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).

  • Patent number: 12019336
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsufumi Ohmuro, Naoyoshi Yamada, Fumitake Mitobe, Naoya Shibata
  • Patent number: 11860480
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Suzuki, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
  • Publication number: 20230350118
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsufumi OHMURO, Daiki WAKIZAKA, Naoki KOITO
  • Publication number: 20230221600
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki SUZUKI, Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Publication number: 20230099442
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsufumi OHMURO, Naoyoshi YAMADA, Fumitake MITOBE, Naoya SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11243436
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasaki, Yuki Nakamura, Masaaki Suzuki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
  • Patent number: 11137638
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyoshi Yamada, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
  • Patent number: 11131886
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
  • Publication number: 20210191195
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyoshi YAMADA, Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Publication number: 20210096412
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Patent number: 10935710
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Iijima, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Masaaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200292861
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Yuki NAKAMURA, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Patent number: 10739641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Iwasaki, Masaaki Suzuki, Katsufumi Ohmuro
  • Patent number: 10663800
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsufumi Ohmuro, Yukito Saitoh, Akiko Watano
  • Publication number: 20200142234
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Patent number: 10605971
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiro Atsumi, Yukito Saitoh, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Jun Takeda, Shinichi Morishima
  • Publication number: 20200064672
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Masaaki SUZUKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Publication number: 20200064673
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya IWASAKI, Yuki NAKAMURA, Masaaki SUZUKI, Katsufumi OHMURO
  • Publication number: 20190204646
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsufumi OHMURO, Yukito SAITOH, Akiko WATANO
  • Patent number: 10281769
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsufumi Ohmuro, Yukito Saitoh, Akiko Watano