Optical sheet member and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016349573-A1
Application number	US-201615188363-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	Dec 24, 2013
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided are an optical sheet member including an optical conversion sheet containing a fluorescent material which absorbs at least a part of light in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 480 nm, converts the absorbed light into light in a wavelength range longer than that of the absorbed light, and re-emits the converted light, and a wavelength selective reflective polarizer functioning in the wavelength range of at least a part of the light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 480 nm, in which both of front brightness and a color reproduction range are improved in a case of being incorporated into a display device using backlight which emits light having at least a blue wavelength range; and the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An optical sheet member, comprising:
an optical conversion sheet containing a fluorescent material which absorbs at least a part of light in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 480 nm, converts the absorbed light into light in a wavelength range longer than that of the absorbed light, and re-emits the converted light; and a wavelength selective reflective polarizer functioning in at least a part of the wavelength range of 380 nm to 480 nm.

2 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein a light reflection member further arranged between the optical conversion sheet and the wavelength selective reflective polarizer or the wavelength selective reflective polarizer has a wavelength range having reflectivity of greater than or equal to 60% in at least one wavelength range of wavelength ranges of 470 nm to 510 nm, 560 nm to 610 nm, and 660 nm to 780 nm.

3 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wavelength selective reflective polarizer includes a light reflection layer formed by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase which reflects light in at least a part of the wavelength range of 380 nm to 480 nm, and a half band width of a reflection range of the light reflection layer is 15 nm to 400 nm.

4 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wavelength selective reflective polarizer includes a light reflection layer formed by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase which has a reflection center wavelength in at least one wavelength range of wavelength ranges of 380 nm to 480 nm, 500 nm to 570 nm, and 600 nm to 690 nm.

5 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a λ/4 plate satisfying at least one of Expressions (1) to (3) described below,
450 nm/4−60 nm< Re (450)<450 nm/4+60 nm  Expression (1)

550 nm/4−60 nm< Re (550)<550 nm/4+60 nm  Expression (2)

630 nm/4−60 nm< Re (630)<630 nm/4+60 nm  Expression (3)

wherein in Expressions (1) to (3), Re(λ) represents retardation in an in-plane direction at a wavelength of λ nm, and a unit of Re(λ) is nm.

6 . The optical sheet member according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a polarizing plate, wherein the polarizing plate, the λ/4 plate, and the wavelength selective reflective polarizer are laminated in this order directly in contact with each other or through an adhesive layer.

7 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a polarizing plate, wherein the polarizing plate includes a polarizer and at least one polarizing plate protective film, the polarizer, the polarizing plate protective film, and the wavelength selective reflective polarizer are laminated in this order directly in contact with each other or through an adhesive layer, the polarizing plate protective film is a λ/4 plate satisfying at least one of Expressions (1) to (3) described below, and
450 nm/4−60 nm< Re (450)<450 nm/4+60 nm  Expression (1)

550 nm/4−60 nm< Re (550)<550 nm/4+60 nm  Expression (2)

630 nm/4−60 nm< Re (630)<630 nm/4+60 nm  Expression (3)

in Expressions (1) to (3), Re(λ) represents retardation in an in-plane direction at a wavelength of λ nm, and a unit of Re(λ) is nm.

8 . The optical sheet member according to claim 5 ,
wherein the λ/4 plate is an approximately optically monoaxial or biaxial retardation film, or a retardation film including one or more liquid crystal layers containing a liquid crystal compound.

9 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wavelength selective reflective polarizer is a dielectric multi-layer film.

10 . The optical sheet member according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a polarizing plate, wherein the polarizing plate and the wavelength selective reflective polarizer are laminated directly in contact with each other or through an adhesive layer.

11 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fluorescent material contains at least one of an organic fluorescent body or an inorganic fluorescent body.

12 . The optical sheet member according to claim 11 ,
wherein the inorganic fluorescent body contains at least one of an oxide fluorescent body, a sulfide fluorescent body, a quantum dot fluorescent body, or a quantum rod fluorescent body.

13 . The optical sheet member according to claim 11 ,
wherein the inorganic fluorescent body contains a quantum rod material, and the optical conversion sheet is a thermoplastic film formed by being stretched after dispersing the quantum rod material, and emits fluorescent light having at least a part of polarization properties of incidence light.

14 . The optical sheet member according to claim 11 ,
wherein the optical sheet member has light absorption properties in at least one wavelength range of wavelength ranges of 470 nm to 510 nm, 560 nm to 610 nm, and 660 nm to 780 nm.

15 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein a light absorption member further arranged between the optical conversion sheet and the wavelength selective reflective polarizer or the wavelength selective reflective polarizer has light absorption properties in at least one wavelength range of wavelength ranges of 470 nm to 510 nm, 560 nm to 610 nm, and 660 nm to 780 nm.

16 . The optical sheet member according to claim 14 ,
wherein the absorption properties are properties which have an absorption range having light absorbance of greater than or equal to 0.1 in at least one wavelength range of wavelength ranges of 470 nm to 510 nm, 560 nm to 610 nm, and 660 nm to 780 nm, and light absorbance A is −log 10 (transmittance).

17 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light re-emitted from the fluorescent material is green light which has a light emission center wavelength in a wavelength range of 500 nm to 600 nm and has a light emission intensity peak having a half band width of less than or equal to 100 nm, and red light which has a light emission center wavelength in a wavelength range of 600 nm to 650 nm and has a light emission intensity peak having a half band width of less than or equal to 100 nm.

18 . The optical sheet member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the optical conversion sheet includes a fluorescent material member in which the fluorescent material is dispersed in a polymer matrix between two base films on which an oxygen gas barrier layer is disposed.

19 . A display device, comprising at least:
a light source having a light emission wavelength in at least a part of a wavelength range of 380 nm to 480 nm; and the optical sheet member according to claim 1 .

20 . The display device according to claim 19 ,
wherein the light source, the optical conversion sheet included in the optical sheet member, and the wavelength selective reflective polarizer included in the optical sheet member are arranged in this order.

21 . The display device according to claim 19 , further comprising:
an optical switching device switching light of the light source.

22 . The display device according to claim 21 ,
wherein the optical switching device is a liquid crystal driving device, and a polarizing plate is disposed between the wavelength selective reflective polarizer and the liquid crystal driving device.

23 . The display device according to claim 22 ,
wherein the polarizing plate and the wavelength selective reflective polarizer are laminated directly in contact

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Ohmuro Katsufumi
• Saitoh Yukito
• Yonemoto Takashi
• Nishikawa Hideyuki
• Ito Yoji

Classifications

• G02F1/133533

  Colour selective polarisers (G02F1/1347 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B1/14

  Protective coatings, e.g. hard coatings · CPC title

• G02F2202/36

  Micro- or nanomaterials · CPC title

• G02B5/305

  including organic materials, e.g. polymeric layers · CPC title

• G02B5/3016

  involving passive liquid crystal elements (optical properties of liquid crystals G02F1/0063; polarising elements associated with active liquid crystal devices G02F1/133528) · CPC title