Patent Publication Number: US-7903217-B2

Title: Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device using the same

Description:
This application claims the benefit of Taiwan application Serial No. 096142762, filed Nov. 12, 2007, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The disclosure relates in general to a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and an LCD device using the same, and, in some embodiments, to a multiple-domain vertical alignment (MVA) LCD panel and an LCD device using the same. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     In a multiple-domain vertical alignment (MVA) liquid crystal display (LCD) panel known to the inventor(s), the liquid crystal molecules in each specific domain tilt in different directions.  FIG. 1A  shows a known MVA LCD panel  10 . The LCD panel at least includes a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel. Each pixel  11  normally has four liquid crystal (LC) orientations, and such alignment is called 4-domain alignment as indicated by the arrows of  FIG. 1A . The LC orientations are oblique to and respectively form an angle of 45 degrees with the X axis and Y axis of the LCD panel  10  for providing a wide angle function. Slits of the pixel electrode and protrusions of the counter electrode are arranged to form several boundaries for the liquid crystal orientations. A boundary is the disclination formed between liquid crystal molecules of different LC orientations and restricts the transmittivity of the backlight. Another MVA LCD panel known to the inventor(s) can improve the transmittivity by reducing the number of the liquid crystal orientations to two. Each color pixel still has two opposite liquid crystal orientations, and is still capable of providing a wide view angle. The liquid crystal orientations of the pixels are all parallel to or perpendicular to a long-axial direction of the color pixels. 
       FIG. 1B  shows such another known MVA LCD panel  10 ′. The LCD panel  10 ′ at least includes a blue pixel  11 ′, a green pixel  12 ′ and a red pixel  13 ′. The liquid crystal molecules in the blue pixel  11 ′, the green pixel  12 ′ and the red pixel  13 ′ all have a first LC orientation X 1  and a second LC orientation X 2 . The first LC orientation X 1  is opposite to the second LC orientation X 2 , wherein the two LC orientations X 1  and X 2  are both parallel to a horizontal direction of the LCD panel  10 ′ and perpendicular to a long-axial direction L of the blue pixel  11 ′, the green pixel  12 ′ and the red pixel  13 ′. The LCD panel  10 ′ further includes several protrusions  14 ′ positioned in the color filter substrate and several slits  15 ′ positioned on the thin-film transistor substrate. The slits  15 ′ further connect to several fine slits  16 ′ such that the liquid crystal molecules tilt faster when driven by the electrical field. That is, the response speed of the liquid crystal layer is increased so as to speed up the changing in grey level. The protrusions  14 ′ are parallel to the long-axial direction L, the slits  15 ′ are parallel to the protrusions  14 ′, and the fine slits  16 ′ are perpendicular to the protrusions  14 ′. The blue pixel  11 ′, the green pixel  12 ′ and the red pixel  13 ′ respectively each have a protrusion  14 ′ and two slits  15 ′, wherein the one protrusion  14 ′ is respectively disposed at a central position of the blue pixel  11 ′, the green pixel  12 ′ and the red pixel  13 ′, and the two slits  15 ′ are respectively disposed at the two sides of the each protrusion  14 ′. The protrusions  14 ′ and the slits  15 ′ are used for controlling the liquid crystal orientations in the blue pixel  11 ′, the green pixel  12 ′ and the red pixel  13 ′. Compared with the 4-domain alignment LCD panel  10  ( FIG. 1A ), the transmittivity of the LCD panel  10 ′ whose pixels have the above 2-domain alignment design is increased by 16%. As there are only two liquid crystal orientations being parallel to the horizontal direction of liquid crystal panel  10 ′ (that is, there are only two domains), when the white color is displayed by way of the blue pixel  11 ′, the green pixel  12 ′ and the red pixel  13 ′, color shift will occur. For example, bluish green color shift will occur when viewed from the horizontal direction and yellowish color shift will occur when viewed from the vertical direction. 
       FIG. 1C  shows a Commission International d&#39;Eclairage (CIE) 1931 color space chromaticity diagram. The chromaticity diagram includes a red domain R 1 , a green domain R 2  and a blue domain R 3 . The coordinate of the chromaticity of a white-displayed picture measured in the normal direction of the LCD panel  10 ′ (that is, viewed right from the normal top of the LCD panel  10 ′) is (0.28607, 0.2952) and is designated as the first coordinate point P 1 . The coordinate of the chromaticity of the same a white-displayed picture measured at an angle of depression of 60 degrees from a direction parallel to the first LC orientation X 1  ( FIG. 1B ) of the LCD panel  10 ′ (that is, the chromaticity is measured when the view angle is 60 degree from the horizontal direction of the LCD panel  10 ′) is (0.28463,0.29907) and is designated as the second coordinate point P 2 . The coordinate of the chromaticity of the same white-displayed picture measured at an angle of depression of 60 degrees in a direction perpendicular to the first LC orientation X 1  of the LCD panel  10 ′ (that is, the chromaticity is measured when the view angle is 60 degree from the vertical direction of the LCD panel  10 ′) is (0.38187,0.3782) and is designated as the third coordinate point P 3 . As indicated in  FIG. 1C , the third coordinate point P 3  is farther away from the blue domain R 3  (that is, closer to the red domain R 1  and the green domain R 2 ) than the first coordinate point P 1 . Thus, the white color is more yellowish when the LCD panel  10 ′ is viewed from a view angle in a direction perpendicular to the first LC orientation X 1  than when the LCD panel  10 ′ is viewed right from the normal top of the LCD panel  10 ′. On the other hand, when the LCD panel  10 ′ is viewed from a view angle of 60 degrees in a direction parallel to the first LC orientation X 1 , the white color is bluish green. And then when the LCD panel  10 ′ is viewed from the same view angle of 60 degrees, the LCD panel  10 ′ has a color difference of 0.1254 between a view at a view angle of 60 degrees from the direction parallel to the first LC orientation X 1  and a view at a view angle of 60 degrees from the direction perpendicular to the first LC orientation X 1  (the distance between the second coordinate point P 2  and the third coordinate point P 3 ). However, when the LCD panel  10  whose pixels have 4-domain alignment as indicated in  FIG. 1A  is measured, the coordinate of the second coordinate point P 2  is (0.31007, 0.3293), and the coordinate of the third coordinate point P 3  is (0.3142, 0.32957). That is, the white picture is yellowish when viewed from a horizontal or a vertical direction, and the color difference is only about 0.00414. Therefore, when observing from different directions, the user can hardly notice any difference in color shift, and then can hardly feel the color shift of the entire picture displayed by the LCD panel  10 . 
     In summary, in the MVA LCD panel  10 ′, the displayed picture shows different tendencies of color shift when viewed from different directions. Despite that the transmittivity and brightness are improved through the design which uses fewer domains, different tendencies of color shift occur when the LCD panel  10 ′ is viewed from different directions, largely deteriorating the user&#39;s comfort in viewing the displayed pictures. In contrast, the MVA LCD panel  10  does not have noticeable color shift issues, but suffers from lower transmittivity and brightness. Thus, both transmittivity and color shift are issues to be considered. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Embodiments of the invention will become more fully understood from the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, which are given for illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, wherein the same references relate to the same elements, and wherein: 
         FIG. 1A  shows a schematic plan view of an MVA LCD panel known to the inventor(s); 
         FIG. 1B  shows a schematic plan view of another MVA LCD panel known to the inventor(s); 
         FIG. 1C  shows a CIE chromaticity diagram; 
         FIG. 2  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel according to a first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 3  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel according to a second embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 4  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel according to a third embodiment of the invention; and 
         FIG. 5  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     First Embodiment 
       FIG. 2  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel  20  according to a first embodiment of the invention. The LCD panel  20  at least includes a first color pixel  21  and a second color pixel  22 . The first color pixel  21  is used for displaying one color. The second color pixel  22  disposed next to the first color pixel  21  is used for displaying another color. The liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  21  at least have a first LC orientation A. The liquid crystal molecules in the second color pixel  22  at least have a second LC orientation B. The first LC orientation A is different from the second LC orientation B. 
     Furthermore, the first color pixel  21  and the second color pixel  22  respectively have the same long-axial direction L, wherein the first LC orientation A is parallel to the long-axial direction L, and the second LC orientation B is perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. That is, the first LC orientation A is perpendicular to the second LC orientation B. Other arrangements are, however, not excluded. For example, the first LC orientation A and the second LC orientation B in some embodiments are oblique, e.g., at 45 degrees, to the long-axial direction L and/or to each other. The LCD panel  20  includes a first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26 , a second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  and in this embodiment, further includes a third color pixel  23  and a third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28 . The third color pixel  23  is disposed next to the second color pixel  22 . The first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26 , the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  and the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28  respectively disposed at positions corresponding to the first color pixel  21 , the second color pixel  22  and the third color pixel  23  are used for controlling the LC orientations of the liquid crystal molecules of the first color pixel  21 , the second color pixel  22  and the third color pixel  23 , respectively. In this embodiment of the invention, the first color pixel  21 , the second color pixel  22  and the third color pixel  23  respectively can be the blue color pixel (B), the green color pixel (G) and the red color pixel (R). 
     In this embodiment, the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26  includes three protrusions  24  ( 1 ),  24  ( 2 ) and  24  ( 3 ) and several slits  25  and fine slits  251 . During the manufacturing process of the LCD panel  20 , the slits  25  and the fine slits  251  are formed in each of the pixel electrode  29  with various layouts, according to a patterning technology such as photo-lithography or etching technology, when the pixel electrode(s)  29  is formed on a thin-film transistor substrate. Also, after an counter electrode is formed on a counter substrate, the protrusions  24  ( 1 ),  24  ( 2 ) and  24  ( 3 ) made of insulative, photosensitive resin are formed on the counter electrode by way of a patterning process. The slits  25  are respectively disposed at the two sides of the protrusions  24  ( 1 ),  24  ( 2 ) and  24  ( 3 ), wherein the slits  25  and the protrusions  24  ( 1 ),  24  ( 2 ) and  24  ( 3 ) are alternately disposed. The protrusion  24  ( 1 ) is parallel to the long-axial direction L, and the other two protrusions  24  ( 2 ) and  24  ( 3 ) are perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. 
     In this embodiment, the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  includes a protrusion  24  ( 4 ) and two slits  25 . The protrusion  24  ( 4 ) is parallel to the long-axial direction L and substantially positioned at the center of the second color pixel  22 . The slits  25  are respectively disposed at the two sides of the protrusions  24  ( 4 ). The third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28  includes a protrusion  24  ( 5 ) and two slits  25 . The protrusion  24  ( 5 ) is parallel to the long-axial direction L and substantially positioned at the center of the third color pixel  23 . The slits  25  are respectively disposed at the two sides of the protrusions  24  ( 5 ). The second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  forms fewer liquid crystal LC orientations (that is, fewer domains) and boundaries than the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26 . The second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  forms the same number of domains and boundaries as the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28 . Other arrangements are, however, not excluded. For example, the number of domains and/or the orientations of the protrusions and/or slits and/or fine slits of each liquid crystal alignment controlling structure can vary as needed. 
     In  FIG. 2 , as the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26  includes a protrusion  24  ( 1 ) parallel to the long-axial direction L and two protrusions  24  ( 2 ) and  24  ( 3 ) perpendicular to the long-axial direction, the liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  21  further have the second LC orientation B, a third LC orientation C and a fourth LC orientation D in addition to the abovementioned first LC orientation A. The LC orientations of liquid crystal molecules are denoted by the arrows illustrated in the color pixels  21 ,  22  and  23 . The third LC orientation C is opposite to the first LC orientation A, and the fourth LC orientation D is opposite to the second LC orientation B. The liquid crystal molecules in the second color pixel  22  and the third color pixel  23  only have the second LC orientation B and the fourth LC orientation D. That is, the liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  21  have four liquid crystal orientations parallel or perpendicular to the long-axial direction L, i.e., the liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  21  have 4-domain liquid crystal alignment. By increasing the number of domains, the color difference issue that might occur when viewing the LCD panel  20  from a horizontal direction and from a vertical direction is improved. 
     In particular, the chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the direction parallel to the first LC orientation A and the chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the direction parallel to the second LC orientation B are respectively measured at an angle of depression of 60 degrees relative to the LCD panel  20 . According to the measurement results of the two chromaticities, the color difference between the two directions is 0.0691, which is smaller than the color difference 0.1254 obtained in the multiple-domain vertical alignment (MVA) LCD panel  10 ′ (illustrated in  FIG. 1B ). Besides, as the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26  has more boundaries than the pixel  11  of  FIG. 1B , the transmittivity of the first color pixel  21  will decrease slightly. Setting the transmittivity of the MVA LCD panel  10 ′ of  FIG. 1B  as a base, the transmittivity of the LCD panel  20  of the present embodiment of the invention only decreases by 1.04%. This is because in the present embodiment of the invention, the protrusions  24 ( 2 ) and  24 ( 3 ) used for increasing the number of liquid crystal orientations are disposed in the domain of the blue (B) color pixel which is less sensitive to the human eyes, hence having less influence in the transmittivity. Compared with the LCD panel  10  of  FIG. 1A , the LCD panel  20  of the present embodiment of the invention still increases the transmittivity by about 15%. Compared with the LCD panel  10 ′ of  FIG. 1B , the LCD panel  20  of the present embodiment of the invention reduces the color difference almost by half. 
     According to the above disclosure, the LCD panel  20  disclosed in the first embodiment of the invention has lower color difference between a view at a view angle of 60 degrees from a direction parallel to the first LC orientation A and a view at a view angle of 60 degrees from a direction parallel to the second LC orientation B, and the transmittivity is only slightly affected. That is, when the user view the LCD panel  20  at an angle, the difference in color shift between different view directions decreases, hence improving the accuracy in the displayed color and providing the user with greater comfort in viewing the displayed pictures. 
     Moreover, an LCD device is formed if a backlight module is further disposed under the LCD panel  20 . The backlight module is used for providing light that is controllably allowed to pass through the LCD panel  20  to display pictures. 
     Second Embodiment 
       FIG. 3  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel  30  according to a second embodiment of the invention. The LCD panel  30  of the present embodiment of the invention differs from the LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment of the invention in the layout of the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  38 , and other similarities are not repeated herein. 
     The third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  38  includes three protrusions  34  ( 1 ),  34  ( 2 ) and  34  ( 3 ) and several slits  35  and fine slits  351 . The slits  35  and the fine slits  351  are respectively disposed at the two sides of the protrusions  34  ( 1 ),  34  ( 2 ) and  34  ( 3 ), wherein the slits  35  and the protrusions  34  ( 1 ),  34  ( 2 ) and  34  ( 3 ) are alternately disposed. The protrusion  34  ( 1 ) is parallel to the long-axial direction L, and the protrusions  34  ( 2 ) and  34  ( 3 ) are perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. In detail, as the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  38  and the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26  have the same layout, the liquid crystal molecules in the third color pixel  33  and the first color pixel  21  both have the first LC orientation A, the second LC orientation B, the third LC orientation C and the fourth LC orientation D. That is, the first color pixel  21  for displaying the blue color and the third color pixel  33  for displaying the red color both have four liquid crystal orientations, and the second color pixel  22  for displaying the green color has two liquid crystal orientations perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. Again, other arrangements are not excluded. For example, the number of domains and/or the orientations of the protrusions and/or slits and/or fine slits of each liquid crystal alignment controlling structure can vary as needed. 
     The chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the direction parallel to the first LC orientation A and the chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the direction parallel to the second LC orientation B are respectively measured at an angle of depression of 60 degrees relative to the LCD panel  30 . According to the obtained measurement results of the two chromaticities, the color difference between the two view directions is 0.0267, which is smaller than the color difference 0.1254 obtained in the multiple-domain vertical alignment (MVA) LCD panel  10 ′ (illustrated in  FIG. 1B ). That is, the LCD panel  30  of the second embodiment of the invention has a smaller color difference between the direction parallel to the first LC orientation A and the direction parallel to the second LC orientation B at an oblique view angle. Thus, the difference of color shift between different view directions is reduced in the LCD panel  30  compared to MVA LCD panel  10 ′. 
     Third Embodiment 
       FIG. 4  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel  40  according to a third embodiment of the invention. The LCD panel  40  of the present embodiment of the invention differs from the LCD panel  20  of the invention the first embodiment in the layout of the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  46  and the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  47 , and other similarities are not repeated herein. 
     The first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  46  includes three protrusions  44  ( 1 ),  44  ( 2 ) and  44  ( 3 ) and several slits  45  and fine slits  451 . The protrusions  44  ( 1 ),  44  ( 2 ) and  44  ( 3 ) are all perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. The slits  45  and the fine slits  451  are respectively disposed at the two sides of the protrusions  44  ( 1 ),  44  ( 2 ) and  44  ( 3 ), wherein the slits  45  and the protrusions  44  ( 1 ),  44  ( 2 ) and  44  ( 3 ) are alternately disposed. The second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  47  includes several, in some embodiments, three protrusions  44  ( 4 ),  44  ( 5 ) and  44  ( 6 ) and at least one, in some embodiments, several slits  45  and fine slits  451 . The protrusion  44  ( 4 ) is parallel to the long-axial direction L, and the protrusions  44  ( 5 ) and  44  ( 6 ) are perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. The slits  45  and the fine slits  451  are respectively disposed at the two sides of the protrusions  44  ( 4 ),  44  ( 5 ) and  44  ( 6 ), wherein the slits  45  and the protrusions  44  ( 4 ),  44  ( 5 ) and  44  ( 6 ) are alternately disposed. 
     As the protrusions  44  ( 1 ),  44  ( 2 ) and  44  ( 3 ) of the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  46  are all perpendicular to the long-axial direction L, the liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  41  have the first LC orientation A and the third LC orientation C. The second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  47  includes a protrusion  44  ( 4 ) parallel to the long-axial direction L and two protrusions  44  ( 5 ) and  44  ( 6 ) perpendicular to the long-axial direction, therefore the liquid crystal molecules in the second color pixel  42  have the first LC orientation A, the second LC orientation B, the third LC orientation C and the fourth LC orientation D. That is, the first color pixel  41  for displaying the blue color has two liquid crystal orientations parallel to the long-axial direction L, the third color pixel  23  for displaying the red color has two liquid crystal orientations perpendicular to the long-axial direction L, and the second color pixel  42  for displaying the green color has four liquid crystal orientations parallel or perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. Again, other arrangements are not excluded. For example, the number of domains and/or the orientations of the protrusions and/or slits and/or fine slits of each liquid crystal alignment controlling structure can vary as needed. 
     The chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the direction parallel to the first LC orientation A and the chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the direction parallel to the second LC orientation B are respectively measured at an angle of depression of 60 degrees relative to the LCD panel  40 . According to the obtained results of the measurement of the two chromaticities, the color difference between the two view angles is 0.049, which is smaller than the color difference 0.1254 obtained in the multiple-domain vertical alignment (MVA) LCD panel  10 ′ (illustrated in  FIG. 1B ). That is, the LCD panel  40  of the third embodiment of the invention has a smaller color difference between the view angle parallel to the first LC orientation A and the view angle parallel to the second LC orientation B. Thus, the difference of color shift between different view directions is reduced in the LCD panel  40  compared to MVA LCD panel  10 ′. 
     Fourth Embodiment 
       FIG. 5  shows a schematic plan view of an LCD panel  50  according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. The LCD panel  50  of the present embodiment of the invention differs from the LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment of the invention in the disposition of the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  56 , and other similarities are not repeated herein. 
     The first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  56  includes several, in some embodiments, three protrusions  54  ( 1 ),  54  ( 2 ) and  54  ( 3 ) and at least one, in some embodiments, several slits  55  and fine slits  551 . The protrusions  54  ( 1 ),  54  ( 2 ) and  54  ( 3 ) are perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. The slits  55  and the fine slits  551  are respectively disposed at the two sides of the protrusions  54  ( 1 ),  54  ( 2 ) and  54  ( 3 ), wherein the slits  55  and the protrusions  54  ( 1 ),  54  ( 2 ) and  54  ( 3 ) are alternately disposed. The liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  51  have the first LC orientation A and the third LC orientation C. As the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  and the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28  are disposed in the same way as in the first embodiment, the liquid crystal molecules in the second color pixel  22  and the third color pixel  23  also have the second LC orientation B and the fourth LC orientation D. That is, the first color pixel  51  has two liquid crystal orientations parallel to the long-axial direction L, and the second color pixel  22  and the third color pixel  23  have two liquid crystal orientations perpendicular to the long-axial direction L. Besides, the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  56  forms more liquid crystal orientation boundaries than the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  and the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28 . Again, other arrangements are not excluded. For example, the number of domains and/or the orientations of the protrusions and/or slits and/or fine slits of each liquid crystal alignment controlling structure can vary as needed. 
     The chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the view angle parallel to the first LC orientation A and the chromaticity of a white-displayed picture viewed from the view angle parallel to the second LC orientation B are respectively measured from an angle of depression of 60 degrees relative to the LCD panel  50 . According to the obtained results of the measurement of the two chromaticities, the color difference between the two view angles is 0.0503, which is smaller than the color difference 0.1254 obtained in the multiple-domain vertical alignment (MVA) LCD panel  10 ′ (illustrated in  FIG. 1B ). As the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  56  has more domains and boundaries than the pixel  11 ′ of  FIG. 1B , the transmittivity of the first color pixel  51  will decrease slightly. Using the transmittivity of the MVA LCD panel  10 ′ as reference, the transmittivity of the LCD panel  50  of the present embodiment of the invention only decreases by 1.01%. 
     That is, the LCD panel  50  of the fourth embodiment of the invention has a smaller color difference between the view angle parallel to the first LC orientation A and the view angle parallel to the second LC orientation B. Thus, the difference of color shift between different view directions is reduced in the LCD panel  50 , compared to MVA LCD panel  10 ′, without significantly affecting the transmittivity. 
     Measurement Results: 
     The LCD panel  30  of the second embodiment differs from the LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment in that the liquid crystal molecules in the third color pixel  33  for displaying the red color further have the first LC orientation A and the third LC orientation C in addition to the second LC orientation B and the fourth LC orientation D. As the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26  and the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  have the same layout, when a white-colored picture is viewed from an angle of depression of 60 degrees in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, respectively, the color difference measured in the LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment is 0.0691, and the color difference measured in the LCD panel  30  of the second embodiment is 0.0267. That is, the color difference decreases by 0.0424 when the number of the LC orientations of the liquid crystal molecules in the third color pixel  33  for displaying the red color increase from two to four. 
     The LCD panel  40  of the third embodiment differs from the LCD panel  50  of the fourth embodiment in that the liquid crystal molecules in the second color pixel  42  for displaying the green color further have the first LC orientation A and the third LC orientation C in addition to the second LC orientation B and the fourth LC orientation D. As the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  46  and the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28  have the same layout, when a white-colored picture is viewed from an angle of depression of 60 degrees in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, respectively, the color difference measured in the LCD panel  40  of the third embodiment is 0.049, and the color difference measured in the LCD panel  50  of the fourth embodiment is 0.0503. That is, the color difference decreases by 0.0013 when the number of the LC orientations of the liquid crystal molecules in the second color pixel  42  for displaying the green color increases from two to four. 
     The LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment differs from the known LCD panel  10 ′ in that the liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  21  for displaying the blue color further have the first LC orientation A and the third LC orientation C in addition to the second LC orientation B and the fourth LC orientation D. Assuming that the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  27  and the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  28  are the same in both LCD panels  20  and  10 ′, when a white-colored picture is viewed from an angle of depression of 60 degrees in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, respectively, the color difference measured in the LCD panel  10 ′ is 0.1254, and the color difference measured in the LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment is 0.0691. That is, the color difference decreases by 0.0563 when the LC orientations of the liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel  21  for displaying the blue color increases from two to four. 
     Besides, compared with the transmittivity measured in the 4-domain alignment LCD panel  10  ( FIG. 1A ), the transmittivity measured in the LCD panels  20 ,  30 ,  40  and  50  of the first to fourth embodiments respectively increases by 15.33%, 9.88%, 6.19% and 15.36%. As discussed with respect to the LCD panel  30  of the second embodiment and the LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment, the transmittivity measured in the third color pixel  33  for displaying the red color changes (decreases) by 5.35% after the layout of the third liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  38  changes from LCD panel  20  to panel  30 . As discussed with respect to the LCD panel  40  of the third embodiment and the LCD panel  50  of the fourth embodiment, the transmittivity measured in the second color pixel  42  for displaying the green color changes (decreases) by 9.17% after the layout of the second liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  47  changes from LCD panel  50  to panel  40 . As discussed with respect to the LCD panel  20  of the first embodiment and the known LCD panel  10 ′, the transmittivity measured in the first color pixel  21  for displaying the blue color changes (decreases) by 1.04% after the first liquid crystal alignment controlling structure  26  changes from LCD panel  10 ′ to panel  20 . 
     The reduction in color difference and the difference in transmittivity when the liquid crystal alignment controlling structure(s) of the color pixel for displaying the red color, green color and blue color change(s), respectively, are illustrated in Table 1 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 After the third liquid 
                 liquid crystal 
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                 crystal alignment 
                 alignment controlling 
                 crystal alignment 
               
               
                   
                 controlling structure 
                 structure changes 
                 controlling structure 
               
               
                   
                 changes (the red 
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                 color pixel) 
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                 color pixel) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Reduction in color 
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                 Reduction in 
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     As indicated in Table 1, after the layout of the liquid crystal alignment controlling structure of the color pixel for displaying the blue color changes, the color difference decreases significantly, and after the layout of the liquid crystal alignment controlling structure of the color pixel for displaying the green color changes, the transmittivity is affected greatly. Thus, in some embodiments, in order to significantly decrease the loss in transmittivity, the number of domains and boundaries (i.e., the number of protrusions) formed in the liquid crystal alignment controlling structure of the color pixel for displaying the green color needs to be reduced. Furthermore, in some embodiments, in order to significantly reduce the color difference between different views in the direction parallel to the long-axial direction and the direction perpendicular to the long-axial direction, the color pixel for displaying the blue color and the color pixels for displaying other colors need to have one or more different liquid crystal orientations. For example, the blue pixel in  FIGS. 2 ,  3 ,  5  has the LC orientations A and C that are different from all of those (i.e., the LC orientations B and D) of the green color pixel, or the green color pixel in  FIG. 4  has the LC orientations B and D that are different from all of those (i.e., the LC orientations A and C) of the blue pixel. 
     According to the LCD panel and the LCD device using the same as disclosed in the above embodiments of the invention, one or more liquid crystal orientations of at least one color pixel need to be different from those of the remaining color pixels, such that the difference of color shift between the direction parallel to the liquid crystal orientation and the direction perpendicular to the liquid crystal orientation decreases. Embodiments of the invention have one or more of the following advantages: 
     When the user switches the LCD panel between the horizontal display and the vertical display, the displayed picture has a lower difference of color shift, which is less noticeable to the user and allows the user to watch the displayed pictures more comfortably on the LCD panel. 
     In the disclosed LCD panel and an LCD device using the same, only modification of one or more layout(s) of the liquid crystal alignment controlling structure(s) of an MVA LCD panel is needed, without requiring changes to the existing manufacturing process of the MVA LCD panel. 
     In the disclosed LCD panel and an LCD device using the same, the feel of color shift of the entire displayed picture is reduced without using any additional elements, that is, without incurring extra cost. 
     While the disclosure has been given by way of examples and in terms of embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.