US Patent 7242453 Liquid crystal display device with scattering fiber

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate located closer to a viewer than the liquid crystal layer is, a second substrate arranged so as to face the first substrate with the liquid crystal layer interposed between them, and a first polarizer provided even closer to the viewer than the first substrate is. The first substrate includes a first plastic substrate on which a plurality of fibers is aligned in a first direction. The first polarizer is arranged such that the transmission axis of the first polarizer is either substantially parallel to, or substantially perpendicular to, the first direction.