Patent ID: 8629870

Claim:
A stereoscopic image display apparatus, comprising: an image obtaining unit, for obtaining a plurality of images, which are obtained by photography of a subject, using visible light, by a plurality of photography units which are positioned at different positions; a distance measuring unit, for measuring a distance to the subject from the photography unit; a stereoscopic image generating unit, for generating a stereoscopic image for three dimensional display from the plurality of images; a display region generating unit, for generating display regions that display images of a menu screen, which are different from the plurality of images obtained by the photography, in having amounts of parallax based on the distance, when the display regions are displayed overlapped in the stereoscopic image; a display unit, for displaying the stereoscopic image, on which the display regions are overlapped; and a zoom unit for enlarging and reducing the stereoscopic image, wherein the display region generating unit comprises a unit that changes sizes of the display regions according to a zoom magnification rate when the stereoscopic image is enlarged and reduced, wherein the display regions are enlarged when the zoom magnification rate is higher and the display regions are smaller when the zoom magnification rate is lower, and wherein the relative location of the display regions with respect to the subject changes according to the zoom magnification rate.