Patent ID: 8593607

Claim:
A liquid crystal display element comprising: a segment electrode disposed to display a prescribed display pattern in a display area; a common electrode opposed to the segment electrode; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the segment electrode and the common electrode and having alignment of liquid crystal in the voltage-off state being vertical alignment, wherein the segment electrode is provided with a plurality of regularly disposed L-shaped slits, and the L-shaped slits are formed so that at least within an area where the segment electrode and the common electrode overlap each other, the segment electrode provided with the slits, is divided into a plurality of rectangular sub-pixel electrodes each having connection portions at three corners for connection to adjacent sub-pixel electrodes, and the common electrode is provided with dot-shaped slits formed at positions corresponding to the center portions of the respective sub-pixel electrodes, and the segment electrode is provided closer to a viewing side of the liquid crystal display element than the common electrode.