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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154692 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a light diffusing layer which has first and second major surfaces and which is arranged such that the first major surface opposes a viewer side surface of the liqui... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154691 | Altering surfaces of display screens A matte surface of a display screen is converted to an optically flat surface, for example, via an epoxy resin coating or the like which has a refractive index equal to that of the matte surface. A film with a substantially flat surface may be applied to the matte s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8134661 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display device To suppress a decrease in the contrast caused by the reflection on the interface to the air layer without decreasing the quality of display. A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a light guide plate having a polarizing element stuck or adhered the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134660 | Optical diffusion device, projection screen, design member and security medium The present invention provides an optical diffusion device, which can exhibit discontinuously different optical properties only in desired regions without creating any difference in grades and/or breaks, facilitate control of the optical diffusion properties, and pr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8064012 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a first polarizer on a first surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a second polarizer on a second surface of the liquid crystal display panel; and a first light path control film on a fi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8049845 | Optical diffusion device An optical diffusion device applied in a backlight module includes a plate. Multiple light sources are disposed on one side of the plate. Multiple optical microstructures provided with a longer axis and a shorter axis are disposed on the plate. The longer axis of ea... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8031302 | Directional diffusion film, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display, and method of manufacturing directional diffusion film A directional diffusion film with diffusion properties that vary depending on the incidence angle is characterized in that a diffusion axis direction is in the range of 20° to 50° with respect to a normal direction of the film, and a diffusion half-value angle is ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7956959 | Display device and method of manufacturing of the same A display device includes: a back light unit for emitting a light; a lower polarization plate on the back light unit; a liquid crystal display panel on the lower polarization plate for displaying an image; an upper polarization plate on the liquid crystal display pa... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956960 | Display panel and method for manufacturing the same and electro-optical device including the display panel and method for manufacturing the same A display panel and a manufacturing method are disclosed. The method is to thin the thickness of a pair of transparent substrates for the display panel by grinding or lapping only, or grinding with simplified polishing, so that at least one of the outer surface of t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7872711 | Optical sheet for TFT-LCD back light unit and liquid crystal display having the optical sheet The present invention relates to an optical sheet for a backlight unit of a TFT-LCD and a TFT-LCD including the same. The optical sheet of the present invention includes a transparent base sheet, and a light diffusion layer in which a diffusion pattern comprised of ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7834963 | Optical integrator A method of manufacturing an optical integrator panel is provided. The method comprises the steps of: suspending a plurality of elongate particles in a liquid; applying an electric or magnetic field to the suspension to orientate the particles with parallel longitud... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7804564 | Wide angle diffuser having a plurality of microlenses and a plurality of prisms having a truncated pyramid shape and LCD employing the same Provided is a wide angle diffuser including a plate-shaped body, a plurality of microlenses, and a plurality of prisms. The plate-shaped body has an incident surface on which light is incident and an exit surface through which light is emitted form the plate-shaped ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800719 | Display To provide a display which can improve viewing angle dependency of a contrast ratio at least in a specific azimuth without design change of a basic structure of a display element, limitation to white display state or black display state, and deterioration in display... | 09/21/2010 |
| RE41566 | Optical film and liquid crystal display device using the film The liminance within the viewing angle of an LCD device is increased by using an optical film of transparent material. The film has a first surface having a wave structure including a plurality of isosceles triangle prisms arranged side-by-side, and a second surface... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768602 | Light diffusing article with GRIN lenses A light diffusing article that has, on at least one surface, convergent lens particles or divergent lens particles. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7738061 | Display panel and method for manufacturing the same and electro-optical device including the display panel and method for manufacturing the same A display panel and a manufacturing method are disclosed. The method is to thin the thickness of a pair of transparent substrates for the display panel by grinding or lapping only, or grinding with simplified polishing, so that at least one of the outer surface of t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7683986 | Anisotropic scattering film for improving the viewing angle dependency of a liquid crystal display The invention aims at providing a display which can improve viewing angle dependency of contrast ratio in a wide azimuth without changing design of a basic structure of a display element, impairing display quality in a direction showing large contrast ratio and bein... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7586566 | Brightness enhancing film and display device having the same A brightness enhancing film suitable for use in a display device is disclosed herein. The film comprises: a first polymeric layer having a microstructured surface, wherein the microstructured surface comprises an array of prism elements, and a second polymeric layer... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583335 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate (1) made of a transparent material, provided with signal electrodes and/or display electrodes (9) formed on one face thereof; a second substrate (2) made of a transparent material, pr... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7573549 | Optical device, polarizing plate, diffuser, diffusing film, polarizing film and liquid crystal image display apparatus An optical device includes a plastic-based film and a diffusing layer. The diffusing layer includes inner scattering elements that selectively scatter visible light having a wavelength range, and has pencil hardness of more than 2H under a 500 g-load specified in IS... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7483097 | Anti-Newton's ring backlight module and liquid crystal module using the same An anti-Newton's ring backlight module and liquid crystal display using the same has a housing, a light guide plate, multiple optical films, an air passage and a adhesive layer. The housing has a top surface, where an internal cavity is formed, and a sidewall having... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7440050 | Reflective structure having a directivity of diffuse reflection and apparatus with it An object of the invention is to provide a reflective structure which can cause diffused reflecting light to have a desired directivity more reliably and an apparatus with it. An optical diffusing reflective structure 1 having an optical reflective layer 2... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440049 | Backlight device for liquid crystal display A backlight device for a liquid crystal display comprising a light diffuser, a light source disposed behind the light diffuser, and a reflector for reflecting light from the light source, in which a liquid crystal panel is disposed in front of the light diffuser and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7423664 | Transflective liquid crystal display device having alignment film covering plural isolated stacks of resin and diffusive reflective plate layers A transflective liquid crystal display device with a reflective mode using external light and a transmissive mode using a light source comprising a light source (11) used in the transmissive mode, a liquid crystal panel (12), arranged over the light so... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423711 | Display apparatus A display apparatus includes first and second oppositely disposed substrates, at least one of which is a transparent substrate, a display layer, disposed between the first and second substrates, for being placed in an optical state switchable between a light transmi... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7397619 | Prism sheet having concave pentagonal A prism sheet having a concave pentagonal structure is disclosed. The prism sheet comprises a base layer, and a prism array disposed on and supported by the base layer. The prism array is composed of a plurality of prisms aligned in parallel and one beside the other... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391488 | Reflection type liquid crystal display device In a reflection type liquid crystal display device having a front light and a reflection type liquid crystal panel including a reflection electrode of uneven structure, average tilt angles of the uneven structure of the reflection electrode are changed to form a hig... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391485 | Liquid crystal display device using dual light unit and method of fabricating the same A dual LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, first and second polarizing plates attached to opposing surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, a first front light unit attach... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382426 | Liquid crystal display unit having back-light with fluorescent tubes and fresnel lens with longitudinal cuts perpendicular to tubes A liquid crystal display unit is characterized by comprising a liquid crystal display panel, a back-light instrument for outputting light to the liquid crystal display panel, and a scattering-anisotropic optical instrument disposed on that side of the liquid crystal... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379245 | Articles including films with mating structured surfaces Articles produced according to the present disclosure include a first film having a structured surface and a second film having a structured surface. The structured surface of the first film is releaseably mated with the structured surface of the second film. In som... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374328 | Optical sheet, and backlight unit and display using the same In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372525 | Arrangement for pixel array of color filter The present invention relates to a color filter with mosaic pixel array arrangement. The color filter comprises a plurality of pixel arrays. The pixel array has four sub-pixels. The color of the sub-pixel of the pixel array is identical to that of another sub-pixel ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372510 | Reflection resistant touch screens A flexible, non-birefringent cover and a polarizer on the front of a resistive touch panel reduce touch screen image distortion and obscuration resulting from the reflection of ambient light. Reduced reflection of ambient light is also obtained by touch screens of a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371439 | Antireflection film, polarizing plate and image display device The present invention can provide an antireflection film improved in the scratch resistance while having a sufficiently high antireflection property, and a polarizing plate and a display device using the antireflection film, the antireflection film antireflection fi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369197 | Polarizer, panel for a liquid crystal display, and liquid crystal display, including a scattering layer Red, green, blue color filters are arranged in sequence in pixel areas of an LCD according to the present invention. Filters, which are scattering particles of a scattering layer, are distributed in a net, and they are distributed in a diagonal direction such that t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369192 | Methods of making and using optical film, light-diffusing film An embodiment of a method of making an optical film comprises heating the optical film comprising greater than or equal to 80 wt. % polycarbonate to a sufficient temperature to stretch the optical film, wherein the weight percent is based on a total weight of the op... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362398 | Camera and personal computer having a reflection type liquid crystal device with particular dielectric multi-layer film and interlayer insulating films To provide a novel and extremely effective structure of a liquid crystal display device in which the lowering of reflectivity due to the formation of orientation films can be prevented, a method of manufacturing the display device of the present invention comprises ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359021 | Display panel and method for fabricating the same The display panel of this invention includes a pair of glass substrates each with a thickness not less than 0.15 mm and not more than 0.3 mm and a sealing material for bonding the pair of glass substrates to each other. A resin layer is formed on the outer face of a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359011 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display device To suppress a decrease in the contrast caused by the reflection on the interface to the air layer without decreasing the quality of display. A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a light guide plate having a polarizing element stuck or adhered the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356211 | Lighting system A stereoscopic display device is provided. The stereoscopic display device includes an optical waveguide member and a first main surface and a second main surface. The first and second main surfaces face each other. A first light path changing member is provided on ... | 04/08/2008 |
