Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-reflection film which weakens color in reflection light and prevents an occurrence of color unevenness. The anti-reflection film has a value in the range of 0.5-1.5% as an average luminous reflectance, a value in the range of 0.2-0.9% as a difference between the maximum and the minimum of spectral reflectance in the visible light region, a value in the range of 0.5-3.0% as an absorption loss in average luminous transmittance, a value in the range of 0.5-4.0% as a difference between the maximum and the minimum of absorption losses in light transmittance at all wavelengths within the visible light region, and a magnitude relation of Q450>Q550>Q650, where Q450, Q550 and Q650 is an absorption loss in light transmittance of said anti-reflection film at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm 650 nm.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-reflection film having excellent optical property, excellent excoriation resistance, and antistatic function at low production costs. The present invention includes an anti-reflection film in which a localized layer and a low refractive index layer are stacked in this order on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, the localized layer is stacked with an intermediate layer, a hard coat layer, an antistatic layer containing a conductive material, and a leveling layer containing a leveling material in this order, which are localized, at least from the side of the transparent substrate, and the leveling material contains at least a fluorocompound or a compound which has a siloxane bond.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-reflection film which allows more appropriate black indication by reason of selectively restraining tinging with blue on the occasion of being provided for a transmission liquid crystal display surface to offer a black indication by changing the optical properties of the anti-reflection film. The anti-reflection film provided with visibility-average light transmittance absorption loss is within a range of 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, a value obtained by subtracting a minimum value of light transmittance absorption loss at each wavelength in a visible light region from the maximum value thereof is within a range of 0.5% or more and 4.0% or less, and light transmittance absorption loss at each wavelength satisfies Q450>Q550>Q650 (Q450, Q550 and Q650: light transmittance absorption loss at a wavelength of 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm).

Abstract: An anti-reflection film with low production costs, excellent anti-reflection performance or excellent optical properties free from interference variation, high abrasion resistance, and antistatic function to prevent dust adhesion is demanded. In the present invention, the problem to be solved is to provide an anti-reflection film having low production costs, excellent optical property and excellent abrasion resistance and antistatic function. The present invention provides an anti-reflection film in which a localized layer and a low refractive index layer are laminated in this order on at least one surface of a transparent base, and the localized layer is constituted to have an intermediate layer, a hard coat layer, an antistatic layer containing a conductive material and a leveling layer containing a leveling material that are laminated as localized in order from at least the side of the transparent base.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a glass substrate with pixel electrodes that are arranged in a matrix shape, TFTs that are connected to the pixel electrodes, and a glass substrate with an opposing electrode and color filters that are arranged in a matrix shape. A liquid crystal layer is formed in a space between the glass substrates by filling a ferroelectric liquid crystal into the space. When writing display data, and when deleting display data that has been written, a voltage, not including 0V, that becomes a voltage potential, or in other words, a voltage that is greater than a threshold voltage at which the optical characteristic of the filled ferroelectric liquid crystal changes is applied between the opposing electrode and pixel electrodes. An image is displayed over all gradation numbers, including the low-gradation side, and the display characteristic is improved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display element capable of allowing a user to recognize the content of an image in a short time during screen rewriting, a method of driving the same, and an electronic paper including the same. At the time of image display, B and R pixels 12b(i, 1) to 12b(i, 320) and 12r(i, 1) to 12r(i, 320) in i-th rows of B and R display units 6b and 6r and G pixels 12g(241?i, 1) to 12g(241?i, 320) in a (241?i)-th row of a G display unit 6g are driven substantially at the same time.

Abstract: A laser driving device includes a storage unit that stores signal patterns for recording-waveform control representing level information of each divided driving signal to drive a laser device on a space and a mark based on the divided driving signals. Also, it includes a pulse generator that generates the reference pulse and the switching pulse based on a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal. The first transmission signal contains timing information for acquiring a reference pulse that represents a timing of repetitively switching between the space and the mark. The second transmission signal contains timing information for acquiring a switch pulse that represents a timing of switching the signals. Among level information for each of the signals in the storage, reference level information is read together with the reference pulse. Other level information after the reference level information is sequentially read for each switching pulse.

Abstract: A display device has a display panel having a first substrate in which a plurality of first electrodes are disposed in parallel, a second substrate in which a plurality of second electrodes crossing the first electrodes are disposed in parallel, and a material layer which is disposed between the first and second substrates and reflects, transmits or absorbs light with a predetermined wavelength according to a write state; first and second drive circuits which drive the first and second electrodes respectively; and a drive control circuit which performs drive control for the first and second drive circuits. When refreshing a display image, the first or second drive circuit, while applying a reset pulse to a plurality of adjacent electrode group of first or second electrodes, scans the electrode group so as to reset the pixels, and the drive control circuit controls to change the direction of scanning.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal display element that includes a liquid crystal layer, and an upper substrate and a lower substrate opposed to each other via the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of liquid crystal display elements being stacked; wherein a condensing direction of a reflected light by directional control in at least one of the liquid crystal display elements is different from a condensing direction of a reflected light by directional control in at least one of another liquid crystal display elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides a release film which has a release layer on a film substrate, which has excellent long-term preservation stability and yet maintains a stripping performance of the release film, which serves to make inspection for foreign materials easy, and which provides excellent design effect when a print layer is formed. The release film has average luminous reflectance of the release film on the surface of the side on which the release layer is formed being in the range of 0.5-2.5%, spectral reflectance curve of the release film surface on which the release layer is formed having a local minimal value and no local maximal value in the wavelength region in the range of 400-800 nm, reflection hue of the release film on the side on which the release layer is formed satisfying both ?8?a*?8 and ?16?b*?8 in the L*a*b* color coordinate system.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display element includes a G display unit, serving as a first display unit, R and B display units and, serving as second and third display units, that are laminated on the G display unit and have display regions arranged so as to correspond to a display region of the G display unit, and a display control unit that performs a reset process of changing the display region to the same display state on the G display unit and then starts the reset process of the R and B display units.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display element, a method of manufacturing the element, and electronic paper having the element. The invention provides a liquid crystal element in which a change in a state of display attributable to an external force can be suppressed, a method of manufacturing the element, and electronic paper having the element. One blue pixel region is surrounded by four wall structures and four polymer layers without any discontinuity. The wall structures are formed on a bottom substrate and are in contact with a top substrate. The polymer layers are formed by injecting a cholesteric liquid crystal and polymeric substances (monomers or oligomers) which are materials different from both of the cholesteric liquid crystal and the wall structures between the top and bottom substrates and polymerizing the polymeric substances.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a sealant provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, the sealant defining a space in which the liquid crystal is contained and an opening in communication with the space in association with the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sealing film covering the opening and including a first portion bonded to a surface of the first substrate and a second portion bonded to a surface of the second substrate. Portions of the first substrate and the second substrate are welded together. The portions are located on an opposite side to the opening with respect to the opening and being covered with the sealing film.

Abstract: A method of filling a multilayered cell with media. In the method, a multilayered cell having at least two layers, i.e., a first and second layer, is filled with media. The method comprises forming in the first layer a first medium injection region for filling the first layer with a first medium, forming in the second layer a second medium injection region for filling the second layer with a second medium, the second medium injection region corresponding to a region different from the first medium injection region, superposing the first and second layers, forming within the first medium injection region a first through-hole extending through the multilayered cell in the layer-thickness direction, forming within the second medium injection region a second through-hole extending through the multilayered cell in the layer-thickness direction, and injecting the first and second media into the first and second through-holes, respectively, to fill the first and second layers with the first and second media.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display element, an element drive method, and an information display system having the element, and has an object to provide a display element capable of stably acting even if a received electric power reduces, a method for driving the element, and an information display system having the element. The system comprises: a display section having laminated display layers; a wireless transmitting/receiving section for receiving electric waves containing the display data of the display layers; a driving voltage generating circuit for generating drive voltages to drive the display layers from the electric waves received; and a control section for simultaneously driving the display layers of the number which is determined on the basis of the receiving situations of the electric waves.

Abstract: When the applied voltages are 7 V and 5 V, a transmittance of equal to or more than 50% is obtained when conditions of |2Ps·A|?|7Clc·A| and |2Ps·A|?|5Clc·A| are satisfied among the magnitude Ps (nC/cm2) of the spontaneous polarization per unit area of the liquid crystal material, the electrode area A (cm2) of the pixels and the capacity of liquid crystal Clc (nF/cm2) per unit area, and a transmittance of equal to or more than 80% is obtained when conditions of |2Ps·A|?|4.5Clc·A| and |2Ps·A|?|3Clc·A| are satisfied thereamong. A sufficiently high transmittance is obtained without the provision of a storage capacitor.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device that carries out image display using multiple liquid crystal panels stacked, the average change in the direction of the optical axis due to the response of liquid crystal molecules with respect to the applied voltage, that is, the change in the direction of the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules with respect to the applied voltage, is made different among the liquid crystal panels. The desired brightness is attained at the overlaid portion of the liquid crystal panels.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-reflection film which provides not only sufficient anti-reflection properties and antistatic properties but also excellent contrast in a bright place and excellent contrast in a dark place especially applied on a surface of a transmissive LCD. The anti-reflection film has an antistatic hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer in order on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, average luminous reflectance in the range of 0.5-1.5% on a surface of the low refractive index layer side, haze equal to or less than 0.5%, parallel light transmittance in the range of 94.0-96.5%, and an absorption loss in average luminous transmittance in the range of 0.5-3.0%.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer containing a composition that includes a nematic liquid crystal and a chiral agent, the composition having properties satisfying ?/??1/2/E2?1.0 and having a refractive index anisotropy of 0.23 or more, ? representing the viscosity of the liquid crystal composition, ?? representing the dielectric constant anisotropy of the composition, and E representing the electric field intensity at which the state of the composition is changed from a planar state to a focal conic state and a pair of electrode substrates between which the liquid crystal layer is disposed, at least one of the electrode substrates being transparent.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display element includes: a first liquid crystal layer including a first liquid crystal, a second liquid crystal and a first electrode; and a second liquid crystal layer including a third liquid crystal, a fourth liquid crystal and a second electrode and laminated with the first liquid crystal layer, wherein the first liquid crystal reflects light in a first wavelength band, the second liquid crystal reflects light in a second wavelength band being different from the first wavelength band and has a threshold voltage for driving being different from that of the first liquid crystal, the third liquid crystal reflects light in the second wavelength band, and the fourth liquid crystal reflects light in a third wavelength band being different from the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band and has a threshold voltage for driving being different from that of the third liquid crystal.