IP Library Granted Patent US 9,964,285
Granted Patent B2
US 9,964,285 · App. 15/116,290 · Granted May 8, 2018

Display device

Inventor: Kuniaki Shida (Hino, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
F21V11/00F21V3/049F21V5/02G06F1/1637G06F3/044
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Patent No.
US 9,964,285
App. No.
15/116,290
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The objective of the present invention is to provide a display device with excellent display quality, which has a light emitting pattern that is reduced in light blurring. A display device according to the present invention is sequentially provided at least with a transparent substrate, a first layer containing a light scattering body, a second layer that contains a light scattering body at a content ratio lower than that of the first layer, a light blocking layer having an opening pattern, and a light source that emits light in an area equal to or larger than the area of the opening pattern, in this order. This display device is characterized in that the content ratio of the light scattering body in the first layer is within the range of 30-90% by volume, and the thickness of the first layer is within the range of 3-15 μm.

Claims (16)

1. A display device comprising, in sequence:

a transparent substrate;

a first layer containing light scatterers;

a second layer containing light scatterers in a lower content than that of the first layer;

a shading layer having an aperture pattern; and

a light source having a light-emitting area equal to or wider than the aperture pattern,

wherein the first layer has a light scatterer content in the range of 30 to 90 vol % and a thickness in the range of 3 to 15 μm.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer has a greater thickness than that of the first layer.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer contains light scatterers having a volume average particle diameter in the range of 100 nm to 15 μm.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light scatterer content in the first layer is at least 1.2 times the light scatterer content in the second layer.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a low-refractive-index layer having a lower refractive index than that of the transparent substrate is disposed between the transparent substrate and the first layer.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the low-refractive-index layer has a refractive index in the range of 1.0 to 1.5.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the low-refractive-index layer comprises a resin layer.

8. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the low-refractive-index layer comprises an air layer.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source is provided with a prism sheet.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source is provided with a louver layer.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0075 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0146 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2016
From: SHIDA, KUNIAKI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 039327/0929 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-031534 · Feb 21, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170009959A1 · Jan 12, 2017