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Akira Sakai, Osaka JP

Akira Sakai, Osaka JP

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20100188605LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND POLARIZATION PLATE - The present invention has an object to provide high-luminance liquid crystal display device and polarizer, each including a reflection and polarization sheet. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including: a backlight system including a reflection and polarization sheet; a back polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; and a front polarizer, stacked in this order, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a protective film that protects a back face of the back polarizer, the protective film has no retardation in a thickness direction thereof, and when the protective film is viewed in plane, an optic axis of the protective film in an in-plane direction thereof is parallel to an absorption axis of the back polarizer.07-29-2010
20100271573LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising: a first polarizer; a second polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; a first birefringent layer; and a second birefringent layer, the second polarizer having an absorption axis orthogonal to an absorption axis of the first polarizer, the liquid crystal cell being disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, the first birefringent layer being disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, satisfying 0.6≦Nz(550)≦6, and having an in-plane slow axis orthogonal to the absorption axis of the first polarizer, the second birefringent layer being disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer, satisfying −5≦Nz(550)≦0.4, and having an in-plane slow axis parallel to the absorption axis of the second polarizer, and at least one of the first and second birefringent layers satisfying |Rxy(450)|≦|Rxy(550)|≦|Rxy(650)|.10-28-2010
20100289988LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an LCD device that has a higher contrast ratio in a wide viewing angle and that can be easily produced at low cost. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device, including in the following order: 11-18-2010
20100296037LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a high contrast ratio and no coloring during black display, over a wide viewing angle range. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a reverse wavelength dispersion-type biaxial retardation film having R11-25-2010
20110001912DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel; an optical plate placed on a viewer side of the display panel with the intervention of an air layer; and an antireflection layer placed on a viewer side of the optical plate, the antireflection layer having a motheye structure over its surface. The optical plate includes a plastic layer configured to transmit visible light, a quarter-wave layer placed on a viewer side of the plastic layer, and a polarizing layer placed on a viewer side of the quarter-wave layer, the polarizing layer being configured to transmit a linear polarization. The display device is more suitable to mobile applications than the conventional devices.01-06-2011
20110025966LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that has a higher contrast ratio in a wide viewing angle and that can be easily produced at low cost. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device, including in the following order: 02-03-2011
20110051061LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device which is produced by a simple process with minimum increase in the production cost and which achieves both high-quality reflective display and transmissive display. The present invention relates to a vertical alignment transflective liquid crystal display device for transmissive display and reflective display. The display device includes: a back-side polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; a viewing-side polarizer; a first retardation layer; and a second retardation layer. The liquid crystal cell includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates. The viewing-side polarizer has an absorption axis orthogonal to an absorption axis of the back-side polarizer. The first retardation layer is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the viewing-side polarizer at a transmissive display region and a reflective display region, satisfies 1.5≦Nz≦9.0, has an in-plane slow axis orthogonal to the absorption axis of the viewing-side polarizer, and satisfies 20 nm≦Re(550)≦80 nm. The second retardation layer is disposed between the first retardation layer and the viewing-side polarizer at the reflective display region, and converts linearly polarized light incident from the viewing-side polarizer into circularly polarized light together with the first retardation layer when no voltage is applied.03-03-2011
20110051062METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for easily producing at low cost a liquid crystal display device which can achieve a higher contrast ratio in a wide viewing angle range, and a liquid crystal display device. The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid crystal display device including a first polarizer, a first birefringent layer, a liquid crystal cell, a second birefringent layer, and a second polarizer in this order. The production method comprises at least one of the following first and second steps. The first step includes: laterally stretching a raw film for the first birefringent layer including a material with positive intrinsic birefringence to produce the first birefringent layer; and bonding the first polarizer and the first birefringent layer by roll-to-roll processing. The second step includes: laterally stretching a raw film for the second birefringent layer including a material with negative intrinsic birefringence to produce the second birefringent layer; and bonding the second polarizer and the second birefringent layer by roll-to-roll processing.03-03-2011
20110090433LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A TN liquid crystal display device (04-21-2011
20110105710OPTICAL RESIN, OPTICAL RESIN COMPOSITION, OPTICAL FILM, AND FILM - An optical resin comprises a copolymer of 4-methyl-1-pentene and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-butene and 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene. The content of a constituent unit (a) derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene is equal to or more than 60 mol % and equal to or less than 99 mol %, and the total content of a constituent unit (b) derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-butene and 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene is equal to or more than 1 mol % and equal to or less than 40 mol %.05-05-2011
20110109850LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can have both sufficient front contrast ratio and front white brightness. The present invention is a liquid crystal display including: a front polarizing plate; a liquid crystal cell; a back polarizing plate; and an optical element providing a polarizing effect, the components being arranged in the stated order, wherein the back polarizing plate has a higher transmittance than the front polarizing plate, the back polarizing plate has a lower contrast than the front polarizing plate, and the optical element providing a polarizing effect has a principal transmittance k05-12-2011