Patent ID: 8194316

Claim:
A three-dimensional image display apparatus comprising: an image display section that includes an image generating section constituted by a right eye image generating region for generating right eye image light and a left eye image generating region for generating left eye image light, the image display section emitting (i) the right eye image light as linearly polarized light whose polarization axis extends in a given direction and (ii) the left eye image light as linearly polarized light whose polarization axis extends in a direction parallel to the given direction; a retarder that is positioned in front of the image display section in a light proceeding direction, the retarder including a right eye polarization region and a left eye polarization region; an adhesion layer that adheres together an exit surface of the image display section and an entrance surface of the retarder, the adhesion layer being provided in a region in which the right eye polarization region and the left eye polarization region of the retarder overlap the right eye image generating region and the left eye image generating region of the image display section; and an adhesion region that adheres together a periphery portion of the image display section and a periphery portion of the retarder, wherein when the right eye image light and the left eye image light emitted from the image display section are respectively incident on the right eye polarization region and the left eye polarization region of the retarder, the retarder (I) emits the right eye image light as linearly polarized light whose polarization axis extends in a certain direction and emits the left eye image light as linearly polarized light whose polarization axis extends in a direction orthogonal to the certain direction, or (II) emits the right eye image light as circularly polarized light whose polarization axis rotates in one direction and emits the left eye image light as circularly polarized light whose polarization axis rotates in an opposite direction, a glass transition temperature of an adhesive forming the adhesion region is higher than a glass transition temperature of an adhesive forming the adhesion layer, and the glass transition temperature of the adhesive forming the adhesion region is 80° C. or higher, and the glass transition temperature of the adhesive forming the adhesion layer is 0° C. or lower.