A vehicle-mounted equipment controlling apparatus comprising: a plurality of pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment mounted on a vehicle and controllable by an occupant of the vehicle; a direction-of-gaze detecting unit for detecting a direction of gaze of the occupant based on a direction of a line of sight or a face direction of the occupant; a vehicle-mounted equipment specifying unit (72, 74) for specifying any one of the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment based on the direction of gaze detected by the direction-of-gaze detecting unit; and a control unit disposed in a position different from the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment and controllable by the occupant; wherein the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment are arrayed in widthwise directions of the vehicle and in vertical directions transverse to the widthwise directions, and divided into a plurality of vehicle-mounted equipment groups respectively in predetermined regions along the widthwise directions of the vehicle; The controlling apparatus being characterised in that the control unit has a vertical direction selecting unit (30, 32, 34) for selecting the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment in the vertical directions from the vehicle-mounted equipment group; and the vehicle-mounted equipment specifying unit (72, 74) specifies the vehicle-mounted equipment group based on the direction of gaze detected by the direction-of-gaze detecting unit, and specifies either one of the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment in the specified vehicle-mounted equipment group based on a vertical direction selected by the vertical direction selecting unit (30, 32, 34) when the vertical direction selecting unit (30, 32, 34) is controlled while the vehicle-mounted equipment group is being specified. a plurality of pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment mounted on a vehicle and controllable by an occupant of the vehicle; a direction-of-gaze detecting unit for detecting a direction of gaze of the occupant based on a direction of a line of sight or a face direction of the occupant; a vehicle-mounted equipment specifying unit (72, 74) for specifying any one of the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment based on the direction of gaze detected by the direction-of-gaze detecting unit; and a control unit disposed in a position different from the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment and controllable by the occupant; wherein the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment are arrayed in widthwise directions of the vehicle and in vertical directions transverse to the widthwise directions, and divided into a plurality of vehicle-mounted equipment groups respectively in predetermined regions along the widthwise directions of the vehicle; The controlling apparatus being characterised in that the control unit has a vertical direction selecting unit (30, 32, 34) for selecting the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment in the vertical directions from the vehicle-mounted equipment group; and the vehicle-mounted equipment specifying unit (72, 74) specifies the vehicle-mounted equipment group based on the direction of gaze detected by the direction-of-gaze detecting unit, and specifies either one of the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment in the specified vehicle-mounted equipment group based on a vertical direction selected by the vertical direction selecting unit (30, 32, 34) when the vertical direction selecting unit (30, 32, 34) is controlled while the vehicle-mounted equipment group is being specified.