Patent ID: 8665195

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: an active matrix substrate including a plurality of pixel electrodes provided in a matrix of a plurality of rows by a plurality columns; a counter substrate including a counter electrode; a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer provided between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate; and a plurality of axis-symmetrical liquid crystal domain formation portions each for forming a liquid crystal domain in which liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned in axis symmetry, the plurality of axis-symmetrical liquid crystal domain formation portions each being located at a center of the respective liquid crystal domain; wherein: the plurality of pixel electrodes each define a pixel area; at least one axis-symmetrical liquid crystal domain formation portion among the plurality of axis-symmetrical liquid crystal domain formation portions is provided in correspondence with an area between two pixel areas defined by two pixel electrodes adjacent to each other among the plurality of pixel electrodes or in correspondence with an area surrounded by four pixel areas defined by four pixel electrodes arranged in two rows by two columns among the plurality of pixel electrodes; and wherein the plurality of axis-symmetrical liquid crystal domain formation portions include a plurality of convexed portions provided on a liquid crystal layer side of at least one of the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate, or a plurality of electrode-absent portions provided in at least one of the counter electrode and the two or four pixel electrodes among the plurality of pixel electrodes.