Patent ID: 8520169

Claim:
An optical display device comprising a first polarizing film made of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin including a molecularly oriented dichroic material therein, the first polarizing film being stretched to have a thickness of 10 μm or less and satisfying conditions expressed by the following formulas: P >−(10 0.929T−42.4 −1)×100(where T< 42.3); and P≧ 99.9(where T≧ 42.3), wherein T is a single layer transmittance, and P is a polarization rate, the first polarizing film having a first surface joined to a surface of a display panel through a first optically transparent adhesive layer, an opposite second surface of the first polarizing film being joined to a protective layer, and a window is disposed over a surface of the protective layer opposite the first polarizing film.