# US 10,310,368 B2 · Projection screen

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- Number: US 10,310,368 B2
- Document ID: US10310368B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/895,140
- Filed: 2018-02-13
- Published: 2018-10-04
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-31
- Assignees: Lintec Corporation
- Applicants: LINTEC Corporation
- Inventors: Kentaro Kusama; Baku Katagiri
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310368B2

## CPC

- G03B 21/62: Translucent screens
- G02B 5/0236: {the diffusion taking place within the volume of the element}
- G03B 21/60: characterised by the nature of the surface
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

Provided is a projection screen that can effectively diffuse incident light coming from a wide range of angles in the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction and can provide a wide viewing angle even if the projection screen is applied to a large-sized screen. Disclosed is a projection screen including a light diffusion control plate, in which when a first direction and a second direction orthogonally intersecting each other are assumed to be on the surface of the light diffusion control plate, and when the incident angle of the light incident to the light diffusion control plate is defined such that an angle parallel to the normal line to the surface of the light diffusion control plate is defined as 0°, in a case in which the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident at an incident angle of 0° is designated as L0; the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident at a predetermined incident angle along the first direction is designated as L1; and the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident at a predetermined incident angle along the second direction is designated as L2, there exist a first direction and a second direction, in which L0, L1, and L2 always satisfy the following relational expressions (1) and (2): L1≥0.25×L0 (1) L2≥0.25×L0 (2).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A projection screen comprising light diffusion control plate,
the light diffusion control plate including a light diffusion control film having an internal structure including a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index in the interior of the film,
wherein when a first direction and a second direction orthogonally intersecting each other are assumed to be on the surface of the light diffusion control plate, and when the incident angle of the light incident to the light diffusion control plate is defined such that an angle parallel to the normal line to the surface of the light diffusion control plate is defined as 0°,
in a case in which the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident on the intersection point of the orthogonally intersecting first direction and second direction at an incident angle of 0° is designated as L0 (cd/m2);
the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident on the intersection point of the orthogonally intersecting first direction and second direction at an incident angle varying in the range of −30° to 30° along the first direction is designated as L1 (cd/m2); and
the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident on the intersection point of the orthogonally intersecting first direction and second direction at an incident angle varying in the range of 0° to 30° along the second direction is designated as L2 (cd/m2),
there exist the first direction and the second direction, in which L0, L1, and L2 always satisfy the following relational expressions (1) and (2),
wherein in a case in which the luminance of diffused light obtainable when light is incident on the intersection point of the orthogonally intersecting first direction and second direction at an incident angle of −30° along the second direction is designated as) L3(−30°) (cd/m2), L3(−30°) satisfies the following relational expression (3):
L1≥0.25×L0 (1)
L2≥0.25×L0 (2)
L3(−30°)<0.7×L0 (3).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The projection screen according to claim 1, wherein in the light diffusion control plate, the transmission gain at the time of setting the incident angle to 0° is adjusted to a value of 0.8 or higher.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The projection screen according to claim 1, wherein the light diffusion control plate is formed by laminating a plurality of sheets of a light diffusion control film, and the number of laminated sheets of the light diffusion control film is adjusted to 4 or less.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The projection screen according to claim 1, wherein the light diffusion control film includes a light diffusion control film having a single light diffusion layer that has a first internal structure and a second internal structure, the structures each including a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index in the interior of the film, sequentially from the lower part along the film thickness direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The projection screen according to claim 4, wherein the light diffusion control film has an overlapping internal structure in which the upper end portion of the first internal structure and the position of the lower end portion of the second internal structure overlap each other in the film thickness direction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The projection screen according to claim 5, wherein the thickness of the overlapping internal structure is adjusted to a value within the range of 1 to 40 μm.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The projection screen according to claim 4, wherein the incident angle θ1 of the region having a relatively high refractive index in the first internal structure with respect to the normal line to the film plane is adjusted to a value within the range of 0° to 80°, and the incident angle θ2 of the region having a relatively high refractive index in the second internal structure with respect to the normal line to the film plane is adjusted to a value within the range of 0° to 45°.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The projection screen according to claim 4, wherein the first internal structure is a columnar structure obtainable by arranging a plurality of pillar-shaped objects having a relatively high refractive index to stand close together in the film thickness direction in a region having a relatively low refractive index, or a louver structure obtainable by alternately arranging a plurality of plate-shaped regions having different refractive indices in any one direction along the film plane.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

The projection screen according to claim 4, wherein the second internal structure is a columnar structure obtainable by arranging a plurality of pillar-shaped objects having a relatively high refractive index to stand close together in the film thickness direction in a region having a relatively low refractive index, or a louver structure obtainable by alternately arranging a plurality of plate-shaped regions having different refractive indices in any one direction along the film plane.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The projection screen according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the light diffusion control plate is adjusted to a value within the range of 186 to 3,600 μm.