Patent ID: 8345197
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer; a first substrate and a second substrate, which face each other with the liquid crystal layer interposed between them; a first electrode, which is arranged on the first substrate so as to face the liquid crystal layer; a second electrode, which is arranged on the second substrate so as to face the liquid crystal layer; and at least one alignment film, which is arranged in contact with the liquid crystal layer, wherein a pixel region includes a first liquid crystal domain in which liquid crystal molecules are tilted in a predetermined first direction around the center of a plane, and approximately at the middle of the thickness, of the liquid crystal layer in response to a voltage applied, and wherein the first liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of an edge of the first electrode, the part including a first edge portion in which an azimuthal direction that is perpendicular to the part and that points toward the inside of the first electrode defines an angle greater than 90 degrees with respect to the first direction, and wherein an angle between the first edge portion and the first direction is less than 90 degrees, and wherein either the first substrate or the second substrate has an opaque member that includes a first opaque portion for selectively shielding at least a part of the first edge portion from incoming light.