Patent ID: 8213048

Claim:
An information display apparatus, comprising: a display unit having a display screen; an input panel provided on the display screen; a first storage; a printer; a first storage controller coupled to said input panel and said first storage, for storing drawing data from a touch pen input to said input panel, together with a prescribed attribute value, in said first storage; a display controller coupled to said display unit, said input panel and said first storage, for displaying drawing data selected from the drawing data stored in said first storage, on said display screen; and a print controller coupled to said display unit, said input panel and said printer, for extracting, from the drawing data displayed on said display screen, data of which said prescribed attribute value satisfies a prescribed condition designated by a user through an operation of said input panel, wherein said prescribed attribute value includes a coordinate position on said display screen where input of the drawing data was started by said input panel; and said print controller includes means for extracting, from the drawing data displayed on said display screen, data of which coordinate position on said display screen where input was started is within a scope of coordinate positions designated by the user by operation of said input panel, and causing said printer to print the extracted drawing data, and said information display apparatus further comprises: a second storage; and a second storage controller coupled to said second storage, for storing drawing data formed by drawing data source in said second storage; wherein said print controller includes means for extracting the drawing data displayed on said display screen, data of which said coordinate position on said display screen where input was started is within a scope of coordinate positions designated by a user through an operation of said input panel, combining the extracted data with drawing data stored in said second storage, and causing said printer to print the combined drawing data.