The invention provides an LCD device, whose polarizers comprising: a plurality of polarizing units disposed corresponding to the first, second and third sub-pixels and arranged in an array; each polarizing unit being a multilayer film structure, comprising a transparent body, and a plurality of first film layers and a plurality of second film layers interleaved into a stack disposed on the body. By achieving polarization through multilayer film structure and each polarizing unit only needing to satisfy polarization conditions for light of the wavelength range of light emitted by corresponding sub-pixel, the invention can reduce material selection difficulty and production difficult for multilayer structure and improve LCD contrast.

A display device includes a liquid crystal display panel (3) and a backlight source (2), and further includes a plurality of bandpass filters (1) corresponding to respective pixel units of the liquid crystal display panel (3), the bandpass filters (1) being configured to perform narrowband filtering on the light emergent from the backlight source (2). By adopting the bandpass filters (1), the narrowband filtering on the red, green and blue light is realized by using a narrowband interference filtering method, such that the effect of improving the gamut of the display device is achieved and the high-gamut display is realized.

The present disclosure is directed to quantum dot LCD display systems and methods that use a digital optics polarizer to beneficially and advantageously provide enhanced performance and substantially lower power draw. The digital optics polarizer is disposed as a metasurface between the LCD layer and the quantum dot layer within the LCD display device. The digital optics polarizer is formed using a dielectric material, such as TiO.sub.2, that does not cause reflectivity and ohmic loss issues typically encountered with wire grid polarizers. The digital optics polarizer may be patterned, deposited, or otherwise disposed across all or a portion of the LCD layer, the quantum dot layer, or may be sandwiched between and proximate the LCD layer and the quantum dot layer. The elimination of ohmic losses in the digital optics polarizer significantly improves the energy efficiency of the LCD display.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that, with photo-alignment films, can maintain a favorable voltage holding ratio for a long period of time and prevent generation of image sticking and stains on the display screen. The liquid crystal display device includes: an active-matrix liquid crystal panel; and a backlight, the liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer, paired substrates holding the liquid crystal layer in between, and alignment films disposed on the liquid crystal layer side surfaces of the respective substrates, the alignment films each being a photo-alignment film formed from a material exhibiting photo-alignment performance, the liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material and a radical scavenger.

Optical film stacks are described. More particularly, optical film stacks including a half-wave retardation layer are described. Achromatic half-wave retardation layers, including achromatic half-wave layers formed from a quarter-wave and a three-quarters-wave retardation layer, are described. Film stacks including reflective polarizers tuned to reduce wavelength dispersion of the half-wave retardation layer are also described.

A device capable of switching between an image display state and a mirror state is provided. The device includes an image display portion and a mirror portion. The image display portion emits image light for displaying a desired image and includes a display panel. The mirror portion is superposed on the image display portion and can switch between an image transmittance state for transmitting image light and a mirror state for reflecting outside light. The mirror portion includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate and a reflective polarization layer adhered to the second glass substrate. A reflective enhancement layer separate from the reflective polarization layer is disposed between the display panel and the liquid crystal layer and has a refractive index that is different from the refractive index of the second glass substrate.

A vehicle mirror having an image display function includes an image display device, a circularly polarized light reflection layer, and a front plate formed of glass or plastic in this order. The circularly polarized light reflection layer includes a linearly polarized light reflection plate and a 1/4 wavelength plate from a side of the image display device. The linearly polarized light reflection plate and the 1/4 wavelength plate are directly in contact with each other, or only an alignment layer is included between the linearly polarized light reflection plate and the 1/4 wavelength plate. A method for producing the vehicle mirror includes forming the 1/4 wavelength plate from a composition that is directly applied to the surface of the linearly polarized light reflection plate or that is directly applied to the surface of the alignment layer directly in contact with the linearly polarized light reflection plate.

A light adjustment device includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells each including a light adjustment region that polarizes light emitted from a light source, the liquid crystal cells being stacked in a direction in which the light is emitted. The liquid crystal cells each include a first substrate in which a plurality of first metal wires are provided, and a second substrate in which a plurality of second metal wires are provided and that sandwiches a liquid crystal layer with the first substrate.

Optical film stacks are described. More particularly, optical film stacks including a half-wave retardation layer are described. Achromatic half-wave retardation layers, including achromatic half-wave layers formed from a quarter-wave and a three-quarters-wave retardation layer, are described. Film stacks including reflective polarizers tuned to reduce wavelength dispersion of the half-wave retardation layer are also described.

A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal cell; a viewer side polarizing plate; a back-surface side polarizing plate, a reflective polarizer, a first prism sheet, a second prism sheet, and a wavelength conversion layer. The first prism sheet and the second prism sheet each has: a first main surface, which is flat; and a second main surface, on which a plurality of unit prisms are arrayed. In the liquid crystal display apparatus, convex portions formed by the plurality of unit prisms on the second main surface of the first prism sheet are bonded to a main surface of the reflective polarizer on an opposite side to the back-surface side polarizing plate, and/or convex portions formed by the plurality of unit prisms on the second main surface of the second prism sheet are bonded to the first main surface of the first prism sheet.