Abstract: A display panel includes a bonded substrate which is bonded with a seal portion having an inlet portion, in which an inlet of a fluid is formed, a sealing material which seals the inlet, metal film patterns which are provided in an end portion of the bonded substrate, and external connection terminals which respectively have rectangular base portions and are provided in parallel in a transverse direction of the base portion. Each metal film pattern has a rectangular pattern base portion. The metal film patterns are provided in parallel such that the center position of the pattern base portion in the transverse direction is aligned with the center position of the base portion in the transverse direction. The width of the pattern base portion in the transverse direction is equal to or smaller than the width of the base portion in the transverse direction at the same arrangement position.

Abstract: A technique for a display device using a display panel with Lambert light distribution, such as a plasma display panel, which displays a bright image with less contrast deterioration. This device has a front sheet which is integrally or separately located in front of the display panel. The front sheet includes light guides which extend in the horizontal direction and have a virtually convex cross section in the vertical direction with their apexes on the light exit side. A light reflection layer and a light-absorbing layer are sequentially stacked on the lateral sides of the light guides.

Abstract: It is an object to prevent deterioration of reflectance of a reflection layer composed of silver or a silver alloy, resulting from heat-caused migration of silver. The reflector for projection type display apparatuses which display image light beams emitted and reflected by a light source, modulated for light intensity by a display device and magnified by a projection lens, wherein the reflector is provided, on the reflection surface side, with a reflection layer composed at least of silver or a silver alloy, and a layer comprising inorganic particles and a binder composed of a silicon compound; and a light source and image display device which use the reflector.

Abstract: A technique for a display device using a display panel with Lambert light distribution, such as a plasma display panel, which displays a bright image with less contrast deterioration. This device has a front sheet which is integrally or separately located in front of the display panel. The front sheet includes light guides which extend in the horizontal direction and have a virtually convex cross section in the vertical direction with their apexes on the light exit side. A light reflection layer and a light-absorbing layer are sequentially stacked on the lateral sides of the light guides.

Abstract: A technique for a display device using a display panel with Lambert light distribution, such as a plasma display panel, which displays a bright image with less contrast deterioration. This device has a front sheet which is integrally or separately located in front of the display panel. The front sheet includes light guides which extend in the horizontal direction and have a virtually convex cross section in the vertical direction with their apexes on the light exit side. A light reflection layer and a light-absorbing layer are sequentially stacked on the lateral sides of the light guides.

Abstract: The light diffusion component in accordance with the present invention includes light transmission pieces that are juxtaposed at predetermined intervals in one direction and have a substantially trapezoidal section, and a light absorption piece that is juxtaposed alternately to the light transmission pieces and has a substantially wedged section. The upper base of the substantially trapezoidal section of each light transmission piece adjoins the base of the substantially wedged section of the light absorption piece. The area of the substantially wedged section of the light absorption piece is equal to or larger than one-third of the area of a trapezoid bordering the substantially wedged section, and equal to or smaller than two-thirds thereof.

Abstract: A projection type video display apparatus having improved color separating ability is provided. The projection type video display apparatus includes a color separating unit including an entrance plate provided with an aperture through which light beams emitted by a light source travel, an optical integrator, and a plurality of dichroic mirrors disposed with their color separating surfaces extended substantially parallel to the exit surface of the optical integrator and capable of transmitting color light beams of wavelengths in a predetermined wavelength range and of reflecting color light beams of wavelengths outside the predetermined wavelength range.

Abstract: An optical material having a reflecting membrane, an enhanced reflecting membrane, or an anti-reflecting membrane formed with coating is provided. The optical material includes an optical material matrix, and a first inorganic compound layer and a second inorganic compound layer which are alternately stacked on the optical material matrix, wherein the first inorganic compound layer is formed of a titanium compound having a hydrolysable residue and oilophilic smectite and has a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the optical material matrix, and wherein the second inorganic compound layer includes silicon oxide and has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the optical material matrix.

Abstract: Provided is a contrast enhancing sheet having an excellent bright room contrast function and laid on the screen of a display unit, comprising a plurality of light transmitting portions each having a trapezoid-like sectional shape in a predetermined direction, and a plurality of light absorbing portions each having a wedge-like sectional shape, the top side of the trapezoid-like sectional shape of the light transmitting portion being adjacent to the bottom side of the wedge-like sectional shape of the light absorbing portion, wherein a light diffusion means is provided at the top side of the trapezoid-like sectional shape of the light transmitting portion.

Abstract: The light diffusion component in accordance with the present invention includes light transmission pieces that are juxtaposed at predetermined intervals in one direction and have a substantially trapezoidal section, and a light absorption piece that is juxtaposed alternately to the light transmission pieces and has a substantially wedged section. The upper base of the substantially trapezoidal section of each light transmission piece adjoins the base of the substantially wedged section of the light absorption piece. The area of the substantially wedged section of the light absorption piece is equal to or larger than one-third of the area of a trapezoid bordering the substantially wedged section, and equal to or smaller than two-thirds thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a reflecting mirror that suppresses decreases in the resolution performance and contrast performance by decreasing the mean surface roughness. In a projection type image display apparatus including a projector lens that expansion projects the image light from an image generating source and a reflecting mirror that guides the image light from the projector lens to the back face of the screen, according to the present invention, a silver reflecting surface (2) is formed on the substrate (1) of the reflecting mirror, a protective layer (3) of a transparent resin is formed thereon, and the mean surface roughness of the silver reflecting layer is made to be 1.8 nm or less.

Abstract: A technique for a display device using a display panel with Lambert light distribution, such as a plasma display panel, which displays a bright image with less contrast deterioration. This device has a front sheet which is integrally or separately located in front of the display panel. The front sheet includes light guides which extend in the horizontal direction and have a virtually convex cross section in the vertical direction with their apexes on the light exit side. A light reflection layer and a light-absorbing layer are sequentially stacked on the lateral sides of the light guides.

Abstract: It is an object to prevent deterioration of reflectance of a reflection layer composed of silver or a silver alloy, resulting from heat-caused migration of silver. The reflector for projection type display apparatuses which display image light beams emitted and reflected by a light source, modulated for light intensity by a display device and magnified by a projection lens, wherein the reflector is provided, on the reflection surface side, with a reflection layer composed at least of silver or a silver alloy, and a layer comprising inorganic particles and a binder composed of a silicon compound; and a light source and image display device which use the reflector.

Abstract: A projection type video display apparatus having improved color separating ability is provided. The projection type video display apparatus includes a color separating unit including an entrance plate provided with an aperture through which light beams emitted by a light source travel, an optical integrator, and a plurality of dichroic mirrors disposed with their color separating surfaces extended substantially parallel to the exit surface of the optical integrator and capable of transmitting color light beams of wavelengths in a predetermined wavelength range and of reflecting color light beams of wavelengths outside the predetermined wavelength range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique which can enhance contrast and brightness of a displayed image in a projection image display apparatus. According to the present invention, as a polarization splitting unit polarization-splitting incident light or exiting light upon/from a light valve, F number of a polarization splitting plane formed between prism members in an axial direction in which an incident angle of light is small (Y-axis direction) is smaller than F number in an axial direction in which an incident angle is large (X?-axis direction or Z?-axis direction) so that the light is incident so as to be tilted in the axial direction in which the incident angle is small. This can suppress an amount of change in incident angle of light upon a polarization splitting plane to a small value and can increase an amount of incident light upon the polarization splitting plane in the state that polarization-splitting performance is maintained in the best range.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is disclosed a reflective mirror whose contrast or resolution performance is equal to that of a surface mirror of a glass mirror for general use and which does not have any problem in reliability of resistance to environment and whose color shift or brightness performance is inhibited from being degraded. For this, in the present invention, a reflective film is formed on a glass substrate by use of silver mirror reaction, and a topcoat is formed of a colorless/transparent resin. At this time, a wavelength of a crest of a ripple indicated by a reflectance characteristic is constituted to substantially agree with that of a green luminescent line. Accordingly, a back projection type video display device which is satisfactory in the contrast or resolution performance can be prepared.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a reflecting mirror that suppresses decreases in the resolution performance and contrast performance by decreasing the mean surface roughness. In a projection type image display apparatus including a projector lens that expansion projects the image light from an image generating source and a reflecting mirror that guides the image light from the projector lens to the back face of the screen, according to the present invention, a silver reflecting surface (2) is formed on the substrate (1) of the reflecting mirror, a protective layer (3) of a transparent resin is formed thereon, and the mean surface roughness of the silver reflecting layer is made to be 1.8 nm or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain corrosion resistance performance which is more excellent than that of a conventional reflection mirror. To achieve the object, according to the invention, in a reflection mirror 30 having a metal plating film 2 and a top-coat layer 3 on a flat surface of a base plate 1, a silver reflection film 2 is formed by metal plating on the flat surface of the base plate 1. After that, by removing the reflective film on the side face of the base plate 1 or preventing the reflective film from being formed on the side face of the base plate 1 from the beginning, the side portion of the junction face between the base plate 1 and the reflective film 2 is completely covered with the top-coat film 3.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is disclosed a reflective mirror whose contrast or resolution performance is equal to that of a surface mirror of a glass mirror for general use and which does not have any problem in reliability of resistance to environment and whose color shift or brightness performance is inhibited from being degraded. For this, in the present invention, a reflective film is formed on a glass substrate by use of silver mirror reaction, and a topcoat is formed of a colorless/transparent resin. At this time, a wavelength of a crest of a ripple indicated by a reflectance characteristic is constituted to substantially agree with that of a green luminescent line. Accordingly, a back projection type video display device which is satisfactory in the contrast or resolution performance can be prepared.