LIQUID CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, BEAM STEERING, AND SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240272470A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18628527

    申请日:2024-04-05

    摘要: Provided are a liquid crystal diffraction element having a high diffraction efficiency irrespective of diffraction angles, an optical element including the liquid crystal diffraction element, and an image display unit, a head-mounted display, a beam steering, and a sensor including the liquid crystal diffraction element or the optical element. The liquid crystal diffraction element includes: 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 a direction 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 direction of the optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound rotates by 180° in a plane is set as a single period, a length of the single period in the liquid crystal alignment pattern gradually changes in the one in-plane direction, in a cross-sectional image of the optically-anisotropic layer obtained by observing a cross-section taken in a thickness direction parallel to the one in-plane direction with a scanning electron microscope, the optically-anisotropic layer has bright portions and dark portions extending from one surface to another surface and each of the dark portions has two or more inflection points of angle, the optically-anisotropic layer has regions where tilt directions of the dark portions are different from each other in the thickness direction, and an average tilt angle of the dark portion gradually changes in the one in-plane direction.

    OPTICAL SYSTEM
    2.
    发明公开
    OPTICAL SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240255684A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18619723

    申请日:2024-03-28

    IPC分类号: G02B5/30 C09K19/50 G02B27/00

    摘要: An object is to provide an optical system capable of improving the brightness of a main image while eliminating a ghost image. In an optical system including: an image display device that emits an image; a linear polarizer through which light associated with the image passes; a first quarter wavelength plate which receives the light from the linear polarizer; a half mirror; a reflective polarizer; and a second quarter wavelength plate provided between the reflective polarizer and the half mirror, retardance of the first quarter wavelength plate and retardance of the second quarter wavelength plate are equal, and thus the object is achieved.

    OPTICAL SYSTEM
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220373729A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17862967

    申请日:2022-07-12

    IPC分类号: G02B5/30 G02B27/00 C09K19/50

    摘要: An object is to provide an optical system capable of improving the brightness of a main image while eliminating a ghost image. In an optical system including: an image display device that emits an image; a linear polarizer through which light associated with the image passes; a first quarter wavelength plate which receives the light from the linear polarizer; a half mirror; a reflective polarizer; and a second quarter wavelength plate provided between the reflective polarizer and the half mirror, retardance of the first quarter wavelength plate and retardance of the second quarter wavelength plate are equal, and thus the object is achieved.

    WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20200310195A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16902590

    申请日:2020-06-16

    IPC分类号: G02F1/13357 H01L33/50

    摘要: A wavelength conversion member suppresses peeling at an edge at cutting; and is used with a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device. The wavelength conversion member includes a first substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, and a second substrate, in which each of the first and second substrates includes a support, a barrier layer, and an organic layer, where each of the barrier layers contains at least aluminum and phosphorus, each of the organic layers is formed of a composition containing a polymer A having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or lower and a polymer B having an acryloyl or methacryloyl group in a molecule thereof, and the wavelength conversion layer is a layer in which at least one selected from the group consisting of a quantum dot, a phosphor particle, and a phosphor coloring agent is dispersed in a matrix made of an acrylic resin.

    WAVE LENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER, BACK LIGHT UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND QUANTUM DOT-CONTAINING POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION
    6.
    发明申请
    WAVE LENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER, BACK LIGHT UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND QUANTUM DOT-CONTAINING POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION 审中-公开
    波长转换构件,背光单元,液晶显示装置和量子可聚合可聚合组合物

    公开(公告)号:US20150330602A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-19

    申请号:US14713159

    申请日:2015-05-15

    摘要: A wavelength conversion member including a wavelength conversion layer comprising a quantum dot, wherein the wavelength conversion layer includes an organic matrix, and the organic matrix contains a polymer and one or more of compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (1) and the like; and a quantum dot-containing polymerizable composition containing a quantum dot, a radical polymerizable compound, and one or more of compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (1) and the like are provided. The wavelength conversion member has an excellent light resistance and the composition has an excellent photocurability which enables a production of a wavelength conversion member containing a quantum dot which has a less tendency to lower its light emission intensity.

    摘要翻译: 一种波长转换构件,包括包括量子点的波长转换层,其中所述波长转换层包括有机基质,并且所述有机基质含有聚合物和一种或多种选自由通式(1)表示的化合物 )等; 提供了含有量子点,自由基聚合性化合物和选自由通式(1)表示的化合物等的一种或多种化合物的量子点可聚合组合物。 该波长转换构件具有优异的耐光性,并且组合物具有优异的光固化性,其能够制造包含量子点的波长转换构件,其具有较低的发光强度降低的倾向。

    LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
    7.
    发明申请
    LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE 有权
    液晶显示装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140184992A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-03

    申请号:US14133001

    申请日:2013-12-18

    IPC分类号: G02F1/1335

    CPC分类号: G02F1/133504

    摘要: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second polarizers with absorption axes orthogonal to each other; first and second substrates between the first and second polarizers and at least one of which has a transparent electrode; and a twisted-nematic liquid crystal cell disposed between the first and second substrates, wherein a light scattering film is provided at a viewing side of the first and second polarizers and includes a support member and a liquid crystal layer composed of a liquid crystal compound, wherein the pitch of the liquid crystal compound ranges between 0.35 μm and 3 μm and is oriented at 45° relative to a liquid-crystal direction of the liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal layer has a thickness between 0.17 μm and 10 μm, and wherein a weighted scattering area ratio of a goniophotometer scattering profile of the light scattering film satisfies the following expression: S 60 / ( S 0 ) 2 × 1000 > 40 S 0 = ∑ S 0  ( θ ) × θ ∑ S 0  ( θ ) S 60 = ∑ S 60  ( θ ) × exp  ( - 0.2 × θ ) ∑ S 60  ( θ )

    摘要翻译: 液晶显示装置包括具有彼此正交的吸收轴的第一和第二偏振器; 第一和第二偏振器之间的第一和第二基板,并且其中至少一个具有透明电极; 以及设置在第一和第二基板之间的扭曲向列型液晶单元,其中在第一和第二偏振器的观察侧设置有光散射膜,并且包括支撑构件和由液晶化合物构成的液晶层, 其中液晶化合物的间距在0.35μm和3μm之间,相对于液晶显示装置的液晶方向取向为45°,其中液晶层的厚度为0.17μm至10μm, 并且其中光散射膜的测角光度计散射分布的加权散射面积比满足以下表达式:S 60 /(S 0)2×1000> 40 S 0 =ΣS 0(&Thetas;)×&Thetas; (&Thetas;)×exp( - 0.2×&thetas;)ΣS 60(&Thetas;)S 60

    LIQUID CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY

    公开(公告)号:US20240319532A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18679967

    申请日:2024-05-31

    摘要: 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.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL LAMINATE, OPTICAL LAMINATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20200326590A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:US16911832

    申请日:2020-06-25

    摘要: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an alignment defect is less likely to occur in a light-absorbing anisotropic layer even in a case where a surface of a photo-alignment layer is rubbed; an optical laminate; and an image display device. The method for manufacturing an optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an optical laminate including a photo-alignment layer and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer and having a front transmittance of 60% or less is produced and which includes a photo-alignment layer formation step of forming a photo-alignment layer on a polymer film, and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer formation step of applying a liquid crystal composition containing a dichroic substance and a high-molecular liquid crystalline compound onto the photo-alignment layer to form a light-absorbing anisotropic layer.