Patent ID: 7796219

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate having a first electrode and a second substrate having a second electrode in which surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate on which the first electrode and the second electrode are formed are placed opposing each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, wherein each pixel region has a shape of a polygon, comprises an orientation controller which controls an alignment direction of liquid crystal, and is divided into a plurality of alignment regions by the orientation controller, and in an alignment region having an end matching an end of the pixel region among the plurality of alignment regions, an additional orientation controller is provided on the end of the pixel region; the first electrode has an individual pattern corresponding to each shape of the pixel region; the additional orientation controller is formed by an end of the first electrode which is formed by cutting out the outer edge of the first electrode, and extends from approximately a center of a long side of the first electrode toward approximately a center of the first electrode; the additional orientation controller is provided in an area defined by the orientation controller and an outer edge of the first electrode; the cutout pattern of the additional orientation controller has an edge which extends in a direction approximately parallel to a line of the orientation controller that defines the area; the additional orientation controller does not overlap the orientation controller; and the length of the additional orientation controller in the direction of a short side of the first electrode is shorter than a half the length of the short side of the first electrode.