A liquid crystal display includes: a first polarizer; a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules horizontally aligned to a face of a substrate; and a second polarizer. The liquid crystal display further includes a first optical compensation film disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, an absorption axis of the first polarizer, an optical axis of the first optical compensation film, and an optical axis of the liquid crystal layer being parallel to each other in a view of the liquid crystal cell in a direction orthogonal to the face of the substrate of the liquid crystal cell. The optical axis of the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal cell and the optical axis of the first optical compensation film have a tilt angle from the face of the substrate of the liquid crystal cell in a same direction.

The present application relates to a liquid crystal display comprising: an upper polarizer; a lower polarizer; and a liquid crystal panel provided between the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer, in which the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer are provided such that the absorption axes thereof are parallel to each other, a wavelength plate is comprised between the upper polarizer and the liquid crystal panel which rotates linear polarized light at 85 to 90 degrees, and the liquid crystal panel is a horizontally aligned liquid crystal mode.

The present invention is related to 6,7-dihydrobenzimidazo[1,2-c]quinazolin-6-one derivatives of the general structural formula (I), the anisotropic optical film based on these derivatives with phase-retarding properties for displays, and method of producing thereof: ##STR00001##
where X is a carboxylic group COOH, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; Y is a sulfonic group SO.sub.3H, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; Z is an acid amide group L-NH.sub.2; p is 0, 1, 2 or 3; K is a counterion selected from the list comprising H.sup.+, NH.sub.4.sup.+, Na.sup.+, K.sup.+, Li.sup.+, Mg.sup.2+, Ca.sup.2+, Zn.sup.2+, and Al.sup.3+; s is the number of counterions providing neutral state of the molecule; R is a substituent selected from the list comprising CH.sub.3, C.sub.2H.sub.5, NO.sub.2, Cl, Br, F, CF.sub.3, CN, OH, OCH.sub.3, OC.sub.2H.sub.5, OCOCH.sub.3, OCN, SCN, NH.sub.2, and NHCOCH.sub.3; w is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and R.sub.1 is a substituent selected from the list comprising H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2H.sub.5, C.sub.3H.sub.7, i-C.sub.3H.sub.7, CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.3, CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2CH.sub.3, CH.sub.2CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.3 and C(CH.sub.3).sub.3 and L is a linking group.

A copolymer includes a fumaronitrile residue represented by following General Formula I and an aromatic vinyl monomer residue represented by following General Formula II: ##STR00001##
wherein, in General-Formula II, R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl-group or a phenyl-group, and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl-group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and each of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy-group, an alkoxy-group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an acyloxy-group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, a cyanomethyl-group, or an alkyl-group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and at least two of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be bonded to form a ring, and at least two of arbitrary substituents of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 may be bonded to form a ring.

An optical film includes a negative C-plate, a light diffusion layer on the negative C-plate, and a polarizer on the negative C-plate where the polarizer includes a linear polarizer and a retardation plate on the linear polarizer, the light diffusion layer includes a first light-transmissive base and a plurality of first rods that have a different refractive index from that of the first light-transmissive base and are aligned at a first inclination angle within the first light-transmissive base, and the negative C-plate has an x-axis refractive index Nx, a y-axis refractive index Ny, and a z-axis refractive index Nz, where “Nx>Nz” and “Ny>Nz.”

A display comprises a polarised output spatial light modulator, switchable liquid crystal retarder, absorbing polarizer and touch panel electrodes. The switchable liquid crystal layer is stabilised by a cured reactive mesogen material during application of an applied voltage. Light scatter in privacy mode is reduced and visual security level enhanced. Visibility of disclinations during application of applied pressure, for example from a finger on a touch screen is minimised.

A method for displaying an image using a wearable display system including directing display light from a display towards a user through an eyepiece to project images in the user's field of view, determining a relative location between an ambient light source and the eyepiece, and adjusting an attenuation of ambient light from the ambient light source through the eyepiece depending on the relative location between the ambient light source and the eyepiece.

A polarizing plate for IPS mode and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a first protective layer on an upper surface of the polarizer; and a second protective layer on a lower surface of the polarizer, wherein, assuming an axis of the polarizer having a high index of refraction in an in-plane direction of the polarizer is a reference axis (0°), an angle of an axis of the first protective layer having a low index of refraction in the in-plane direction thereof is in a range of about −5° to +5°, the first protective layer has an in-plane retardation Re of about 5,000 nm or more at a wavelength of 550 nm, the second protective layer includes a positive C plate layer, and the second protective layer satisfies at least one of Relations 1 and 2.

Provided is a polarizing plate for a light-emitting diode and a light-emitting display device including the same, the polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film and a liquid crystal retardation film, wherein the liquid crystal retardation film comprises a laminate made of: a second retardation film having a discotic liquid crystal of which an in-plane retardation Re, in a wavelength of 550 nm, is approximately 220 nm to approximately 280 nm and a biaxial degree (NZ) is approximately 0 to approximately 0.3; and a first retardation film having a nematic liquid crystal of which an in-plane retardation Re, in a wavelength of 550 nm, is approximately 100 nm to approximately 150 nm and a biaxial degree (NZ) is approximately 0.3 to approximately 0.7.

A liquid crystal display device includes, in this order from a light source side: a first polarizer; a liquid crystal cell in which an azimuth orientation direction of a liquid crystal substance is altered by an electric field parallel to a display surface; and a second polarizer. Absorption axes of the first and second polarizers are disposed in directions orthogonal to each other. The absorption axis of the first polarizer and an orientation axis of molecules of the liquid crystal substance are disposed in parallel to each other. The device further includes: a first substrate layer between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer; and no substrate layer or a second substrate layer as only one layer between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer. An in-plane direction of an optical axis of the first substrate layer is parallel to the absorption axis of the first polarizer.