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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2009
Yasushi Asaoka, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoshi Minoura, Osaka, JP;
Sayuri Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Asaoka, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoshi Minoura, Osaka, JP;
Sayuri Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layerwhose state is switchable between a light-transmitting state and a light-scattering state, a front substrateand a rear substratebetween which the liquid crystal layeris held, a pair of electrodesbetween which the liquid crystal layeris interposed and which are configured to apply a voltage across the liquid crystal layer, and first and second alignment filmsrespectively provided between the liquid crystal layerand the front substrateand between the liquid crystal layerand the rear substrate. The liquid crystal layerincludes, in each of the pixels, a continuous wall, a plurality of small sectionsseparated by the wall, and a plurality of liquid crystal regions, each of which is formed in any one of the plurality of small sections. The plurality of liquid crystal regionsinclude first and second liquid crystal regionswhich have directorsin a plane parallel to the liquid crystal layer. The directorsof the first and second liquid crystal regionsare oriented in different directions.