Patent ID: 7167223

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a pixel electrode substrate including a transmissive pixel electrode section and a reflective pixel electrode section corresponding to one pixel; a counter electrode substrate including a counter electrode section and arranged so as to oppose the pixel electrode substrate; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pixel electrode substrate and the counter electrode substrate, wherein: the pixel includes a transmissive region corresponding to at least part of the transmissive pixel electrode section and a reflective region corresponding to at least part of the reflective pixel electrode section; at least one of the pixel electrode substrate and the counter electrode substrate includes a protruding portion provided so that a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in at least part of the reflective region is smaller than that in the transmissive region; one surface of the at least one of the pixel electrode substrate and the counter electrode substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer is subjected to a rubbing treatment in a predetermined direction; the liquid crystal display device includes a light-blocking section; the light-blocking section is formed using the same material as one or more other elements of the liquid crystal display device; and wherein the light-blocking section includes one or more pieces, and the light-blocking section is asymmetric with respect to the protruding portion so that a downstream rubbing direction edge of the light-blocking section is located further from an adjacent edge of the protruding portion than is an upstream rubbing direction edge of the light-blocking section which may or may not extend beyond an adjacent different edge of the protruding portion.