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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Kentarou Kobayashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Masaki Hayashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Shuuji Yano, Ibaraki, JP;
Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display including: a liquid crystal panel; and a lighting device disposed on one side of the liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel including: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer disposed on one side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer disposed on the other side of the liquid crystal cell; and a first optical element disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer; the absorption axis direction of the first polarizer being substantially perpendicular to the absorption axis direction of the second polarizer, the first optical element having an optical indicatrix having a relationship of nx≧nz>ny, the lighting device having: a maximum value of luminance in the wavelength range of 550±50 nm; and a relative luminance at a wavelength of 450 nm is 0.28 or less.