Patent ID: 8514273

Claim:
A 3D image display apparatus, comprising: a display device which can display both a two-dimensional (2D) image and a three-dimensional (3D) image for stereoscopic viewing including a plurality of images obtained by shooting a same object from a plurality of viewing points; a 2D/3D display control device which controls the display device so as to alternately display a 2D image and a 3D image for stereoscopic viewing; and an on-screen display control device which controls display of on-screen display information superimposed on an image displayed on the display device, wherein the on-screen display control device erases the displayed on-screen display information after the on-screen display information is displayed on the display device, so that a time period to display the on-screen display information on a 3D image for stereoscopic viewing displayed on the display device is shorter than a time period to display the on-screen display information on a 2D image displayed on the display device, wherein when a 2D image for stereoscopic viewing is displayed on the display device and the on-screen display information is displayed thereon, the on-screen display control device erases the on-screen display information when a first time period is expired after the on-screen display information is displayed, and when a 3D image for stereoscopic viewing is displayed on the display device and the on-screen display information is displayed thereon, the on-screen display control device erases the on-screen display information when a second time period which is shorter than the first time period is expired after the on-screen display information is displayed.