Patent ID: 8773621
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G02F,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal device, comprising: a light source; a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules exhibiting a parallel alignment in an initial alignment state; and polarizing plates disposed on opposite sides of the liquid crystal panel, wherein one of the polarizing plates is disposed between the light source and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal molecules are inclined at a pretilt angle to planes of the pair of substrates and aligned in a predetermined direction to the planes of the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal panel is configured to transmit light emitted by the light source and entering through said one of the polarizing plates toward the other of the polarizing plates, wherein the liquid crystal panel is configured to have a maximum transmission for the light in a maximum transmission direction different from a direction normal to the planes of the pair of substrates, wherein the light source is configured to generate the light in the maximum transmission direction, wherein an azimuth of the maximum transmission direction projected onto the planes of the pair of substrates is substantially parallel to the predetermined direction, and wherein the maximum transmission direction is inclined from the direction normal to the pair of substrates toward a direction in which the maximum transmission direction and a longitudinal direction of the liquid crystal molecules inclined at the pretilt angle are progressively closer to being orthogonal to each other.