Patent ID: 9599828
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image display apparatus, comprising: an image display panel; a backlight device located on a back surface side of the image display panel; and a light deflection element located between the image display panel and the backlight device, and configured to deflect incident light, wherein the light deflection element comprises: a first optical element configured to deflect incident light; a second optical element configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light by changing a refractive index thereof according to a voltage applied thereto; a first electrode provided on the first optical element side; a plurality of second electrodes provided on the second optical element side; the plurality of second electrodes include edge electrodes and a center electrode; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the second optical element, wherein the first optical element is located on the backlight device side, and the second optical element is located on the image display panel side, the first optical element is formed by arranging a deflection member extending in a first direction, in a one-dimensional array along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the control section is configured to control voltages applied to the second electrodes such that a first potential difference between the edge electrodes of the second electrodes and the first electrode which face each other at both edges of the deflection member, is larger than a second potential difference between the center electrode of the second electrodes and the first electrode which face each other at a center of the deflection member, and when viewed from a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, an edge electrode of the edge electrodes is located at an edge of the first optical element in the first direction and the center electrode is located at a center of the first optical element in the first direction.