Patent ID: 7944531

Claim:
A liquid crystal panel, comprising: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer placed on another side of the liquid crystal cell; a protective layer placed on a liquid crystal cell side of the first polarizer or the second polarizer; and a first optical compensation layer and a second optical compensation layer placed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, wherein: the protective layer has relationships of the following expressions (1) and (2); the first optical compensation layer is placed on a liquid crystal cell side of the protective layer, has an absolute value of a photoelastic coefficient of 40×10 −12 (m 2 /N) or less, and has relationships of the following expressions (3), (4), and (5); and the second optical compensation layer has relationships of the following expressions (6) and (7), 0 nm≦Δnd(550)≦10 nm (1) 0 nm≦Rth(550)≦20 nm (2) Δnd(380)<Δnd(550)<Δnd(780) (3) nx>ny≧nz (4) 90 nm≦Δnd(550)≦200 nm (5) Rth(380)>Rth(550)>Rth(780) (6) nx=ny>nz (7) where: Δnd(380), Δnd(550), and Δnd(780) represent in-plane retardations measured at 23° C., at wavelengths of 380 nm, 550 nm, and 780 nm, respectively; Rth(380), Rth(550), and Rth(780) represent thickness direction retardations measured at 23° C., at wavelengths of 380 nm, 550 nm and 780 nm, respectively; and nx, ny, and nz represent a slow axis direction, a fast axis direction, and a thickness direction refractive index, respectively.