Patent ID: 7292392

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying stereoscopic two-dimensional image, the apparatus comprising: an image display unit including a display device having an image display surface that displays a two-dimensional image and a microlens array disposed in spaced-apart relation to the image display surface, wherein the image display unit displays a stereoscopic two-dimensional image by allowing the light emitted from the image display surface to form an image on an image forming plane in a space located on a side opposite to the display device with respect to the microlens array; at least one switch; at least one illumination device that illuminates the space when the switch is turned on; a controller that controls the display device to change the two-dimensional image displayed on the image display surface, so as to change a brightness of the two-dimensional image, in accordance with an illuminating state of the illumination device; a moving mechanism that allows to move a position where the illumination device is disposed; and a position information outputting device that detects the position and outputs information indicating the position, wherein the controller controls the display device to change the two-dimensional image in accordance with the information output by the position information outputting device.