Patent ID: 8149362

Claim:
A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device, comprising: producing an alignment film having multiple alignment directions; and forming a liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned according to the multiple alignment directions; wherein producing the alignment film includes forming a plurality of alignment patterns and exposed regions between the alignment patterns on a substrate, wherein forming the alignment patterns comprises, forming a pattern mold having a plurality of protrusions, depositing an alignment material on the pattern mold, printing the alignment material on the substrate by contacting the protrusions of the pattern mold on the substrate, and separating the pattern mold from the substrate, wherein the alignment patterns have different alignment direction from the exposed regions between the alignment patterns, wherein the alignment patterns align the liquid crystal molecules in a first horizontal direction, and the exposed regions between the alignment patterns align the liquid crystal molecules in a second horizontal direction, and wherein the alignment directions of the alignment film are different according to subpixels' positions within the liquid crystal device.