Abstract: An optical scanning device of the present disclosure includes: a micromirror device including a mirror that has a reflecting surface for reflecting light and is swingable around at least one axis, and an actuator that allows the mirror to swing; a control device configured to control an operation of the actuator; a light irradiation device configured to irradiate a back surface of the mirror on a side opposite to the reflecting surface with illumination light; a detection device to which reflected light of the illumination light that has been reflected by the mirror is incident and configured to output a position signal representing a position of the incidence light; and an abnormality detection device configured to detect an abnormal operation of the mirror based on a temporal fluctuation amount of the position signal.

Abstract: An optical scanning device of the present disclosure includes: a micromirror device including a mirror that has a reflecting surface for reflecting light and is swingable around at least one axis, an actuator that allows the mirror to swing, and a piezoelectric element that generates and outputs electromotive force by the swinging of the mirror; a control device configured to control an operation of the actuator; and an abnormality detection device configured to detect an abnormal operation of the mirror based on a temporal fluctuation amount in an output signal from the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: An optical scanning device includes: a micromirror device, a first actuator that allows the mirror portion to swing around a first axis, and a second actuator that allows the mirror portion to swing around a second axis orthogonal to the first axis; and a processor that causes the mirror portion to perform precession by providing a first driving signal and a second driving signal each having the same driving frequency to the first actuator and the second actuator, respectively. In the micromirror device, a relationship of f2 < f1 is satisfied in a case in which a resonance frequency around the first axis is denoted by f1 and a resonance frequency around the second axis is denoted by f2, and a relationship of fd ? f1 is satisfied in a case in which the driving frequency is denoted by fd.

Abstract: In a micromirror device, in a case where a resonance frequency around a first axis is denoted by f1 and a resonance frequency around a second axis is denoted by f2, a relationship of f1<f2 is satisfied, and in a case where a mirror portion is driven around the first axis and the second axis simultaneously, the resonance frequency around the first axis changes by ?f from f1. A first driving signal and a second driving signal each having a driving frequency fd satisfying a relationship of f1??f<fd are provided to a first actuator and a second actuator, respectively, to cause the mirror portion to perform precession.

Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a mirror device that has a mirror portion, which is swingable around a first axis and a second axis orthogonal to each other, having a reflecting surface reflecting incident light, a first actuator causing the mirror portion to swing around the first axis by applying a rotational torque around the first axis to the mirror portion, and a second actuator causing the mirror portion to swing around the second axis by applying a rotational torque around the second axis to the mirror portion, and a processor that provides a first driving signal to the first actuator and provides a second driving signal to the second actuator. The processor, with the first driving signal and the second driving signal each as cyclic voltage signals whose amplitudes and phases change with time, causes the mirror portion to perform a spiral rotation operation including a period in which a swing amplitude around the first axis and a swing amplitude around the second axis change linearly.

Abstract: An optical cellulose acylate film comprising a polymer component which is a cellulose acylate obtained by substituting hydroxyl groups of a cellulose by an acetyl group and an acyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, wherein a substitution degree A of the acetyl group and a substitution degree B of the acyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms satisfy the following formulae (I) and (II): 2.0?A+B?3.0 (I), 0<B (II), and the optical cellulose acylate film comprises a retardation-expressing agent which is at least one of a rod-like compound and a discotic compound or an elastic modulus E(MD) in a casting direction and an elastic modulus E(TD) in a casting width direction satisfy the following formulae (III) and (IV): 1,500 MPa?E(MD)?3,400 Mpa (III) and 1,200 MPa?E(TD)?3,400 Mpa (IV).

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film satisfying the following formulae: 50 nm<Re<400 nm ?200 nm?Rth?50 nm |Nz|?10 wherein Nz represents (Rth/Re)+0.5. The film has an excellent optical compensation performance and a high productivity.

Abstract: An optical film which has Re(?) and Rth(?) fulfilling the following two formulae: 0?Re(590)?10 |Rth(590)|?25 wherein Re(?) is a retardation value in plane (nm) at a wavelength of ? nm; and Rth(?) is a retardation value in film thickness direction (nm) at a wavelength of ? nm.

Abstract: A process for producing a cellulose acylate film comprising: casting a solution of a cellulose acylate having an acyl substitution degree of from 2.85 to 3.00 dissolved in at least one organic solvent onto an endless metal support; cooling the solution at 0° C. to ?50° C. to effect gelation, so as to form a film; peeling the film off from the endless metal support; and drying the film.

Abstract: To provide an optical film which exhibits excellent retardation values both in the film plane and along the direction perpendicular to the film plane and shows little change in retardation values depending on environmental factors such as humidity, a liquid crystal display showing little change in viewing angle characteristics due to an environmental (humidity) change, and a polarizing plate to be used in the liquid crystal display, the cellulose acylate contains a cellulose acylate which is a mixed fatty acid ester of a cellulose and satisfies formulae specified in the specification, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using this cellulose acylate film.

Abstract: An optical film which has Re(?) and Rth(?) fulfilling the following two formulae: 0?Re(590)?10 |Rth(590)|?25 wherein Re(?) is a retardation value in plane (nm) at a wavelength of ?nm; and Rth(?) is a retardation value in film thickness direction (nm) at a wavelength of ?mm.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and includes a cellulose acylate as a polymer component. The cellulose acylate is a fatty acid ester of cellulose, obtained by substituting a hydroxyl group of cellulose with an acetyl group or an acyl group with 3 or more carbon atoms. The cellulose acylate film is a film stretched substantially by 10% or more in a casting direction or in a transversal direction to the casting direction, the film having a linear thermal expansion rate D(MD) in a casting direction (machine direction) and a linear thermal expansion rate D(TD) in a transversal direction to casting direction (i.e., perpendicular direction to casting direction) in a specified relationship. A polarizing plate utilizing such film and a liquid crystal display equipped with such polarizing plate are provided.

Abstract: An optical cellulose acylate film comprising a polymer component which is a cellulose acylate obtained by substituting hydroxyl groups of a cellulose by an acetyl group and an acyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, wherein a substitution degree A of the acetyl group and a substitution degree B of the acyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms satisfy the following formulae (I) and (II): 2.0?A+B?3.0 (I), 0<B (II), and the optical cellulose acylate film comprises a retardation-expressing agent which is at least one of a rod-like compound and a discotic compound or an elastic modulus E(MD) in a casting direction and an elastic modulus E(TD) in a casting width direction satisfy the following formulae (III) and (IV): 1,500 MPa?E(MD)?3,400 Mpa (III) and 1,200 MPa?E(TD)?3,400 Mpa (IV).

Abstract: An optical film comprising: a resin material; and an additive in an amount of at least 0.3% by mass based on the resin material, wherein when the optical film is divided into 10 equal portions in a thickness direction of the optical film, an amount of the additive existing in each of 8 portions excepting the two outermost layer portions of the 10 equal portions is from 80 to 120% based on a mean additive amount in an entire optical film; a method for producing it; an optically-compensatory film, a polarizing plate and a liquid-crystal display device that comprise the optical film.

Abstract: To provide a polarizing plate which has superior characteristics of expressing in-plane and thicknesswise retardation and which is less susceptible to time-varying changes in retardation value attributable to ambient humidity, as well as to provide a liquid crystal display which undergoes little tune-varying change in view angle characteristic, the polarizing plate which contains a transparent protective film having the retardation specified in the specification is housed in a moisture-proofed container under the humidity condition specified in the specification, and the liquid crystal display contains the polarizing plate.

Abstract: To provide a cellulose acylate film which exhibits excellent retardation values both in the film plane and along the direction perpendicular to the film plane, and undergoes less change in the retardation values by environmental humidity, and a polarizing plate using this film, a polarizing plate using the film, and a liquid crystal display undergoing less change in viewing angle characteristics, the cellulose acylate film satisfies formulae (I), (II), (V) and (VI), wherein Re(630) and Rth(630) is defined in the specification: 2.00?DS2+DS3+DS6?3.00??(I) DS6/(DS2+DS3+DS6)?0.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and satisfies the following relationships (I) and (II). The cellulose acylate film has a residual sulfuric acid content of 0 ppm to 100 ppm and contains a release accelerator in an amount of 10 ppm to 2,000 ppm. 0?Re(630)?10 and |Rth(630)|?25??(I) |Re(400)?Re(700)|?10 and |Rth(400)?Rth(700)|?35??(II) Re(?) is an in-plane retardation value at a wavelength of ? nm, and Rth(?) is a thickness-direction retardation value at a wavelength of ? nm.

Abstract: An optical compensatory sheet comprises a cellulose acetate support and an optically anisotropic layer. The optically anisotropic layer contains a discotic liquid crystal molecule. The cellulose acetate support has a Bth550 birefringence in the range of 0.0007 to 0.004.

Abstract: To provide an optical film which exhibits excellent retardation values both in the film plane and along the direction perpendicular to the film plane and shows little change in retardation values depending on environmental factors such as humidity, a liquid crystal display showing little change in viewing angle characteristics due to an environmental (humidity) change, and a polarizing plate to be used in the liquid crystal display, the cellulose acylate contains a cellulose acylate which is a mixed fatty acid ester of a cellulose and satisfies formulae specified in the specification, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using this cellulose acylate film.

Abstract: An optical compensatory sheet comprises a cellulose acetate support and an optically anisotropic layer. The optically anisotropic layer contains a discotic liquid crystal molecule. The cellulose acetate support has a Bth550 birefringence in the range of 0.0007 to 0.004.