Patent ID: 9335572
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G02B,G02F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image display apparatus comprising: an image display panel; a backlight device located on a back surface side of the image display panel; a liquid crystal prism element located between the image display panel and the backlight device and configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light according to a voltage applied thereto; a position detection section configured to detect a position of a user; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the liquid crystal prism element, on the basis of information of the position of the user detected by the position detection section, wherein: the liquid crystal prism element includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a plurality of triangular prisms which have a ridge line extending in a first direction parallel to one side of the image display panel and are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to be aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a liquid crystal sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate, each triangular prism has a first inclined surface located on a center side of the first substrate in the second direction, a second inclined surface located on a lateral side of the first substrate in the second direction, and a bottom surface that is parallel to the first substrate, in at least one of the triangular prisms, both the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are not perpendicular to the first substrate, an angle formed between the first inclined surface and the bottom surface increases in a continuous manner or in a stepwise manner, as a distance, in the second direction, between a central portion of the first substrate and the triangular prism increases, and an angle formed between the second inclined surface and the bottom surface decreases in a continuous manner or in a stepwise manner, as the distance, in the second direction, between the central portion of the first substrate and the triangular prism increases.