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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133753 (2013.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01);
Abstract
[Object] To suppress a decrease in transparency while maintaining an effect of improving viewing angles. [Solution] Each of pixels (P) of a liquid crystal panel () includes a bright subpixel (BS) and a dark subpixel (DS). The bright subpixel (BS) includes four bright domains (BD) in which alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules () are different from one another. The dark subpixel (DS) includes two dark domains (DD) in which alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules () are different from each other.