Patent ID: 7390235

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an image display device including a rear plate having a plurality of electron emitting devices arranged thereon, a face plate arranged opposite the rear plate, an outer frame arranged between the rear plate and the face plate and supporting peripherals of the rear plate and the face plate, and a plurality of spacers arranged between the face plate and the rear plate, the method comprising the steps of: preparing the plurality of spacers preliminarily; measuring heights of the plurality of spacers prepared by said preparing step individually; deciding an order of arranging the spacers on the basis of the measured heights obtained in said measuring step; and arranging the spacers in the order decided in said deciding step, wherein the spacers are plate-shaped spacers, wherein said measuring step measures the heights of the plural plate-shaped spacers individually at a plurality of portions, and wherein said deciding step includes the steps of: calculating average values of the heights of the individual spacers measured at said plurality of portions; and deciding the order of arranging the spacers in a sequential order of the magnitudes of the average values of the heights.