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Conventional methods can suppress the occurrence of ghosts; however, depending on the observation position, uneven luminance is produced in aerial images. Therefore, in this study, we proposed a method for eliminating ghosts while suppressing the unevenness in the luminance of an aerial image using a prism. In the proposed device, a prism is placed between the liquid crystal display and the diffuser, which is the light source of the aerial display. The experimental results showed that the proposed method can suppress the unevenness in the luminance of aerial images better than the conventional ghost removal methods and can reduce the formation of ghosts better than the micromirror array plate alone. 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