Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080231793 | Methods for Manufacturing Polarizers, Polarizing Plates and Laminated Optical Films, and Polarizers, Polarizing Plates, Laminated Optical Films, and Image Displays - A method for manufacturing a polarizer of the invention, wherein the polarizer comprises a film that comprises: a matrix made of an optically-transparent resin containing a dichroic absorbing material; and minute domains that are made of an energy ray-curable birefringent material having liquid crystalline properties and are aligned and dispersed in the matrix; and comprising a process of applying energy rays for fixing the alignment of the birefringent material having liquid crystalline properties. A polarizer obtained by the method has a high transmittance and a high polarization degree, and being able to control unevenness of the transmittance in the case of black viewing. | 09-25-2008 |
20080252974 | Elliptically Polarizing Plate, Optical Film and Image Display - An elliptical polarization plate includes: a scatter/two-color absorption composite type polarizer formed by a film of such a structure that minute areas are scattered in a matrix formed by a translucent resin containing iodine-based light absorber; a transparent support body; and discotic liquid crystal or nematic liquid crystal having an optically anisotropic layer where the optical axis of the liquid crystal molecule is inclined from the transparent support body surface. The elliptical polarization plate has a wide field of view, a high contrast, a high transparency, and a high polarization degree while suppressing the irregularities of the transparency when performing black display. | 10-16-2008 |
20080278673 | Polarizer, Polarizing Plate Optical Film and Image Display - A polarizer of the invention comprises: a film that has a structure having at least two types of minute domains dispersed in a matrix formed of an optically-transparent water-soluble resin, wherein at least one of the minute domains is formed of a liquid-crystalline birefringent material, and at least one of the other type or types of the minute domains is formed of a polyvinyl alcohol resin material containing a dichroic light-absorbing material that does not lose its dichroism within the liquid crystal temperature range of the liquid-crystalline birefringent material. The polarizer has good heat resistance and a high polarization degree and a high transmittance such that unevenness in transmittance can be suppressed when black viewing is displayed. | 11-13-2008 |
20090034070 | POLARIZER, POLARIZATION LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT USING THEM - A polarization component, capable of efficiently reflecting an obliquely transmitted light beam toward a light source without degrading the transmission-polarization property of a perpendicular incident light beam, is provided. A C-plate having an oblique retardation of at least λ/8 with respect to a light beam inclined by at least 30° is disposed between at least two reflective circular polarizer layers whose selective reflection wavelength bands of polarized light overlapping each other. A combination of a reflective linear polarizer and a quarter wavelength plate may be used instead of the reflective circular polarizer. Alternatively, a combination of two reflective linear polarizer layers and two quarter wavelength plate layers (Nz≧2) disposed therebetween can provide a similar effect. Further, a combination of two reflective linear polarizer layers and a half wavelength plate (Nz≧1.5) disposed therebetween may be used. When reflective linear polarizer layers are used, they must be bonded together with their axial directions set at a certain angle. The polarization component is preferably used in various image display apparatuses such as liquid crystal display apparatuses and organic EL display apparatuses. | 02-05-2009 |
20090051058 | Method for producing polarized, polarizer, polarizing plate, optical film, and image display device - A method for producing a polarizer of the present invention comprises: subjecting a polyvinyl alcohol film to at least a dyeing process, a crosslinking process and a stretching process; and then subjecting the polyvinyl alcohol film to a washing process with an aqueous solution containing 1 to 50% by weight of an alcohol and 0.5 to 10% by weight of an iodide compound. A polarizer produced by the production method has high transmittance and high degree of polarization. | 02-26-2009 |
20090096966 | Liquid Crystal Cell Substrate With Color Filter, Liquid Crystal Cell And Liquid Crystal Display - The present invention provides a liquid crystal cell with a color filter having a transparent substrate and a color filter, where the retardation value Rth(B), Rth(G) and Rth(R) in the thickness direction, which is represented by the following formula (1) in the blue region, the green region and the red region of the color filter, satisfy the following formula (2) or (3): | 04-16-2009 |
20090213460 | LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM - A light diffusion film | 08-27-2009 |
20090213465 | LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM - A light diffusion film ( | 08-27-2009 |
20100039590 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE AND RETARDATION LAYER-ATTACHED POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A pressure-sensitive adhesive and retardation layer-attached polarizing plate ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100157195 | LAMINATED POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The invention relates a long laminated polarizing plate (PL) comprising at least one reflective linear polarizer (Pr) having a transmission axis parallel to the longitudinal direction of the film, and at least one absorptive polarizer (Pa) having a transmission axis parallel to the longitudinal direction. In this long laminated polarizing plate (PL), the reflective linear polarizer (Pr) and the absorptive polarizer (Pa) are arranged such that their transmission axes are parallel to each other. The long laminated polarizing plate of the invention is excellent in productivity and is applicable to a large-sized liquid crystal display. | 06-24-2010 |
20100202051 | POLARIZING PLATE, OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A polarizing plate of the present invention includes a stretched laminate that is a laminate including a base material layer and a hydrophilic polymer layer and has undergone a stretching process, and at least a dichroic substance is adsorbed to the hydrophilic polymer layer. The polarizing plate of the present invention can be prevented from curling even when the polarizer is reduced in thickness. | 08-12-2010 |
20100226007 | POLARIZATION COMPONENT, POLARIZATION LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A polarization component, capable of efficiently reflecting an obliquely transmitted light beam toward a light source without degrading the transmission-polarization property of a perpendicular incident light beam, is provided. A C-plate having an oblique retardation of at least λ/8 with respect to a light beam inclined by at least 30° is disposed between at least two reflective circular polarizer layers whose selective reflection wavelength bands of polarized light overlapping each other. A combination of a reflective linear polarizer and a quarter wavelength plate may be used instead of the reflective circular polarizer. Alternatively, a combination of two reflective linear polarizer layers and two quarter wavelength plate layers (Nz≧2) disposed therebetween can provide a similar effect. Further, a combination of two reflective linear polarizer layers and a half wavelength plate (Nz≧1.5) disposed therebetween may be used. When reflective linear polarizer layers are used, they must be bonded together with their axial directions set at a certain angle. The polarization component is preferably used in various image display apparatuses such as liquid crystal display apparatuses and organic EL display apparatuses. | 09-09-2010 |
20100231831 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, LAMINATED POLARIZING PLATE AND POLARIZED LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - This invention relates to a transmissive liquid crystal display including a light source (BL), a reflective linearly-polarizing layer (Pr | 09-16-2010 |
20100253887 | Liquid crystal display device and polarizing plate with a condensing element - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a rear light source device, a rear polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell including liquid crystal molecules that are substantially perpendicularly aligned during black display, and a front polarizing plate, which are provided in the stated order, wherein: an absorption axis of a polarizer of the rear polarizing plate is perpendicular to an absorption axis of a polarizer of the front polarizing plate; and condensed light in which a half-value angle in a direction perpendicular to the absorption axis of the polarizer of the rear polarizing plate is smaller than a half-value angle in a direction parallel to the absorption axis of the polarizer of the rear polarizing plate enters the rear polarizing plate. According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display device having an excellent front contrast ratio, and a polarizing plate with a condensing element for realizing the liquid crystal display device having the excellent front contrast ratio may be provided. | 10-07-2010 |
20110007248 | DEPOLARIZING FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is a depolarizing film which is excellent in productivity and can have a large area. The depolarizing film is obtained by using birefringent very short fibers instead of inorganic birefringent crystals, such as calcite, for use in conventional depolarizing elements. | 01-13-2011 |
20110019279 | LIGHT DIFFUSING FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE LIGHT DIFFUSING FILM - A light diffusing film having superior productivity can be obtained by using very short fibers as a substitute for conventional spherical fine particles as light diffusing material. It is possible to mass-produce very short fibers at low cost, for example, by cutting fibers. Further, it is relatively easy to obtain very short fibers with a narrow fiber length distribution. The use of this makes it possible to carry out more highly sophisticated optical design of light diffusing films. | 01-27-2011 |
20110045177 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LIGHT-DIFFUSING FILMS - There is provided a process for production of a light-diffusing film | 02-24-2011 |
20110192529 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - There is provided a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel comprises the steps of: | 08-11-2011 |
20110315306 | THIN HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLARIZING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a thin high-performance polarizing film includes coating a polyvinyl alcohol type resin on a resin substrate having a thickness of at least 20 μm and then drying the resin to thereby form a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, immersing thus produced polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer in a dyeing solution including a dichroic material to thereby have the dichroic material impregnated in the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, stretching the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer having the dichroic material impregnated therein together with the resin substrate in a boric acid solution such that a total stretching ratio of 5.0 or more of the original length is achieved. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317099 | LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT, POLARIZING PLATE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING BOTH, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT - There is provided a light diffusing element, which has a high haze value and strong diffusibility, has backscattering suppressed, and is low in cost and excellent in productivity. | 12-29-2011 |
20120038859 | POLARIZING THIN FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a polarizing film which comprises a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer including dichroic materials. The polarizing film has (a) a film thickness t of 0.5 μm to 5 μm, and (b) an absorbance (absorbance per unit) of 1.5 or higher for extraordinary light per film thickness of 1 μm relative to monochromatic light having a wavelength of 550 nm. | 02-16-2012 |
20120055607 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ROLL OF OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE WITH POLARIZING FILM - A method of producing a roll of an optical film laminate including a polarizing film includes providing a roll of a separator film-attached optical film laminate which includes the steps of: a continuous web of an optical film laminate including a polarizing film which consists of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer and has a thickness of 10 μm or less, and a separator film attached to the optical film laminate through an adhesive layer; in a state after the separator film is peeled, detecting a defect existing in the optical film laminate and the adhesive layer; upon detection of a defect in the continuous web of optical film laminate, recording a position of the defect; and winding into a roll a separator film-attached optical film laminate formed by attaching a separator film to the adhesive layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055608 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ROLL OF LAMINATE STRIP WITH POLARIZING FILM - A method of producing a roll of an optical film laminate strip includes the steps of: forming an optical film laminate which includes an optical film having a continuous web of polarizing film, and a resin film bonded to the optical film; creating a reference mark to extend across the optical film laminate in a width direction thereof; performing a defect inspection for detecting a defect existing in the optical film, and, when a defect is detected, recording a position of the defect in the form of a laminate widthwise position and a laminate lengthwise position as measured from the reference mark; cutting the optical film laminate along a direction parallel to the length direction to form a plurality of continuous webs of laminate strips; based on the widthwise position of the defect detected by the defect inspection, determining which of the cut laminate strips has the defect, and, with respect to a specific laminate strip which is determined to have the defect, storing information about the defect together with identification information for identifying the specific laminate strip; and winding each of the laminate strips into a roll. | 03-08-2012 |
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 substrate to an elevated temperature in-air stretching to form a stretched laminate comprising a stretched intermediate consisting of a molecularly oriented polyvinyl alcohol type resin, impregnating the dichroic material in the stretched laminate to form a dyed laminate including a dyed intermediate comprising a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer having the dichroic material impregnated therein in an oriented state, and stretching the dyed laminate in boric acid solution to form an optical film laminate. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENTIALLY LAMINATING OPTICAL FILM INCLUDING POLARIZING FILM, TO RECTANGULAR-SHAPED PANEL - A method of sequentially laminating a carrier film-attached optical film laminate to a rectangular-shaped panel having a long side and a short side, is provided. The optical film laminate includes an optical film including a thin polarizing film, and a carrier film attached to the optical film through an adhesive layer. The method includes the steps: forming a plurality of slits in the carrier film-attached optical film laminate in a width direction thereof at lengthwise given intervals to extend from a surface of the optical film on a side opposite to the carrier film to a depth reaching a surface of the carrier film adjacent to the optical film to thereby form an optical film sheet supported by the carrier film, between lengthwisely adjacent two of the slits; and laminating each of the optical film sheets to a respective one of the panels through the adhesive layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055623 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING OPTICAL PANEL ASSEMBLIES - A method of producing an optical panel assembly including the polarizing film in a continuous manner by laminating a polarizing film to a surface of a rectangular-shaped optical panel, is disclosed. The polarizing film is formed by performing a step of subjecting a laminate including a continuous web of a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to a 2-stage stretching consisting of a preliminary in-air stretching and an in-boric-acid-solution stretching, to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 μm or less, and a step of causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056211 | POLARIZING FILM, OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE INCLUDING POLARIZING FILM, STRETCHED LAMINATE FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE INCLUDING POLARIZING FILM, PRODUCTION METHODS FOR THEM, AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING FILM - Provided is a continuous web of polarizing film for an organic EL display device which has a thickness of 10 μm or less and exhibits high optical characteristics. The polarizing film for an organic EL display device is made of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin having a molecularly oriented dichroic material, and formed through stretching to have a thickness of 10 μm or less and exhibit optical characteristics satisfying the following conditions: T≧42.5; and P≧99.5, wherein T is a single layer transmittance, and P is a polarization rate. The polarizing film for an organic EL display device may be prepared by subjecting a laminate comprising a non-crystallizable ester type thermoplastic resin substrate and the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer formed on the substrate, to 2-stage stretching consisting of preliminary in-air stretching and in-boric-acid-solution stretching. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056340 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ROLL OF LAMINATE STRIP WITH POLARIZING FILM - A method of producing a roll of an optical film laminate strip including a polarizing film includes the steps of: forming a continuous web of optical film laminate including a polarizing film which consists of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer and has a thickness of 10 μm or less, wherein the polarizing film is formed by performing an stretching sub-step of subjecting a laminate comprising a continuous web of thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer formed on the substrate, to a uniaxial stretching in a lengthwise direction of the laminate based on 2-stage stretching consisting of preliminary in-air stretching and in-boric-acid-solution stretching; cutting the continuous web of optical film laminate along a direction parallel to the length direction to form at least one continuous web of laminate strip having a given width; and winding the continuous web of laminate strip having the given width into a roll. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057104 | OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING FILM - Provided is an optical display device using a polarizing film which has a thickness of 10 μm or less and exhibits high optical characteristics. The optical display device comprises a continuous web of polarizing film which is made of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin having a molecularly oriented dichroic material, and formed through stretching to have a thickness of 10 μm or less and satisfy conditions expressed by the following formulas: P>−(10 | 03-08-2012 |
20120057107 | OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING FILM - Provided is an optical display device using a polarizing film which has a thickness of 10 μm or less and exhibits high optical characteristics. The optical display device comprises a continuous web of polarizing film which is made of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin having a molecularly oriented dichroic material, and formed through stretching to have a thickness of 10 μm or less and satisfy conditions expressed by the following formulas: P>−(10 | 03-08-2012 |
20120057231 | POLARIZING FILM, OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE COMPRISING POLARIZING FILM, AND STRETCHED LAMINATE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polarizing film includes a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) type resin having a dichroic material impregnated therein. The polarizing film is formed by stretching the PVA type resin, such that the thickness of the polarizing film is decreased to 10 μm or less, and. The polarizing film has optical properties which satisfy conditions represented by formulae: | 03-08-2012 |
20120057232 | POLARIZING FILM, OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE COMPRISING POLARIZING FILM, AND STRETCHED LAMINATE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polarizing film includes a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) type resin having a dichroic material impregnated therein. The polarizing film is formed by stretching the PVA type resin, such that the thickness of the polarizing film is decreased to 10 μm or less, and. The polarizing film has optical properties which satisfy conditions represented by formulae: | 03-08-2012 |
20120058291 | ROLL OF CONTINUOUS WEB OF OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A method of producing a roll of a continuous web of an optical film laminate, usable in a process of laminating an optical film sheet including a polarizing film and formed to a size corresponding to that an optical panel to a surface of the optical panel being fed to a lamination position, is disclosed. The polarizing film is prepared by subjecting a laminate including a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to uniaxial 2-stage stretching to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 μm or less, and causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer. A carrier film is releasably attached to the continuous web of optical film laminate including the polarizing film, through an adhesive layer. A defect inspection is performed for the optical film laminate and the adhesive layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058321 | POLARIZING FILM, OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE INCLUDING POLARIZING FILM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical film laminate includes a substrate including a crystallizable ester type thermoplastic resin in the form of a continuous web; and a polarizing film including a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer formed on the substrate, said polarizing film including a dichroic material impregnated therein in a molecularly oriented state, wherein the polarizing film is formed by providing a laminate including the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer formed on a substrate including a crystallizable ester type thermoplastic resin in an amorphous state and subjecting the laminate to a 2-stage stretching process including a preliminary in-air stretching and an in-boric-acid-solution stretching under a temperature maintaining the amorphous state of the substrate, such that the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer is stretched to a thickness of 10 μm or less, the polarizing film having optical properties based on the formulae P>−(10 | 03-08-2012 |
20120300300 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL FILM, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER FOR OPTICAL FILM, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER-ATTACHED OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film of the invention includes a (meth)acryl-based polymer(A), a polyether compound (B) having a polyether skeleton and a reactive silyl group and an ionic compound (C). The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film has an antistatic function and can form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer durable enough under severe conditions. | 11-29-2012 |
20120327512 | THIN HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLARIZING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a thin high-performance polarizing film includes coating a polyvinyl alcohol type resin on a resin substrate having a thickness of at least 20 μm and then drying the resin to thereby form a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, immersing thus produced polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer in a dyeing solution including a dichroic material to thereby have the dichroic material impregnated in the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, stretching the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer having the dichroic material impregnated therein together with the resin substrate in a boric acid solution such that a total stretching ratio of 5.0 or more of the original length is achieved. | 12-27-2012 |
20130088778 | POLARIZING FIBER, POLARIZER, POLARIZING PLATE, LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - As the polarizing fiber of the present invention, the cross sectional form perpendicular to the longitudinal direction has a sea-island structure, and the cross sectional form is continuously made up in the longitudinal direction. A resin (sea component) that constitutes the sea region of the sea-island structure comprises a dichroic dye, and a resin (island component) that constitutes the island regions of the sea-island structure is a transparent resin. The polarizing fiber of the present invention may be used as a forming material of a polarizer, for example. By using the above polarizing fiber, a polarizer wherein unevenness of the transmittance is small and cracks are less generated may be formed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130100529 | OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING FILM - Provided is an optical display device using a polarizing film which has a thickness of 10 μm or less and exhibits high optical characteristics. The optical display device comprises a continuous web of polarizing film which is made of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin having a molecularly oriented dichroic material, and formed through stretching to have a thickness of 10 μm or less and satisfy conditions expressed by the following formulas: P>−(10 | 04-25-2013 |
20130114139 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ROLL OF LAMINATE STRIP WITH POLARIZING FILM - A method of producing a roll of an optical film laminate strip including a polarizing film includes the steps of: forming a continuous web of optical film laminate including a polarizing film which consists of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer and has a thickness of 10 μm or less, wherein the polarizing film is formed by performing an stretching sub-step of subjecting a laminate comprising a continuous web of thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer formed on the substrate, to a uniaxial stretching in a lengthwise direction of the laminate based on 2-stage stretching consisting of preliminary in-air stretching and in-boric-acid-solution stretching; cutting the continuous web of optical film laminate along a direction parallel to the length direction to form at least one continuous web of laminate strip having a given width; and winding the continuous web of laminate strip having the given width into a roll. | 05-09-2013 |
20140111858 | Polarizing plate with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and image display device - Provided is a polarizing plate with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is excellent in reliability of optical properties and durability of pressure-sensitive adhesion. The polarizing plate with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a polarizing film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided directly on at least one surface of the polarizing film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer, and an amount of an acid component in a total monomer component constituting the pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer is less than 8 wt %. | 04-24-2014 |
20140186568 | ROLL OF CONTINUOUS WEB OF OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A method of producing a roll of a continuous web of an optical film laminate, usable in a process of laminating an optical film sheet including a polarizing film and formed to a size corresponding to that an optical panel to a surface of the optical panel being fed to a lamination position, is disclosed. The polarizing film is prepared by subjecting a laminate including a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to uniaxial 2-stage stretching to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 μm or less, and causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer. A carrier film is releasably attached to the continuous web of optical film laminate including the polarizing film, through an adhesive layer. A defect inspection is performed for the optical film laminate and the adhesive layer. | 07-03-2014 |