Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm David G. Conliu
  • Patent number: 6233032
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention, which has a plurality of display pixels arranged in a matrix, includes: a pair of substrates opposing each other; a liquid crystal layer placed between the pair of substrates; an alignment film formed on a surface of at least one of the pair of substrates opposing the liquid crystal layer and subjected to a treatment for aligning liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer; and a pair of polarizing plates placed so as to interpose the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer is divided into at least two regions in each of the display pixels, alignment states of the liquid crystal molecules are different in the at least two regions, and one absorption axis of one of the pair of polarizing plates is substantially parallel to a 6-12 o'clock direction or a 3-9 o'clock direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motohiro Yamahara, Iichiro Inoue, Shigeaki Mizushima