The present application discloses a prism sheet and a method for producing the same, a backlight module and a VR display apparatus. The prism sheet includes a substrate which has a light incidence surface and a light exit surface, the light incidence surface and the light exit surface being respectively arranged on a first side and a second side of the substrate opposed to each other, a plurality of pits are provided on the light incidence surface and spaced apart from each other, and each of the pits includes an opening portion, a bottom portion and an inclined wall portion connecting the opening portion with the bottom portion, the opening portion forming an opening which has an area greater than the area of the bottom portion of the pit.

This invention discloses a method of forming a prism sheet. The method comprises: providing a substrate having a major light input surface and a major light output surface opposite to the major light input surface; forming a prismatic structure on the major light output surface of the substrate; and forming an uneven structure on the major light input surface of the substrate, wherein forming the uneven structure on the major light input surface of the substrate comprises: providing a hard tool having a smoothly-curved shape such that the penetrating width of the hard tool increases as the penetrating depth of the hard tool increases; penetrating the hard tool into a mold and repeatedly moving the hard tool up and down to form a plurality of smoothly-curved concave shapes along a first path on the mold; and using the cut surface of the mold to emboss a thin film on the second path corresponding to the first path on the major light input surface of the substrate to form a plurality of convex shapes one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of smoothly-curved concave shapes on the second path on the major light input surface of the substrate; wherein the hard tool is not pulled away from the uncut surface of the mold so as to form the cut mold for embossing the thin film on the major light input surface of the substrate such that there is no space between each two adjacent convex shapes along the second path on the major light input surface of the substrate to maximize the uneven optical diffusing area on the second path on the major light input surface of the substrate.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a viewing angle compensation film, comprising the steps of preparing a base and forming a pattern layer on the base, wherein the pattern layer comprises a first surface comprising a flat surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; the second surface comprises multiple protruding portions, each of the protruding portions includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, and the angle formed by the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface is 20 to 60. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a polarizing plate by using a viewing angle compensation film manufactured by the manufacturing method, a viewing angle compensation film, a polarizing plate, and a display device including same.

A method of applying a pattern formed of two different materials to a pattern support layer includes: providing a die form having a surface with recesses defining the pattern; applying a first curable material to a surface first region, received in some of the first region recesses and partially filling a first region recess set; applying a second curable material to some of the surface first region, the second curable material at least partially fills the first set of the first region recesses; contacting a pattern support layer with the die form surface to cover the recesses containing both the first and second curable materials; separating the pattern support layer from the die form surface, the first and second curable materials in the covered recesses removed therefrom and retained on the pattern support layer; and curing the first and second curable materials during and/or after the second and third steps.

A method for manufacturing a printed product comprises provision of a matrix comprising a matrix surface having at least one recess. A first curable compound is applied to the matrix surface in a controlled amount that does not exceed a volume of the recess(es). The first curable compound creep down in and partly fill the recess(es), leaving protruding surfaces substantially free from the first curable compound. The matrix surface and recess(es) are covered by a pickup layer of a second curable compound. The matrix is brought in contact with the substrate surface and the first curable compound and the second curable compound are cured. The matrix surface is separated from the substrate surface, leaving the pickup layer and the first curable compound on the substrate surface. The first curable compound forms printed product micro features at the pickup layer covering the substrate surface.

A method and an apparatus for producing a relief-pattern forming, the method and apparatus being suitable for producing a film-like material, such as an embossed film, having a fine relief-structure pattern formed on a surface thereof so as to have a distinctive optical effect with higher quality, good productivity, and fewer defects. A transfer pattern printed layer having an inverted structure of a relief-structure pattern is formed on a second substrate by printing a transfer pattern onto the surface of a first substrate on which the relief-structure pattern is formed at a predetermined position by registration with the relief-structure pattern followed by drying, laminating with the second substrate, curing and peeling.

There is provided a master, an optical body, and a master manufacturing method, including: forming, on a surface of a master body that includes a base material, a periodic micro concave-convex structure in which an average cycle of concavities and convexities is less than or equal to visible light wavelengths; forming an inorganic resist layer on the surface of the master body; microparticulating and spraying an organic resist dissolved in a diluent onto the inorganic resist layer, to thereby form an organic resist layer, on a surface of which is provided a macro concave-convex structure in which the average cycle of concavities and convexities is greater than the visible light wavelengths; and etching the organic resist layer, the inorganic resist layer, and the master body, to thereby superimpose and uniformly form the micro concave-convex structure and the macro concave-convex structure on the surface of the base material.

This is a mold repairing method for removing a resin material deposited on a mold, of which the surface is a porous film with a plurality of recesses that have been created through anodization. The mold repairing method includes the steps of: (I) removing the resin material that is exposed on the surface of the mold over the plurality of recesses without performing atmospheric pressure plasma processing; and (II) removing at least partially the resin material that is still left inside the plurality of recesses by the atmospheric pressure plasma processing, after the step (I) has been performed, thereby recovering the original function of the mold.

There is provided a novel, improved optical body, the micro concave-convex structure of which can be protected without the use of a protective film, with which the optical film can be made thinner, and with which it is possible to improve the handling properties; a film adhesive body; and a method for manufacturing an optical body, the optical body including: an optical film, on one surface of which is formed a first micro concave-convex structure in which an average cycle of concavities and convexities is less than or equal to a visible light wavelength; and a master film that covers the first micro concave-convex structure. The master film is provided with a second micro concave-convex structure formed on a surface that faces the first micro concave-convex structure, the second micro concave-convex structure is made of a cured curing resin, and has a reverse shape of the first micro concave-convex structure, and the optical film and the master film are separable from each other.

A transfer molding method includes supplying melted resin to a first metallic mold, conveying the first metallic mold onto which the resin was supplied to a position opposing a second metallic mold, performing transfer molding by sandwiching the resin between the two metallic molds, and cooling the resin after performing transfer molding. The performing transfer molding includes discharging residual air that remains in a recess via a groove portion.