Abstract: An optical film includes a base member and an optical layer provided on the base member. The optical layer has an irregular shape on a surface thereof, and the irregular shape is obtained by applying a coating material containing fine particles and a resin onto the base member, distributing the fine particles densely in some regions and sparsely in other regions by convection that occurs in the coating material, and curing the coating material. The resin contains 3% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less of a polymer, the fine particles are organic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less, a ratio ((D/T)×100) of the average particle diameter D of the fine particles to an average film thickness T of the optical layer is 20% or more and 70% or less, and a transmitted image clarity value measured with an optical comb having a width of 0.125 mm is 45 or more.

Abstract: An antiglare film includes a base member and an optical layer provided on the base member, and the optical layer has an irregular shape on a surface thereof. The irregular shape is obtained by applying a coating material containing fine particles and a resin onto the base member, distributing the fine particles densely in some portions and sparsely in other portions by convection that occurs in the coating material, and curing the coating material. The resin contains 3% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less of a polymer, the average particle diameter of the fine particles is 2 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less, and the average film thickness of the optical layer is 8 ?m or more and 18 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method for producing an anti-glare film includes applying a coating composition including at least a resin, a solvent, and fine particles to a substrate; drying the coating composition applied to the substrate so that a Benard cell structure is formed in the surface of the coating layer due to convection caused during volatilization of the solvent; and curing the resin contained in the coating composition having formed therein a Benard cell structure to form an anti-glare layer having fine irregularities with a moderate surface waviness. The anti-glare layer has a degree of white muddiness of 1.7 or less, as measured by quantitatively determining a diffuse reflection component of the diffused light incident upon the surface of the anti-glare layer.

Abstract: An anti-glare film is provided and includes micro concave/convex portions on a surface. An average interval between the micro concave and convex portions is equal to 300 ?m or less. A differentiation with respect to angle d{Log(I(?))}/d? of a logarithm intensity of reflection Log(I(?)) in a direction of a deviation angle ? from a direction of specular reflection has an extreme value. A differentiation d{Log(P(?)}/d? of a histogram P(?) to an inclination angle ? of the micro concave/convex portions has an extreme value. In the anti-glare film 1, a value C(2.0) of transmitted image clarity measured by using an optical comb of a comb width of 2 mm in accordance with JIS-K7105 is equal to 30% or more, and a ratio C(0.125)/C(2.0) of the value C(2.0) measured by using the optical comb of the comb width of 2 mm and a value C(0.125) measured by using an optical comb having a comb width of 0.125 mm is equal to 0.1 or more.

Abstract: An anti-glare film, a method for manufacturing the anti-glare film, and a display device provided with the anti-glare film are provided. The anti-glare film includes fine irregularities formed on a surface of the anti-glare film, and wherein arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a roughness curve of the surface is 0.05 to 0.5 micrometers, and root mean square slope R?q is 0.003 to 0.05 micrometers.

Abstract: An anti-glare film is provided and includes a substrate and an anti-glare layer which is formed on the substrate and contains fine particles. The anti-glare layer has micro concave/convex shapes on the surface. The micro concave/convex shapes of the anti-glare layer are formed by coating the substrate with a coating material containing the fine particles and aggregating the fine particles by a convection of the coating material. A thickness of the anti-glare layer is equal to or larger than a mean diameter of the fine particles and is equal to or less than three times as large as the mean diameter of the fine particles. The fine particles are constructed substantially by fine particles having particle sizes less than twice as large as the thickness of the anti-glare layer.

Abstract: An antiglare film includes a base member and an optical layer provided on the base member, and the optical layer has an irregular shape on a surface thereof. The irregular shape is obtained by applying a coating material containing fine particles and a resin onto the base member, distributing the fine particles densely in some portions and sparsely in other portions by convection that occurs in the coating material, and curing the coating material. The resin contains 3% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less of a polymer, the average particle diameter of the fine particles is 2 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less, and the average film thickness of the optical layer is 8 ?m or more and 18 ?m or less.

Abstract: An optical film includes a base member and an optical layer provided on the base member. The optical layer has an irregular shape on a surface thereof, and the irregular shape is obtained by applying a coating material containing fine particles and a resin onto the base member, distributing the fine particles densely in some regions and sparsely in other regions by convection that occurs in the coating material, and curing the coating material. The resin contains 3% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less of a polymer, the fine particles are organic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less, a ratio ((D/T)×100) of the average particle diameter D of the fine particles to an average film thickness T of the optical layer is 20% or more and 70% or less, and a transmitted image clarity value measured with an optical comb having a width of 0.125 mm is 45 or more.

Abstract: An antiglare film includes a base material and an antiglare layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the base material and which contains fine particles and a resin, wherein the fine particles constitute aggregates mainly in in-plane directions, and gradual unevenness is disposed on the surface of the antiglare layer through aggregation of the fine particles.

Abstract: An optical film is provided and includes a base member and an optical layer on the base member. The optical layer has a surface asperity formed by applying a coating material containing microparticles and resin on the base member, distributing the microparticles densely in some parts and sparsely in other parts by convections that occur in the coating material, and curing the coating material. The average diameter of the microparticles is 2.4 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less. The average thickness of the optical layer is 6.4 ?m or more and 18 ?m or less. The arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a roughness profile of the optical layer surface is 0.03 ?m or more and 0.15 ?m or less and the root-mean-square slope R?q is 0.01 or more and 0.03 or less. The difference in refractive index between the resin and the microparticles is 0 or more and 0.015 or less.

Abstract: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(?+1)/I(?) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(?) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle ? of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident light upon the surface at an angle of 5° to 30° from the surface normal, and I(?+1) is an intensity of a reflected light deviated from the arbitrary angle ? by 1° in a wide-angle direction. The gain of a light reflected in the direction at 20° or more from the specular reflection direction of the incident light is 0.02 or less, in which the gain is obtained by normalizing a reflected light intensity using a specular reflection intensity of a standard diffuse plate as 1. The diffuser elements have an average space therebetween of 50 to 300 micrometers.

Abstract: A method for producing an anti-glare film includes applying a coating composition including at least a resin, a solvent, and fine particles to a substrate; drying the coating composition applied to the substrate so that a Benard cell structure is formed in the surface of the coating layer due to convection caused during volatilization of the solvent; and curing the resin contained in the coating composition having formed therein a Benard cell structure to form an anti-glare layer having fine irregularities with a moderate surface waviness. The anti-glare layer has a degree of white muddiness of 1.7 or less, as measured by quantitatively determining a diffuse reflection component of the diffused light incident upon the surface of the anti-glare layer.

Abstract: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(?+1)/I(?) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(?) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle ? of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident light upon the surface at an angle of 5° to 30° from the surface normal, and I(?+1) is an intensity of a reflected light deviated from the arbitrary angle ? by 1° in a wide-angle direction. The gain of a light reflected in the direction at 20° or more from the specular reflection direction of the incident light is 0.02 or less, in which the gain is obtained by normalizing a reflected light intensity using a specular reflection intensity of a standard diffuse plate as 1. The diffuser elements have an average space therebetween of 50 to 300 micrometers.

Abstract: A method for producing an anti-glare film includes applying a coating composition including at least a resin, a solvent, and fine particles to a substrate; drying the coating composition applied to the substrate so that a Benard cell structure is formed in the surface of the coating layer due to convection caused during volatilization of the solvent; and curing the resin contained in the coating composition having formed therein a Benard cell structure to form an anti-glare layer having fine irregularities with a moderate surface waviness. The anti-glare layer has a degree of white muddiness of 1.7 or less, as measured by quantitatively determining a diffuse reflection component of the diffused light incident upon the surface of the anti-glare layer.

Abstract: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(?+1)/I(?) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(?) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle ? of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident light upon the surface at an angle of 5° to 30° from the surface normal, and I(?+1) is an intensity of a reflected light deviated from the arbitrary angle ? by 1° in a wide-angle direction. The gain of a light reflected in the direction at 20° or more from the specular reflection direction of the incident light is 0.02 or less, in which the gain is obtained by normalizing a reflected light intensity using a specular reflection intensity of a standard diffuse plate as 1. The diffuser elements have an average space therebetween of 50 to 300 micrometers.

Abstract: An optical film is provided and includes a base member and an optical layer on the base member. The optical layer has a surface asperity formed by applying a coating material containing microparticles and resin on the base member, distributing the microparticles densely in some parts and sparsely in other parts by convections that occur in the coating material, and curing the coating material. The average diameter of the microparticles is 2.4 ?m or more and 8 ?m or less. The average thickness of the optical layer is 6.4 ?m or more and 18 ?m or less. The arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a roughness profile of the optical layer surface is 0.03 ?m or more and 0.15 ?m or less and the root-mean-square slope R?q is 0.01 or more and 0.03 or less. The difference in refractive index between the resin and the microparticles is 0 or more and 0.015 or less.

Abstract: An anti-glare film is provided and includes a substrate and an anti-glare layer which is formed on the substrate and contains fine particles. The anti-glare layer has micro concave/convex shapes on the surface. The micro concave/convex shapes of the anti-glare layer are formed by coating the substrate with a coating material containing the fine particles and aggregating the fine particles by a convection of the coating material. A thickness of the anti-glare layer is equal to or larger than a mean diameter of the fine particles and is equal to or less than three times as large as the mean diameter of the fine particles. The fine particles are constructed substantially by fine particles having particle sizes less than twice as large as the thickness of the anti-glare layer.

Abstract: An anti-glare film is provided and includes micro concave/convex portions on a surface. An average interval between the micro concave and convex portions is equal to 300 ?m or less. A differentiation with respect to angle d{Log(I(?))}/d? of a logarithm intensity of reflection Log(I(?)) in a direction of a deviation angle ? from a direction of specular reflection has an extreme value. A differentiation d{Log(P(?)}/d? of a histogram P(?) to an inclination angle ? of the micro concave/convex portions has an extreme value. In the anti-glare film 1, a value C(2.0) of transmitted image clarity measured by using an optical comb of a comb width of 2 mm in accordance with JIS-K7105 is equal to 30% or more, and a ratio C(0.125)/C(2.0) of the value C(2.0) measured by using the optical comb of the comb width of 2 mm and a value C(0.125) measured by using an optical comb having a comb width of 0.125 mm is equal to 0.1 or more.

Abstract: A fly's-eye lens sheet having a light-shielding layer includes a fly's-eye lens sheet body provided with fly's-eye lenses on one principal surface thereof, the light-shielding layer provided on the other principal surface of the fly's-eye lens sheet body, and a photosensitive adhesive layer disposed between the fly's-eye lens sheet body and the light-shielding layer, the photosensitive adhesive layer having adhesive and non-adhesive patterns, wherein the light-shielding layer includes a light-shielding portion disposed on the adhesive pattern and transmitting portions disposed on the non-adhesive pattern for transmitting light transmitted through the fly's-eye lenses, the transmitting portions are located at positions corresponding to light-collecting parts of the fly's-eye lenses, and the light-shielding portion contains carbon particles, the content of the carbon particles being 45% to 65% by weight.

Abstract: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(?+1)/I(?) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(?) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle ? of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident light upon the surface at an angle of 5° to 30° from the surface normal, and I(?+1) is an intensity of a reflected light deviated from the arbitrary angle ? by 1° in a wide-angle direction. The gain of a light reflected in the direction at 20° or more from the specular reflection direction of the incident light is 0.02 or less, in which the gain is obtained by normalizing a reflected light intensity using a specular reflection intensity of a standard diffuse plate as 1. The diffuser elements have an average space therebetween of 50 to 300 micrometers.