IP Library Granted Patent US 10,495,964
Granted Patent B2
US 10,495,964 · App. 15/736,346 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Transparent screen and video image projection system comprising same

Inventors: Kousuke Yamaki (Tokyo-to, JP); Akira Matsuo (Tokyo-to, JP); Suzushi Nishimura (Tokyo-to, JP)
Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
G03B21/62E06B7/28G02B5/02G02B5/0242G03B21/00H04N5/74
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Patent No.
US 10,495,964
App. No.
15/736,346
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Problem] Provided is a transparent screen which satisfies both the visibility of the projection light and the transmission light by anisotropically scattering and reflecting the projection light emitted from a light source. [Solving means] A transparent screen according to the present invention comprises a light diffusion layer including a binder and microparticles, said transparent screen having a scattered light brilliance profile characterized to meet the following conditions A to C: A: the emitted light relative brilliance in the 0° direction is from 50 to 95, when the entered light relative brilliance is 100; B: the emitted light relative brilliance in the ±5° direction is 1.1 or less, when the emitted light relative brilliance in the 0° direction is 100; and C: the emitted light relative brilliance in the ±50° direction is 0.0005 or higher, when the emitted light relative brilliance in the 0° direction is 100; when the brilliance is Y from the XYZ color system measured with a goniophotometer.

Claims (29)

1. A transparent screen comprising:

a light diffusion layer including a binder and microparticles, wherein

the microparticles are light scattering microparticles or light reflecting microparticles,

the light scattering microparticles have a median diameter of from 0.1 to 2500 nm, and the content of the light scattering microparticles in the light diffusion layer is from 0.0001 to 0.6% by mass,

the light reflecting microparticles are bright flake-form microparticles and have an average aspect ratio of from 3 to 800, and the content of the bright flake-form microparticles in the light diffusion layer is from 0.0001 to 5.0% by mass,

said transparent screen having a scattered light brilliance profile characterized to meet the following conditions A to C:

A: the emitted light relative brilliance in the 0° direction is from 50 to 95, when the entered light brilliance is 100;

B: the emitted light relative brilliance in the ±5° direction is 1.1 or less, when the emitted light relative brilliance in the 0° direction is 100; and

C: the emitted light relative brilliance in the ±50° direction is 0.0005 or higher, when the emitted light relative brilliance in the 0° direction is 100;

when the brilliance is Y from the XYZ color system measured with a goniophotometer.

2. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein

when the thickness of the light diffusion layer is t (μm) and the concentration of the microparticles based on the binder is c (% by mass), t and c satisfy the following formula (I):

0.05≤( t×c )≤50  (I).

3. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein

the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index n 1 of the binder and the refractive index n 2 of the light scattering microparticles is 0.1 or higher.

4. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein

the light scattering microparticles are at least one selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, barium titanate, strontium titanate, a crosslinkable acrylic resin, a styrene resin, and silica.

5. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein

the light reflecting microparticles have a regular reflectance of from 12 to 100%.

6. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein

the bright flake-form microparticles are metallic microparticles selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silver, platinum, gold, titanium, nickel, tin, tin-cobalt alloy, indium, chromium, titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, and zinc sulfide, a bright material of a glass coated with metal or metal oxide, or a bright material of natural or synthetic mica coated with metal or metal oxide.

7. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein the binder is an organic binder or an inorganic binder.

8. The transparent screen according to claim 7 , wherein the organic binder is a thermoplastic resin or a self crosslinkable resin.

9. The transparent screen according to claim 8 , wherein the thermoplastic resin is at least one selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin, a polyester resin, a polyolefin resin, a vinyl resin, a polycarbonate resin, and a polystyrene resin.

10. A member for a vehicle comprising the transparent screen according to claim 1 .

11. A member for a building comprising the transparent screen according to claim 1 .

12. A video image projection system comprising the transparent screen according to claim 1 and a projection device which projects an image from the degree of ±10° or higher to the normal direction of the screen surface of the transparent screen.

13. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein the microparticles are the light scattering microparticles, and the content of the light scattering microparticles in the light diffusion layer is from 0.0001 to 0.5% by mass.

14. The transparent screen according to claim 1 , wherein the microparticles are the bright flake-form microparticles, and the content of the light bright flake-form microparticles in the light diffusion layer is from 0.0001 to 0.015% by mass.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2020
From: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
To: ENEOS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053608/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: YAMAKI, KOUSUKE; MATSUO, AKIRA; NISHIMURA, SUZUSHI
To: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044813/0524 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-120596 · Jun 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180180982A1 · Jun 28, 2018