# US 11,307,611 B2 · Reflective display body

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- Number: US 11,307,611 B2
- Document ID: US11307611B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/111,699
- Filed: 2020-12-04
- Published: 2021-06-10
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-06
- Assignees: Lintec Corporation
- Applicants: Lintec Corporation
- Inventors: Baku Katagiri; Kentaro Kusama; Tatsuki Kuramoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307611B2

## CPC

- G02B 5/0278: {used in transmission}
- G06F 1/1609: {to support filters or lenses}
- G02B 5/0242: {by means of dispersed particles}
- G02B 5/0263: {with positional variation of the diffusing properties, e.g. gradient or patterned diffuser}
- G02B 5/0268: {characterized by the fabrication or manufacturing method}
- G02B 5/0289: {used as a transflector}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A reflective display body includes a light diffusion control layer and a reflective layer. The light diffusion control layer has a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The regions having the relatively high refractive index extend from one surface side toward the other surface side of the light diffusion control layer, and a straight line parallel to the extending direction is tilted with respect to the thickness direction of the light diffusion control layer. When a vector C is obtained by projecting a vector, which is parallel to the extending direction and directed from the surface side distal to the display surface of the reflective display body toward the display surface side, onto the display surface, the smallest angle among three angles between vector C and vectors D1 to D3 is more than 0° and 45° or less.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A reflective display body configured such that an up-down direction of display content on a display surface can be changed, the reflective display body comprising:
a light diffusion control layer having a regular internal structure, the regular internal structure comprising a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index; and
a reflective layer provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the display surface,
wherein in the light diffusion control layer, the regions having the relatively high refractive index extend from one surface side toward another surface side of the light diffusion control layer, and a straight line parallel to an extending direction of the regions is tilted with respect to a thickness direction of the light diffusion control layer,
wherein when vectors A, C, D1, D2, and D3 are defined as follows:
the vector A is parallel to the extending direction and directed from a surface side of the reflective display body distal to the display surface toward the display surface side;
the vector C is obtained by projecting the vector A onto the display surface;
the vector D1 has a starting point on a center of the display surface and is in a downward direction of an initial up-down direction of the display content;
the vector D2 has a starting point on the center of the display surface and is in a leftward direction of an initial right-left direction of the display content; and
the vector D3 has a starting point on the center of the display surface and is in a rightward direction of the initial right-left direction of the display content,
a smallest angle among an angle between the vector C and the vector D1, an angle between the vector C and the vector D2, and an angle between the vector C and the vector D3 is more than 0° and 45° or less.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The reflective display body according to claim 1, wherein when a vector B is defined as a vector that is parallel to the thickness direction of the light diffusion control layer and directed from the surface side of the reflective display body distal to the display surface toward the display surface side, an angle between the vector A and the vector B is more than 0° and 30° or less.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The reflective display body according to claim 2, wherein
the display surface has a rectangular shape, and
the reflective display body is configured such that the initial up-down direction of the display content is parallel to any one of sides of the rectangular shape.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The reflective display body according to any one of claim 3, wherein
the reflective display body comprises a front light provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the reflective layer,
the front light comprises: a light guiding member that covers the display surface; and a light source that is in contact with the light guiding member and positioned on at least a part of a peripheral part of the display surface, and
the light source is present at a position at which, when the display surface is viewed in a plane, a straight line passing through a center of the light source and the center of the display surface is not parallel to any of the up-down direction and the right-left direction of the display content.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The reflective display body according to any one of claim 2, wherein
the reflective display body comprises a front light provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the reflective layer,
the front light comprises: a light guiding member that covers the display surface; and a light source that is in contact with the light guiding member and positioned on at least a part of a peripheral part of the display surface, and
the light source is present at a position at which, when the display surface is viewed in a plane, a straight line passing through a center of the light source and the center of the display surface is not parallel to any of the up-down direction and the right-left direction of the display content.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The reflective display body according to claim 1, wherein
the display surface has a rectangular shape, and
the reflective display body is configured such that the initial up-down direction of the display content is parallel to any one of sides of the rectangular shape.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The reflective display body according to any one of claim 6, wherein
the reflective display body comprises a front light provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the reflective layer,
the front light comprises: a light guiding member that covers the display surface; and a light source that is in contact with the light guiding member and positioned on at least a part of a peripheral part of the display surface, and
the light source is present at a position at which, when the display surface is viewed in a plane, a straight line passing through a center of the light source and the center of the display surface is not parallel to any of the up-down direction and the right-left direction of the display content.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The reflective display body according to claim 1, wherein
the reflective display body comprises a front light provided on a surface side of the light diffusion control layer opposite to the reflective layer,
the front light comprises: a light guiding member that covers the display surface; and a light source that is in contact with the light guiding member and positioned on at least a part of a peripheral part of the display surface, and
the light source is present at a position at which, when the display surface is viewed in a plane, a straight line passing through a center of the light source and the center of the display surface is not parallel to any of the up-down direction and the right-left direction of the display content.