Patent ID: 8395740

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer including a blue phase liquid crystal material between the first substrate and the second substrate; a structure body provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, the structure body projecting into the liquid crystal layer; a first electrode layer provided between the liquid crystal layer and the structure body, the first electrode layer having a first opening pattern; a second electrode layer provided between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode layer having a second opening pattern; and a third electrode layer provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and overlapped with the second electrode layer, the third electrode layer having a third opening pattern, wherein the structure body is provided at least partly in the third opening pattern, wherein a distance between the first electrode layer and the third electrode layer is smaller than a distance between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer, and wherein a distance between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is substantially the same as the distance between the first electrode layer and the third electrode layer.