Patent ID: 7173760
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: C03C,G02B,G02F,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal layer between a couple of substrates; a backlight apparatus arranged at one side of said couple of substrates of said liquid crystal display element; a polarizer arranged between said liquid crystal display element and said backlight apparatus; a luminous intensity distribution control element arranged at the other side of said couple of substrates of said liquid crystal display element; an analyzer arranged between said liquid crystal display element and said luminous intensity distribution control element, wherein said luminous intensity distribution control element comprises a transparent base member, a plural lenses arranged on said transparent base member, and a light absorbing layer having small opening portions substantially at focal positions of an individual lens of said plural lenses, and said transparent base member is constituted of a transparent body substantially optically isotropic or a transparent body having uniaxial optical anisotropy.