Patent ID: 8629955

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a light-direction restricting element which is interposed in a path of light incident on the display panel or light exiting from the display panel, and which is provided with a plurality of transparent areas and a plurality of light-absorbing areas arranged in alternating fashion in a third direction; and an anisotropic scattering unit comprising a plurality of anisotropic scattering structures for scattering incident light in such a manner that a degree of scattering varies depending on a direction of the anisotropic scattering structures, wherein a direction of maximum scattering is a fourth direction, wherein the light-direction restriction element is disposed in such a manner that the third direction in which the transparent areas and the light-absorbing areas are arranged in alternating fashion differs from the first direction and the second direction in which the pixels are arranged, so that an arrangement direction of moiré caused by the display panel and the light-directing restricting element substantially coincides with the second direction, and the anisotropic scattering unit is disposed in such a manner that the fourth direction coincides with the arrangement direction of the moiré, thereby scattering light in the arrangement direction of the moiré and obscuring the moiré.