Patent ID: 7629953

Claim:
An OCB-mode liquid crystal device including a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix on one substrate of a pair of substrates, and transferring an aligned state of liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of substrates from spray alignment in an initial state to bend alignment to perform display, the plurality of pixel electrodes including: an arbitrary first row including a plurality of arbitrary first row pixel electrodes; an arbitrary second row including at least a first arbitrary second row pixel electrode, a second arbitrary second row pixel electrode adjacent to the first arbitrary second row pixel electrode, and a third arbitrary second row pixel electrode adjacent to the first arbitrary second row pixel electrode, the first arbitrary second row pixel electrode disposed between the second arbitrary second row pixel electrode and the third arbitrary second row pixel electrode; and the arbitrary first row being adjacent to the arbitrary second row in a column direction, during the transfer, a voltage application operation applies an equal voltage to the plurality of arbitrary first row pixel electrodes, and applies a voltage to the first arbitrary second row pixel electrode higher than an applied voltage to the second arbitrary second row pixel electrode and the third arbitrary second row pixel electrode, and differences between at least some of voltages applied in the voltage application operation and the voltage of an electrode formed in the other substrate of the pair of substrates being more than a threshold voltage required for the transfer to the bend alignment from the spray alignment.