IP Library Granted Patent US 7,467,886
Granted Patent B2
US 7,467,886 · App. 11/470,877 · Granted Dec 23, 2008

Optical sheet, method for producing the same and display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,467,886
App. No.
11/470,877
Granted
Dec 23, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens film with small warpage even when a transparent base is thin is provided. Pole prisms made of a hardening resin are arranged along the extending direction on a transparent base made of flexible material. The transparent base has a depression according to a valley between the pole prisms adjacent to each other. The pole prism has a sloping face extending to an inner wall of the he depression. The transparent base is in contact with the valley. A layer not functioning as a prism, that is, a so-called skirt layer does not exist between the transparent base and the pole prisms.

Claims (31)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a panel;

a light source emitting light for illuminating the panel; and

one or a plurality of optical sheets provided between the panel and the light source,

wherein at least one of the one or the plurality of the optical sheets is structured in a manner that pole prisms made of a hardening resin are arranged along an extending direction on a transparent base made of a flexible material, and

the transparent base is adjacent to a valley between the pole prisms adjacent to each other and has a depression corresponding to the valley.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 comprising:

a plurality of optical sheets,

wherein at least two of the plurality of optical sheets are arranged so that extending directions of the pole prisms thereof cross each other.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of optical sheets is arranged so that light of the light source enters from a transparent base side.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the optical sheet is arranged so that light of the light source enters from a pole prism side.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical sheet has a diffusion function in addition to a condensing function.

6. A display apparatus comprising:

a panel;

a light source emitting light for illuminating the panel; and

one or a plurality of optical sheets provided between the panel and the light source,

wherein at least one optical sheet is structured in a manner that pole prisms made of a hardening resin are arranged along an extending direction on a transparent base made of a flexible material,

the transparent base has a depression corresponding to the valley of the pole prisms, and

where a depth of the valley is D 1 and a thickness of the transparent base is D 2 , D 1 and D 2 satisfy the following relation:

0.3≦D1/D2.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the thickness of the transparent base D 2 is 50 μm or less.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a height of the optical sheet is 65.3 μm or less.

9. A display apparatus comprising:

a panel;

a light source emitting light for illuminating the panel; and

one or a plurality of optical sheets provided between the panel and the light source,

wherein at least one optical sheet is structured in a manner that pole prisms made of a hardening resin are arranged along an extending direction on a transparent base made of a flexible material,

the transparent base is adjacent to a valley of the pole prisms, and

where a thickness of the transparent base is D 2 , a height of the pole prism is D 3 and a height of the optical sheet is H, D 2 , D 3 and H satisfy the following relation:

H≦65.2 μm,

0.3≦D3/D2.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2006
From: KUMURA, KIYOHIRO; SASAKI, JUN; AOKI, MAKOTO; KUDO, YASUYUKI; FUKUDA, MARIKO; CHAKCHUNG, YU ANDREW
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018521/0875 →