Patent ID: 7319501

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate having thereon a pixel electrode in an active element; a second substrate having thereon an opposed electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first and second substrates with said electrodes facing each other, wherein a first orientation control element is formed in said pixel electrode and extends in a nonparallel direction relative to an extending direction of an edge of said pixel electrode, wherein a second orientation control element extends in a parallel direction relative to an extending direction of said edge, wherein said first orientation control element is provided on said first and second substrates respectively, wherein at least a part of liquid crystal molecules of said liquid crystal layer on said second orientation control element are orientated in a vertical direction relative to said substrate when voltage is being applied between said pixel and opposed electrodes, wherein said first and second orientation control elements are pattern-cut slits, and wherein said second orientation control element is provided on said second substrate, and said pixel electrode does not exist on at least a part of a place on said first substrate opposed to said second orientation control element.