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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Arihiro Takeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsufumi Ohmuro, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Shingo Kataoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Sasabayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Chida, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Ohashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisashi Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Minoru Otani, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Morishige, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriaki Furukawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Atuyuki Hoshino, Kawasaki, JP;
Shougo Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Takizawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Kinjou, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Tachibanaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiji Imoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadashi Hasegawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoji Taniguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Sawasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomonori Tanose, Yonago, JP;
Siro Hirota, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Kouji Tsukao, Yonago, JP;
Yasutoshi Tasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takatoshi Mayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Arihiro Takeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsufumi Ohmuro, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Shingo Kataoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Sasabayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Chida, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Ohashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisashi Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Minoru Otani, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Morishige, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriaki Furukawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Atuyuki Hoshino, Kawasaki, JP;
Shougo Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Takizawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Kinjou, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Tachibanaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiji Imoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadashi Hasegawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoji Taniguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Sawasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomonori Tanose, Yonago, JP;
Siro Hirota, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Kouji Tsukao, Yonago, JP;
Yasutoshi Tasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takatoshi Mayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A vertically alignment mode liquid crystal display device having an improved viewing angle characteristic is disclosed. The disclosed liquid crystal display device uses a liquid crystal having a negative anisotropic dielectric constant, and orientations of the liquid crystal are vertical to substrates when no voltage being applied, almost horizontal when a predetermined voltage is applied, and oblique when an intermediate voltage is applied. At least one of the substrates includes a structure as domain regulating means, and inclined surfaces of the structure operate as a trigger to regulate azimuths of the oblique orientations of the liquid crystal when the intermediate voltage is applied.