Patent ID: 8159640

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a pixel electrode structure comprising a pixel electrode and first alignment control mechanisms; a common electrode structure comprising a common electrode and second alignment control mechanisms, the pixel electrode and the common electrode being opposed to each other; and a vertical-alignment-type liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between at least the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the pixel electrode comprises at least one chamfered and/or rounded corner portion so as to define a non-right-angle-corner portion, the second alignment control mechanism in the vicinity of the non-right-angle-corner portion of the pixel electrode is placed at a position where the second alignment control mechanism controls liquid crystal alignment in the liquid crystal layer inside an edge of the non-right-angle-corner portion of the pixel electrode, and the second alignment control mechanism partially overlaps with and extends along an edge of the non-right-angle-corner portion of the pixel electrode, an overlapping width of the second alignment control mechanism with said edge of the non-right-angle-corner portion of the pixel electrode being 4 μm or more.