Patent ID: 8488038

Claim:
An image display apparatus, comprising: a display unit that displays 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 unit that displays a predetermined operation manual screen on the display unit only for a predetermined time when a full-screen display process starts, that presents 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, that erases the predetermined operation manual screen including the symbols, after the predetermined time has elapsed, from the display unit, performs control to perform, 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, the operation assigned to the area, 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, and wherein the predetermined operations include displaying a previous image assigned to the left area, a shift to a menu screen assigned to the central area, and displaying a next image assigned to the right area, and the control unit presents a respective one of the symbols in each of the left, central, and right areas.