OCB mode where a display is performed in a bend configuration has been drawing attention as a mode where wide viewing angle is compatible with quick response. One of the main problems to be solved in this mode is the initialization of the LC configuration. By a computer simulation, it has been predicted that the smaller the elastic constant k11, the faster the splay-bend transition and that homogeneously aligned regions assist the splay-bend transition. We also confirmed the above inference experimentally.
