Image display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10067387-B2
Application number	US-201615191978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2016
Priority date	Jan 9, 2014
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

An image display device including a polarizer and a first optical film, in which the first optical film is arranged on a visible side from the polarizer, the first optical film has Re(589) of 3,000 nm to 30,000 nm and Rth(589) of −30,000 nm to −3,000 nm, an angle θ1 between a slow axis of the first optical film and an absorption axis of the polarizer is 45°±30°, and the image display device is a liquid crystal display device including a blue or ultraviolet LED, a fluorescent body, and a liquid crystal cell, or an organic EL display device, is able to suppress the occurrence of rainbow unevenness without darkening brightness at the time of being observed by mounting polarized sunglasses, and is able to suppress the occurrence of the rainbow unevenness without darkening the brightness at the time of being observed by mounting the polarized sunglasses even in a case where a film which has great optical anisotropy and is stretched in at least a monoaxial direction is further provided on the visible side of the image display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display device, comprising at least:
a polarizer; and
a first optical film,
wherein the first optical film is arranged on a visible side from the polarizer,
in-plane retardation Re(589) of the first optical film at a wavelength of 589 nm satisfies 3,000 nm≤Re(589)≤30,000 nm,
retardation Rth(589) of the first optical film in a thickness direction at a wavelength of 589 nm satisfies −30,000 nm≤Rth(589)≤−3,000 nm,
an angle θ 1 between a slow axis of the first optical film and an absorption axis of the polarizer is θ 1 =45°±30°, and
the image display device is a liquid crystal display device including a blue light emitting diode or an ultraviolet light emitting diode, a fluorescent body enabling light to be emitted by being excited by light from the blue light emitting diode or the ultraviolet light emitting diode, and a liquid crystal cell, or an organic EL display device.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the liquid crystal display device is a liquid crystal display device which includes a white LED including a blue light emitting diode or an ultraviolet light emitting diode, and a fluorescent body enabling at least yellow light to be emitted by being excited by light from the blue light emitting diode or the ultraviolet light emitting diode as a light source, or a liquid crystal display device which includes the blue light emitting diode or the ultraviolet light emitting diode as a light source, and the fluorescent body arranged between the light source and the liquid crystal cell.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second film including a film which is stretched in at least a monoaxial direction,
wherein the second film is arranged on the visible side from the first optical film.

4. The image display device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second film includes a biaxially stretched film.

5. The image display device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second film includes a conductive layer on at least one surface.

6. The image display device according to claim 3 ,
wherein a thickness of the second film is 10 μm to 500 μm.

7. The image display device according to claim 3 ,
wherein retardation Rth(589) of the second film in the thickness direction at a wavelength of 589 nm satisfies 0 nm≤Rth(589).

8. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
cover glass or a touch panel substrate on the visible side from the first optical film.

9. The image display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the touch panel substrate includes a second film.

10. The image display device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the image display device includes the cover glass and the touch panel substrate, and
the cover glass, the second film, and the first optical film are arranged in this order from the visible side.

11. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first optical film includes a hardcoat layer.

12. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first optical film contains an ultraviolet absorbent.

13. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first optical film includes a conductive layer on at least one surface.

14. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the first optical film is 10 μm to 500 μm.

15. The image display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first optical film contains a polystyrene-based resin.

16. The image display device according to claim 15 ,
wherein the polystyrene-based resin includes a crystalline polystyrene-based resin.

17. The image display device according to claim 15 ,
wherein the polystyrene-based resin has a syndiotactic structure.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Yamada Naoyoshi
• Takegami Ryuta

Classifications

• G02B2207/121

  Antistatic or EM shielding layer · CPC title

• G02F1/133603

  with LEDs · CPC title

• G02B5/3083

  Birefringent or phase retarding elements (G02B5/3008, G02B5/3016 take precedence; systems for polarisation control G02B27/286; manufacturing phase modulating patterns by lithographic processes G03F7/001) · CPC title

• G02F1/133528

  Polarisers · CPC title

• G02F2413/08

  with a particular optical axis orientation · CPC title