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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masami Inokuchi, Tokyo, JP;
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an alignment regulating layer, a plurality of regulation regions is defined in plan view perpendicular to the surface of the alignment regulating layer, and the plurality of regulation regions includes at least one first regulation region, at least one second regulation region, and a third regulation region fitted between the first regulation region and the second regulation region. The alignment regulating direction in the first regulation region is a first regulating direction, and the alignment regulating direction in the second regulation region is a second regulating direction that is different from the first regulating direction. In the third regulation region, the alignment regulating direction continuously changes from the first regulating direction to the second regulating direction from a portion contacting the first regulation region toward a portion contacting the second regulation region.