Patent ID: 8827465

Claim:
An image display apparatus installed in a mobile information processing apparatus and projecting laser light emitted from a light source onto an exterior screen, comprising: a first unit provided with a projection window guiding the laser light to the exterior; a second unit rotatably supporting the first unit; a bias biasing the first unit; and a rotation aid, wherein the first unit is rotatable between a first position and a second position, the projection window being shielded within a casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the first position and the projection window being exposed outside the casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the second position, wherein the rotation aid is rotatable as a single body with the first unit only when the first unit is between the first position and the second position, wherein the bias biases the first unit toward the second position side through the rotation aid, and wherein, after the first unit has rotated toward the second position side as a single body with the rotation aid through the bias force of the bias, the first unit may be separated from the rotation aid and further rotated in the same direction.