Patent ID: 8259164

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a first display element and a second display element which respectively display a first partial image and a second partial image of a single image, the first and second partial images corresponding to viewing angle areas different from one another; and a first optical element and a second optical element each of which has a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, the first and second optical elements respectively allowing light fluxes from the first and second display elements to enter the first and second optical elements through the first surface, and then respectively causing the light fluxes to be reflected by the second and third surfaces to emerge from the first and second optical elements through the second surface toward an exit pupil, wherein the second surface of the second optical element has an overlap area which faces or contacts the third surface of the first optical element, and wherein the second optical element causes the light flux from the second display element to emerge toward the exit pupil through a non-overlap area other than the overlap area in the second surface.