A liquid crystal display device in which light leak and a tint change when being seen from an oblique direction at the time of black display are suppressed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates that are disposed such that the liquid crystal cell is interposed between the pair of polarizing plates, in which a tilt angle of the liquid crystal compound is 1.0 or less, respective color filters that are disposed on respective pixel regions of the liquid crystal cell are provided between the pair of polarizing plates, Rth of the respective color filters satisfy predetermined requirements, the polarizing plate that is disposed on the visible side among the pair of polarizing plates includes an optical compensation layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, and the optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined requirement.

A liquid crystal display device is provided in which a tint change in case of being seen from an oblique direction at the time of black display is suppressed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell and a pair of polarizing plates that are disposed such that the liquid crystal cell is interposed between the pair of polarizing plates, in which a tilt angle of the liquid crystal compound is 1.0 or less, respective color filters that are disposed on respective pixel regions of the liquid crystal cell are provided between the pair of polarizing plates, Rth of the respective color filters satisfy predetermined requirements, the polarizing plate that is disposed on the visible side among the pair of polarizing plates includes an optical compensation layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, and the optical compensation layer satisfies a predetermined requirement.

A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The liquid crystal display panel comprises: a first substrate (110) and a second substrate (120) which are oppositely arranged, and a liquid crystal layer (130) arranged between the first substrate (110) and the second substrate (120); an alignment film (300) arranged on an inner side of the first substrate (110); and a compensation film (400) arranged on an inner side or an outer side of the second substrate (120). The inner side of the first substrate (110) and the inner side of the second substrate (120) are sides facing each other, and the outer side of the second substrate (120) is a side provided away from the inner side of the second substrate (120).

An optical film includes a polarizer, a uniaxially elongated film disposed on the polarizer, and a compensation film disposed on one side of the uniaxially elongated film. The polarizer includes a polymer having a glass transition temperature of greater than about 100 C. and including a structural unit derived from styrene or a styrene derivative. The compensation film has a refractive index satisfying Relationship Equations 1 and 2, the uniaxially elongated film has an in-plane retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 3 and a thickness retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 4, and the compensation film has an in-plane retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 5 and a thickness retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 6. A liquid crystal display including the optical film is also disclosed. Relationship Equations 1 to 6 are described in the detailed description.

An aspect of a liquid crystal display device includes an element substrate, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the element substrate and the counter substrate. The counter substrate includes a common electrode, a first lens layer that collects light incident to the counter substrate, a second lens layer that collects the light, and a first phase difference compensation layer that is arranged between the first lens layer and the second lens layer in a thickness direction perpendicular to the common electrode and compensates a phase difference of the light generated by the liquid crystal layer.

A display apparatus includes an optical member disposed on a display panel. The optical member includes a linear polarizer and a /4 phase retarder overlapping with green and red pixel areas and not overlapping with a blue pixel area.

To obtain projection images with high contrast when selective light irradiation is performed forward of its own vehicle. A lamp unit for a vehicular lamp system performing selective light irradiation to the surroundings of the own vehicle includes: a light source; an optical shutter part that modulates light emitted from the light source; and an optical system that projects the light transmitted through the optical shutter part. The optical shutter part includes: polarizers; a liquid crystal element disposed between the polarizers and where the initial alignment of liquid crystal molecules is horizontally aligned and causes an alignment change in the in-plane direction upon electric field application; a first optical plate which is a positive A-plate disposed between the polarizers closer to the light source and the liquid crystal element; and a second optical plate which is a positive C-plate disposed between the first optical plate and the liquid crystal element.

A display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a reflective layer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a light control member disposed on the liquid crystal display panel and including a first optical part, and a polarizing member disposed on the light control member and including a polarizer. The liquid crystal layer includes a first liquid crystal molecule adjacent to the first substrate, and a long axis of the first liquid crystal molecule projected on the first substrate is aligned in a first direction. An extending direction of a long axis of the first optical part projected on the first substrate is parallel to the first direction, and the polarizer has a transmission axis extending in a second direction.

An in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a second polarizer on an outer surface of the second substrate, the second polarizer having a second polarizing element; and an in-cell retarder on an inner surface of the second substrate, wherein the in-cell retarder compensates a light leakage in a front direction of the liquid crystal display panel.

A monochrome display is converted into a color display by including an electrically controllable planar color filter plate switchable between primary colors and operating the display in a color field sequential mode. Hence the requirement for a color switchable illumination source is eliminated. For example the illumination source may be a white OLED, an illumination type which, in combination with a microlens array, has proven well suited for directional displays. Further the need for a color mask is eliminated, thereby eliminating problems of moiree interference with a microlens array and further eliminating problems of diffraction patterns in infrared images captured through the display for example for observer tracking purposes. The electrically controllable planar color filter plate may comprise two wavelength dependent wave retarders and two liquid crystal cells.