Patent ID: 7646452
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: B29D,G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. A production method for a display panel having a microlens array, including a display panel and a plurality of microlenses provided on a light-incident side of the display panel, comprising: (a) a step of providing a display panel having a plurality of pixels in a matrix arrangement, wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a plurality of picture elements, including a first picture element transmitting first color light to display the first color and a second picture element transmitting second color light which is different from the first color light to display the second color; (b) a step of forming a photocurable material layer on one of a pair of outer principal faces, being opposite to each other, of the display panel; (c) a step of exposing the photocurable material layer to light via the display panel to form the microlens array, wherein the photocurable material layer is partially cured with light which has been transmitted through at least the first picture element; and (d) a step of removing an uncured portion of the photocurable material layer having been exposed to light, thereby forming a plurality of microlenses.