OPTICAL SHEET, IMAGE SOURCE UNIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

1 . An image source unit comprising:

a surface light source device that includes a light source;

a liquid crystal panel that is arranged on a light output side of the surface light source device; and

an optical sheet that is arranged between the surface light source device and the liquid crystal panel,

the optical sheet comprising:

a substrate layer;

an optical function layer that is laminated to one surface of the substrate layer; and

a light diffuser layer that is arranged on one surface of the optical function layer, the one surface being on an opposite side of another surface of the optical function layer where the substrate layer is arranged across the optical function layer,

the optical function layer comprising:

light transmission parts that have predetermined cross-sections, extend in a horizontal direction, and are arranged in a plurality of rows at predetermined intervals in a vertical direction; and

light absorption parts that are formed between adjacent light transmission parts, and have a lower refractive index than that of the light transmission parts,

wherein an angle formed by interfaces on upper sides of the light absorption parts and a normal line of a surface of the optical sheet is narrower than that formed by the interfaces on lower sides of the light absorption parts and the normal line of the surface of the optical sheet, the interfaces being between the light transmission parts and the light absorption parts.

2 . The image source unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein a viewing angle of light in an upper side is wider than that in an lower side, and

when brightness of light emitted in a direction of a normal line of the liquid crystal panel is front brightness, brightness of light emitted at 20° in an upper direction and 0° in a horizontal direction of the normal line of the liquid crystal panel is no less than 70% of the front brightness, and brightness of light emitted at 40° in the horizontal direction and 0° in a vertical direction of the horizontal direction of the normal line of the liquid crystal panel is no less than 90% of the front brightness.

3 . The image source unit according to claim 2 ,

wherein the brightness of the light emitted at 20° in the upper direction and 0° in the horizontal direction of the normal line of the liquid crystal panel is no less than 90% of the front brightness.

4 . The image source unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein diffuse reflectance of the optical sheet on a side of the substrate layer, and diffuse reflectance on a side of the light diffuser layer are both 0.8% to 5.0%.

5 . The image source unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein optical diffuse reflectance of the optical sheet on a light output surface side is 1.9% to 3.5%.

6 . The image source unit according to claim 5 ,

wherein optical diffuse reflectance of the optical sheet on a light input surface side is 2.5% to 5.0%.

7 . The image source unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cross-sectional area of one of the light transmission parts to a total cross-sectional area of the one of the light transmission parts and one of the light absorption parts which are adjacent to each other is 78.2% to 88.5%, on a cross-section of the optical function layer in a layer thickness direction.

8 . An image display device comprising:

a housing; and

the image source unit according to claim 1 which is arranged inside the housing.