Shaped glass structures, in particular to curved glass structures, having optically improved transmittance are provided along with methods of making such glass structures. Articles and methods described herein mask tube or reforming defects with help of refractive index-matching substances (e.g. optically clear adhesives) and/or additional glass layers. The articles and methods are applicable to any shaped glass, and is particularly useful for 3D-shaped parts for use in portable electronic devices.

According to the present invention, a system for manufacturing an optical display element, which manufactures an optical display element by laminating optical films on both planes of a rectangular panel, includes: a panel supply unit supplying the panel; a panel transport unit transporting the supplied panel; a first laminating unit laminating the optical film onto a first plane of the panel in a direction parallel to a panel transport direction; and a second laminating unit laminating the optical film onto a second plane of the panel so that an absorption axis direction of the optical film is orthogonal to the absorption axis direction of the optical film laminated onto the first plane of the panel, in which when a panel supply direction set to be parallel to the panel transport direction between a longitudinal direction of an initial long edge and the longitudinal direction of an initial short edge of the panel supplied by the panel supply unit and a first laminating direction set so as to laminate the optical film onto the first plane of the panel in one of the longitudinal direction of a long edge and the longitudinal direction of a short edge of the panel are previously set as a process condition, the system includes a first pivot unit that pivots the panel to reverse positional relationship of the initial long edge and the initial short edge of the panel to each other when the set panel transfort direction is orthogonal to the first laminating direction.

The present, invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can exhibit excellent retardation stability against heat and that can prevent reduction in contrast ratio due to scattering even when the liquid crystal display device includes a retardation layer formed by polymerization of a reactive monomer, and a method for producing a liquid crystal display device suitable for production of the liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes paired substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the paired substrates. At least one of the paired substrates includes a retardation layer formed from a polymer of at least one type of monomer. The at least one type of monomer includes a photo-aligning monomer that is to be aligned by polarized light.

The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer containing: a bent plate with a bent portion, including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and a printed layer formed on the first main surface, in which the printed layer has an average value (average OD value) of optical density (OD values) in visible light in a plane being 4 or more.

A mobile terminal disclosed herein includes a window on one surface of a terminal body and configured to be curved, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) on a rear surface of the window to output visual information, and curved by external force. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel to generate an image using light from a light guide plate, at least one prism sheet disposed between the light guide plate and the liquid crystal panel, and a supporting member accommodating the light guide plate and the prism sheet and supporting the liquid crystal panel. The supporting member includes first and second mounting portions with the liquid crystal panel mounted. At least one of the first and second mounting portions has a recess portion for insertion of an edge of the prism sheet to prevent shifting of the prism sheet due to the liquid crystal display being curved.

A sheet material includes a resin layer containing a binder and catalyst particles, an electroless plating film on the side of one main surface of the resin layer and including first electroless plating films and a second electroless plating film, and a base material on the side of the other main surface of the resin layer.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment composition that not only exhibits high degree of imidization and excellent film strength when manufacturing a liquid crystal alignment film, but also can realize improved alignment property and electrical properties, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display using the same.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent composition including a copolymer for liquid crystal alignment agent containing two types of repeating units classified according to the types of diamine-derived functional groups, and a crosslinker compound in which the protecting group having a specific structure was introduced, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display device using the same.

The present invention relates to novel photoactive polymer materials and their use as orienting layer for liquid crystals, which are used for the production of non-structured and structured optical elements or electro-optical elements and multi-layer systems.

A light deflection diffusion sheet, a stacked light deflection diffusion sheet, and a stacked optical sheet that are used in a liquid crystal panel are disclosed. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device include a liquid crystal panel having a length direction and a width direction; a surface light emitting module; a base sheet disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the surface light emitting module; a light diffusion layer disposed on a surface of the base sheet facing the surface light emitting module and diffusing light incident from the surface light emitting module; and a light deflection layer disposed on a surface of the base sheet facing the liquid crystal panel and controlling a travel direction of the light.