US5583677A
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Optical compensation sheet and its fabrication as well as liquid crystal display device using the same
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1994-01-18
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Granted: 1996-12-10
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Expires: 2014-01-18
Abstract
Abstract An optical compensation sheet for improving the visual characteristics of a liquid crystal display device is disclosed with a liquid crystal display device using such a sheet. The optical compensation sheet contains at least one photopolymerization substance that is sterically or structurally isomerized by light, and has negative uniaxiality, with the optic axis of the sheet intersecting the surface of the sheet. Application of this optical compensation sheet to a TN liquid crystal display device allows it the visual angle property to be improved, thereby providing a high definition liquid crystal display device.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuji Ito
- 👤 Ken Kawata
- 👤 Nobuhiko Uchino
- 👤 Masaki Okazaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 13:05
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/13363; G02F1/133632
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
39 words
An optical compensation sheet comprising: at least one photoisomerized substance, said sheet having optical anisotropy and negative uniaxiality with an optic axis of the sheet intersecting the surface of the sheet at an angle other than a right angle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
An optical compensation sheet comprising: at least one photoisomerized substance, said sheet having optical anisotropy and negative uniaxiality with an optic axis of the sheet intersecting the surface of the sheet at an angle other than a right angle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
An optical compensation sheet as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a liquid crystalline compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
An optical compensation sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photoisomerized substance includes a low-molecular compound or polymer including a photoisomerizable functional group and wherein the photoisomerized substance has the ability to form a liquid crystal.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of fabricating an optical compensation sheet comprising the steps of: irradiating an optical compensation sheet containing at least one photoisomerized substance with linearly polarized light, thereby allowing the sheet to exhibit optical anisotropy, said sheet having negative uniaxiality, with an optic axis of the sheet intersecting a surface of the sheet at an angle other than a right angle, wherein said irradiating step includes obliquely irradiating said sheet containing at least one photoisomerized substance with said linearly polarized light, thereby controlling the angle of the optic axis with respect to a surface of the sheet.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of fabricating an optical compensation sheet comprising the steps of: irradiating an optical compensation sheet containing at least one photoisomerized substance with linearly polarized light, thereby allowing the sheet to exhibit optical anisotropy, said sheet having negative uniaxiality, with an optic axis of the sheet intersecting a surface of the sheet at an angle other than a right angle, wherein said irradiating step includes obliquely irradiating said sheet containing at least one photoisomerized substance with said linearly polarized light, thereby controlling the angle of the optic axis with respect to a surface of the sheet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
95 words
A liquid crystal display element including a liquid crystal cell having a liquid crystal sandwiched between two electrode substrates, two polarizing plates located on both sides of the liquid crystal cell, and at least one optical compensation sheet located between the liquid crystal cell and at least one of the polarizing plates, said optical compensation sheet containing at least one photoisomerized substance and having optical anisotropy and negative uniaxiality, with an optic axis of the at least one optical compensation sheet intersecting a surface of the sheet at an angle other than a right angle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
95 words
A liquid crystal display element including a liquid crystal cell having a liquid crystal sandwiched between two electrode substrates, two polarizing plates located on both sides of the liquid crystal cell, and at least one optical compensation sheet located between the liquid crystal cell and at least one of the polarizing plates, said optical compensation sheet containing at least one photoisomerized substance and having optical anisotropy and negative uniaxiality, with an optic axis of the at least one optical compensation sheet intersecting a surface of the sheet at an angle other than a right angle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A liquid crystal display element as claimed in claim 5, wherein the optical compensation sheet further contains a liquid crystalline compound.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A liquid crystal display element as claimed in claim 5, wherein the photoisomerized substance includes a low-molecular compound or polymer including photoisomerizable functional group and wherein the photoisomerized substance has the ability to form a liquid crystal.
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