IMAGE DISPLAY

摘要

An image display on which an image can be viewed even from a position other than a specified viewing position. The image display comprises an optical means for transmitting a light from a back light (810) through a left eye image area and a right eye image area and leading the transmitted lights from respective image areas independently to the left eye and the right eye of a viewer, and an image parallax switching means for displaying in a display area a 3-D display image causing a parallax in both eyes of the viewer when a 3-D image is displayed and displaying a plane display image causing no parallax in both eyes when a plane image is presented to the viewer. The image display is further provided with an auxiliary light source (814) for irradiating a liquid crystal panel (804) with light and introducing the irradiating light to both eyes of the viewer after transmitting through the left eye image area and the right eye image area, wherein the back light (810) is lighted when the 3-D image is presented to the viewer and the auxiliary light source (814) is lighted when the plan image is presented to the viewer.