Patent ID: 7414681

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a first substrate having a display region and non-display regions; a plurality of gate lines transversely arranged in the display region; a plurality of data lines arranged perpendicular to the plurality of gate lines in the display region; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in pixel regions defined by the gate and data lines and a first orientation layer on the plurality of pixel electrodes, the pixel electrodes including first pixel electrodes disposed in a direction parallel with a rubbing direction of the first orientation layer in the periphery of the display region and second pixel electrodes disposed in an inner portion of the display region, wherein the first pixel electrodes are divided into first and second portions and the first portions of the first pixel electrodes include an irregularly rubbed area and are each arranged parallel to the rubbing direction of the first orientation layer; a plurality of thin film transistors in crossover points of the gate lines and data lines, each thin film transistor connected to each pixel electrode and the respective gate and data lines; a black matrix layer on a second substrate, the black matrix layer covering only the first portions of the first pixel electrodes; a color filter layer on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.