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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130120846 | METHODS FOR REDUCING DIFFUSE REFLECTION OF NANOSTRUCTURE-BASED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS AND TOUCH PANELS MADE OF THE SAME The present disclosure relates to optical stacks having nanostructure-based transparent conductive films and low diffuse reflection. Also described are display devices that incorporate the optical stacks.... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130114137 | POLARIZER HAVING ENHANCED PHOTODURABILITY AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME A polarizer includes boric acid, potassium iodide, and a zinc salt. The zinc salt has a concentration gradient in which the concentration of the zinc salt gradually decreases from a surface of the polarizer to an interior thereof... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130107195 | LIGHT ABSORPTION ANISOTROPIC FILM, POLARIZING FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE POLARIZING FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE POLARIZING FILM A light absorption anisotropic film, wherein content of a liquid crystalline non-colorable low molecular weight compound is 30% by mass or less; and which is obtained by fixing the alignment of a dichroic dye composition comprising at least one type of azo-based dichroi... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130088663 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND THE DISPLAY APPARATUS A method of manufacturing a polarizing plate includes disposing a non-conductive material on a base substrate, pressing the non-conductive material using a mold and forming a resist pattern, the resist pattern including a plurality of protruding portions, and forming a ... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130070344 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE In fabrication of a light guiding unit, a half mirror layer as a reflection film for folding light is covered by a light transmission main body part as a coating member, i.e., a light transmission member, and a hard coating layer is deposited thereon. Therefore, even wh... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130063685 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention provides a 3D display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises the following steps: forming a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate; arranging a first polarizer at an outer side of the firs... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130044286 | OPTICAL FILM An optical film, a circular polarizing plate, and a display device are provided. The optical film may exhibit a desired phase retardation property in a wide wavelength range even when it is relatively thin. The optical film may exhibit the 1/4 wavelength phase retardati... | 02/21/2013 |
| 20130043956 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A NANOFABRICATED OPTICAL CIRCULAR POLARIZER System and methods for a nanofabricated optical circular polarizer are provided. In one embodiment, a nanofabricated circular polarizer comprises a quarter wave plate; and a linear polarizer formed on a surface of the quarter wave plate.... | 02/21/2013 |
| 20130040052 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE A process for producing a wire-grid polarizer; the wire-grid polarizer comprising: a light-transmitting substrate 14 having a surface on which a plurality of ridges 12 are formed in parallel with one another at a predetermined pitch; and a first cover laye... | 02/14/2013 |
| 20130017325 | POLARIZING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLARIZING LENS A method for manufacturing a polarizing lens that can form a uniform polarizing element on a curved surface of a lens base is provided. The polarizing lens is manufactured by the steps of: forming parallel grooves on a convex surface of a l... | 01/17/2013 |
| 20120321867 | DOUBLE SILVER LOW-EMISSIVITY AND SOLAR CONTROL COATINGS A low-emissivity multilayer coating includes, in order outward from the substrate, a first layer including a layer containing titanium oxide, a layer containing silicon nitride, or a sublayer layer containing titanium oxide in combination with a sublayer containing sili... | 12/20/2012 |
| 20120308798 | POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME The present invention relates to a polarizing plate, a method for producing the same, and an image display device comprising the same, and more specifically to a polarizing plate which is characterized by comprising: a) a polarizer, b) a hardening resin layer which is p... | 12/06/2012 |
| 20120307168 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHASE DIFFERENCE PLATE Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide a three dimensional (3D) display panel and a method of manufacturing a phase difference plate. The 3D display panel comprises: a display panel which comprises a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, the... | 12/06/2012 |
| 20120293474 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING LIFT-OFF PROCESSES Systems and methods for facilitating lift-off processes are provided. In one embodiment, a method for pattering a thin film on a substrate comprises: depositing a first sacrificial layer of photoresist material onto a substrate such that one or more regions of the subst... | 11/22/2012 |
| 20120244279 | POLARIZER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR A polarizer capable of being manufactured in simple steps, and a method of manufacturing the polarizer, as well as a liquid crystal projector are provided. The polarizer includes a substrate having light permeability, and a plurality of linear projections being arranged... | 09/27/2012 |
| 20120237674 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING ELEMENT A method for producing a polarizing element includes the steps of : forming a coating film of a metal on a glass substrate; forming an island-shaped film composed of a metal halide on the glass substrate by partially removing the coating film and also halogenating the m... | 09/20/2012 |
| 20120236410 | WIRE-GRID POLARIZER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A wire-grid polarizer comprising a light-transmitting substrate 14 having a surface on which a plurality of ridges 12 are formed in parallel with one another at a predetermined pitch with flat portions 13 formed between the ridges 12, each of... | 09/20/2012 |
| 20120222793 | CROSSLINKABLE, CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS AND FILMS FORMED THEREFROM New compositions for forming films for use in optical devices are provided. The compositions comprise a cellulose and a crosslinking agent dissolved or dispersed in a solvent system. Preferred celluloses are cellulose esters such as cellulose acetates, cellulose triacet... | 09/06/2012 |
| 20120182766 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, BACK LIGHT DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR LIGHT GUIDE PLATE This invention has an object to provide a manufacturing method for light guide plate, from small to relatively large sizes, capable of corresponding to an arbitrary shape and the optical characteristics suitable for the shape and reducing the takt time. The invented man... | 07/19/2012 |
| 20120176676 | METHOD OF PRODUCING WIRE-GRID POLARIZER AND WIRE-GRID POLARIZER A line-and-space structure having a line portion and a space portion is formed by applying a sol-gel coating on a substrate and transferring a structure of a mold to the coating, and an embedded metal portion is formed by filling the space portion with a molten metal. A... | 07/12/2012 |
| 20120170002 | LED PROJECTOR AND METHOD A light emitting diode (LED) projector, an LED projector array, and a method of making the LED projector and LED projector array are provided. In general, an LED is disposed to inject light into an input aperture of a compound parabolic concentrator (CPC), disposed in a... | 07/05/2012 |
| 20120169973 | POLARIZER, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, OPTICAL MEMBER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYING APPARATUS An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer which is thin and light as well as has durability, and an optical member capable of forming a liquid-crystalline displaying apparatus for mobiles which is excellent in reliance. According to the present invent... | 07/05/2012 |
| 20120170260 | OFF-AXIS ILLUMINATION LED LUMINAIRE This is directed to a LED light fixture having a shaped light guide array with a CPC reflector for directing light off-axis, and methods for constructing the same. A LED light fixture includes a LED module providing light and an elongated light guide array placed adjace... | 07/05/2012 |
| 20120169966 | GRATING SHEET, LCD DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING GRATING SHEET AND LCD PANEL A grating sheet, a LCD device and methods for manufacturing the grating sheet and a liquid crystal display panel are provided. The grating sheet comprises a plurality of primary color gratings in parallel, each of which comprises a red R sub-grating, a green G sub-grati... | 07/05/2012 |
| 20120154906 | Glaraser The current invention is a new glass windshield with a transition-lens type composition layer between the glass substrates for use in vehicles (airplanes, ships, boats, sailboats, steamers, yachts, jets, and cars) or residential and commercial buildings to protect again... | 06/21/2012 |
| 20120140323 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING LENS, POLARIZING LENS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing lens comprising: polishing in a constant direction one of surfaces of a first mold for forming one of surfaces of a lens; disposing a second mold, for forming the other surface of the lens, opposite... | 06/07/2012 |
| 20120120354 | CHOLESTERIC REFLECTOR A cholesteric reflector (100) includes a substrate (110) and a first cholesteric layer (120) which is disposed over the substrate (110) and reflects a first polarization of light within a design waveband. A second cholesteric layer (140 | 05/17/2012 |
| 20120105745 | POLARIZATION ELEMENT, PROJECTOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZATION ELEMENT A polarization element according to the invention includes a substrate, a metal layer and an absorber layer formed on the substrate to form a stripe in a plan view and stacked in a thickness direction of the substrate, a first dielectric layer formed on a surface of the... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120092668 | Patterned polarization converter The present invention provides a patterned polarization converter having multiple domains that can be used to convert input linear polarized light to output light with spatially varying polarization states, including domains that produce linearly polarized light and dom... | 04/19/2012 |
| 20120091393 | COMPOSITE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE FILM There is provided a method for manufacturing a thin polarizing film having an absorption axis oblique to a width direction of the film which comprises the steps of: performing an orientation treatment in two directions in a plane of a support film; applying a solution c... | 04/19/2012 |
| 20120055621 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE INCLUDING POLARIZING FILM A method for manufacturing an optical film laminate including subjecting a laminate including the non-crystallizable ester type thermoplastic resin substrate and the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer formed on the non-crystallizable ester type thermoplastic resin subst... | 03/08/2012 |
| 20120052197 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZER A method for producing a polarizer comprises the steps of: (A) stretching a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer to obtain a stretched layer; (B) immersing the stretched layer in a dyeing liquid containing iodine to obtain a dyed layer in which absorbance thereof determi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120033304 | Data Security Screen and Manufacturing Method Thereof The present invention relates to a security screen and a manufacturing method thereof. The security screen comprises: a first film layer; and a blind layer in which shielding partition walls for blocking input images are repeatedly arranged at a distance from each other... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120021135 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EYEGLASS LENS An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an eyeglass lens comprising a primer layer and a hardcoat layer in this order on a substrate, which comprises coating a waterborne resin composition in which a resin component is dispersed or dissol... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019745 | OPTICAL PLATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL PLATE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS In the optical plate and a method of manufacturing the optical plate, a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus, an optical plate is formed on a polarizing plate transmitting polarized light of incident light, and includes a phase delaying ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110310329 | POLARIZATION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS The wire grid type polarization device includes a substrate, and a metal layer formed on one face of the substrate in a substantially stripe shape in a plan view, a first dielectric layer provided on two side faces opposite to each other among a plurality of side faces ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310328 | POLARIZATION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS There is provided a method of manufacturing a polarization device having a plurality of metal layers provided on a substrate in a stripe shape in a plan view, and a dielectric layer provided on a surface of one metal layer among the plurality of metal layers, includes f... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110293822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A POLARIZING DYE RECEIVING SURFACE A method of preparing a polarizing dye receiving surface includes bringing the polarizing dye receiving surface into contact with a brushing surface of a brush pad carrying an abrasive material and brushing the polarizing dye receiving surface with the brushing surface ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110286094 | Wire-grid polarizer and process for producing the same Provided are a wire-grid polarizer, which has not only a high degree of polarization, a high p-polarized light transmittance and a high s-polarized light reflectance but also a low angle dependency and a low wavelength dependency in terms of optical properties in a visi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110277505 | Zinc containing glasses and enamels This invention relates to lead free, cadmium free, bismuth free low melting high durability glass and enamel compositions. The compositions comprise silica, zinc, titanium, and boron oxide based glass frits. The resulting compositions can be used to decorate and protect... | 11/17/2011 |
