Patent ID: 8570345

Claim:
An image display device comprising a display area having a display region on which an image is displayed, a display controller which controls a display of the image, an operating portion for setting display directions of the image, the operating portion comprising first and second operating portions disposed on both sides of a central portion of the display region, and a position detector which detects a position on the display region designated by a user, wherein the display controller lines up an image for providing information and an image for carrying out operation/inputting operation on the display region in one of the display directions corresponding to an operation to the operating portion such that a positional relation of the images is maintained in the respective display directions, and a display direction of the image for providing the information and the image for carrying out the operation/inputting operation is determined based on which of the first and second operating portions is operated, and the position detector is disposed such that a detection region of the position detector covers a region where the image for carrying out the operation/inputting operation is located in the respective display directions which can be set through the operating portion.