Patent ID: 7808587

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal panel in which a liquid crystal layer is provided in a pixel region and a peripheral region; a reflection polarizing plate facing the pixel region and the peripheral region; and a light-shielding portion interposed between the liquid crystal layer and the polarizing plate in the peripheral region, and configured to shield light by reflecting light transmitted through the polarizing plate to the polarizing plate, wherein the light transmitted through the polarizing plate is incident on the pixel region to display an image, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate facing the polarizing plate, a second substrate facing the polarizing plate through the first substrate, and facing the first substrate with a gap interposed therebetween, and a seal member configured to bond the first and second substrates together in the peripheral region, wherein the liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates, the pixel region and the peripheral region are provided at mutually facing surfaces of the first and second substrates, and the seal member is made of a photo-curable material cured by irradiation with light, and wherein the light-shielding portion includes a first light-shielding portion configured to cover a pixel adjacent region, the pixel adjacent region being a partial region of the peripheral region adjacent to the pixel region except a seal region corresponding to an area where the seal member is arranged, and a second light-shielding portion configured to cover at least a region of the peripheral region except the region covered with the first light-shielding portion, wherein the first light-shielding portion is located closer to the liquid crystal layer than the second light-shielding portion is.