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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Yohei Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Tashiro, Osaka, JP;
Katsufumi Ohmuro, Osaka, JP;
Kazutaka Hanaoka, Osaka, JP;
Jin Hirosawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Norio Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Kanii, Himeji, JP;
Shota Makimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoto Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Isao Tsushima, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Tanose, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal device including a first substrate including a plurality of picture elements; a second substrate including a common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. The first substrate and the second substrate are arranged to be opposite to each other, and each of the plurality of picture elements has a plurality of elongated electrodes configured to apply voltages to the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the common electrode. The elongated electrodes within one of the plurality of picture elements extend in eight directions, and each of the plurality of picture elements is divided into eight regions based upon the eight directions. In each of the eight regions of one of the plurality of picture elements, two or more of the plurality of elongated electrodes extend along a corresponding one of the eight directions.