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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
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 liquid crystal display device including a common electrode on a first substrate, a pixel electrode on a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. The device also include first and second alignment control structures formed, respectively, on the first and second substrates, for regulating azimuths of orientations of the liquid crystal when a voltage is applied thereto. The first and second alignment control structures each include a first line portion (extending in a first direction) and a second line portion (extending in a second direction, which is different from the first direction). The pixel electrode includes an edge extending in a direction different from both the first and second directions.