Patent ID: 8094278

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: first and second parallel substrates on which a pair of electrodes are formed, first and second alignment control films, and a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal and a polymerizable compound that can be polymerized by light, heat or a combination thereof, and then polymerizing said polymerizable compound, wherein: said liquid crystal is a liquid crystal having a positive dielectric constant anisotropy; said alignment control films are horizontal alignment control films having been subjected to rubbing processing so that the rubbing directions are parallel to each other; and when voltage is not applied, only liquid crystal molecules in a specific area in a pixel as seen from a direction vertical to the substrate, present bend alignment, or a pre-tilted state, or a state where pretilting is greater than other areas of the pixel, wherein said specific area in the pixel is only a portion of the pixel.