Patent ID: 8223195

Claim:
A three-dimensional image pickup and display apparatus, comprising: a light reception section including a plurality of light receiving elements for receiving and converting light into an electric signal and a plurality of first light path selection elements for selecting an incoming angle of light to come to said light receiving elements, said light receiving elements and said first light path selection elements being arranged such that a plurality of pixels formed from said light receiving elements and said first light path selection elements are disposed both in a row direction and a column direction, intensities of the light received by said light receiving elements and the incoming angles of light selected by said first light path selection elements being coordinated with each other for the individual pixels to form video signals; and a light emission section including a plurality of light emitting elements for emitting light in accordance with an electric signal and a plurality of second light path selection elements for selecting an outgoing angle of light to be emitted from said light emitting elements, said light emitting elements and said second light path selection elements being arranged such that a plurality of pixels formed from said light emitting elements and said second light path selection elements are disposed both in a row direction and a column direction, said light emitting elements emitting light in accordance with a coordinated relationship between the outgoing angles of light selected by said second light path selection elements and the intensities of light for the individual pixels based on the video signals, wherein the incoming angle of light incoming to said light reception section and the outgoing angle of light outgoing from said light emission section are equal to each other.