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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Seino, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Kimiaki Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasutoshi Tasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Seino, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Tanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Kimiaki Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Shibasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasutoshi Tasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display including a pair of substrates; a plurality of electrodes formed in a matrix on one of the pair of substrates, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes includes a plurality of stripe-like portions that define a plurality of spaces therebetween; polymer material and liquid crystal between the pair of substrates; and polymer alignment films which are formed on each of the substrates and are affected by light irradiation and cause alignment of the liquid crystal in predetermined directions. The plurality of stripe-like portions extend in at least two different directions which are not parallel to each other.