Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device comprises a display panel, and a lens panel disposed on one surface of the display panel, wherein the lens panel includes, a lower substrate, a lower electrode layer having electrodes divided in plurality on one surface of the lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the lower electrode layer and tilted in a lens form, an upper substrate combined to the lower substrate, and an upper electrode layer disposed on one surface of the upper substrate and having pattern omissions where a part of electrodes is omitted in areas corresponding to a surface of discontinuity of the lens form.

Abstract: A light guide device can provide a backlight for an LCD or a projection display. The light guide device includes a light-input end and an opposing end, opposing left and right sides which join the light-input end and the opposing end, and opposing front and back surfaces which join the light-input end and the opposing end. A birefringent film is provided on the opposing left and right sides of the light guide which switches a polarization of incident light. Incident light is provided at the light-input end having a right-handed circular polarization, in addition to light having a left-handed circular polarization. Light emitted from the front surface passes through a linear polarizer which selectively passes light to allow privacy of viewing by a user. The incident light can be provided at the light-input end using one or more cuboid rods, slab light guides, or discrete light sources.

Abstract: An optical film contains a cellulose acylate film, and at least two layers of an optically anisotropic layer A and an optically anisotropic layer B, wherein the cellulose acylate film satisfies the specific formulae, Re(548) of the optically anisotropic layer A is from 80 to 190 nm and the slow axis of the optically anisotropic layer A is at 45°±10° with respect to the film conveying direction, and the optically anisotropic layer B satisfies the specific formulae.

Abstract: A quarter wave plate that is a crystal plate made of an inorganic material having birefringence and optical rotatory power and has an optical axis, includes an incident surface positioned on one surface of the crystal plate; and an emitting surface positioned on another surface, which is opposed to the incident surface, of the crystal plate. In the quarter wave plate, linearly-polarized light incident from the incident surface is converted into circularly-polarized light so as to be emitted from the emitting surface, and circularly-polarized light incident from the incident surface is converted into linearly-polarized light so as to be emitted from the emitting surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a VA-mode liquid-crystal display device comprising a front-side polarizing element (14), a rear-side polarizing element (12), and a VA-mode liquid-crystal cell (LC) disposed between the front-side polarizing element and the rear-side polarizing element, wherein the VA-mode liquid-crystal cell comprises a front-side substrate (24), a rear-side substrate (22), and a liquid-crystal layer (10) disposed between them, wherein the ratio of the member-contrast ratio (CRf) of the front-side substrate (22) to the member-contrast ratio (CRr) of the rear-side substrate, CRf/CRr satisfies 3?CRf/CRr, and wherein the rear-side polarizing element (12) is directly stuck to the VA-mode liquid-crystal cell (LC).

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative C-type retardation compensator for a liquid crystal display. The negative C-type retardation compensator for the liquid crystal display includes polyarylate having a thio group or a sulfur oxide group in a polymer main chain thereof. Accordingly, the retardation compensator has an absolute value of negative retardation that is larger in a thickness direction than a retardation compensator which includes polyarylate having no thio group or sulfur oxide group in a polymer main chain thereof even though the retardation compensator having the thio group or sulfur oxide group and the retardation compensator having no thio group or sulfur oxide group are the same as each other in thickness. Thereby, the negative C-type retardation compensator for liquid crystal displays is capable of being desirably applied to the liquid crystal displays.

Abstract: A biaxial retardation film is disclosed, including a substrate, wherein the substrate includes an alignment film thereon or an alignment-treated surface; and an optically anisotropic coating on the substrate, wherein the optically anisotropic coating includes a top layer and a bottom layer, wherein the bottom layer is a parallel aligned liquid crystal layer along an alignment direction of the substrate, and the top layer is a vertically aligned hexagonal pillar array liquid crystal layer, wherein three-dimensional refractive indices of the optically anisotropic coating satisfy a relationship nx>nz>ny. The disclosure also provides a fabrication method thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal cell provided with a color filter, a pair of polarizing plates arranged on both outside surfaces of the liquid crystal cell, and an optical compensation layer disposed inside of each polarizing plate, wherein, when a chromaticity (u, v) represented in CIE1960 color system is measured in a black state of the liquid crystal display device, a color difference ?uv given by equation (1) described below is 0.02 or less in an range of 0<??60: ?uv=[{u(?)?u(?)}2+[{v(?)?v(?)}2]1/2??(1) wherein (u(?), v(?)) is chromaticity as viewed from a vertical direction and (u(?), v(?)) is chromaticity as viewed from a direction inclined at an angle of ? degrees with a direction of a normal line of a display surface.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel (2) disposed between two linear polarization plates (1, 3) and a triacetyl cellulose film having biaxial optical anisotropy (4), the triacetyl cellulose film having biaxial optical anisotropy (4) (i) being disposed further from the screen front side than a front polarization plate, which is one of the two linear polarization plates (1, 3), and (ii) having a planar retardation comprised in a range from 40 nm to 100 nm. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device allowing an observer to perceive, through polarized sunglasses and with a high display quality, an image on a screen not only from a frontal viewpoint but also if an azimuth angle and a polar angle at which viewpoints are set are shifted from the frontal viewpoint.

Abstract: A laminate comprising a transparent support and, as formed on the transparent support, a patterned alignment control layer containing a first alignment control region and a second alignment control region each having an alignment control surface, in which the two regions differ from each other in point of the composition thereof and in point of the alignment-controlling capability thereof, in which the individual alignment control surfaces are alternately positioned in the patterned alignment control layer, and in which the alignment control surfaces of the first alignment control region and the second alignment control region can control liquid crystals in such a manner that the long axes of the aligned liquid crystals could be vertical to each other in the plane parallel to the alignment control surfaces.

Abstract: An O plate is included which includes a phase difference compensating layer which is an assembly of columns obtained by oblique deposition of an anisotropic refractive index medium with respect to a substrate and has negative biaxial refractive index anisotropy. In the O plate, a front surface phase difference value of the O plate in the normal direction is 5-15 nm, and a ratio of Re(?30)/Re(30) is 2.5-5.5.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film with functions of light collimating, light polarization for brightness enhancement and limiting viewing angle and a method for preparing the same. The optical film includes a plurality of layers of a cholesteric liquid crystal film bound together via an optical adhesive and a quarter-wavelength retardation plate bound with the cholesteric liquid crystal film via the optical adhesive. Therein, at least one layer of the cholesteric liquid crystal film has a polarized separated wavelength range covering the wavelength range of visible light of three primary colors of red, green and blue.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display including a display panel and a phase retardation film is provided. The display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions arranged in arrays. The phase retardation film is configured on a surface of the display panel. Here, the phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions that are arranged alternately. The first retardation regions have the same phase retardation, the second retardation regions have the same phase retardation, and the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is different from that of the second retardation regions. All the regions of the phase retardation film have the same optical transmittance. A displaying method adaptable to the three-dimensional display is also provided.

Abstract: A display device having a pair of substrates provided so as to face each other and sandwich liquid crystal, and polarizing plates which are pasted to surfaces of the above described pair of substrates on the sides opposite to the above described liquid crystal, where the above described polarizing plates are formed of at least an inside protective film, a polarizing film and an outside protective film, which are layered on the above described substrate side in this order, an expansion axis of the above described outside protective films forms an angle of 30° or more and 90° or less with an expansion axis of the above described polarizing films, and an expansion axis of the above described inside protective films forms an angle of 0° or more and 3° or less with an expansion axis of the above described polarizing films.

Abstract: An easy process of producing a substrate for liquid crystal display device, which contribute to reducing the viewing angle dependence of color of a liquid crystal display device, which comprises the following steps [1] and [2] in this order: [1] subjecting a substrate having at least one optically anisotropic layer and at least one photosensitive polymer layer on a support to light exposure; [2] removing partial or entire part of the optically anisotropic layer and the photosensitive polymer layer by a physical mean.

Abstract: This invention provides an acrylic resin containing film, which is transparent and highly heat resistant and has significantly improved brittleness, and a polarizing plate using the acrylic resin containing film. Further yield in punching work and laminating work of the polarizing late is improved and a liquid crystal display device which can maintain good visibility in long term use is also provided by the polarizing plate. The acrylic resin containing film is composed mainly of an acrylic resin and is characterized in that the film contains the acrylic resin and the cellulose ester resin in a weight ratio of 51:49 to 95:5 and further contains a retardation control agent.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film exhibiting a preferable wavelength dispersion and capable of being formed comparatively thinly. The present invention is an optical film containing the repeating unit represented by the following general formula (II). In the formula (II), A, A?, B, and B? each denote a substituent, a, a?, b, and b? denote the number of substituents of the corresponding A, A?, B, and B?. A, A?, B and B? each independently denote a halogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. R1 and R2 denote a halogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and the like. X denotes —CO—, —SO2—, and the like.

Abstract: The combination optical film of the invention comprises a plurality of optical films in which at least one end face of the optical films are butted against one another, wherein the butted end faces substantially match one another in shape, the butted end faces each have a portion non-vertical to the front and back surfaces of the optical films, and the end faces are butted against one another so as not to form a continuous gap in the normal direction of the optical films from the front to back surfaces. The combination optical film can prevent light leakage without degrading appearance.

Abstract: A liquid crystalline compound shown by the following formula (I). wherein R1 to R13 represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, a trifluoromethoxy group, or a cyano group, X represents —O—, —O—CO—, or the like, n is 0 or 1, and R14 represents -A-CO—CH?CH2, wherein A is a linking group. The liquid crystalline compound has a higher liquid crystal phase upper limit temperature, is chemically stable, can be inexpensively produced, and exhibits a large selective reflection wavelength zone ?? (a large ?n). A liquid crystalline composition comprising the liquid crystalline compounds, an optical film having a liquid crystal layer formed using the liquid crystalline composition, and an optical laminate comprising a substrate, an alignment film formed on the substrate, a liquid crystal layer formed using the liquid crystalline composition on the alignment film are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color liquid crystal panel in an e-mode of an IPS mode, which has a multi-gap structure, and in which a contrast in an oblique direction is enhanced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that has a higher contrast ratio in a wide viewing angle and that can be easily produced at low cost.

Abstract: An LCD device comprises a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first substrate that has a plurality of pixels divided into a reflective portion and a transmissive portion therein, respectively. The liquid crystal display panel further comprises a second substrate that faces the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. Light introduced into the reflective portion of the first substrate through the second substrate is reflected to the second substrate from the reflective portion, and light introduced into the transmissive portion of the first substrate transmits the first substrate.

Abstract: An in-plane switching type liquid crystal display comprising (a) first and second polarizing plates facing each other and spaced from each other; (b) a liquid crystal cell situated between said first and second polarizing plates; and (c) a compensation structure located between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate; wherein the director orientation of the liquid crystal layer being controlled by an electric field parallel to the polarizing plates; one said compensation structure is positioned between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate; the polarizing plates have transmission axes perpendicular to each other, and the compensation structure comprises at least one retardation layer of supramolecules involving at least one polycyclic organic compound with a conjugated ?-system and functional groups which are capable of forming non-covalent bonds between said supramolecules.

Abstract: A polarizer protective film containing a cellulose acylate having a total acyl substitution degree of from 2.2 to less than 2.5 and a polymer prepared by polymerizing an acrylate ester or a methacrylate ester.

Abstract: Provided is a stereo picture print having reduced crosstalk and ghost images. The printing sheet for printing a stereo picture comprises, in sequence: a light-transmissive image receiving layer; a linearly polarizing layer; and a retardation layer, wherein the retardation layer is formed by fixing in an aligned state a composition containing a compound having refractive index anisotropy and is patterned into a first domain and a second domain which have different in-plane slow axes or have different in-plane retardations.

Abstract: An array substrate of the present invention includes: an insulating substrate; a plurality of scanning lines on the insulating substrate; a plurality of data lines each disposed so as to intersect the plurality of scanning lines on the insulating substrate; picture element electrodes each formed in a substantially rectangular shape, the picture element electrodes each being connected, via a switching element, to a corresponding scanning line and a corresponding data line, the picture element electrodes each having a long side disposed along a direction in which the plurality of scanning lines are extended and a short side disposed along a direction in which the plurality of data lines are extended, the picture element electrodes each having cut sections formed by cutting two corners of each of the picture element electrodes, the cut sections being formed so as to serve as alignment dividing means.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a display device having a high contrast ratio by a simple and easy method. Another object of the present invention is to manufacture such a display device having a high contrast ratio at low cost. The present invention relates to a display device including a first substrate; a second substrate; a layer including a display element, wherein the layer including the display element is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and stacked polarizers on the outer side of the first substrate or the second substrate. The stacked polarizers are arranged to be in a parallel Nicols state and the wavelength distributions of the extinction coefficients of the stacked polarizers are different from each other.

Abstract: A polarizing plate for a liquid crystal display is provided and includes a first protective film, a polarizer, a second protective film and a light diffusion layer in order. The light diffusion layer is a layer including a translucent resin and translucent particles having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the translucent resin. The internal haze of the light diffusion layer is 45% to 80%.

Abstract: A video image evaluation equipment of the present invention is capable of converting circularly-polarized light emitted from a circularly polarizing light source into linearly-polarized light so as to transmit an absorption-type linear polarizer by a wavelength plate to be incident on a liquid crystal panel. This makes it possible to enter and reflect light emitted from the circularly polarizing light source on the liquid crystal panel without loss, which leads to display brighter video images than conventional ones.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a VA-mode liquid-crystal display device comprising a front-side polarizing element (14), a rear-side polarizing element (12), a VA-mode liquid-crystal cell (LC) disposed between the front-side polarizing element and the rear-side polarizing element, and a first retardation region (16) comprising one or more retardation layers between the rear-side polarizing element and the VA-mode liquid-crystal cell, wherein the first retardation region satisfies 0 nm?Re(590)?10 nm, and |Rth(590)|?25 nm. Re(?) means retardation (nm) in plane at a wavelength ? nm, and Rth(?) means retardation (nm) along the thickness direction at a wavelength ? nm.

Abstract: A display device includes: a panel; a light source provided on a surface disposed with facing at an interval of a predetermined distance from the back of the panel of said panel; and at least one optical sheet placed in front of said light source; wherein said optical sheet is placed with predetermined inclination angle to the above back of the panel so that it becomes closer from the top end to the bottom end of the back of the panel of said panel.

Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal panel capable of realizing excellent display performance using a circular polarizing plate therein, and a liquid crystal display device and a terminal device using the same, with respect to a semi-transmission type liquid crystal display device in a horizontal electric field mode (In-Plane Switching: IPS). A viewer-side circular polarizing plate and a backside circular polarizing plate are disposed outside of a viewer-side substrate and a backside substrate respectively, and a viewer-side compensation plate and a backside compensation plate are disposed between the respective polarizing plates and substrates to reduce a refractive index anisotropy of a liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A resin film including a resin and an organic acid represented by the following formula (1), wherein the ratio of the organic acid to the resin is from 0.1 to 20% by mass: X-L-(R1)n??Formula (1).

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer placed on another side of the liquid crystal cell; a biaxial optical element placed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer; and a negative C plate placed between the second polarizer and the biaxial optical element. A direction of an absorption axis of the first polarizer is substantially perpendicular to a direction of an absorption axis of the second polarizer. A refractive index ellipsoid of the biaxial optical element has a relationship of nx>nz>ny and a direction of a slow axis of the biaxial optical element is substantially parallel to the direction of the absorption axis of the first polarizer. A refractive index ellipsoid of the negative C plate has a relationship of nx=ny>nz.

Abstract: There is provided an optically-compensatory sheet including, at least one optically anisotropic layer containing a discotic liquid crystalline compound on a transparent support, wherein the optically anisotropic layer contains a boronic acid compound represented by the following Formula (I): wherein, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aryl group or a hetero cyclic group, and R1 and R2 may be linked to each other to form a ring, and R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.

Abstract: A vertically aligned liquid crystal display device is provided in which the phase difference value is increased be-yond a usual range, whereby the ON transmittance in high duty driving is increased to improve the contrast and the viewing angle. In the vertically aligned liquid crystal display device, the phase difference value in the thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer 8 is set in a range of from 500 nm to 1,600 nm, and a first phase difference plate 13 is inserted between the first and second polarizing plates 9, 10 in which the absorption axes 9a and 10a per-pendicularly intersect with each other. The first phase difference plate 13 is a uniaxial phase difference plate which has a negative refractive index anisotropy, in which the phase difference value in the thickness direction is set in a range of from 220 nm to 1,320 nm, and which has the optical axis perpendicular to first and second glass substrates 4,5 between which a liquid crystal layer 8 is interposed.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus is provided with a liquid crystal panel, and first to third polarizing layers are arranged on an optical path of light. The transmission axis of the first polarizing layer and the transmission axis of the second polarizing layer orthogonally intersect with each other. The transmission axis of the second polarizing layer and the transmission axis of the third polarizing layer are parallel to each other. The first compensation layer compensates a phase difference generated due to pre-tilt angle on the entering side of the liquid crystal panel. The second compensation layer compensates a phase difference generated due to a pre-tilt angle on the outgoing side of the liquid crystal panel. The third compensation layer compensates a phase difference generated due to deviation between the polarization axis of the light entering the third polarizing layer and the transmission axis of the third polarizing layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal layer; a first substrate configured to include a first polarization film and a first retardation film; and a second substrate configured to include a second polarization film and be disposed on a side on which the first retardation film, of the first polarization film and the first retardation film, is disposed, of the first substrate, with intermediary of the liquid crystal layer, wherein an in-plane retardation value R0 of in-plane direction of the first retardation film and a thickness retardation value Rth of thickness direction of the first retardation film satisfy expression (A): R0?(?)×Rth?25??(A).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a VA-mode liquid crystal display panel wherein, by radiating light such as ultraviolet rays to a first alignment film, main chains in molecules of the alignment film are arranged to form a first slow axis. By also radiating the light to a second alignment film, a second slow axis is formed. The first slow axis and the second slow axis are arranged to cross each other. When an electric field is applied to a liquid crystal layer, liquid crystal molecules tilt in the direction which crosses the extending direction of projections formed on a substrate. The projections are formed such that the direction along which the liquid crystal molecules tilt and a first slow axis or a second slow axis differ from each other.

Abstract: An alignment film or a phase difference device with small shift from a desired alignment direction and a display unit including the same are provided. The alignment film includes: a substrate having a plurality of grooves extending in a specific direction on a surface; and a non-alignment thin film formed along a surface of the plurality of grooves. The phase difference device includes: an alignment film that has a substrate having a plurality of grooves extending in a specific direction on a surface and a non-alignment thin film formed along a surface of the plurality of grooves; and a phase difference layer that is provided being contacted with a surface of the non-alignment thin film, and includes a liquid crystal material that is aligned along an extending direction of a dent formed by the non-alignment thin film and is polymerized.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a backlight unit, a second polarization layer, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the backlight unit and the second polarization layer, a first polarization layer disposed between the backlight unit and the liquid crystal layer. In an embodiment, a surface of the first polarization layer facing the backlight unit includes a reflective surface and a surface of the first polarization layer facing the backlight unit includes an absorbent surface. In another embodiment, the first polarization layer includes grids, which include a metal, and absorbing members, which include dielectric materials. In another embodiment, the first polarization layer includes grids, each of which includes a first component including a dielectric material and a second component including a metal.

Abstract: A process of creating a retarder using thin-stretched polymer film to perfectly conform to a curved mold and achieving nearly-crystallized lamination thanks to minimized thickness of said retarder using PVA film; thus, achieving greatly-enhanced optical clarity, contrast, and 3-D effect during stereoscopic image viewing and greatly-reduced user discomfort. A 3-D stereoscopic viewing lens having a retarder film using a PVA film filled with a gap filling agent to create a refringent effect, a polarized film and a base material.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display including a display panel and a phase retardation film is provided. The display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions that are arranged as an array. The phase retardation film is disposed on the surface of the display panel. The phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions that are alternately arranged. The first retardation regions have the same phase retardation, the second retardation regions have the same phase retardation, and the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is different from that of the second retardation regions. All the regions of the phase retardation film have the same transmittance. A display method adaptable to the 3D display is also provided.

Abstract: Optical compensation films (positive C-plate) with disk anisotropic subunits (OASUs) that have high positive birefringence throughout the wavelength range 400 nm<?<800 nm are provided. The optical compensation films may be processed by solution casting to yield a polymer film with high birefringence without the need for stretching, photopolymerization, or other processes. Such optical compensation films are suitable for use as a positive C-plate in LCDs, particularly IPS-LCDs.

Abstract: A flat panel display including a first substrate, a second substrate, a light emitting region between the first and second substrates, and a sealant applied outside of the light emitting region, wherein the sealant has a rectangular shape and includes a first sealing part and a third sealing part opposite each other, and a second sealing part and a fourth sealing part opposite each other, the first, second, third, and fourth sealing parts being interconnected, and wherein the flat panel display includes a compensating part corresponding to at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth sealing parts on or in the first or second substrate.

Abstract: An optical film is provided and includes a cellulose ester and an acrylic resin. The mass ratio of the cellulose ester to the acrylic resin is 70/30 to 5/95, the total haze value of the optical film is 0.80 or less, the internal haze value of the optical film is 0.01 to 0.28, and the modulus of elasticity in the transverse direction of the optical film is 2,700 to 7,000 MPa.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical film produced by stretching a film having a low residual solvent amount in a machine direction followed by heat-treating it at a temperature falling from the glass transition point (Tg) to the melting point (Tm) thereof, which is a cellulose acylate film satisfying the following relations (1) to (6) and containing at least one cellulose acylate and at least one retardation enhancer having an absorption maximum wavelength ?max of from 280 nm to 380 nm: (1) 35 nm?Re(550)?75 nm, (2) 85 nm?Rth(550)?140 nm, (3) 0 nm<?Re(630?450)?40 nm, (4) ?75 nm??Rth(630?450)<0 nm, (5) 2.7?A+B?3.0, and (6) B?0, wherein “A” means a degree of substitution with an acetyl group of said at least one cellulose acylate, and “B” means a degree of substitution with an acyl group having at least 3 carbon atoms thereof.

Abstract: An optical film is provided and has retardations satisfying relations (1) to (3): 0?Re(550)?10; ??(1) ?25 ?Rth(550)?25; and ??(2) |I|+|II|+|III|+|IV|>0.5 (nm), ??(3) with definitions: I=Re(450)?Re(550); II=Re(650)?Re(550); III=Rth(450)?Rth(550); and IV=Rth(650)?Rth(550), wherein Re(450), Re(550) and Re(650) are in-plane retardations measured with lights of wavelength of 450, 550 and 650 nm, respectively; and Rth(450), Rth(550) and Rth(650) are retardations in a thickness direction of the optical film, which are measured with lights of wavelength of 450, 550 and 650 nm, respectively.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels to display an image, a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, and a retarder disposed opposite to the display panel, where the polarizing plate is interposed between the retarder and the display panel, the retarder includes first areas and second areas alternately arranged therein, and a direction of a slow axis of the retarder in the first areas is different from a direction of a slow axis of the retarder in the second areas.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color liquid crystal panel in an o-mode of an IPS mode, which has a multi-gap structure, and in which a contrast in an oblique direction is enhanced. A first polarizer 1 is provided on a color filter 6 side of a liquid crystal cell 10 and a second polarizer 8 is provided on a liquid crystal layer 5 side of the liquid crystal cell 10. Further, a retardation film 2 is provided between the second polarizer 8 and the liquid crystal cell 10. The liquid crystal cell 10 has a configuration in which the color filter 6 is laminated on a glass substrate 3, and a liquid crystal layer 5 is interposed between the color filter 6 and a glass substrate 7. Regarding the thickness of the liquid crystal layer 5, a thickness dB of a region in contact with the blue color filter 6B is smallest, and a thickness dG of a region in contact with the green color filter 6G and a thickness dR of a region in contact with the red color filter 6R increase in this order.