Patent ID: 7719640

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a liquid crystal is sandwiched between a pair of substrates of the panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of pixel regions formed two-dimensionally; wherein each of a plurality of the pixel regions has at least one transmissive display region and at least one reflective display region, wherein the transmissive display region of a given pixel region is, in at least one side thereof, adjacent to a transmissive display region of an adjacent pixel region without interposing the reflective display region, and the reflective display region is, in at lest one side thereof, adjacent to a reflective display region of an adjacent pixel region without interposing the transmissive display region; and wherein a light shielding portion is formed in an inter-pixel region lying between the adjacent transmissive display regions and is not formed in an inter-pixel region lying between the adjacent reflective display regions.