Optical sheet and liquid crystal display equipped with the same
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
- a sheet-like transparent substrate made of a transparent material;
a microscopic structure layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate, the microscopic structure layer having an array of microscopic structures to emit light; and
a liquid crystal panel formed above the microscopic structure layer, the liquid crystal panel having defined therein a plurality of pixels to display an image,wherein at least a portion of the microscopic structures has parallel and non-parallel arrangements repeated one or more times in a longitudinal direction thereof with respect to one side-edge of the pixels of the liquid crystal panel, andwherein the parallel and non-parallel arrangements are repeated in a period that is 50 times or less of that of the pixels of the liquid crystal panel.
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Abstract
An optical sheet and a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) incorporating the same. The LCD includes a sheet-like transparent substrate made of a transparent material and a microscopic structure layer formed on one surface of the transparent substrate. The microscopic structure layer has an array of microscopic structures to emit light. A liquid crystal panel is formed above the microscopic structure layer, and has defined therein a plurality of pixels to display an image. When seen from above the transparent substrate, at least a portion of the microscopic structures has parallel and non-parallel arrangements repeated one or more times in a longitudinal direction thereof with respect to one side-edge of the pixels of the liquid crystal panel.
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17 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display comprising:
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a sheet-like transparent substrate made of a transparent material; a microscopic structure layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate, the microscopic structure layer having an array of microscopic structures to emit light; and a liquid crystal panel formed above the microscopic structure layer, the liquid crystal panel having defined therein a plurality of pixels to display an image, wherein at least a portion of the microscopic structures has parallel and non-parallel arrangements repeated one or more times in a longitudinal direction thereof with respect to one side-edge of the pixels of the liquid crystal panel, and wherein the parallel and non-parallel arrangements are repeated in a period that is 50 times or less of that of the pixels of the liquid crystal panel. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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2. A liquid crystal display comprising:
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a sheet-like transparent substrate made of a transparent material; a microscopic structure layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate, the microscopic structure layer having an array of microscopic structures to emit light; and a liquid crystal panel formed above the microscopic structure layer, the liquid crystal panel having defined therein a plurality of pixels to display an image, wherein at least a portion of the microscopic structures has parallel and non-parallel arrangements repeated one or more times in a longitudinal direction thereof with respect to one side-edge of the pixels of the liquid crystal panel, and wherein the at least a portion of the microscopic structures has a section converting from the parallel arrangement to the non-parallel arrangement, the converting section having a curvature 600 times or less of a pitch of the microscopic structures.
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5. A liquid crystal display comprising:
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a sheet-like transparent substrate made of a transparent material; a microscopic structure layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate, the microscopic structure layer having an array of microscopic structures to emit light; and a liquid crystal panel formed above the microscopic structure layer, liquid crystal panel having defined therein a plurality of pixels to display an image, wherein at least a portion of the microscopic structures has parallel and non-parallel arrangements repeated one or more times in a longitudinal direction thereof with respect to one side-edge of the pixels of the liquid crystal panel, and wherein the liquid crystal panel has a vertically-transmitting area and a horizontally-transmitting area, one of the vertical-transmitting and horizontally-transmitting areas having a value of 500 μ
m or less.
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12. An optical sheet comprising:
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a sheet-like transparent substrate made of a transparent material; and a microscopic structure layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate, the microscopic structure layer having an array of microscopic structures to emit light, wherein, when seen from above the transparent substrate, at least a portion of the microscopic structures has parallel and non-parallel arrangements repeated in a longitudinal direction thereof with respect to one side-edge of the transparent substrate, and wherein the at least a portion of the microscopic structures has a section converting from the parallel arrangement to the non-parallel arrangement, the converting section having a curvature 600 times or less of a pitch of the microscopic structures. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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