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Granted Patent B2
US 12,117,625 · App. 17/523,145 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Reflective display body and roll body of light diffusion control sheet

Inventors: Baku Katagiri (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuki Kuramoto (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuya Arazoe (Tokyo, JP); Kentaro Kusama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
G02B5/0236
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Patent No.
US 12,117,625
App. No.
17/523,145
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reflective display body configured such that the up-down direction of display content on a display surface can be changed. The reflective display body includes a light diffusion control layer, a display device, and a reflective layer. The light diffusion control layer has a diffusion angle width of 5° or more and 80° or less in which a haze value (%) is 90% or more as measured when one surface of the light diffusion control layer is irradiated with light rays at an incident angle of −70° to 70° with respect to the normal direction of the one surface being 0°. The light diffusion control layer has an acute angle of 7° or more and 83° or less.

Claims (24)

1. A reflective display body configured such that an up-down direction of display content on a display surface can be changed, the reflective display body comprising:

a light diffusion control layer;

a display device provided on one surface side of the light diffusion control layer; and

a reflective layer provided on a surface side of the display device opposite to the light diffusion control layer, wherein

the light diffusion control layer has a diffusion angle width of 5° or more and 80° or less in which a haze value (%) is 90% or more as measured when one surface of the light diffusion control layer is irradiated with light rays at an incident angle of −70° to 70° with respect to a normal direction of the one surface being 0°, and

the light diffusion control layer has an acute angle of 7° or more and 83° or less, the acute angle being defined as an angle formed between the up-down direction of the display content and a straight line obtained by projecting a light ray specified as a centroid of a transmitted and diffused light onto an other surface of the light diffusion control layer, and when the one surface of the light diffusion control layer is irradiated with incident light perpendicular to the one surface, the transmitted and diffused light is generated from the other surface.

2. The reflective display body according to claim 1 , wherein the light diffusion control layer has a regular internal structure that includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index.

3. The reflective display body according to claim 2 , wherein the regular internal structure is a column structure that includes a plurality of columnar bodies densely arranged to stand in the region having the relatively low refractive index.

4. The reflective display body according to claim 1 , wherein

the reflective display body includes a front light provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the display device,

the front light comprises: a light guide member that covers the display surface; and a light source that is in contact with the light guide member and is located at least at a part of a peripheral edge portion of the display surface, and

the light source exists at a position at which a straight line passing through the center of the light source and the center of the display surface is not parallel to any of the up-down direction and right-left direction of the display content when the display surface is viewed in a plane.

5. The reflective display body according to claim 2 , wherein

the reflective display body includes a front light provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the display device,

the front light comprises: a light guide member that covers the display surface; and a light source that is in contact with the light guide member and is located at least at a part of a peripheral edge portion of the display surface, and

the light source exists at a position at which a straight line passing through the center of the light source and the center of the display surface is not parallel to any of the up-down direction and right-left direction of the display content when the display surface is viewed in a plane.

6. The reflective display body according to claim 3 , wherein

the reflective display body includes a front light provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the display device,

the front light comprises: a light guide member that covers the display surface; and a light source that is in contact with the light guide member and is located at least at a part of a peripheral edge portion of the display surface, and

the light source exists at a position at which a straight line passing through the center of the light source and the center of the display surface is not parallel to any of the up-down direction and right-left direction of the display content when the display surface is viewed in a plane.

7. A roll body comprising:

a wound light diffusion control sheet, wherein

the light diffusion control sheet has a diffusion angle width of 5° or more and 80° or less in which a haze value (%) is 90% or more as measured when one surface of the light diffusion control sheet is irradiated with light rays at an incident angle of −70° to 70° with respect to a normal direction of the one surface being 0°, and

the light diffusion control sheet has an acute angle of 7° or more and 83° or less, the acute angle being defined as an angle formed between a longitudinal direction of the light diffusion control sheet and a straight line obtained by projecting a light ray specified as a centroid of a transmitted and diffused light onto an other surface of the light diffusion control sheet, and when the one surface of the light diffusion control layer is irradiated with incident light perpendicular to the one surface, the transmitted and diffused light is generated from the other surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2021
From: KATAGIRI, BAKU; KURAMOTO, TATSUKI; ARAZOE, TETSUYA; KUSAMA, KENTARO
To: LINTEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058072/0951 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-188091 · Nov 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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