Liquid crystal device and electronic equipment
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1. A liquid crystal device, comprising:
- an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes;
an opposing substrate opposing the electrode substrate;
a color filter having color elements, each color element opposing each of the pixel electrodes;
a liquid crystal disposed between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and
an alignment control member extending on a face of at least one of the electrode substrate or the opposing substrate, the face contacting with the liquid crystal,wherein the color element includes a first color element whose effective area through which light is transmitted is a first area and a second color element whose effective area through which light is transmitted is a second area, an area of which the alignment control member formed in a position corresponding to the first color element or the second color element extends is determined by color, and a third area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the first color element extends is different from a fourth area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the second color element extends, andwherein a ratio of the third area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the first color element extends to an area of the first color element is the same as a ratio of the fourth area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the second color element extends to an area of the second color element.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal device includes an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate opposing the electrode substrate;
- a color filter having color elements colored with four colors or more, each color element opposing each of the pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal disposed between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment control member extending on a face of at least one of the electrode substrate or the opposing substrate, the face contacting with the liquid crystal, wherein the alignment control member is formed in a position where corresponds to the color element colored with one of at least predetermined three colors among the four colors or more, and an area of which the alignment control member extends is determined by color and differs among the colors.
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15 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal device, comprising:
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an electrode substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes; an opposing substrate opposing the electrode substrate; a color filter having color elements, each color element opposing each of the pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal disposed between the electrode substrate and the opposing substrate; and an alignment control member extending on a face of at least one of the electrode substrate or the opposing substrate, the face contacting with the liquid crystal, wherein the color element includes a first color element whose effective area through which light is transmitted is a first area and a second color element whose effective area through which light is transmitted is a second area, an area of which the alignment control member formed in a position corresponding to the first color element or the second color element extends is determined by color, and a third area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the first color element extends is different from a fourth area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the second color element extends, and wherein a ratio of the third area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the first color element extends to an area of the first color element is the same as a ratio of the fourth area of which the alignment control member formed in the position corresponding to the second color element extends to an area of the second color element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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Current AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
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Original AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
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InventorsInagaki, Akira, Kuribayashi, Mitsuru, Aruga, Kazumi
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Primary Examiner(s)Dudek; James A
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Application NumberUS11/619,905Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,342 DaysField of Search349/106, 349129-130US Class Current349/106CPC Class CodesG02F 1/133514 Colour filtersG02F 1/133707 Structures for producing di...G02F 1/1393 the birefringence of the li...
