Patent ID: 7830601

Claim:
A stereoscopic image display device comprising: a two-dimensional image display device having a plurality of pixels arranged within a display plane; and a ray control section provided on a front plane of the display plane and having a lenticular lens including a plurality of lenses arranged side by side, for controlling rays from the pixels, wherein when a stereoscopic image is displayed, a plurality of first images each including at least three parallax images for displaying the stereoscopic image are displayed on the two-dimensional image display device, each of the plurality of first images being assigned to one of the plurality of lenses, and when a two-dimensional character or a two-dimensional image is displayed, a plurality of second images each including at least three parallax images for displaying the two-dimensional character or the two-dimensional image are displayed on the two-dimensional image display device, two or more of the plurality of second images being observed through one of the plurality of lenses, wherein a distance z from a lens surface of the ray control section to a position where the two-dimensional character or the two-dimensional image is displayed satisfies the relationships: 0<z<L ×D/(1+D)/2, when the two-dimensional character or the two-dimensional image is displayed in a first region located on one side of the ray control section opposite from the two-dimensional image display device; and 0<z<L ×D/(1+D)/2, when the two-dimensional character or the two-dimensional image is displayed in a second region located opposite from the first region with respect to the ray control section, wherein L represents a distance from the lens surface of the ray control section to an observer located in the first region, and a depth factor D satisfies the relationship D = L 2 ⁢ p p ⁡ ( L / l p ) 2 ⁢ tan ⁢ ⁢ θ ⁢ where I p represents a pitch of the lenses, 2 θ represents a viewing area angle, and p p represents the pitch of the pixels.