Patent ID: 8421726

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: an active matrix substrate; a counter substrate; and light-diffusing liquid crystal sealed between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate, the light-diffusing liquid crystal having, (i) while no voltage is being applied thereto, a first display state in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned irregularly, and (ii) while a voltage is being applied to the light-diffusing liquid crystal, a second display state in which the liquid crystal molecules are oriented regularly, the active matrix substrate including: a plurality of data signal lines for transmitting a plurality of video signals representative of an image to be displayed; a plurality of scanning signal lines crossing the plurality of data signal lines; pixel electrodes provided in a matrix pattern at respective intersections of the plurality of data signal lines with the plurality of scanning signal lines; and display data memory circuits provided for the respective pixel electrodes, each of the display data memory circuits, in accordance with a video signal transmitted through a corresponding one of the plurality of data signal lines, (i) receiving via a first supply line a first display data for achieving the first display state, and via a second supply line a second display data for achieving the second display state, and (ii) storing the first display data and the second display data, the counter substrate including: a counter electrode provided so as to face the pixel electrodes of the active matrix substrate, the counter electrode applying a counter voltage to the light-diffusing liquid crystal in synchronization with a voltage applied to each of the pixel electrodes, the active matrix substrate having a first surface which is below a surface thereof on which the pixel electrodes are provided, the first surface having a first region on which a gap between adjacent pixel electrodes is projected, the first region having partial regions which orthogonally cross the plurality of scanning signal lines, the plurality of data signal lines being each provided in a second region located to a direction of one of said adjacent pixel electrodes in relation to a corresponding one of the partial regions.