Article (9,19) comprising a substrate (10, 20) comprising a polymer and having first (11,21) and second (12, 22) opposed major surfaces. The first major surface (11, 21) has first surface regions (13, 23) with first nanoparticles (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d) partially embedded into the first major surface (11, 21), and one of •(a) second surface regions (15) free of nanoparticles; or •(b) second surface regions (25) with at least second nanoparticles (28) on the first major surface (11, 21) or partially embedded into the first major surface (11, 21). The first surface regions (13, 23) have a first average surface roughness, R.sub.a1, of at least 20 nm, wherein the second surface regions (15, 25) have a second average surface roughness, R.sub.a2, of less than 100 nm, wherein the first average surface roughness, R.sub.a1, is greater than the second average surface roughness, R.sub.a2, and wherein there is an absolute difference between the first and second average surface roughness of at least 10 nm.

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a diffusion cover that diffuses and transmits light from a semiconductor light-emitting element. The method includes the steps of preparing a base member having an obverse surface and a reverse surface that face away from each other in a thickness direction; forming a lens material on the obverse surface, the lens material containing a photosensitive transparent resin; and removing a portion of the lens material by performing grayscale exposure and development, and forming a lens having a plurality of lens members. Such a configuration can provide a diffusion cover suitable for reducing the manufacturing cost.

An apparatus and method for manufacturing phase masks for lens-less camera comprises: a light source; a digital image mirror that receives a two-dimensional map, reflects the light irradiated from the light source with different intensities for each location and outputs reflected light; a two-dimensional map generator for generating the 2D map for adjusting the intensity of reflected light for each position such that the phase mask has a unique pattern of a different height for each position from a point spread function acquired in advance depending on the purpose of use of the phase mask; and a material holder on which a photo-curable film is disposed that is irradiated with the reflected light and cured to different depths depending on the light intensity for each position of the irradiated reflected light.

The antiglare film of the present invention is provided with an antiglare layer having a haze value set in a range from 0.5% to 20%, transmission image clarity at an optical comb width of 0.5 mm is a value in a range from 60% to 96%, and, in a state where the antiglare film is mounted on a surface of a display, a standard deviation of luminance distribution of the display is a value in a range from 0 to 12.

The present disclosure relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel and a display device including the same. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel capable of exhibiting excellent physical and optical properties particularly while improving the visibility of a laser pointer, by using polyethylene terephthalate as a substrate and including fine metal particles dispersed in the photocurable resin layer, and to a display device including the same.

The present invention provides a thin optical laminated sheet with little or no interference fringes or rainbow-like colors, and a method of manufacturing the optical laminated sheet. An optical laminated sheet is integrally formed by laminating a plurality of optical films having an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, the optical laminated sheet including an adhesive layer A wherein one surface is a flat and smooth surface and the opposite surface has an unevenness shaped by a transfer. The optical laminated sheet may include an integrally formed laminate wherein one surface of the adhesive layer A is planarly bonded to one surface of the optical film and an uneven surface that is the other surface of the adhesive layer A is linearly and/or intermittently bonded to the prism edges of a light collecting film made up of prism rows. The optical laminated sheet may be used in a backlight unit.

A light emitting diode display panel may comprise a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diodes located over the substrate, and an optical assembly located over the plurality of light emitting diodes. The optical assembly may include a lens array and a diffuser. An inner surface of the lens array may define a plurality of inner curves.

Polymeric films, which may be adhesive films, and display devices including such polymeric films, wherein a polymeric film includes: a first polymeric layer having two major surfaces, wherein the first polymeric layer includes a first polymeric matrix and particles. The first polymeric layer includes: a first polymeric matrix having a refractive index n.sub.1; and particles having a refractive index n.sub.2 uniformly dispersed within the first polymeric matrix; wherein the particles are present in an amount of less than 30 vol-%, based on the volume of the first polymeric layer, and have a particle size range of 400 nanometers (nm) to 3000 nm; and wherein n.sub.1 is different than n.sub.2.

An optical film for a sub-millimeter light emitting diode (MiniLED) backlight module and a method for preparing the optical film are disclosed. The MiniLED backlight module includes a diffusion film, an optical film, a reflection film and MiniLED chips. The diffusion film is provided above the optical film. The reflection film is provided under the MiniLED chips. The MiniLED chips are provided between the reflection film and the optical film. The first end of the optical film includes multiple first microstructures. The second end of the optical film includes multiple second microstructures. In the disclosure, photoresists are spin-coated on one end of an optical film substrate. A lithography direct write process is adopt to form a microstructure morphology on the surface of the OCA. The morphology is cured after development and hot baking to obtain an optical film.

The present description concerns an optical diffuser including a first layer having an electrically-conductive track formed therein, and a second layer, having the first layer resting thereon resting thereon, and having at least two electrically-conductive pillars extending across the entire thickness of the second layer formed therein. The second layer includes at least one first region located under the conductive track comprising no pillar.