Patent ID: 9041881
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display comprising, in sequence: a light source device that emits a parallel light beam; a back surface-side polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; a display surface-side polarizer; and a light diffusion layer, wherein the liquid crystal display further comprises: a selective light-shielding layer between the display surface-side polarizer and the light diffusion layer so that the selective light-shielding layer shields light that is generated by being depolarized and scattered in the liquid crystal cell and travels in a direction that is different from a direction in which the parallel light beam travels, the light source has a half-value angle of the parallel light beam being 20° or less, an absorption axis of the back surface-side polarizer is orthogonal to that of the display surface-side polarizer, the selective light-shielding layer comprises light-shielding parts and light-transmitting parts, and the light-shielding parts and the light-transmitting parts are arranged in stripes so that a direction orthogonal to a width direction of the stripes becomes parallel to an absorption axis of the display surface-side polarizer, and the liquid crystal cell contains liquid crystal molecules aligned in a homeotropic alignment.