obtained by fixing a twist-aligned liquid crystal phase, which is as an optically anisotropic layer, has excellent liquid crystal alignment properties, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. An optical laminate of the present invention has: a first optically anisotropic layer formed of a first liquid crystal compound; a second optically anisotropic layer formed of a second liquid crystal compound; and a mixed layer which is disposed between the first optically anisotropic layer and the second optically anisotropic layer and contains a component derived from the first liquid crystal compound and a component derived from the second liquid crystal compound, the first optically anisotropic layer is a C plate, the second optically anisotropic layer is an A plate or a layer obtained by fixing a twist-aligned liquid crystal phase, the mixed layer further contains a photo-alignment compound, and in an analysis of components of the optical laminate in a depth direction by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry with ion beam irradiation from a surface of the optical laminate on a first optically anisotropic layer side toward a second optically anisotropic layer side, predetermined requirements are satisfied.
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公开(公告)号:US20170283701A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-05
申请号:US15618725
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Inventor: Akio TAMURA , Koji IIJIMA
IPC: C09K19/54 , G02F1/1335 , C09K19/34 , G02F1/1333 , C08F220/24 , C08F222/10
CPC classification number: C09K19/544 , C08F220/24 , C08F222/1006 , C08F2222/1013 , C08F2222/1026 , C09K19/3477 , C09K19/54 , C09K2019/0448 , C09K2019/528 , G02B1/04 , G02B5/30 , G02B5/3016 , G02F1/133365 , G02F1/1336 , G02F1/13363 , G02F2202/023 , C08L101/12
Abstract: A polymer is obtained by polymerizing a monomer having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds and one or more hydroxyl groups. A composition including the polymer, an optical film including a cholesteric liquid crystal layer containing the polymer on a support, and a liquid crystal display device including at least a backlight unit including the optical film and a liquid crystal cell are provided.
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