An information processing apparatus comprising: a position detecting section that detects a touch position (Rap) of a pointing finger on a display screen of a display section; a region detecting section that detects a region on the display screen which is hidden by the pointing finger; a control section that displays information associated with the touch position outside the region detected by the region detecting section, when the touch position is detected by the position detecting section; a determining section that determines whether the pointing finger is a right hand finger or a left hand finger on the basis of a tilt of the region detected by the region detecting section with respect to the display screen, wherein the control section selects between first and second different information to be displayed dependent on whether the determining section has determined the pointing finger is a right hand finger or a left hand finger, wherein the tilt is determined based on the relative positions of the touch position (Rap) and a detected region in proximity to the pointing finger (Rb), wherein the detected region in proximity to the pointing finger has a center of gravity (Rbp), wherein a positional relationship between the touch position (Rap) and the center of gravity (Rbp) is indicative of a positional relationship between a fingertip and a base of the pointing finger, wherein it is determined that the detected region hidden by the pointing finger is tilted to the left and that the pointing finger is a right hand finger, when the center of gravity (Rbp) is on the right side of the touch position (Rap), and wherein it is determined that the detected region hidden by the finger is tilted to the right and that the pointing finger is a left hand finger, when the center of gravity (Rbp) is on the left side of the touch position (Rap). a position detecting section that detects a touch position (Rap) of a pointing finger on a display screen of a display section; a region detecting section that detects a region on the display screen which is hidden by the pointing finger; a control section that displays information associated with the touch position outside the region detected by the region detecting section, when the touch position is detected by the position detecting section; a determining section that determines whether the pointing finger is a right hand finger or a left hand finger on the basis of a tilt of the region detected by the region detecting section with respect to the display screen, wherein the control section selects between first and second different information to be displayed dependent on whether the determining section has determined the pointing finger is a right hand finger or a left hand finger, wherein the tilt is determined based on the relative positions of the touch position (Rap) and a detected region in proximity to the pointing finger (Rb), wherein the detected region in proximity to the pointing finger has a center of gravity (Rbp), wherein a positional relationship between the touch position (Rap) and the center of gravity (Rbp) is indicative of a positional relationship between a fingertip and a base of the pointing finger, wherein it is determined that the detected region hidden by the pointing finger is tilted to the left and that the pointing finger is a right hand finger, when the center of gravity (Rbp) is on the right side of the touch position (Rap), and wherein it is determined that the detected region hidden by the finger is tilted to the right and that the pointing finger is a left hand finger, when the center of gravity (Rbp) is on the left side of the touch position (Rap). <EOS>