Patent ID: 8480925

Claim:
A depolarizing film comprising: a single film containing a liquid crystal compound (1) and a liquid crystal compound (2), wherein the liquid crystal compound (1) satisfies the relation: 0.05≦Δn≦0.5, with the proviso that Δn=ne−no, ne represents an extraordinary-ray refractive index, and no represents an ordinary-ray refractive index, the liquid crystal compound (1) is vertically oriented in the direction of the thickness of the single film, and the liquid crystal compound (2) is oriented parallel to the surface of the single film in all directions around a portion of the vertically oriented liquid crystal compound (1), the single film has a haze value of 15% or less and a thickness of 1 μm to 10 μm, and wherein the single film comprises 1 to 15 parts by weight of the liquid crystal compound (1) based on 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystal compound (2).