Patent ID: 7167222
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device which utilizes at least light from a backlight to display images, comprising: a liquid crystal cell, the liquid crystal cell including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal cell receiving light from the backlight; a pair of polarizers provided so as to oppose each other via the liquid crystal cell therebetween; a phase compensation element provided between the liquid crystal cell and at least one of the pair of polarizers; and an antiglare layer provided on a viewer side of one of the pair of polarizers which is provided closer to a viewer; wherein the phase compensation element comprises indices of refraction na, nb and nc, and directions corresponding thereto, wherein na>nb and nc>nb, wherein the direction corresponding to nb is inclined with respect to a direction normal to the liquid crystal layer in at least part of the phase compensation element, and wherein a haze value of the antiglare layer is equal to or greater than 40, and a value of transmitted image clarity of the antiglare layer is equal to or greater than 15 as measured with an image clarity meter in which a width of an optical comb is 0.5 mm, and wherein the antiglare layer has an internal scattering layer and a scattering surface.