IP Library Granted Patent US 11,106,090
Granted Patent B2
US 11,106,090 · App. 15/588,856 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Liquid crystal display device

Inventor: Kenichi Takatori (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G02F1/133753G02B30/27G02F1/1323G02F1/13712G02F1/133742G02F1/133757
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Patent No.
US 11,106,090
App. No.
15/588,856
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a vertical alignment liquid crystal display device capable of achieving a high-definition image display. Tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are within a plane that is in parallel to a border between a first pixel and a second pixel, and are different by 180 degrees between the first and second pixels. The first pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B arranged in a direction in parallel to the border. Similarly, the second pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B. The tilt directions of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are different by 180 degrees from each other between the sub-pixels for R of the first and second pixels, between the sub-pixels for G of the first and second pixels, and between the sub-pixels for B of the first and second pixels.

Claims (9)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal exhibiting negative dielectric anisotropy sandwiched between a pair of substrates,

wherein liquid crystal molecules constituting the liquid crystal are initially aligned almost vertically to the pair of substrates, and display units each including at least a first pixel for displaying a first-viewpoint image and a second pixel for displaying a second-viewpoint image are arranged in a matrix,

wherein the liquid crystal display device further comprising an optical element for distributing light from the first pixel and light from the second pixel to different directions,

wherein the liquid crystal molecules are tilted with repsect to the substrate when a voltage is applied, tilt directions are within a plane that is in parallel to a border between the first pixel and the second pixel, and are different from each other by 180 degrees between the first pixel and the second pixel,

wherein the first pixel is constituted with a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a direction in parallel to the border, and

wherein the second pixel is constituted with a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a direction in parallel to the border, and

wherein the border is orthogonal to the direction in which the optical element distributes the light.

2. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the tilt directions of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are different from each other by 180 degrees between the first pixels and the second pixels neighboring to each other in the direction in parallel to the border.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2019
From: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
To: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050395/0931 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 12, 2019
From: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050359/0923 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2011-025474 · Feb 8, 2011 · national
JP JP2011-285586 · Dec 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13367966 · Feb 7, 2012
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