Patent ID: 8319740

Claim:
A display control apparatus comprising: a main body; a display unit including a touch panel that is configured to be removably installed at a plurality of locations on the main body, the plurality of locations being spaced apart from each other on the main body; a memory that stores a plurality of detection condition parameters for detecting a touch operation to the touch panel, each of the plurality of detection condition parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of locations; a state detector that detects which one of the plurality of locations is a current location at which the touch panel is removably installed; a condition selector that selects one of the plurality of detection condition parameters from the plurality of detection condition parameters stored in the memory based on the detected one of the plurality of locations as the current location at which the touch panel is removably installed; and a touch determiner that determines a touch to the touch panel by using the selected one of the plurality of detection condition parameters.