Abstract: The micro-lens array is a micro-lens array in which a plurality of micro-lenses are arranged in a matrix in a plan view, wherein each of the plurality of micro-lenses has four main sides in a plan view, and each of the four main sides is inclined with respect to a row virtual line parallel to a row direction or a column virtual line parallel to a column direction.

Abstract: To reduce unevenness in a luminance distribution in two directions of microlenses disposed in a form of a rectangular grid to improve uniformity of light distribution. Provided is a diffuser plate of a microlens array type including a base material, and a microlens array composed of a plurality of microlenses disposed on an X-Y plane on at least one surface of the base material using a rectangular grid as a reference, in which grid intervals Wx in an X direction of the microlenses disposed in the X direction of the rectangular grid are different from each other, grid intervals Wy in a Y direction of the microlenses disposed in the Y direction of the rectangular grid are different from each other, and surface shapes of the plurality of microlenses are different from each other.

Abstract: Spectral noise produced by a diffraction phenomenon of a periodic structure can be reduced to improve homogeneity of intensity of straight diffusion light, and noise of zero-order diffraction light is reduced to improve light distribution properties as well. A diffusion plate 1 of a microlens array type that emits straight diffusion light includes a base material 10, and a plurality of cylindrical lenses 21 arranged in an X direction on an X-Y plane of the base material 10 and composed of elongated convex portions or elongated concave portions extending in a Y direction.

Abstract: The optical system includes: a coherent light source; and a fixed diffusion plate and a relative movement diffusion plate which intersect with a traveling direction of light emitted from the coherent light source, wherein the fixed diffusion plate emits a light having a rectangular shape from an incident light, and wherein, in the relative movement diffusion plate, a diffusion surface of the light moves relative to the incident light.

Abstract: To provide a light diffuser plate that can control an anisotropic shape of diffused light. The light diffuser plate includes a base material, and a group structure including a plurality of convexities or concavities provided on at least one main surface of the base material and having anisotropic shapes extended in a common direction. The plurality of convexities or concavities are arranged randomly and densely on the main surface of the base material. A boundary between adjacent ones of the plurality of convexities or concavities includes a plurality of curved lines having curvatures different from each other.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a roll mold by cutting a roll, includes generating a control waveform based on a signal corresponding to a rotary position of the roll, and making a plurality of cuts on a surface of the roll by, while the roll is rotated, reciprocating a cutting blade in a radial direction of the roll in accordance with the control waveform. Making the plurality of cuts includes at each of a plurality of predetermined locations, making a predetermined number of cuts of predetermined depth based on the control waveform. Generating the control waveform includes generating a control waveform dictating that, when multiple cuts are made at a predetermined location, each subsequent cut will have a smaller depth than a preceding cut.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a roll mold by cutting a roll, includes generating a control waveform based on a signal corresponding to a rotary position of the roll, and making a plurality of cuts on a surface of the roll by, while the roll is rotated, reciprocating a cutting blade in a radial direction of the roll in accordance with the control waveform. Making the plurality of cuts includes at each of a plurality of predetermined locations, making a predetermined number of cuts of predetermined depth based on the control waveform. Generating the control waveform includes generating a control waveform dictating that the predetermined locations, the predetermined depths, or both are randomly selected. Generating the control waveform includes generating a control waveform dictating that, when multiple cuts are made at a predetermined location, each subsequent cut will have a smaller depth than a preceding cut.

Abstract: To suppress, in an optical body in which a microlens array as a non-periodic structure is arranged and deployed in a wide range, occurrence of periodic optical properties in a structural unit larger than the non-periodic structure. The optical body includes a single non-periodic structure region or a collection of a plurality of non-periodic structure regions, the non-periodic structure region being composed of a single lens group including a plurality of single lenses. In the non-periodic structure region, a located state of the single lens group is non-periodic as a whole. A ratio of a size of the non-periodic structure region to an average aperture diameter of the single lenses in the non-periodic structure region is more than or equal to 25.

Abstract: To provide a light diffuser plate that can control an anisotropic shape of diffused light. The light diffuser plate includes a base material, and a group structure including a plurality of convexities or concavities provided on at least one main surface of the base material and having anisotropic shapes extended in a common direction. The plurality of convexities or concavities are arranged randomly and densely on the main surface of the base material. A boundary between adjacent ones of the plurality of convexities or concavities includes a plurality of curved lines having curvatures different from each other.

Abstract: There is provided an optical body, a lighting device, and an image display device that are novel and improved, and can increase a homogeneous light distribution property. The optical body is provided in which a composite structure of main structural bodies is deployed continuously within a plane of a base material, in which phase distributions of the main structural bodies within the plane of the base material are equivalent to amplitude distributions each obtained by subjecting a pupil function of a two-dimensional optical aperture to Fourier transform, and a peak ratio value is less than or equal to 2.5.

Abstract: Provided are a resin laminated optical body, a light source unit, an optical unit, a light irradiation device, an image display device, and a method for manufacturing a resin laminated optical body that are novel and improved, by which an optical apparatus can be reduced in size, and the light emission quality can be improved. To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, a resin laminated optical body is provided including an optical base material having a curved surface, and a resin layer provided on the curved surface of the optical base material, in which a light diffusing structure is formed in a surface of the resin layer.

Abstract: There is provided a reflective diffuser plate to achieve more uniform diffusion angle distribution properties. The reflective diffuser plate is a microlens array reflective diffuser plate including a single lens group positioned on a surface of a transparent base material. There are variations in aperture diameter and radius of curvature that respective single lenses constituting the single lens group have in the single lens group as a whole, and vertex positions of the respective single lenses are located irregularly. A luminance distribution of reflected light of light vertically incident on the single lens group is substantially uniform in a predetermined diffusion angle range. For at least light incident on the single lens group from certain directions, a relation of 0.3?A/B?1 holds where A represents a reflection luminance value in the surface normal direction, and B represents a peak reflection luminance value of a diffuse reflection component.

Abstract: The micro-lens array is a micro-lens array in which a plurality of micro-lenses are arranged in a matrix in a plan view, wherein each of the plurality of micro-lenses has four main sides in a plan view, and each of the four main sides is inclined with respect to a row virtual line parallel to a row direction or a column virtual line parallel to a column direction.

Abstract: There is provided a reflective diffuser plate to achieve more uniform diffusion angle distribution properties. The reflective diffuser plate is a microlens array reflective diffuser plate including a single lens group positioned on a surface of a transparent base material. There are variations in aperture diameter and radius of curvature that respective single lenses constituting the single lens group have in the single lens group as a whole, and vertex positions of the respective single lenses are located irregularly. A luminance distribution of reflected light of light vertically incident on the single lens group is substantially uniform in a predetermined diffusion angle range. For at least light incident on the single lens group from certain directions, a relation of 0.3 A/B 1 holds where A represents a reflection luminance value in the surface normal direction, and B represents a peak reflection luminance value of a diffuse reflection component.

Abstract: An optical body includes a first optical transparent layer having quadrangular pyramid-shaped depressions, a wavelength-selective reflecting layer formed on the depressions and selectively reflecting light of a specific wavelength band, and a second optical transparent layer formed on the wavelength-selective reflecting layer. When (?, ?) is taken as the incident angle (?: angle between perpendicular line relative to second optical transparent layer acting as incident surface and light incident on incident surface; ?: angle between specific straight line within incident surface and component resulting from projection of incident light on incident surface), with respect to incident light that is incident on the incident surface from different ? directions at ?=60°, the optical body has an average reflection angle of reflected light to the same quadrant as the incident light of 30° or more.

Abstract: There is provided a diffuser plate, a display device, a projection device, and a lighting device that can achieve more even diffusion angle distribution properties, the diffuser plate being of a microlens array type, and including: a single lens group located on a surface of a transparent base material, in which aperture sizes and radii of curvatures of respective single lenses constituting the single lens group vary in the single lens group as a whole, and vertex positions of the respective single lenses are located irregularly, and energy distribution of light that transmits through the single lens group is substantially even in a predetermined diffusion angle range.

Abstract: To suppress, in an optical body in which a microlens array as a non-periodic structure is arranged and deployed in a wide range, occurrence of periodic optical properties in a structural unit larger than the non-periodic structure. The optical body includes a single non-periodic structure region or a collection of a plurality of non-periodic structure regions, the non-periodic structure region being composed of a single lens group including a plurality of single lenses. In the non-periodic structure region, a located state of the single lens group is non-periodic as a whole. A ratio of a size of the non-periodic structure region to an average aperture diameter of the single lenses in the non-periodic structure region is more than or equal to 25.

Abstract: An optical body includes a first optical transparent layer having quadrangular pyramid-shaped depressions, a wavelength-selective reflecting layer formed on the depressions and selectively reflecting light of a specific wavelength band, and a second optical transparent layer formed on the wavelength-selective reflecting layer. When (?, ?) is taken as the incident angle (?: angle between perpendicular line relative to second optical transparent layer acting as incident surface and light incident on incident surface; ?: angle between specific straight line within incident surface and component resulting from projection of incident light on incident surface), with respect to incident light that is incident on the incident surface from different ? directions at ?=60°, the optical body has an average reflection angle of reflected light to the same quadrant as the incident light of 30° or more.

Abstract: A method for designing anti-reflective structure in which plurality of nanostructures formed of projected portions on substrate surface are provided at intervals equal to or less than visible light wavelength, in order to reduce chroma (?(a*2+b*2)) of reflected light with respect to white light to as close to zero as possible, average height of nanostructures from flat portion of substrate surface is 180 nm or greater and 290 nm or less; and filling rate of nanostructures, i.e., ratio of area of bottom surface of nanostructures to area of substrate surface in plan view of anti-reflective structure is defined, in terms of relationship between filling rate and chroma (?(a*2+b*2)) of reflected light from anti-reflective structure with respect to white light, so as to fall within range of ±5% of filling rate at which chroma takes on minimum value.

Abstract: There is provided a diffuser plate, a display device, a projection device, and a lighting device that can achieve more even diffusion angle distribution properties, the diffuser plate being of a microlens array type, and including: a single lens group located on a surface of a transparent base material, in which aperture sizes and radii of curvatures of respective single lenses constituting the single lens group vary in the single lens group as a whole, and vertex positions of the respective single lenses are located irregularly, and energy distribution of light that transmits through the single lens group is substantially even in a predetermined diffusion angle range.