Abstract: The present invention provides composite copper nanoparticles that have high dispersibility in organic solvents, have little thermal shrinkage even when sintered at 300° C. or higher, and can form smooth electrode films. The present invention provides composite copper nanoparticles in which the surface of the copper nanoparticles is modified with a silane coupling agent, wherein the copper nanoparticles have a film containing cuprous oxide and copper carbonate on at least a part of the surface, wherein when the entire composite copper nanoparticles are taken as 100% by mass, a mass carbon concentration is 0.5 to 1.5% by mass, wherein a mass carbon concentration caused by the silane coupling agent in the mass carbon concentration is 0.5 to 1.2% by mass, and wherein when a total mass of the composite copper nanoparticles is 100% by mass, a mass silicon concentration is in a range from 0.05 to 0.

Abstract: The head-up display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to output projection light; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; a housing, which has an opening portion, and is configured to store the display unit and the reflector therein; a cover member configured to cover the opening portion; and a polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a housing inner side of the cover member, and includes a retardation layer and a polarizer in the stated order from a cover member side. The retardation layer has an in-plane retardation Re(550) of 3,000 nm or more. The head-up display apparatus is configured so that an angle of reflection of the projection light output from the housing through the opening portion with respect to a windshield is 30° or less, or is 40° or more.

Abstract: A head-up display apparatus that is excellent in viewability. A head-up display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit configured to emit projection light, the display unit including a display cell, and a first polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on an emission side of the display cell, and which includes a polarizer and a first retardation layer in the stated order from a display cell side; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; and a second polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a reflection surface of the reflector, and which includes a polarizer and a second retardation layer in the stated order from a reflector side. The first retardation layer and the second retardation layer each have an in-plane retardation Re(550) of from 100 nm to 200 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a head-up display apparatus that is excellent in viewability when a display screen is viewed through a pair of polarized sunglasses, and is excellent in heat resistance. The head-up display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to output projection light; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; a housing, which has an opening portion, and is configured to store the display unit and the reflector therein; a cover member configured to cover the opening portion; and a polarizing plate arranged on a housing inner side of the cover member. The cover member has an in-plane retardation Re(550) of 3,000 nm or more. The head-up display apparatus is configured so that an angle of reflection of the projection light output from the housing through the opening portion with respect to a windshield is 30° or less, or is 40° or more.

Abstract: Provided is a structural body including a transparent plate and an interior member, the structural body being prevented from causing the reflection of the interior member on the transparent plate. The refection-preventing structural body of the present invention includes a transparent plate and an interior member. The transparent plate is arranged at the position at which reflected light on the interior member arrives, and the interior member is configured to reflect a larger quantity of P-polarized light than that of S-polarized light toward the transparent plate. In one embodiment, the reflection-preventing structural body is a vehicle interior structure.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle interior structure including a windshield, an interior member, and a camera, in which an image of the reflection of the interior member on the windshield is hardly taken with the camera. The vehicle interior structure of the present invention includes; a windshield; an interior member arranged below the windshield; and a camera arranged behind the windshield. A polarizing plate is arranged between the windshield and the camera, and the polarizing plate is arranged so as to transmit a larger quantity of P-polarized light than that of S-polarized light.

Abstract: A polarizing film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, said polarizing film comprising a polarizer film and a first transparent protective film, wherein a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on the first transparent protective film side of the polarizing film. The polarizer film has a film thickness of 20 ?m or less; the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is used for the bonding of a front transparent member that is arranged at the viewing side of an image display device, while having a difference between the saturation moisture percentage (A) at 80° C. at 85% R.H. and the saturation moisture percentage (B) at 25° C. at 50% R.H., namely ((A)?(B)) of 1.0% by weight or more. This polarizing film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is able to suppress decrease in the single transmittance of the polarizing film in a high temperature environment.

Abstract: A head-up display apparatus includes: a display unit, which includes a display cell and a first polarizing plate with a retardation layer arranged on an output side of the display cell, the first polarizing plate with a retardation layer including a polarizer and a first retardation layer in the stated order from the display cell side, and which is configured to output projection light; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; a housing, which has an opening portion, and which is configured to store the display unit and the reflector therein; a cover member configured to cover the opening portion; and a second polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a housing inner side of the cover member, and which includes a polarizer and a second retardation layer in the stated order from the cover member side.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus having improved viewing angle characteristics in a region vertically asymmetrical. A liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules aligned in homogeneous alignment under a state in which an electric field is absent; a first polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a first optical compensation layer arranged between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer; and a second optical compensation layer arranged between the liquid crystal cell and the first optical compensation layer. A refractive index nz1 in a thickness direction of the first optical compensation layer is less than 1.5187, and a refractive index nz2 in a thickness direction of the second optical compensation layer is less than 1.5340.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a composition for a fluororesin-containing coating which is less contaminated by carbon nanotubes, has sufficient conductivity, and has excellent workability at the time of coating. The present invention provides a composition for a fluororesin-containing coating containing carbon nanotubes, a fluororesin, and a dispersion medium, and the amount of the carbon nanotubes is 0.01˜0.5% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the total of the fluororesin and the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a neutralized hue without any increase in transmittance. A polarizer of the present invention having a transmittance parameter represented by the equation (1) of 0.8 or more and a hue parameter represented by the equation (2) of 5 or less: Transmittance parameter=T420/T550??(1) in the equation (1), T420 represents a parallel transmittance at a wavelength of 420 nm and T550 represents a parallel transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm; Hue parameter=(a2+b2)??(2) in the equation (2), a represents a parallel hue value ‘a’ and b represents a parallel hue value ‘b’.

Abstract: A head-up display apparatus that is excellent in viewability. A head-up display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit configured to emit projection light, the display unit including a display cell, and a first polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on an emission side of the display cell, and which includes a polarizer and a first retardation layer in the stated order from a display cell side; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; and a second polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a reflection surface of the reflector, and which includes a polarizer and a second retardation layer in the stated order from a reflector side. The first retardation layer and the second retardation layer each have an in-plane retardation Re(550) of from 100 nm to 200 nm.

Abstract: A head-up display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to output projection light; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; a housing, which has an opening portion, and is configured to store the display unit and the reflector therein; a cover member configured to cover the opening portion; and a polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a housing inner side of the cover member, and includes a retardation layer and a polarizer in the stated order from a cover member side. The retardation layer has an in-plane retardation Re(550) of from 100 nm to 200 nm. The head-up display apparatus is configured so that an angle of reflection of the projection light output from the housing through the opening portion with respect to a windshield is 30° or less, or is 40° or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to produce composite resin particles in which the original physical properties of PTFE derived from fine powder are maintained, and the present invention provides a method for producing composite resin particles, wherein the method includes: a first step in which fine powder containing polytetrafluoroethylene obtained by emulsion polymerization is pulverized in the presence of a ketone-based solvent; a second step in which the pulverized fine powder and a carbon nanomaterial are dispersed in the ketone-based solvent to produce a composite resin particles dispersion; a third step in which the composite resin particles are produced by removing the ketone-based solvent from the composite resin particle dispersion; and wherein the fine powder is pulverized so as to have an average particle diameter of 50 ?m or less, and a temperature of the ketone-based solvent used in the first step is set to 20° C. or less.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a production method for powder that can produce powder which can suppress foaming of a melt and can produce a molded-article with good conductivity and appearance by melt-molding, the present invention provides a production method for powder containing a composite resin (2, 21, 22, 23) containing a thermomeltable resin (2a) and a conductive filler (2b), wherein the production method comprises: a dispersion preparing step in which a raw material powder containing the thermomeltable resin (2a), the conductive filler (2b), a dispersion medium in which the raw material powder and the conductive filler (2b) are dispersed, and a dispersant (3) for dispersing the conductive filler (2b) in the dispersion medium are mixed to prepare the dispersion: an intermediate powder recovering step in which the dispersion medium is removed from the dispersion and recovering an intermediate powder containing the composite resin (2, 21, 22, 23) and the dispersant (3); and a dispersa

Abstract: There is provided an image generation method and an image synthesis method each of which can achieve an entire image having excellent image quality. An image generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: arranging an image taking apparatus, a first polarizing plate, an object, and a second polarizing plate in the stated order; arranging a retardation plate between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate; and monochromatizing a color of the second polarizing plate recognized by the image taking apparatus to a color complementary to that of the object through use of the retardation plate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production method for composite resin particles containing a fluororesin and a carbon nanomaterial and having excellent moldability while maintaining conductivity, the present invention provides a production method for composite resin particles containing a fluororesin and a carbon nanomaterial, comprising: a step of separating the fluororesin in the presence of a dispersion medium; a step of obtaining a dispersion containing the fluororesin, the carbon nanomaterial, and the dispersion medium by dispersing the fluororesin and the carbon nanomaterial in the dispersion medium; and a step of removing the dispersion medium by storing the dispersion in a drying container having a bottom surface, and drying the dispersion under conditions in which a dry area calculated by the following equation (1) is in a range of 20˜100 [cm2/g], Dry area=(S/W1) . . .

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus having the following feature: although the liquid crystal display apparatus has a step between its display screen and outermost surface, the step is hardly recognized; and the liquid crystal display apparatus can achieve bright display. A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a cover sheet arranged on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell, the cover sheet having a transmission portion at a position corresponding to a display region of the liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the cover sheet to cover the transmission portion, wherein an absorption axis direction of the first polarizer and an absorption axis direction of the second polarizer are substantially perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus having the following feature: although the liquid crystal display apparatus has a step between its display screen and outermost surface, the step is hardly recognized; and the liquid crystal display apparatus can achieve bright display. A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a cover sheet arranged on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell, the cover sheet having a transmission portion at a position corresponding to a display region of the liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the cover sheet to cover the transmission portion, wherein an absorption axis direction of the first polarizer and an absorption axis direction of the second polarizer are substantially perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: A head-up display apparatus includes: a display unit, which includes a display cell and a first polarizing plate with a retardation layer arranged on an output side of the display cell, the first polarizing plate with a retardation layer including a polarizer and a first retardation layer in the stated order from the display cell side, and which is configured to output projection light; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; a housing, which has an opening portion, and which is configured to store the display unit and the reflector therein; a cover member configured to cover the opening portion; and a second polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a housing inner side of the cover member, and which includes a polarizer and a second retardation layer in the stated order from the cover member side.