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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Shoraku, Mie, JP;
Toshihide Tsubata, Mie, JP;
Koichi Miyachi, Kyoto, JP;
Iichiro Inoue, Mie, JP;
Akihiro Yamamoto, Nara, JP;
Yoshito Hashimoto, Mie, JP;
Masumi Kubo, Nara, JP;
Akihito Jinda, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer, first and second substrates, first and second electrodes, and a pixel region which includes first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains in which liquid crystal molecules are tilted in first, second, third and fourth directions, respectively. The first liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of an edge of the first electrode, the second liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of another edge of the first electrode, the third liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of still another edge of the first electrode, and the fourth liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of yet another edge of the first electrode.