Patent ID: 8514357

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising: (a) forming an alignment material on at least one of a first substrate and a second substrate, a first electrode being formed on the first substrate, the alignment material comprising an alignment base material and a photopolymerizable monomer or oligomer; (b) after the forming the alignment material, photoaligning the alignment base material to form an alignment base layer by irradiating primary light onto the at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate; (c) applying a voltage between the first electrode and an external electrode or between the first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode being formed on any one side of the first substrate or the second substrate; and (d) after the photoaligning the alignment base material, forming at least one of a first alignment layer and a second alignment layer by irradiating second light onto the at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the at least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer comprises: the alignment base layer that is formed by the photoaligning the alignment base material; and an alignment controlling layer that is formed by polymerizing the photopolymerizable monomer or oligomer.