Patents by Inventor Katsufumi Ohmuro
Katsufumi Ohmuro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12019336Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate, an image display device, and a glass composite which are capable of sufficiently shielding light emitted in a direction oblique to a normal direction of a film without occurrence of moire even in a case of being used in a combination with a high-definition image display device. The optical laminate includes, in order, at least a first light absorption anisotropic layer, a refractive index anisotropic layer formed of a one or more layers that contain a liquid crystal compound having a twisted structure, and a second light absorption anisotropic layer, in which the first light absorption anisotropic layer and the second light absorption anisotropic layer contain an anisotropic absorbing material and each have an absorption axis that is aligned at an angle of 60° to 90° with respect to a film surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsufumi Ohmuro, Naoyoshi Yamada, Fumitake Mitobe, Naoya Shibata
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Patent number: 11860480Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having excellent display quality and suppressed occurrence of halo. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including, in the following order, a first polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer, and a direct type backlight that uses a point light source, in which a light control member is further provided between the second polarizer and the direct type backlight, and the liquid crystal display device satisfies relationships of the following Expression (1) 70%?(I20/I0)×100?90%, Expression (2) 10%?(I40/I0)×100?35%, and Expression (3) 1%?(I60/I0)×100?20%.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masaaki Suzuki, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
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Publication number: 20230350118Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate with excellent durability and an image display device formed of the optical laminate. The optical laminate includes a polarizer, a retardation layer including a cycloolefin-based polymer film, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer in this order, in which the polarizer includes a protective layer on at least one side, and specific conditions are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsufumi OHMURO, Daiki WAKIZAKA, Naoki KOITO
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Publication number: 20230221600Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having excellent display quality and suppressed occurrence of halo. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including, in the following order, a first polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer, and a direct type backlight that uses a point light source, in which a light control member is further provided between the second polarizer and the direct type backlight, and the liquid crystal display device satisfies relationships of the following Expression (1) 70%?(I20/I0)×100?90%, Expression (2) 10%?(I40/I0)×100?35%, and Expression (3) 1%?(I60/I0)×100?20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masaaki SUZUKI, Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
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Publication number: 20230099442Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate, an image display device, and a glass composite which are capable of sufficiently shielding light emitted in a direction oblique to a normal direction of a film without occurrence of moire even in a case of being used in a combination with a high-definition image display device. The optical laminate includes, in order, at least a first light absorption anisotropic layer, a refractive index anisotropic layer formed of a one or more layers that contain a liquid crystal compound having a twisted structure, and a second light absorption anisotropic layer, in which the first light absorption anisotropic layer and the second light absorption anisotropic layer contain an anisotropic absorbing material and each have an absorption axis that is aligned at an angle of 60° to 90° with respect to a film surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsufumi OHMURO, Naoyoshi YAMADA, Fumitake MITOBE, Naoya SHIBATA
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Patent number: 11243436Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in which light leak and a tint change when being seen from an oblique direction at the time of black display are suppressed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates that are disposed such that the liquid crystal cell is interposed between the pair of polarizing plates, in which a tilt angle of the liquid crystal compound is 1.0° or less, respective color filters that are disposed on respective pixel regions of the liquid crystal cell are provided between the pair of polarizing plates, Rth of the respective color filters satisfy predetermined requirements, the polarizing plate that is disposed on the visible side among the pair of polarizing plates includes an optical compensation layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, and the optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined requirement.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Iwasaki, Yuki Nakamura, Masaaki Suzuki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
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Patent number: 11137638Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which suppresses a color change of light leak depending on a direction in the visual recognition from an oblique direction during black display, and has high display quality. The liquid crystal display device includes, in order, at least: a first polarizer; an optically anisotropic layer a liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizer, the liquid crystal cell has pixels with a screen resolution of 250 ppi or more, the pixels each have at least blue, green, and red subpixels, the subpixel has a chevron structure in which an angle formed between at least one side and an absorption axis of the first polarizer or an absorption axis of the second polarizer is larger than 0° and not larger than 5°, and a depolarization degree of the liquid crystal cell in a visible light region satisfies a predetermined requirement.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoyoshi Yamada, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
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Patent number: 11131886Abstract: Provided is a horizontal electric field mode liquid crystal display device in which light leak and tint change at the time of black display are reduced in case of being seen from an oblique direction. The liquid crystal display device is an IPS mode liquid crystal display device including at least a first polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer in this order, in which the first optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined relational expression, a total thickness-direction retardation Rth total(550) present between the liquid crystal layer and the second polarizer in the liquid crystal cell satisfies a predetermined relational expression, and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer is parallel to an absorption axis of a polarizer layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
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Publication number: 20210191195Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which suppresses a color change of light leak depending on a direction in the visual recognition from an oblique direction during black display, and has high display quality. The liquid crystal display device includes, in order, at least: a first polarizer; an optically anisotropic layer a liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizer, the liquid crystal cell has pixels with a screen resolution of 250 ppi or more, the pixels each have at least blue, green, and red subpixels, the subpixel has a chevron structure in which an angle formed between at least one side and an absorption axis of the first polarizer or an absorption axis of the second polarizer is larger than 0° and not larger than 5°, and a depolarization degree of the liquid crystal cell in a visible light region satisfies a predetermined requirement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoyoshi YAMADA, Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
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Publication number: 20210096412Abstract: Provided is a horizontal electric field mode liquid crystal display device in which light leak and tint change at the time of black display are reduced in case of being seen from an oblique direction. The liquid crystal display device is an IPS mode liquid crystal display device including at least a first polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer in this order, in which the first optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined relational expression, a total thickness-direction retardation Rth total(550) present between the liquid crystal layer and the second polarizer in the liquid crystal cell satisfies a predetermined relational expression, and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer is parallel to an absorption axis of a polarizer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
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Patent number: 10935710Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical film which ensures adhesiveness between a polymer film and a liquid crystal layer without deteriorating the alignment of a liquid crystal compound; a polarizing plate using the same; an image display device; a method for producing an optical film; and a method for producing a polarizing plate. The optical film includes a polymer film including a cycloolefin-based polymer, and a liquid crystal layer that is provided adjacent to the polymer film, in which the liquid crystal layer is formed by using a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a compound having a specific structure, where the liquid crystal composition contains the compound having a specific structure at a content of 0.5% to 7.0% by mass with respect to a mass of the liquid crystal compound, and a predetermined eccentricity value is 20% to 80%.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Koji Iijima, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Masaaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200292861Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which is capable of achieving both reduction in thickness of a device and improvement of display performance such as prevention of light leakage, suppression of display unevenness in a hot and humid environment, and suppression of a change in display performance. The liquid crystal display of the present invention includes at least a first polarizer, a second optically anisotropic layer, a first optically anisotropic layer, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer in this order, in which the first optically anisotropic layer satisfies predetermined Re (550) and Rth (550), the second optically anisotropic layer satisfies predetermined Re (550) and Rth (550), and the film thickness of the first optically anisotropic layer and the second optically anisotropic layer in a laminated form is 8 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Yuki NAKAMURA, Katsufumi OHMURO
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Patent number: 10739641Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided in which a tint change in case of being seen from an oblique direction at the time of black display is suppressed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates that are disposed such that the liquid crystal cell is interposed between the pair of polarizing plates, in which a tilt angle of the liquid crystal compound is 1.0° or less, respective color filters that are disposed on respective pixel regions of the liquid crystal cell are provided between the pair of polarizing plates, Rth of the respective color filters satisfy predetermined requirements, the polarizing plate that is disposed on the visible side among the pair of polarizing plates includes an optical compensation layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, and the optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined requirement.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Iwasaki, Masaaki Suzuki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
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Patent number: 10663800Abstract: An optical sheet member includes a polarizing plate including a polarizer (A); an optical conversion member (D); and a brightness enhancement film including a reflection polarizer (B), wherein the brightness enhancement film has a reflection center wavelength range of 300 nm to 430, and the optical conversion member (D) converts a part or all of UV light which is transmitted through polarizer (B) and is incident on the optical conversion member (D), and has an emission center wavelength range of 300 nm to 430 nm and which has an emission center wavelength range of 430 nm to 480 nm, green light which has an emission center wavelength range of 500 nm to 600 nm, and red light which has an emission center wavelength range of 600 nm to 700 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsufumi Ohmuro, Yukito Saitoh, Akiko Watano
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Publication number: 20200142234Abstract: Provided is a horizontal electric field mode liquid crystal display device in which light leak and tint change at the time of black display are reduced in case of being seen from an oblique direction. The liquid crystal display device is an IPS mode liquid crystal display device including at least a first polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer in this order, in which the first optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined relational expression, a total thickness-direction retardation Rth_total(550) present between the liquid crystal layer and the second polarizer in the liquid crystal cell satisfies a predetermined relational expression, and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer is parallel to an absorption axis of a polarizer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
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Patent number: 10605971Abstract: The present invention includes an optical element of which an oblique tint change can be improved in a case of the optical element is incorporated to a liquid crystal display device, a method of manufacturing an optical element, and a liquid crystal display device. The optical element includes: a reflection polarizer which is formed of a discotic liquid crystal compound and in which a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase is immobilized, in which, in the reflection polarizer, a front retardation value Re satisfies 0 nm?Re<10 nm in a range of ±50 nm outside a reflection center wavelength, and an absolute value |Ret (50°)| of a retardation value Ret in a polar angle 50° direction satisfies |Ret (50°)|?50 nm.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kunihiro Atsumi, Yukito Saitoh, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Jun Takeda, Shinichi Morishima
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Publication number: 20200064672Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided in which a tint change in case of being seen from an oblique direction at the time of black display is suppressed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates that are disposed such that the liquid crystal cell is interposed between the pair of polarizing plates, in which a tilt angle of the liquid crystal compound is 1.0° or less, respective color filters that are disposed on respective pixel regions of the liquid crystal cell are provided between the pair of polarizing plates, Rth of the respective color filters satisfy predetermined requirements, the polarizing plate that is disposed on the visible side among the pair of polarizing plates includes an optical compensation layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, and the optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined requirement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Masaaki SUZUKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
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Publication number: 20200064673Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in which light leak and a tint change when being seen from an oblique direction at the time of black display are suppressed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates that are disposed such that the liquid crystal cell is interposed between the pair of polarizing plates, in which a tilt angle of the liquid crystal compound is 1.0° or less, respective color filters that are disposed on respective pixel regions of the liquid crystal cell are provided between the pair of polarizing plates, Rth of the respective color filters satisfy predetermined requirements, the polarizing plate that is disposed on the visible side among the pair of polarizing plates includes an optical compensation layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, and the optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined requirement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Yuki NAKAMURA, Masaaki SUZUKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
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Publication number: 20190204646Abstract: An optical sheet member includes a polarizing plate including a polarizer (A); an optical conversion member (D); and a brightness enhancement film including a reflection polarizer (B), wherein the brightness enhancement film has a reflection center wavelength range of 300 nm to 430, and the optical conversion member (D) converts a part or all of UV light which is transmitted through polarizer (B) and is incident on the optical conversion member (D), and has an emission center wavelength range of 300 nm to 430 nm and which has an emission center wavelength range of 430 nm to 480 nm, green light which has an emission center wavelength range of 500 nm to 600 nm, and red light which has an emission center wavelength range of 600 nm to 700 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsufumi OHMURO, Yukito SAITOH, Akiko WATANO
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Patent number: 10281769Abstract: An optical sheet member includes a polarizing plate including a polarizer (A); an optical conversion member (D); and a brightness enhancement film including a reflection polarizer (B), in which the brightness enhancement film has a reflection center wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm, and the optical conversion member (D) converts a part of blue light which is transmitted through polarizer (B) and is incident on the optical conversion member (D), and has an emission center wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm and which has an emission center wavelength range of 500 nm to 600 nm and red light which has an emission center wavelength range of 600 nm to 700 nm, and transmits a part of the blue light. When the optical sheet member is incorporated in an image display device, front brightness, contrast, and a color reproducing region are enhanced, and color unevenness is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsufumi Ohmuro, Yukito Saitoh, Akiko Watano