IP Library Granted Patent US 12,710,566
Granted Patent B2
US 12,710,566 · App. 18/405,213 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Optical film, display device, and composition for forming colored layer

Inventors: Kai Futamata (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiko Ishimaru (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
G02B1/11
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Patent No.
US 12,710,566
App. No.
18/405,213
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical film comprises: a transparent substrate having an ultraviolet blocking rate of 85% or more according to JIS L 1925; one or more functional layers formed on a first surface side of the transparent substrate; and a colored layer that is formed on a second surface side of the transparent substrate that is configured by one or more layers containing a colored material. The colored layer contains a first colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, and a second colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less.

Claims (396)

1 . An optical film, comprising:

a transparent substrate having an ultra violet blocking rate of 85% or more, wherein the ultraviolet blocking rate ultraviolet blocking rate is calculated by subtracting an average transmittance in a wavelength range from 290 nm to 400 nm of the transparent substrate expressed in percent (%) from 100%;

one or more functional layers formed on a first surface side of the transparent substrate; and

a colored layer that is formed on a second surface side of the transparent substrate that is configured by one or more layers containing a colored material;

wherein the colored layer contains

a first colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a halfwidth of 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, and

a second colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less,

at least one of the functional layer and the colored layer contains a black organic pigment, and

hue values a* and b* defined by equations (1) to (9) below are each in a range of −5 or more and +5 or less

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wherein λ is a variable representing a wavelength, and t is a variable representing a ratio of X, Y, and Z with respect to Xn, Yn, and Zn, a* and b* calculated from equations (1) to (3) are calculated according to a calculation method in a CIE 1976 L*, a*, b* color space (CIELAB color space), In equations (1) and (2), Xn, Yn, and Zn are tristimulus values at a white point of a D65 light source, in equation (4), RE(λ) is a function representing a reflectance [%] at a completely diffuse reflection surface (100% at every wavelength), R2(λ) is a function representing a surface reflectance [%] at an outermost surface of the optical film on an opposite side to the colored layer, and T(λ) is a function representing a transmittance of the optical film, in equations (6) to (9), PD65(λ) is a D65 light source spectrum, x-bar(λ), y-bar(λ), and z-bar(λ) are CIE1931 color matching functions at 2° field of view, a definite integral in equations (6) to (9) can be calculated by an appropriate numerical integration, a wavelength interval when performing a numerical integration is, a 1 nm interval.

2 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

a pencil hardness of a surface on the functional layer side under a 500 g load is H or higher.

3 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

the colored layer contains at least one of a radical scavenger, a peroxide decomposer, and a singlet oxygen quencher.

4 . The optical film of claim 3 , wherein

the colored layer contains, as the radical scavenger, a hindered amine-based light stabilizer having a molecular weight of 2,000 or more.

5 . The optical film of claim 3 , wherein

the colored layer contains, as the singlet oxygen quencher, one of a dialkyl phosphate, dialkyl dithiocarbanate, benzenedithiol, or a transition metal complex thereof.

6 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

the colored layer further contains a third colorant that has, in a wavelength range of 400 to 780 nm, a wavelength of lowest transmittance in a range of 650 nm to 780 nm.

7 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

the colored material contains at least one or more compounds selected from a group consisting of compounds having one of a porphyrin structure, a merocyanine structure, a phthalocyanine structure, an azo structure, a cyanine structure, a squarylium structure, a coumarin structure, a polyene structure, a quinone structure, a tetradiporphyrin structure, a pyrromethene structure, and an indigo structure, and metal complexes thereof.

8 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

the functional layer contains an oxygen barrier layer having an oxygen permeability of 10 cc/m 2 ·day·atm or less.

9 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

the functional layer has a first layer and a second layer,

the first layer and the second layer are laminated in this order in a direction from the colored layer toward the transparent substrate, and a refractive index of the second layer is lower than a refractive index of the first layer.

10 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

the functional layer further comprises an antiglare layer.

11 . The optical film of claim 1 , wherein

the functional layer contains at least one of an antistatic layer containing an antistatic agent, and an antifouling layer having water repellency.

12 . A display device, comprising:

a light source; and

an optical film of claim 1 .

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the light source includes a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light based on an image signal.

14 . A composition for forming a colored layer comprising an active energy ray-curable resin, a photopolymerization initiator, a black organic pigment, a colored material, an additive, and a solvent, wherein

the colored material contains

a first colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, and

a second colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less, and

the additive contains a radical scavenger.