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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Yasushi Asaoka, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoshi Minoura, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Sayuri Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Asaoka, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoshi Minoura, Osaka, JP;
Eiji Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Sayuri Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device (A) of the present invention includes a liquid crystal layer () and first and second alignment films () which are provided with an alignment treatment. The liquid crystal layer () includes, in each of the pixels, a plurality of first small sections () separated by a wall () and the first alignment film () and a plurality of second small sections () separated by the wall () and the second alignment film (). Each of the plurality of first small sections () has a first liquid crystal region (). Each of the plurality of second small sections () has a second liquid crystal region (). Each of the first and second liquid crystal regions () includes a nematic liquid crystal material and a dichromatic dye (). The dichromatic dye () of the first liquid crystal region () is aligned along the alignment direction of the first alignment film (). The dichromatic dye () of the second liquid crystal region () is aligned along the alignment direction of the second alignment film ().