Patent ID: 7002556

Claim:
A touch responsive display unit comprising: a second touch panel disposed on a display screen, said second touch panel being operable to judge that an indicator has touched the second touch panel, when the indicator has contacted the second touch panel; a first touch panel disposed on the second touch panel, the first touch panel being operable to judge that an indicator has touched the first touch panel, when the indicator comes within a predetermined distance from the display screen; first position detecting means for detecting a touching position of the indicator on the first touch panel when the indicator designates a predetermined position on the display screen; and control means for executing a first transaction according to a detection result of the first position detecting means, setting a display state on the display screen to a first display state according to the touching position of the indicator on the first touch panel detected by the first position detecting means, and when a touch is detected at the second touch panel under the first display state, for executing a second transaction according to a detection result of the first position detecting means, and setting the display state on the display screen to a second display state according to the touching position of the indicator on the first touch panel detected by the first position detecting means.