Patent ID: 8446339

Claim:
An image display device comprising: a first display unit having a first image screen for displaying a first two-dimensional image; an image transfer panel located far from the first image screen; a floating image display means that focuses first light left from the first image screen on an imaging plane in a space to thereby display a floating image, the space being located across the image transfer panel from the display unit; and a direct-view image display means including: a second display unit having a second image screen on a plane inclined to the image plane and adapted to output, in a first direction far from the image transfer panel and in a second direction close thereto, second light and third light to be displayed as second and third two-dimensional images, respectively; and a passing and reflecting unit located close to the image transfer panel and adapted to: reflect part of the third light left from the second display unit in the second direction toward a third direction far from the image transfer panel; and allow part of the first light left from the first display unit to pass therethrough, wherein the passing and reflecting unit has a light passing and reflecting surface that the part of the third light left from the second display unit and the part of the first light left from the first display unit enter, and an angle formed between the light passing and reflecting surface of the passing and reflecting unit and the second image screen is set to be a right angle.