Patent ID: 8350976

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: an array substrate including pixels arranged in a matrix, a picture electrode provided for each pixel, a scanning line extending in a row direction and a signal line extending in a column direction interposed with an insulation layer; a counter substrate including a common counter electrode for the plurality of pixels, the counter substrate facing the array substrate; a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules held between the array substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the liquid crystal molecules are aligned substantially in a direction normal to a surface of the substrates under a condition where no electric field is applied between the picture electrodes and the counter electrode; and an alignment control device configured to control the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules under a condition where an electric field is applied between the picture electrodes and the counter electrode, the alignment control device crossing the pixel so as divide the pixel into first and second display areas, wherein the scanning line includes first and second segments respectively corresponding to the first and second display areas in each pixel, wherein the array substrate further includes a connecting element to connect the first and second segments of the scanning lines opposite the alignment control device, and wherein the first and second segments extend in the row direction in parallel with each other and are shifted in the column direction.