Display device, viewing angle control device, electronic display device, and multiple image display device having a viewing angle control panel with a transparent electrode and alignment film

An electronic device comprising:

• a first polarizer having a first transmission axis;
• a first viewing angle control panel provided on a front surface side of the first polarizer and comprising a first liquid crystal layer containing hybrid-aligned liquid crystal molecules;
• a second polarizer provided on a front surface side of the first viewing angle control panel and having a second transmission axis parallel to the first transmission axis;
• a second viewing angle control panel provided on a front surface side of the second polarizer and comprising a second liquid crystal layer containing hybrid-aligned liquid crystal molecules;
• and
• a third polarizer provided on a front surface side of the second viewing angle control panel and having a third transmission axis parallel to the first transmission axis, wherein
• the first viewing angle control panel comprises a first substrate comprising a first transparent electrode and a first alignment film which are formed over an entire area of a first effective area, a second substrate comprising a second transparent electrode and a second alignment film which are formed over the entire area of the first effective area, and the first liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate,
• the liquid crystal molecules of the first liquid crystal layer include first liquid crystal molecules located on a side proximate to the first alignment film and second liquid crystal molecules located on a side proximate to the second alignment film,
• the second viewing angle control panel comprises a third substrate comprising a third transparent electrode and a third alignment film which are formed over an entire area of a second effective area overlapping the first effective area, a fourth substrate comprising a fourth transparent electrode and a fourth alignment film which are formed over the entire area of the second effective area, and the second liquid crystal layer held between the third substrate and the fourth substrate,
• the liquid crystal molecules of the second liquid crystal layer include third liquid crystal molecules located on a side proximate to the third alignment film and fourth liquid crystal molecules located on a side proximate to the fourth alignment film,
• the first alignment film and the third alignment film are vertical alignment films,
• the second alignment film and the fourth alignment film are horizontal alignment films,
• in plan view, a second initial alignment direction of horizontally aligned second liquid crystal molecules and a fourth initial alignment direction of horizontally aligned fourth liquid crystal molecules are parallel to each other and parallel or orthogonal to the first transmission axis,
• where a horizontal direction in a screen is defined as a first direction, a vertical direction in the screen is defined as a second direction and a normal direction of the screen is defined as a third direction,
• both the second initial alignment direction and the fourth initial alignment direction are parallel to the second direction, and
• both a first initial alignment direction of vertically aligned the first liquid crystal molecules and a third initial alignment direction of vertically aligned the third liquid crystal molecules are parallel to the third direction.