Patent ID: 7940295

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: right and left image taking means for taking right and left images of a real space; output means for outputting the images taken by said right and left image taking means to an image processing unit; right and left display means for displaying right and left display images based on right and left image signals output from the image processing unit; calculation means for calculating an imaging parameter common to said right and left image taking means on the basis of the image taken by said right image taking means and/or the image taken by said left image taking means; and setting means for setting, in said right and left image taking means, the imaging parameter calculated by said calculation means; and wherein said calculation means comprises: first means for obtaining first luminance information in a predetermined area in the image taken by said right image taking means; second means for obtaining second luminance information in a predetermined area in the image taken by said left image taking means; and third means for determining, on the basis of a luminance value represented by the first luminance information and a luminance value represented by the second luminance information, at least one of the first luminance information and the second luminance information as luminance information to be used for obtaining the imaging parameter, and wherein the imaging parameter is obtained by using the luminance information determined by said third means; and wherein said third means determines to use the first luminance information and the second luminance information to obtain the imaging parameter when both the luminance value represented by the first luminance information and the luminance value represented by the second luminance information fall within a stipulated range, determines to use the first luminance information to obtain the imaging parameter when only the luminance value represented by the first luminance information falls within the stipulated range, and determines to use the second luminance information to obtain the imaging parameter when only the luminance value represented by the second luminance information falls within the stipulated range.