Patent ID: 7251003

Claim:
A vertical orientation liquid crystal display device, in which vertical orientation liquid crystal is sealed between a first substrate and a second substrate which are opposed to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes each formed for each pixel and switching elements connected to the pixel electrodes, respectively, are formed on a side of the first substrate; an opposing electrode is formed on a side of the second substrate so as to oppose the plurality of pixel electrodes; a rubbingless orientation film is formed over each of the first substrate and the second substrate, at an interface between a liquid crystal layer and each of the first substrate and the second substrate; each pixel includes an orientation control window for dividing an orientation direction of the liquid crystal within a single pixel region into a plurality of directions, the orientation control window dividing the orientation direction of the liquid crystal by an electric field which is inclined with respect to a normal line of at least one of the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode; a region in which the orientation control window is formed and a region in which a light-shielding line made of a light-shielding material which is used within a forming region of the pixel electrode is formed overlap with each other; and in the overlapping portion in which the light-shielding line and the orientation control window overlap with each other, a width of the light-shielding line is smaller than a width of the orientation control window.