A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a pattern layer on a surface of the polarizer and including a first resin layer and a second resin layer facing the first resin layer, the first resin layer including a patterned portion located at at least a portion thereof facing the second resin layer, the patterned portion includes at least two embossed optical patterns and a flat section formed between a pair of adjacent embossed optical patterns, each of the embossed optical patterns includes an upper surface defining a wave pattern, and the wave pattern has a value of about 20% to 60%, as calculated according to Formula 1 herein, and a pitch of greater than about 100 μm and less than about 400 μm.

A display assembly includes a display component and a flexible stratum. The flexible stratum includes a first side coupled to the display component and a second side opposite to the first side. The second side includes protruding portions separate apart from each other, and one of the protruding portions includes a side section, a top section, and a tapering section extending from the side section to the top section and having a curved surface.

An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing element which has an excellent antireflection function as being applied to an image display device; and a circularly polarizing plate and an image display device, each of which has the polarizing element. The polarizing element of an embodiment of the present invention has an alignment film and an anisotropic light-absorbing film formed using a dichroic substance, in which a degree S of alignment of the anisotropic light-absorbing film is 0.92 or more, and an average refractive index n.sub.ave at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm of the alignment film is 1.55 to 2.0.

A liquid crystal composition containing a side-chain liquid crystal polymer, a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the side-chain liquid crystal polymer contains a constitutional unit which is represented by the following general formula (I) and a liquid crystal constitutional unit which contains a side chain including a liquid crystal moiety: ##STR00001##

A laminate including: a base material layer, an optical functional layer, and a polarizing plate; wherein the optical functional layer includes a plurality of light transmissive portions extending in one direction along a face of the base material layer, and arrayed in a direction different from an extending direction thereof, and an in-between portion(s) formed in the intervals of adjacent light transmissive portions, an angle formed by an extending direction of the transmission axis of the polarizing plate, and the extending direction of the light transmissive portions is 1° to 41.7° in a front view, the base material layer is formed of polycarbonate, and the average coefficient of linear expansion or the average linear expansion of the laminate is within a predetermined range.

The present invention provides a compound by which high refractive index anisotropy Δn and inhibition of colorability can be compatible. The present invention further provides a composition including the above-mentioned compound, a cured object, an optically anisotropic body, and a reflective film. The compound of the present invention is represented by General Formula (1). ##STR00001##

The present invention provides a laminate film and a display member including the laminate film, which are excellent in visibility of external information such as scenery and displayability of information from a projection member, and are also excellent in color tone reproducibility. The laminate film includes a laminate of 50 or more alternately arranged layers of a plurality of different thermoplastic resins, the laminate film having a transmittance of light incident perpendicularly to a film surface of 50% or more, the laminate film satisfying a relationship of R20≤R40<R70, wherein R20, R40, and R70 are reflectances of a P-wave incident at angles of 20°, 40°, and 70°, respectively, to the normal to the film surface, the reflectance of R70 being 30% or more, reflected light of the P-wave incident at 70° to the normal to the film surface having a saturation of 20 or less.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal composition disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, wherein said first substrate and said second substrate are disposed in parallel and opposite to each other; alignment layers are disposed on the sides of said first and second substrates that are close to said liquid crystal composition; and said alignment layers are provided with vertical alignment films that allow liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal composition to be arranged roughly perpendicular to said first and second substrates, with said liquid crystal molecules having a pretilt angle of 88.5° to 89.5°.

A phase retardation film is applied to an organic light-emitting diode display device and includes a biaxially stretched polymer substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The polymer substrate has a positive wavelength dispersion characteristic. A thickness of the polymer substrate is between 5 μm and 100 μm. The liquid crystal layer is directly coated on the polymer substrate by a full coating process, and there is no adhesion layer between the liquid crystal layer and the polymer substrate. A thickness of the liquid crystal layer is between 0.4 μm and 5 μm. One of the polymer substrate and the liquid crystal layer has a phase retardation of λ/2, and the other has a phase retardation of λ/4. A compensation film using the phase retardation film is also provided.

According to the present invention, provided are a liquid crystal film for three-dimensional molding from which a three-dimensional molded body which is excellent in reproducibility of image light can be obtained during image light irradiation, a three-dimensional molded body, and a method of manufacturing the three-dimensional molded body. A liquid crystal film for three-dimensional molding includes: a substrate; and a functional layer, the functional layer includes a liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer is made from a liquid crystal composition, and a rubbing haze variation of an outermost surface of the functional layer is 0.80% or less.