Patent ID: 7492514

Claim:
An image display comprising: a display panel for displaying images; a light source for applying light toward said display panel; first polarization axis control means for separating said light irradiated from said light source into light having a first polarization axis and another light having a second polarization axis; and second polarization axis control means for separating said light irradiated from said light source into still another light having a third polarization axis and further light having a fourth polarization axis, for providing a stereoscopic image to an observer by advancing either said light having said first polarization axis or said light having said second polarization axis toward the eyes of said observer while arranging a prescribed reference side of said display panel in a first direction, and providing another stereoscopic image to said observer by advancing either said light having said third polarization axis or said light having said fourth polarization axis toward the eyes of said observer while arranging said prescribed reference side of said display panel in a second direction intersecting with said first direction.