Information display apparatus, mobile information unit, display control method, and display control program

摘要

An information display apparatus including a contact detecting panel unit that detects at least contact with the approximately transparent panel surface thereof made by an external object; a display panel unit installed on the panel back surface of the contact detecting panel unit; an analyzing unit that analyzes a contact position of the panel surface with which the external object makes contact and a direction indicated by a specific portion of the external object on the basis of output values from the contact detecting panel unit; and a pointer control unit that controls a display position and a pointing direction of a predefined pointer image displayed on the display panel unit on the basis of the contact position and the direction indicated by the specific portion, in which both the contact position and the direction are obtained from the analyzing unit.