Patent ID: 7806576

Claim:
An image generating apparatus comprising: a light-emitting device emitting light for display; and a light guide member so arranged as to surround said light-emitting device and including a circumferential light-emitting surface and a circumferential light guide portion guiding the light emitted from said light-emitting device to said light-emitting surface, wherein said circumferential light-emitting surface is constituted by a first surface of said circumferential light guide portion and is so arranged as to be inclined with respect to a device set surface on which said light-emitting device is set, said circumferential light guide portion is formed such that a vertical thickness is substantially uniform with respect to said device set surface and is formed such that said first surface constituting said light-emitting surface and a second surface on a side opposite to said first surface are substantially parallel to each other, and a height of a front part of said second surface from said device set surface in the vertical direction with respect to said device set surface is lower than a height of a rear part of said second surface from said device set surface.