Patent Publication Number: US-7593072-B2

Title: Display device

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to a display device such as a liquid crystal panel of a personal computer, a TV set and others. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
   Conventionally, there has been a display device such as a liquid crystal panel. (For example, Patent document 1) 
   As shown in  FIG. 13 , this display device includes a light guide plate  1 , a diffusion film  2 , a translucent film  3  (for enhancing a luminance), one surface of which is a substantially flat and another surface has a parallel prismatic shape, a diffusion film  6 , and a liquid crystal panel  4 , and these are laminated in this order. 
   Further, other proposals are made for the translucent film having the prismatic shape. (For example, Patent document 2) As shown in  FIG. 14 , an optical film  60  (equivalent to the above-mentioned translucent film) has a structural surface  64  and a surface  62  opposed to the structural surface  64 . The structural surface  64  has a plurality of structures  66  and acts like prisms, however, the heights of the structures  66  vary continuously along their length and the depths of the valleys between the peaks also vary continuously. Moiré (interference fringes) phenomenon of the display device can be prevented by making the peaks and valleys of the prisms to have random shapes with no periodical patterns. Further, a cylindrical mold (roll) used for manufacturing an optical film having the prismatic shape like mentioned above is made by processing a surface of the mold by diamond turning techniques. When processing the mold for the optical film, a pitch of the diamond tool has to be changed randomly so as not to have periodical patterns, for example, the diamond turning tool is put deeply or shallowly at random. However, to change the pitch randomly like this is very difficult.
     Patent document 1: JP-A-6-102506 (P. 2, FIG. 3)   Patent document 2: JP-T-2002-504698 (P. 12, FIG. 5)   

   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   Therefore, the present invention has been made taking the foregoing problems into consideration and an object of which is to provide a display device that can be manufactured more easily than the conventional one. 
   In order to solve the problem, the present invention has the following technical measures. 
   (1) In the display device according to the present invention, an image control panel part which is continuously provided with combination base units including optical transparency base units and optical no-transparency base units, and a lens film part which is continuously provided with repeating units of lenses are laminated in a direction of light transmission, and either one width of the optical transparency base unit or a pitch of the repeating unit of the lens is set so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. 
   The integer number means a positive natural number, namely, a natural number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . ). The lens film part may have a prism-array-shape composed of peaks and valleys. The pitch of the repeating unit of the lens film part means a size between the peaks or between the valleys. 
   Since either one width of the optical transparency base unit or the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens are set so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width, the display device of the present invention can prevent the moiré fringes. Therefore, it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part randomly and the display device can be manufactured more easily than the conventional one. Here, it is wholly unexpected that the moiré can be prevented and a periodicity of deviation, which has been a problem conventionally, can be eliminated by controlling a relation between the width of “the optical transparency base unit and the pitch of the repeating unit of “the lens” instead of “the combination base unit including the optical transparency base unit and the optical no-transparency base unit”. 
   In the above, either case is fine that the width of the optical transparency base unit may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens, or the width of the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the optical transparency base unit. 
   (2) In the combination base unit, the optical transparency base unit may be formed with color filters of plural colors and the optical no-transparency base unit may be arranged between the plural color filters. Either one width of the optical transparency base unit, which is obtained by subtracting the total widths of the optical no-transparency base units arranged between the mutual color filters of the plural colors from the width of the combination base unit, or the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. 
   In a display device with above-mentioned structure, the combination base unit which includes the color filters of plural colors (the optical transparency base unit) and the optical no-transparency base units arranged between the color filters forms one pixel. The display device can prevent the moiré by setting either one width of the optical transparency base units (this is obtained by subtracting the total widths of the optical no-transparency base units arranged between color filters of plural colors from the width of the combination base unit) or the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. Therefore, for this display device, it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part randomly. 
   (3) In the combination base unit, the optical transparency base units may be formed with color filters of plural colors and the optical no-transparency base unit may be arranged between the plural color filters. Either one width of the color filters or the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. 
   In a display device with the above-mentioned structure, the combination base units which include the color filters of plural colors (the optical transparency base unit) and the optical no-transparency base units arranged between the color filters forms pixels, and these pixels are aligned in a so-called delta alignment. The display device can prevent the moiré by setting either one width of the optical transparency base units (this is obtained by subtracting the total widths of the optical no-transparency base units arranged between color filters of plural colors from the width of the combination base unit) or the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. Therefore, for this display device, it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part randomly. 
   (4) The pitch of the repeating unit of the lens may be formed with the combination of a plurality of divided pitches. 
   Although the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens of the lens film part can be formed with a single pitch, in the case that the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens of the lens film part is formed with the combination of a plurality of divided pitches as described above, smaller lenses can be provided to the lens film part. 
   (5) The optical transparency base unit and the lens film part may be laminated so as to have a crossing angle θ, and either one width of the optical transparency base unit or a pitch transversing the repeating unit may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. 
   In case of a display device in which the pitch of the repeating unit of the lens is smaller than the width of the optical transparency base unit and the widths of them are not set to the integral multiplication, the display device can preferably prevent moiré fringes by setting the widths of the optical transparency base unit and the pitch as mentioned above. 
   Since the present invention is constituted as described above and it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part randomly, the display device of the present invention can be manufactured more easily than the conventional one. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a display device according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 2  is an explanatory drawing of a liquid crystal panel of an X-Y matrix electrode structure; 
       FIG. 3  is an explanatory drawing of a vertically striped prism lens; 
       FIG. 4  is a view illustrating a relation between R, G, B dots of a liquid crystal panel and a pixel; 
       FIG. 5  is an explanatory view of a combined lens pitch; 
       FIG. 6  is view illustrating a relation between R, G, and B dots in a stripe alignment and a pixel as well as a dot size, a pixel size, an electrode or a width of a black mask; 
       FIG. 7  is an explanatory view of a liquid crystal panel with a delta alignment; 
       FIG. 8  is an explanatory view of an effective lens pitch; 
       FIG. 9  is a graph explaining a result of a first embodiment of a table 1; 
       FIG. 10  is a graph explaining a result of a second embodiment of a table 1; 
       FIG. 11  is a graph explaining a result of a third embodiment of a table 1; 
       FIG. 12  is a graph explaining a result of a forth embodiment of a table 1; 
       FIG. 13  is an exemplary diagram showing a cross-sectional surface of a conventional display device; and 
       FIG. 14  is a view showing an optical film of the conventional display device. 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
   Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described referring to the drawings. 
   A First Embodiment 
   As shown in  FIGS. 1 to 6 , the display device of this embodiment is formed in such a manner that a lens film part  6  having a prism-array-shape made of vertically striped peaks and valleys (see  FIG. 3 ) and a lens film part  6  having a prism-array-shape made of laterally striped peaks and valleys are arranged between a liquid crystal panel  1  having color filters (R, G, and B) (see  FIG. 2 ) and a backlight (a cold cathode fluorescent tube  2  and a reflector  3 ) via an upper diffusion film  4  and a lower diffusion film  5  so as to improve luminance. 
   As shown in  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 6 , an electrode or a black mask (an optical no-transparency base unit) corresponding to a red pixel (R, a width d r ) of color filters (R, G, B) is defined as d Mr ; an electrode or a black mask (an optical no-transparency base unit) corresponding to a green pixel (G, a width d g ) thereof is defined as d Mg ; and an electrode or a black mask (an optical no-transparency base unit) corresponding to a blue pixel (B, a width d b ) thereof is defined as d Mb . 
   Then, an image control panel part  7  (see  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 4 , and  FIG. 6 ) is continuously provided with combination base units (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ) which include optical transparency base units (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) of color filters (R, G, B) and optical no-transparency base units (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My ) of electrodes or black masks, and the image control panel part  7  and the lens film part  6  (see  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 5 ) which is continuously provided with repeating units of lenses  8  having a prism-array-shape formed with the peaks and the valleys are laminated in a direction of light transmission. 
   Further, either one width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) or the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  are set so as to be the integral multiplication (one time) of the other width. The integer number means a positive natural number, namely, a natural number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . ). The pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens film part  6  means a size between the peaks or between the valleys. 
   Specifically, in the combination base unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ), the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) is formed with color filters (R, G, B) of plural colors (three colors), and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr , d Mg , d Mb ) is arranged between the plural color filters (R, G, B). The width of the optical transparency base unit (D e =D ex =D ey =d r +d g +d b ), which is obtained by subtracting the total widths (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My ) of the optical no-transparency base units (d Mr , d Mg , d Mb ) arranged between the mutual color filters (R, G, B) of the plural colors from the width of the combination base unit (D=D x =D y =D e +d Mx ), and the width of the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  are set so that the width of one of the optical transparency base unit and the pitch (P) is the integral multiplication of the width of the other. 
   In the above, either case is fine that the width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the width of the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8 , or the width of the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ). 
   Further, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  is formed with a combined lens pitch (P=Σ Pi = P1 + P2 + . . . + Pk ) that is the combination of a plurality of predetermined divided pitches. There is no necessary that all width of respective divided pitches from P 1  to P k  have to have different width, however, the all of them may have different width. For example, it can be set so as to be P 1 =P 2 ≠P 3 = . . . =P k . 
   Next, the display device of the present embodiment in use is will be described below. 
   The display device of the present invention can prevent the moiré fringes by setting either one width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) or the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. Therefore, the present embodiment has an advantage such that it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part  6  randomly and the display device can be manufactured more easily than the conventional one. 
   Here, it is wholly unexpected that the moiré can be prevented and a periodicity of deviation, which conventionally has been a problem, can be eliminated by controlling a relation between a width of “the optical transparency base unit (D e =D ex =D ey =d r +d g +d b )” and the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of “the lens  8 ” instead of “the combination base unit (D=D x =D y =D e +d Mx ) including the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr ++d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My )”. In other words, an unexpected preferable result can be obtained such that the moiré is not generated although the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens film part  6  is gradually deviated with respect to the combination base unit of the liquid crystal panel  1  (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ). 
   Further, a display device in which one pixel (R, G, B) is formed with the combination base unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ) including the color filters of plural colors (the optical transparency base unit) and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My ) arranged between the color filters has an advantage such that the moiré can be prevented by setting either one width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) (this is obtained by subtracting the total widths of the optical no-transparency base units arranged between color filters of plural colors from the width of the combination base unit) or the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. Therefore, the display device has another advantage such that it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part  6  randomly. 
   Further, the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  of the lens film part  6  can be formed with a single pitch, however, the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  of the lens film part  6  can be formed with the combination of a plurality of divided pitches (P=Σ Pi =P 1 +P 2 + . . . +P k ) so that smaller lenses  8  can be provided to the lens film part  6 . Therefore, the present embodiment has an advantage such that the higher definition image can be obtained. 
   A Second Embodiment 
   A display device of the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment mainly in that pixels are aligned in a so-called delta alignment. 
   The display device according to this embodiment (see  FIG. 1 ) is formed in such a manner that a lens film part  6  having a prism-array-shape made of vertically striped peaks and valleys (see  FIG. 3 ) and a lens film part  6  having a prism-array-shape made of laterally striped peaks and valleys are arranged between a liquid crystal panel  1  having color filters (R, G, and B) (see  FIG. 7 ) and a backlight (a cold cathode fluorescent tube  2  and a reflector  3 ) via an upper diffusion film  4  and a lower diffusion film  5  so as to improve luminance. 
   Then, an image control panel part  7  (see  FIG. 7 ) is continuously provided with combination base units (D=D ex +d Mx =D ey +d My ) including optical transparency base units (D ex =D ey ) of color filters (R, G, B) and optical no-transparency base units (d Mx =d My ) of electrodes or black masks, and the image control panel part  7  and the lens film part  6  (see  FIG. 3 ) which is continuously provided with repeating units of lenses  8  are laminated in a direction of light transmission. 
   In addition, the width of the optical transparency base unit (D ex =D ey ) and the width of the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  are set so that the width of one of them is the integral multiplication (one time) of the width of the other. The integer number means a positive natural number, namely, a natural number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . ). The pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens film part  6  means a size between the peaks or between the valleys. Further, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  can be formed with a combined lens pitch (P=Σ Pi = P1 + P2 + . . . + Pk ) that is the combination of a plurality of predetermined divided pitches. 
   Specifically, in the combination base unit (D=D ex +d Mx =D ey +d My ), the optical transparency base unit (D ex =D ey ) is formed with color filters (R, G, B) of plural colors (three colors) in a so-called delta alignment, and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mx =d My ) is arranged between the plural color filters (R, G, B). Either one width (D e =D ex =D ey ) of each color filter (R, G, B) or the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  is set so as to be the integral multiplication (one time) of the other width. 
   In the above, either case is fine that the width of the optical transparency base unit (D ex =D ey ) may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the width of the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8 , or the width of the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the optical transparency base unit (D ex =D ey ). 
   Next, the display device of the present embodiment in use is will be described below. 
   The display device of the present invention can prevent the moiré fringes by setting either one width of the optical transparency base unit (D ex =D ey ) or the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  so as to be the integral multiplication (one time) of the other width. Therefore, the present embodiment has an advantage such that it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part  6  randomly and the display device can be manufactured more easily than the conventional one. 
   Here, it is wholly unexpected that the moiré can be avoided (namely, deterioration of the display quality due to the generation of the moiré such as dark and light, a mono tone, and a rainbow can be prevented) and a periodicity of deviation, which conventionally has been a problem, can be eliminated by controlling a relation between the width of “the optical transparency base unit (D ex =D ey )” and the width of the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of “the lens  8 ” instead of “the combination base unit (D=D ex +d Mx =D ey +d My ) including the optical transparency base unit (D ex =D ey ) and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mx =d My )”. In other words, an unexpected preferable result can be obtained such that the moiré is not generated although the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens film part  6  is gradually deviated with respect to the combination base unit of the liquid crystal panel  1  (D=D ex +d Mx =D ey +d My ). 
   Further, a display device in which pixels are formed with the combination base unit (D=D ex +d Mx =D ey +d My ) including the color filters of plural colors (the optical transparency base unit) and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mx =d My ) arranged between the color filters and these pixels are aligned in a so-called delta alignment can prevent the moiré by setting either one width of the color filters (R, G, and B) or the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  so as to be the integral multiplication (one time) of the other width. Therefore, for the display device, it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part  6  randomly. 
   Further, the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  of the lens film part  6  can be formed with a single pitch, however, the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  of the lens film part  6  can be formed with the combination of a plurality of divided pitches (P=Σ Pi =P 1 +P 2 + . . . P k ) so that smaller lenses  8  can be provided to the lens film part  6 . Therefore, the present embodiment has an advantage such that the higher definition image can be obtained. 
   A Third Embodiment 
   A display device of the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment mainly in that the transparency base unit and the lens film part are laminated so as to have a crossing angle θ. 
   The display device according to this embodiment (see  FIG. 1 ) is formed in such a manner that a lens film part  6  having a prism-array-shape made of vertically striped peaks and valleys (see  FIG. 8 ) and a lens film part  6  having a prism-array-shape made of laterally striped peaks and valleys are arranged between a liquid crystal panel  1  having color filters (R, G, and B) (see  FIG. 2 ) and a backlight (a cold cathode fluorescent tube  2  and a reflector  3 ) via an upper diffusion film  4  and a lower diffusion film  5  so as to improve luminance. 
   As shown in  FIG. 4 , an electrode or a black mask (an optical no-transparency base unit) corresponding to a red pixel (R, a width d r ) of color filters (R, G, B) is defined as d Mr ; an electrode or a black mask (an optical no-transparency base unit) corresponding to a green pixel (G, a width d g ) thereof is defined as d Mg ; and an electrode or a black mask (an optical no-transparency base unit) corresponding to a blue pixel (B, a width d b ) thereof is defined as d Mb . 
   Then, an image control panel part  7  is continuously provided with combination base units (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ) including optical transparency base units (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) of color filters (R, G, B) and optical no-transparency base units (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My ) of electrodes or black masks, and the image control panel part  7  and the lens film part  6  is continuously provided with repeating units of lenses  8  are laminated in a direction of light transmission. As shown in a lower part of  FIG. 8 , the lens film part  6  is laminated so as to have the crossing angle of θ with respect to the optical transparency base unit (an X-Y axis) (the ridgelines of the peaks and the valleys have an angle). 
   In addition, either one width of the optical transparency base unit (D e =D ex =D ey =d r +d g +d b ) or the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  (an effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  transversing the repeating unit) is set so as to be the integral multiplication (one time) of the other width. The integer number means a positive natural number, namely, a natural number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . ). The pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens film part  6  means a size between the peaks or between the valleys. Further, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  can be formed with a combined lens pitch (P e =Σ Pi = P1 + P2 + . . . + Pk ) that is the combination of a plurality of predetermined divided pitches. 
   Specifically, in the combination base unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ), the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) is formed with color filters (R, G, B) of plural colors (three colors), and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr , d Mg , d Mb ) is arranged between the plural color filters (R, G, B). Either one width of the optical transparency base unit (D e =D ex =D ey =d r +d g +d b ), which is obtained by subtracting the total widths (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My ) of the optical no-transparency base units (d Mr , d Mg , d Mb ) arranged between the mutual color filters (R, G, B) of the plural colors from the width of the combination base unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ), or the effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  is set so as to be the integral multiplication (one time) of the other width. 
   In the above, the width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) may be set so as to be the integral multiplication of the width of the effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8 , or the width of the effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  may be set so as to be integral multiplication of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ). 
   Next, the display device of the present embodiment in use is will be described below. 
   The display device of the present invention can prevent the moiré fringe by setting either one width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) or the effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  so as to be the integral multiplication (same magnification) of the other width. Therefore, the present embodiment has an advantage such that it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part  6  randomly and the display device can be manufactured more easily than the conventional one. 
   Here, it is wholly unexpected that the moiré can be avoided and a periodicity of deviation, which conventionally has been a problem, can be eliminated by controlling a relation between the widths of “the optical transparency base unit (D e =D ex =D ey =d r +d g +d b )” and the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of “the lens  8 ” instead of “the combination base unit (D=D x =D y =D e +d Mx ) including the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My )”. In other words, an unexpected preferable result can be obtained such that the moiré is not generated although the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens film part  6  is gradually deviated with respect to the combination base unit of the liquid crystal panel  1  (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ). 
   Further, a display device having such pixels (R, G, B) that one pixel (R, G, B) is formed with the combination base unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ) including the color filters of plural colors (the optical transparency base unit) and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My ) arranged between the color filters has an advantage such that the moiré can be avoided by setting either one width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) (this is obtained by subtracting the total widths of the optical no-transparency base units arranged between color filters of plural colors from the width of the combination base unit) or the effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. Therefore, the display device has another advantage such that it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part  6  randomly. 
   Further, the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) and the combination base unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ) are laminated so as to have a crossing angle θ (namely, the ridgelines of the peaks and the valleys have an angle) and the widths of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) and the effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8 , which the effective pitch (P e ) is the transversal pitch of the repeating unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ), are set so that the width of one of the optical transparency base unit and the effective pitch is the integral multiplication (one time) of the width of the other. Therefore, in case of a display device in which the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  is smaller than the width of the optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) and the widths of them are not set to the integral multiplication, the display device can preferably prevent moiré fringes by setting the widths of the optical transparency base unit and the effective pitch as mentioned above. 
   Further, the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  of the lens film part  6  can be formed with a single pitch, however, the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  of the lens film part  6  can be formed with the combination of a plurality of divided pitches (P=Σ Pi =P 1 +P 2 + . . . +P k  so that smaller lenses  8  can be provided to the lens film part  6 . Therefore, the present embodiment has an advantage such that the higher definition image can be obtained. 
   EXAMPLE 1 
   As shown in  FIG. 2 , in the liquid crystal panel of an X-Y matrix electrode structure, it is defined that one pixel is formed with three dots, namely, R, G, and B. The pixel is counted from 1, 2, 3 . . . i . . . m in the order in the X axial direction and counted from 1, 2, 3 . . . j . . . n in the order in the Y axial direction. 
     FIG. 6  illustrates a relation between the pixel and R, G, and B dots in a stripe alignment as well as dot size, pixel size, a width of an electrode or a black mask. In the color film liquid crystal panel in the stripe alignment shown in FIG.  6 ( 1 ), each width of the color filters (R, G, B) is defined as d r , d g , and d b , respectively; each width of the electrode or the black mask between respective color filters (R, G, B) is defined as d Mr , d Mg  and d Mb , respectively; and the width of one pixel which is the total width of the both widths, is defined as D x  (in the X axial direction) and D y  (in the Y axial direction) (same as D in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 4 ). 
   In FIGS.  6 ( 2 ),  6 ( 3 ), and  6 ( 4 ), one pixel is formed with R, G, and B dots and the total width of the widths d r , d g , and d b  of the color filters (R, G, B) is defined as an optical transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) and the width d Mr , d Mg  and d Mb  of the electrode or the black mask is defined as an optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr +d Mg +d Mb =d Mx =d My ). Then, the combination of the optical no-transparency base unit (d r +d g +d b =D e =D ex =D ey ) formed with the color filters (R, G, B) and the optical no-transparency base unit (d Mr +d Mg =d Mb =d Mx =d My ) formed with the electrode or the black mask is defined as a combination base unit (D e +d Mx =D=D x =D y ) and the combination base unit forms one pixel. 
   As shown in  FIG. 5 , a divided pitch in one pitch in the prism lens film part is defined as P i =P 1 , P 2  . . . P k  (when the ridgelines have an angle with respect to the electrode as shown in  FIG. 8 , it is defined as an effective pitch P ei ). A light transmission factor of a liquid crystal panel is defined as T p  and a light intensity emitted from a prism lens film part is defined as I L . A simulation is made assuming T p  as a rectangular periodic function of a light transmission rate a in a window period with the electrode part or the black mask part having a light transmission factor of zero or in the color filter part; and assuming I L  as a trigonometric function of a light intensity coefficient β. 
   As shown in  FIG. 4 , pixel numbers of the liquid crystal panel are defined to be N p =1, 2, 3 . . . . Then, N p  and T p  can be obtained by the following function when T p  is a rectangular window function of the liquid crystal panel and λ(y) is a shift amount of the ridgeline of the prism lens film part in the X axial direction. 
   [Expression 1]
 
 N   p =ROUNDUP(( x +λ( y ))/ D,  0)
 
 T   p   =α*IF (( x +λ( y )&gt; N   p   *D+d   M ),0,1)  (1)
 
   On the other hand, N L  and I L1 , I L2 , . . . I Ik  may be represented by the following function when N L  is the lens number (see  FIG. 5 ) and I L1 , I L2 , . . . I Ik  is the approximated value of the light intensity which is outputted from the lens pitches p 1 , p 2 , . . . , p k  by the trigonometric function, and then the light intensity is normalized so that the maximum value thereof becomes 1 and the minimum value becomes 0. 
   
     
       
         
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   However, in the example, d M =d Mx =d My =D−D e , D=D x =D y , D e =D ex =D ey    
   A ratio of each pixel to a global average of B (i,j) is represented by a percent by the following expression. 
   
     
       
         
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   EXAMPLE 2 
   The transmission rate α of the transparent part of the pixel of the liquid crystal panel and an emitted light factor β of a prism lens part are normalized into 1. The size of one pixel (D x : a combination base unit; D ex : an optical transparency base unit; d M : an optical no-transparency base unit) is set like examples 1 to 4 of a table 1. The ridgelines of the peaks and the valleys of the lens are arranged in parallel with the Y axis. The shift amounts (the deviation amount) of 20%, 50%, and 80% of the electrode width d M  in the X axial direction are defined as λ 1 (y), λ 2 (y), and λ 3 (y), respectively. Its result is shown in the table 1. 
   
     
       
         
             
             
             
             
             
           
             
                 
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               Moiré of dark 
             
             
                 
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               Lens pitch (μm) 
               λ(y)(μm) 
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               B % (max–min) 
             
             
                 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
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               35 
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   Like the examples 2 and 4 of the table 1, in the case of D ex =P, no moiré is generated. On the other hand, like the examples 1 and 3 of the table 1, in the case of D ex ≠P, unevenness of dark and light due to the interference of the liquid crystal panel and the striped lens, namely, the moiré is generated by 3.3% depending on a difference between D ex  and P. 
   In addition, the amount of the moiré to be generated does not depend on the shift amount (the deviation amount) λ(y) in the X axial direction. In other words, the shift of the liquid crystal panel in the X axial direction with respect to the lens film part has no effect on the amount of the moiré. 
     FIGS. 9 to 12  illustrate the results of the examples 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the table 1. Here, λ 2 (y) is used for λ(y), respectively. In any combination, as long as satisfying the following expression, the moiré can be prevented. 
   
     
       
         
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     FIG. 7  shows a liquid crystal panel with a delta alignment. In the case of this delta alignment the moiré can be prevented when the above-described expression (6) (D ex )=P= . . . ) is satisfied where a width (one color) of each color filter of R, G, and B (three colors) is respectively defined as D ex . In this case, a relation of D ex  (an optical transparency base unit: a color filter of one color)+d Mx  (an optical no-transparency base unit: an electrode or the like between the color filters)=D ey +d My =D (the combination base unit) is satisfied. 
   In addition, also in the stripe alignment of  FIG. 4 , the moiré can be prevented when the above-described expression (6) (D ex =P= . . . ) is satisfied where the width (one color) of each color filter of R, G, and B (three colors) is respectively defined as D ex . A relation of D ex  (an optical transparency base unit: a color filter of one color)+d Mx  (an optical no-transparency base unit: an electrode between the color filters or the like)=D ey +d My =D (the combination base unit) is satisfied in this case too. 
   EXAMPLE 4 
   In the case that the pitch (P) of the lens film part is smaller than the width (D ex ) of the optical transparency base unit, namely, D ex &gt;P, the moiré can be prevented by setting the ridgelines of the peaks or the valleys of the lens so as to have an angle θ with respect to the Y axis of the liquid crystal panel as shown in  FIG. 8  while satisfying the following expression (8) and by setting either one width D ex  of the optical transparency base unit or an effective pitch (P e ) of the repeating unit of the lens  8  so as to be the integral multiplication of the other width. Here, the effective pitch (P e ) is defined as a pitch (P e =P e1 +P e2 +P e3  . . . P ek )transversing the lens pitch (P=P 1 +P 2 +P 3  . . . P k ) of the actual lens film part on the X axis. 
   
     
       
         
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   For example, in the examples shown in the table 1, if the D ex  of the liquid crystal panel is changed to 185 μm, the moiré can be prevented by satisfying the formula (7) by setting the lens film so as to have an angle of about θ=±8.4 degrees against the Y axis. As described above, the display device can make an optimal adjustment by arranging the liquid crystal panel so that the ridgelines of the peaks or the valleys of the lens film part have the angle θ with respect to the electrode of the crystal panel. 
   Therefore, even in the case that the pitch (P) of the repeating unit of the lens is smaller than the width D ex  of the optical transparency base unit and they are not set so that the width of one of them is integral multiplication of the width of the other, it is possible to preferably avoid the moiré by laminating the optical transparency base unit and the lens film part  6  so as to have the crossing angle of θ. 
   INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
   Therefore, the present invention has an advantage such that it is not always necessary to change a pitch of the mold for manufacturing the lens film part randomly and the display device can be manufactured more easily than the conventional one. As a result, the present invention can be preferably used for various kinds of display devices.