Patent ID: 8279170

Claim:
An image display apparatus which displays an image, comprising: a display which displays an image; an input mechanism which has a flexible and sheet shaped substrate, and a bending detection mechanism which is arranged on a surface of the substrate to detect a bending deformation of the substrate; a display control mechanism which controls to change an image to be displayed on the display, based on the bending deformation of the substrate detected by the bending detection mechanism of the input mechanism, and an image recording section which records an image on a recording medium; and an image control section which controls the image recording section to record an image displayed on the display on a recording medium; wherein when the recording control section judges that the bending deformation of the substrate detected by the bending deformation mechanism is of a type different from a bending deformation which changes the image to be displayed on the display, the recording control section controls the image recording section to record the displayed image on recording paper.