Patent ID: 8704930

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a display configured to display at least an image; a touch panel that is divided into a plurality of areas, a predetermined operation being assigned to each of the respective areas; and a control circuit configured to: display a predetermined operation manual screen on the display only for a predetermined time when a full-screen display process starts, present symbols of the predetermined operation manual screen, the symbols representing the predetermined operations assigned to the respective areas of the touch panel by the predetermined operation manual screen only for the predetermined time, erase the predetermined operation manual screen including the symbols, after the predetermined time has elapsed, from the display, perform the operation assigned to the area when one of the plurality of areas of the touch panel is pressed, after the predetermined time when the operation manual screen including the symbols are erased, wherein the plurality of areas into which the touch panel displaying an image during the full-screen display process is divided includes a left area, a central area and a right area, the predetermined operations include displaying a previous image assigned to the left or the right area, a shift to a menu screen assigned to the central area, and displaying a next image assigned to the opposite area, and the control circuit presents a respective one of the symbols in each of the left, central, and right areas.