IP Library Granted Patent US 12,591,141
Granted Patent B2
US 12,591,141 · App. 18/735,326 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Tetsuya Ooshima (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Komura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
G02B27/0172G02B5/3083G02B5/32G02F1/133536G02B2027/0174G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 12,591,141
App. No.
18/735,326
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display element including a display portion which displays an image, a first retardation film overlapping the display element, a holographic optical element adjacent to the display element and not overlapping the display portion, a second retardation film having a first surface which faces the first retardation film and the holographic optical element and which directly contacts neither a main surface of the first retardation film nor a main surface of the holographic optical element, and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, and a reflective polarizer disposed on the second surface.

Claims (28)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display element comprising a display portion which displays an image;

a first retardation film overlapping the display element;

a holographic optical element adjacent to the display element and not overlapping the display portion;

a second retardation film having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the first surface facing the first retardation film and the holographic optical element and directly contacting neither a main surface of the first retardation film nor a main surface of the holographic optical element; and

a reflective polarizer disposed on the second surface, wherein

the first surface faces the first retardation film and the holographic optical element with an air layer interposed between the first surface and the first retardation film and between the first surface and the holographic optical element.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the display element is configured to emit display light of linearly polarized light,

the first retardation film and the second retardation film are quarter-wave plates, and

the reflective polarizer is configured to reflect first linearly polarized light and to transmit second linearly polarized light different from the first linearly polarized light.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the holographic optical element has a lens action and is configured to reflect light reflected by the reflective polarizer toward the reflective polarizer.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a light blocking member disposed on a back surface side of the holographic optical element.

5 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein

the holographic optical element is configured to transmit ambient light.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the display element comprises an illumination device, a liquid crystal panel disposed between the illumination device and the first retardation film, a first polarizer disposed between the illumination device and the liquid crystal panel, and a second polarizer disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the first retardation film.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the illumination device comprises a light guide and a light source facing a side surface of the light guide, and

the liquid crystal panel is located between the light source and the holographic optical element in a direction in which the display element and the holographic optical element are arranged.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first retardation film, the second retardation film, and the holographic optical element are covered with anti-reflective layers.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a width of the display portion is equal to a width of the holographic optical element in a direction in which the display element and the holographic optical element are arranged.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a normal of the holographic optical element is parallel to a normal of the reflective polarizer, and

a normal of the display element is inclined with respect to the normal of the reflective polarizer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071550/0432 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2024
From: OOSHIMA, TETSUYA; KOMURA, SHINICHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067668/0902 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-097097 · Jun 13, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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