Patent ID: 7747961

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display unit that provides dual view display of an image; a touch detecting unit that detects a touch operation on the display unit; a touch-position detecting unit that detects a position of a touch on the touch detecting unit and outputs coordinate data of the position; a display control unit that causes the display unit to provide dual view display of an image and display a menu image; a menu generating unit that generates first and second top menus for independently performing operations on a plurality of images subjected to dual view display, each of the first and second top menus including a plurality of operational items; and a control unit that performs control to display the first and second top menus in different positions on a screen of the display unit, the first top menu corresponding to a first coordinate data area and the second top menu corresponding to a second coordinate data area, wherein the control unit determines, based on whether a coordinate data of a touch detected by the touch-position detecting unit corresponds to the first coordinate data area or the second coordinate data area, which of the first and second top menus has been touched, and wherein the control unit enables operations on the one of the first and second top menus that has been touched, and disables operations on the other one of the first and second top menus that has not been touched.