Abstract: An optical component includes a substrate and two optical lenses, and the substrate and the two optical lenses are an integrated and inseparable structure. A groove that can accommodate a required collimating optical element is provided on the substrate, or a collimating optical element and the substrate are integrated. Because fabrication of optical elements is completed during fabrication of the optical component, the number of elements to fabricate and time and cost of fabricating the elements can be reduced. Also, during assembly of an image capturing device, it is only required that the optical component is locked to a body of the image capturing device to complete arrangement of a front panel and the optical elements, which can greatly simplify an assembly procedure and shorten assembly time.

Abstract: The method includes: forming a coating film including particles and an ultraviolet curable resin on a film substrate; and curing the ultraviolet curable resin by ultraviolet irradiation to form an anti-glare layer constituted by the particles and the ultraviolet curable resin. A ratio of a thickness A of the anti-glare layer to a diameter B of the particles is in the range of 1.5 to 2.4. The ultraviolet irradiation is performed with two or more ultraviolet irradiation units, the first unit irradiation amount is 49 mJ/cm2 or less, the second and subsequent units irradiation amount is greater than 50 mJ/cm2, and the total irradiation amount is 100 mJ/cm2 or greater. The oxygen concentration at a position which is 1 mm above a surface of the coating film is 1 ppm to 2000 ppm. The first unit irradiation is performed above a roller with surface temperature of 10° C. to 24° C.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing of a conductive member include forming one of a conductive layer including metal nanowires or a light-scattering layer including insulating light-scattering fine particles on a substrate in a pattern shape; and forming the other of the conductive layer including metal nanowires or the light-scattering layer including insulating light-scattering fine particles on a space of the substrate wherein the one of the conductive layer or the light-scattering layer is not formed.

Abstract: Provided are a substrate for an organic electronic device, an organic electronic device and lighting. As a substrate for an OED such as an OLED, a substrate capable of providing an organic electronic system having excellent performance and reliability may be provided.

Abstract: A screen is provided with microcapsules and a base material. The microcapsules each contain encapsulated liquid inside a capsule membrane. The microcapsules are planarly arranged on the base material. The encapsulated liquid includes light diffusion particles for scattering light, and a dispersion medium for dispersing the light diffusion particles. In a cross sectional area of the microcapsule projected in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the base material on which the microcapsules are planarly arranged, the ratio of the area of the encapsulated region to the area of the microcapsule ranges from 0.9025 to 0.990.

Abstract: A device for back-scattering an incident light ray, including: a host substrate; a structured layer; a first face in contact with a front face of the host substrate; a second flat face parallel to the first face; a first material and a second material which form, in a mixed plane, alternating surfaces at least one of whose dimensions is between 300 nm and 800 nm, the mixed plane is between the first and second face of the structured layer; wherein the refractive index of the first and of the second material are different, the structured layer is covered by a specific layer, the specific layer is made of a material which is different from the first and second materials of the structured layer, and the specific layer is crystalline and semi-conductive.

Abstract: Provided are a substrate for an organic electronic device (OED), an organic electronic system, a method of manufacturing the system or substrate, and lighting. The substrate for an OED may be increased in durability by preventing penetration of an external material such as moisture or oxygen, and thus an organic electronic system having excellent light extraction efficiency may be formed. In addition, since the substrate may be stably attached to an encapsulating structure sealing the organic electronic system, the device may have excellent durability with respect to abrasion of an electrode layer or pressure applied from an external environment. In addition, surface hardness of an external terminal of the organic electronic system may be maintained at a suitable level.

Abstract: A diffusing plate includes a microlens array in which a plurality of microlenses are arranged, wherein the microlenses have such a shape that a curvature of a sectional shape including a center line of the microlenses varies depending on a direction of the center line, and wherein microlenses that are different in the direction of a center line where the curvature of the outline is largest are arranged.

Abstract: Measurement reference lengths of length and width are set with respect to a convex structure, and an average of vertical distances between tip points and bottom points inside a measurement reference area is calculated as an average height. An average of horizontal distances between the tip points and bottom points is calculated as an average distance. A value obtained by dividing the average height by the average distance provides a gradient ratio. An inverse tangent of the gradient ratio provides an average gradient angle. When the average gradient angle ranges from 5 degrees to 15 degrees and a standard deviation of average gradient angle ranges from 30% to 40% of the average gradient angle, a regular reflectance at a regular reflection angle with respect to incident light of an angle of 30 degrees from a normal direction of the film surface is 1% or less.

Abstract: Presently described is a method for coupling an optical film to a substrate, laminated optical constructions comprising an optical film and an optical coupling layer disposed on a surface layer of the optical film, and coating compositions useful for optical an optical coupling layer. The coating compositions comprise at least 40 wt.-% inorganic nanoparticles having a refractive index of at least 1.85 and a polymeric silane surface treatment.

Abstract: Provided are diffuser, method of manufacturing same, and liquid crystal display device employing the diffuser. Liquid crystal display device includes: backlight unit; liquid crystal panel on which image is formed by using light emitted by backlight unit, and comprising: color filter comprising plurality of pixels each of which comprises plurality of subpixels that are alternately arranged and transmit light in different wavelength bands; and liquid crystal layer whose transmittance is adjusted under electrical control; and diffuser disposed on a top surface or a bottom surface of the liquid crystal panel and comprising diffusing areas and transparent areas which alternate with each other at intervals corresponding to the width of the subpixels, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises liquid crystal areas corresponding to the diffusing areas and liquid crystal areas corresponding to the transparent areas and the transmittances of the liquid crystal areas are adjusted according to the subpixels.

Abstract: A projection image display apparatus that enlarges and displays an image includes a case, a laser light source, a cooling mechanism that includes a component that produces vibration during an operation, a diffuser that diffuses light emitted from the laser light source, optics that shape the light that is diffused by the diffuser to light having a uniform luminance distribution and a rectangular cross-section, and an optical modulation element that modulates the light shaped by the optics.

Abstract: Example light management films are described. In one example, an optical stack comprises a first light directing film comprising a structured major surface opposite a second major surface, the structured major surface comprising a plurality of linear structures extending along a first direction, the light directing film having an average effective transmission of at least 1.3; and an asymmetric light diffuser disposed on the light directing film and being more diffusive along a second direction and less diffusive along a third direction orthogonal to the second direction, the second direction making an angle with the first direction that is greater than zero and less than 60 degrees.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device including a light control film utilizing total reflection, a liquid crystal panel, and a directional backlight, the light control film includes a transparent base material, a light blocking layer, and a light diffusing portion. The light diffusing portion has a light output end surface on side closer to the transparent base material and a light input end surface on side opposite to the transparent base material, the light input end surface having a larger area than the light output end surface. A film thickness of the light diffusing portion is larger than a thickness of the light blocking layer. A material having a smaller refractive index than the light diffusing portion is present in a cavity defined by the light diffusing portion, and the film anisotropically diffuses light.

Abstract: Provided are a color improving film and a method of manufacturing the color improving film. The color improving film includes a base layer, a high refractive light diffusion layer comprising a light diffuser, a high refractive resin layer, and a low refractive resin layer in which a lenticular lens pattern is formed, wherein the base layer, the high refractive light diffusion layer, the high refractive resin layer, and the low refractive resin layer are stacked, wherein the lenticular lens pattern is formed on a surface of the low refractive resin layer facing the high refractive resin layer, and a unit lenticular lens of the lenticular lens pattern is an oval lenticular lens, wherein the color improving film satisfies 0.10<?n<0.20, ?n=n1?n2, where n1 denotes a refractive index of the high refractive resin layer, and n2 denotes a refractive index of the low refractive resin layer.

Abstract: A volumetric diffuser utilizing polyolefins and light scattering particles to provide desired efficiency without hot-spots where surface texture is utilized to reduce the tendency of the polyolefin based volumetric diffuser to scratch.

Abstract: Provided is a color improving film comprising a base layer, a high refractive light diffusion layer including an organic light diffuser on the base layer, a high refractive resin layer on the high refractive light diffusion layer, and a low refractive resin layer in which a lenticular lens pattern is formed on the high refractive resin layer, wherein the organic light diffuser comprises particles coated with a black pigment and non-coated particles, and wherein the lenticular lens pattern is formed on a surface of the low refractive resin layer facing the high refractive resin layer. According to the color improving film, a change in color sensitivity according to an angle of view is small, an external light reflectivity is low, and a light transmittivity and a light diffusibility are substantially improved. Also, the method of preparing the color improving film has excellent processiblity and economic efficiency.

Abstract: A phantom has a base material, light absorbers/scatterers in the base material, and a film member on the surface of the base material. The base material has light propagation characteristics and acoustic propagation characteristics similar to those of a human tissue. The film member covers at least a portion of the base material. The phantom is for use with photoacoustic-wave diagnostic apparatus.

Abstract: Optical films for reducing color shift, and organic light-emitting display apparatuses, employing the same include a first lens pattern layer including a plurality of first grooves, and a second lens pattern layer on the first lens pattern layer having the plurality of first grooves. The second lens pattern layer has a plurality of second grooves crossing the plurality of first grooves. The plurality of first and second grooves are each shaped in the form of a stripe.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a light diffusion film, capable of easily regulating the combination of the inclination angles of plural plate-shaped regions in plural louver structure regions, and also capable of efficiently producing a light diffusion film having increased uniformity of the intensity of diffused light in the light diffusion angle region, and an effectively expanded light diffusion angle region; and a light diffusion film thus obtained.

Abstract: Provided are a complex optical film and a light source assembly including the same. The complex optical film includes a first substrate, a light shielding layer formed on a bottom surface of the first substrate, an optical pattern layer formed on a top surface of the first substrate and including concavo-convex portions, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, and a first adhesive layer disposed under the second substrate, wherein the light shielding layer includes a binder and organic particles and inorganic particles dispersed in the binder, the convex portions of the optical pattern layer at least partially penetrate into the first adhesive layer to be combined with the first adhesive layer, and a low-refraction area having a lower refractive index than the optical pattern layer and the first adhesive layer is defined between the first adhesive layer and the optical pattern layer.

Abstract: Provided is an anisotropic light diffusion film in which uniformity of the intensity of diffused light in the light diffusion angle region has been increased, and the light diffusion angle region has been effectively expanded. Disclosed is an anisotropic light diffusion film having a first louver structure region and a second louver structure region, in which plural plate-shaped regions having different refractive indices are alternately arranged in parallel along any one direction along the film plane, sequentially from the lower side along the film thickness direction, the anisotropic light diffusion film having an overlapping louver structure region in which the upper end of the first louver structure region and the lower end of the second louver structure region overlap each other.

Abstract: Light redirecting film is disclosed. The light redirecting film includes a first major surface that includes a plurality of first microstructures that extend along a first direction. The light redirecting film also includes a second major surface that is opposite to the first major surface and includes a plurality of second microstructures. The second major surface has an optical haze that is in a range from about 4% to about 20% and an optical clarity that is in a range from about 20% to about 60%. The light redirecting film has an average effective transmission that is not less than about 1.55.

Abstract: Provided is an optical sheet hardly causing a change in color depending on the observation angle of an image, the optical sheet including a plurality of layers, at least one of the layers being an optical functional sheet layer including prisms arranged in parallel along a surface of the optical sheet such that light is transmittable; and light-absorbing portions arranged in parallel between the prisms in a way to absorb light, at least another one of the layers being a light diffusing material-containing layer with optical diffusing particles dispersed in a base material, and the optical sheet satisfying a relation of NdK <NdR and vdK <vdR, wherein NdK is a refractive index of the base material of the light diffusing material-containing layer, vdK is an Abbe number thereof, NdR is a refractive index of the optical diffusing particles and vdR is an Abbe number thereof.

Abstract: A polycarbonate-base light-diffusing resin composition contains: (A) 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin; (B) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a light diffusing agent; (C) 0.05 to 5 parts by mass of a light resistant agent, the light resistant agent being one or more light resistant agent selected from a malonate-base compound, an oxalylanilide-base compound, a benzotriazole-base compound and an acrylic resin having a side chain of a benzotriazole-base skeleton; and 0.01 to 1 parts by mass of an ester compound of fatty acid and multivalent alcohol. By molding the composition by injection molding or the like, a light diffusing plate is obtained.

Abstract: A planar ion-exchanged glass sheet for out-of-plane light beam coupling includes a first surface, a ion-exchanged first glass region adjacent and parallel to the first surface, a core glass region adjacent and parallel to the first glass region, a ion-exchanged second glass region adjacent and parallel to the core glass region, and a second surface adjacent and parallel to the second glass region. One edge of the glass sheet has an angled end face that is inclined to the plane extends across a thickness of at least one of the glass regions. Methods of making the planar ion-exchanged glass sheet, coupling an out-of-plane light beam into a plane using the planar ion-exchanged glass sheet, and scattering the coupled light to illuminate at least select regions of an exposed surface of the glass sheet are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a reel unit for a gaming machine which suppresses decrease in visibility of a reel belt due to the formation of image of light source on a reel even if light emission intensity for illuminating the reel is high. It is provided a first light diffusion sheet with translucency having a light refraction surface including a surface formed thereon for refracting light passing therethrough in various directions, the first light diffusion sheet stacked on a base sheet; and a second light diffusion sheet having the light refraction surface, the second light diffusion sheet stacked on the first light diffusion sheet.

Abstract: An integrating optical system having a chamber, the chamber having an aperture and at least one portion having a diffuse reflective material; a light source; and a diffuse transmissive baffle. The baffle is located in relation to the chamber such that it is also located in an optical path between the light source and a treatable target. A light-ray originating from the light source is diffusely transmitted from the diffuse transmissive baffle and impinges on an interior surface of the chamber before impinging on the treatable target.

Abstract: An optical assembly includes a light emitting panel having a light output surface with non-uniform directional light output distribution, and a light redirecting film located to receive light emitted from the light output surface. The light redirecting film has a pattern of individual non-prismatic optical elements of well defined shape with a total of two surfaces that intersect each other, the shape varying at different locations on the light redirecting film to redistribute the light received from the light output surface within a desired light ray angle distribution.

Abstract: The optical filter includes a filter edge portion forming a boundary between a region through which a light flux is transmitted and a region through which the light flux is not transmitted. The filter edge portion has a concavo-convex shape whose edge outline is formed by a continuous curved line including convex portions and concave portions alternately arranged in a direction in which the boundary extends. The curved line includes part satisfying ?a?60°. ?a represents an angle formed by a tangent at an arbitrary point on the curved line between a top point of one convex portion and a bottom point of one concave portion adjacent to the one convex portion with a tangent at the top point of the one convex portion, the angle ?a becoming larger as the arbitrary point becomes farther from the top point.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing sheets with varying concentrations of particles are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises manufacturing a first sheet having a varying concentration of particles. A second sheet having a second concentration of particles and a first shape with varying thickness is provided. A third sheet having a third concentration of particles and a second shape with varying thickness is provided. The second sheet and the third sheet are merged to generate the first sheet.

Abstract: A light-diffusing element with high coupling efficiency to LED sources. The light-diffusing element may be a glass monolith that includes a plurality of internal voids. When light propagating through the monolith encounters the internal voids, it is scattered in a transverse direction and exits the lateral surface of the monolith to provide a broad-area illumination effect. The glass monolith has a diameter of at least 0.7 mm and features a numerical aperture of at least 0.6 to facilitate efficient coupling to LED sources. The internal voids have a cross-sectional dimension that ranges from about 100 nm to several microns and a length that ranges from about 1 ?m to a few millimeters. The light-diffusing element can be configured as a rod or as a bent or arbitrarily-shaped fixture.

Abstract: A light guiding member includes an input surface, an output surface, a counter surface, a reflective portion, and a diffusing portion. The light guiding member is a rod-shaped member that guides light in a longitudinal direction thereof. The input surface is one end face of the light guiding member and allows light to be input thereon. The output surface has a belt-like shape, extends in the longitudinal direction, and allows light to be emitted therefrom. The counter surface is located opposite the output surface. The reflective portion is a belt-like portion extending in the longitudinal direction and reflects light toward the output surface. The diffusing portion is a belt-like portion extending in the longitudinal direction and diffuses light emitted from the output surface. The diffusing portion is smaller than the reflective portion in width in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a control method thereof, there is provided a display apparatus is provided including: an image processor configured to process a video signal into an image; a display unit comprising a reproducing area where the processed image is displayed and a non-reproducing area where no image is displayed; and an optical sheet provided on the non-reproducing area of the display unit, wherein the optical sheet is configured to diffuse light passed therethrough and configured to visually hide the non-reproducing area.

Abstract: Provided are a color display film and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus. The color display film includes a base material layer, a high-refractive resin layer on which an optical pattern is formed, and a low-refractive light diffusion layer including a light diffuser in a stacked configuration. The optical pattern is formed in one surface of the high-refractive resin layer facing the low-refractive light diffusion layer. The method of manufacturing a color display film includes forming a high-refractive resin layer by coating a high-refractive transparent resin on one surface of a base material layer and forming an imprinted optical pattern on the coated high-refractive transparent resin, forming a low-refractive light diffusion layer by dispersing a light diffuser into a low-refractive transparent resin, and bonding one surface of the low-refractive light diffusion layer on a surface on which the optical pattern is formed.

Abstract: A scattering enhanced thin absorber for a EUV reticle and a method of making thereof is disclosed. Embodiments include forming a multilayer on the upper surface of a substrate, forming a capping layer over the multilayer, forming one or more diffuse scattering layers over the capping layer, and etching the diffuse scattering layers to form a stack.

Abstract: A compound of substantially transparent resin and amorphous silica particulate is disclosed. The silica particulate are nanometric size and dispersed throughout in the resin. The compound can be used to make an article to diffuse and transmit light from a point source of light.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antiglare film that has a thin antiglare layer and suppresses generation of scintillation and white muddiness at significantly high levels, while maintaining the hard-coating property and antiglare property, thereby providing favorable high-contrast display images.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for enhancing the brightness and/or contrast ratio of display devices. In one aspect, the display devices can include an annular diffuser that is configured to scatter light into a ring shaped region. The annular diffuser can include a plurality of axicon lenses or holographic features. The reflective display can include an annular diffuser to shift the direction along which most of the modulated light is scattered away from the direction along which light is specularly reflected by the display devices to reduce specular glare and enhance brightness and/or contrast ratio.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide scintillator panels which can give radiographic images such as X-ray images with excellent sharpness and excellent uniformity of sharpness, which realize devices such as flat panel detectors having uniform image quality characteristics in the light-receiving plane, and which exhibit excellent cuttability, excellent sharpness and excellent in-plane uniformity of sharpness. A scintillator panel of the invention includes a support, a reflective layer on the support, and a scintillator layer formed on the reflective layer by deposition. The reflective layer includes light-scattering particles and a binder resin. A specific region of the reflective layer is defined by a resin or includes light-scattering particles having a specific area average particle diameter, or the reflective layer has a specific arithmetic average roughness.

Abstract: An optical substrate having a structured prismatic surface and an opposing structured lenticular surface. The structured lenticular surface includes shallow-curved lens structures. Adjacent shallow-curved lens structure may be continuous or contiguous, or separated by a constant or variable spacing. The lens structure may have a longitudinal structure with a uniform or varying cross section. The lenticular lenses may have a laterally meandering structure. Sections of adjacent straight or meandering lenticular lenses may intersect or partially or completely overlap each other. The lenticular lenses may be in the form of discontinuous lenticular segments. The lenticular segments may have regular, symmetrical shapes, or irregular, asymmetrical shapes, which may be intersecting or overlapping, and may be textured. The lens structure may be provided with isolated ripples, in the form of a single knot, or a series of knots.

Abstract: A back surface reflector (BSR) is described. The BSR includes a reflecting layer, a substrate and an adhesion layer between the reflecting layer and the substrate. The adhesion layer includes 3-mercaptopropyl (trimethoxy) silane (a.k.a. Merc).

Abstract: A hybrid lens for a solid state light source device is provided. The hybrid lens includes a first component and a second component. The first component has a first side and a second side oppositely disposed thereto. The first side is positioned facing a solid state light source. The second component is attached to the first side of the first component. The first component includes a flame retardant material, such as a glass or a filled polymer. The second component includes a non-flame retardant material, such as an unfilled polymer.

Abstract: A highly color saturated light modulator includes a transparent substrate, printed image layer and a protection layer on the printed surface. The degree of color saturation of images on the modulator is greater than 40% and overall transmission between 15% and 95%. Lighting devices with the light modulator can be designed to meet desired light emitting intensity and direction by integrating micro-structures to the transparent substrate.

Abstract: A diffuse reflector (100) uses a host layer (120) containing particles (122). The host layer (120) contains a cholesteric material that reflects a first frequency of light, and the particles (122) in the host layer (120) create separate cholesteric domains (126) that reflect light of the first frequency in different directions.

Abstract: The present application relates to a substrate for an organic electronic device, an organic electronic device, a method of preparing the substrate or the device, and a lighting apparatus. The substrate for an organic electronic device of the present application may, for example, be used to fabricate an organic electronic device, to which foreign substances such as moisture and oxygen are not permeated, and which has enhanced durability and superior light extraction efficiency. If the organic electronic device includes an encapsulation structure, the substrate may be stably attached to the encapsulation structure, and a surface hardness of outside connector part of the organic electronic device may be maintained to an appropriate level.

Abstract: An optical sheet having both of an excellent light condensing function and an excellent scratch resistance is provided. An optical sheet includes: a sheet-like main body; at least three or more first unit shaped elements arranged on one surface of the main body; and second unit shaped elements arranged on the one surface of the main body. Each of the second unit shaped elements extend in parallel with in one direction on a sheet surface of the main body. A height H1 of each of the first unit shaped elements from the one surface is higher than a height H2 of each of the second unit shaped elements. A rate of an area occupied by the first unit shaped elements on the one surface is not more than 10.0%, when observed along a normal direction nd relative to the one surface.

Abstract: An anti-glare sheet that exhibits excellent glossy black textures, blackness in dark locations, and anti-glare properties for dynamic images, and that is suited to the implementation of high quality images. The anti-glare sheet has, on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, an anti-glare layer comprising binder resin, diffusion particles, and binder particulates.

Abstract: A light guide member includes a first light guide film, a second light guide film, a diffuser film and an atomization film superposed together one by one. The first light guide film includes a plurality of first light guide dots and the second light guide film includes a plurality of second light guide dots staggered with the plurality of first light guide dots. The plurality of first light guide dots and the plurality of second light guide dots reflect the light towards any directions and then make the light uniformly and brightly emit out from the first light guide film and the second light guide film. The diffuser film controls the luminance and improves the uniformity of the light. The atomization film atomizes the light and solves the problem of visible dots.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical film having an atypical pattern, a method for manufacturing same and a backlight assembly including the optical film. The optical film of the present invention includes: a base layer transmitting light incident from outside; and a pattern layer formed on one or both sides of the base layer, and having a surface structured of a continuously formed polygonal optical pattern having an irregular size and arrangement. Thus, hot-spots and bright lines occurring at a light source and a light entering unit may be prevented. Not only can the pattern density of the optical film be maximized to improve brightness, but strong bright points may be effectively scattered and distributed through the atypical pattern to provide the effect of improved light-shielding ability, thereby contributing to a reduction in the number of expensive optical films used in a backlight assembly and an improvement in brightness.