Liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal capsules dispersed in the first liquid crystal and including therein a second liquid crystal

A liquid crystal device comprising a liquid crystal panel including a first transparent plate (10) having a transparent electrode means, a second transparent plate (12) opposed to the first transparent plate with a small gap therebetween and having a transparent electrode means, and a liquid crystal layer (14) inserted between the first and second transparent plates, and first and second polarizers (32, 34) arranged, respectively, on the outside of the first and second transparent plates;

• wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a liquid crystal of a dispersed type in which molecules of the liquid crystal are randomly distributed when the voltage is not applied to the liquid crystal so that an incident light impinges on the molecules of the liquid crystal to scatter and molecules of the liquid crystal uniformly rise relative to the first and second transparent plates when the voltage is applied to the liquid crystal;
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• wherein the liquid crystal panel has a scattering value greater than 1 percent, where the scattering value is defined by a percentage of a ratio of an intensity of light transmitted by the liquid crystal panel that is measured by arranging the liquid crystal panel between a source of laser beam and a light detector in such an arrangement that the light detector receives divergent light from the liquid crystal panel within the angular range of approximately six degrees, to that measured by arranging the source of laser beam and the light detector in the same arrangement without a liquid crystal.