Patent ID: 7084902

Claim:
An image display device, comprising: a display which displays an image on the basis of image data and which switches from display of one image to display of another image, the display being structured such that an image displayed thereon can be confirmed regardless of the existence of auxiliary light; an auxiliary lamp which illuminates the auxiliary light onto the display; a designating device for designating switching of an image; a control device for, in a case in which the designating device designates switching of an image, turning off the auxiliary lamp and controlling the display such that a displayed image is switched to another image which is then displayed and turning on the auxiliary lamp, and in a case in which the designating device does not further designate switching of the image even after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed from the time the image was switched to or from the time the auxiliary lamp was lit, the control device turns off the auxiliary lamp; and setting means for setting the predetermined amount of time, wherein the setting means can set the predetermined amount of time to be zero.