Patent ID: 7855770

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first light-transmitting substrate and a second light-transmitting substrate which are disposed to face each other; a liquid crystal element sandwiched between the first light-transmitting substrate and the second light-transmitting substrate; a pair of electrodes over an inner side of the second light-transmitting substrate; a layer including stacked polarizers on an outer side of the first light-transmitting substrate or the second light-transmitting substrate; and liquid crystal molecules adjacent to the pair of electrodes, wherein the stacked polarizers are arranged so that their absorption axes are deviated from a parallel Nicols state, wherein the stacked polarizers are provided between a pair of protective layers arranged such that no protective layer is located between the stacked polarizers, and wherein the liquid crystal molecules are configured to be switched by a lateral electric field between the pair of electrodes.