Display apparatus

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display section including a plurality of thin display devices formed at multiple layers such that their display screens overlap with one another, wherein at least one of the display devices closest to a viewing side of the display section is configured to be transparent;

storage means for storing setting information, that is configurable by a user, associating each of a plurality of different application programs with at least one of the display devices; and

control means for controlling each display of the plurality of display devices of the display section according to the setting information,

wherein the control means is configured to select either a normal mode or a text mode in accordance with each of the plurality of different application programs, the normal mode being a mode for displaying image or video data, the text mode being a mode for displaying mostly textual information, and

the control means uses the at least one of the display devices closest to the viewing side of the display section when the application program is in the normal mode, and uses one of the display devices farthest from the viewing side of the display section for a display when the application program is in the text mode,

wherein each of the display devices has a plurality of display areas, and the setting information, which is configurable by the user, further associates each of the application programs with a plurality of settings corresponding to each individual display area of the display devices.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of thin display devices are laminated.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control means uses different display areas on a plurality of the display devices to simultaneously display information on the plurality of display devices.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control means is configured to select either a normal mode or a text mode in accordance with the at least one application program, the normal mode being a mode for displaying image or video data, the text mode being a mode for displaying mostly textual information, and

the control means uses the at least one of the display devices closest to the viewing side of the display section when the application program is in the normal mode, and uses one of the display devices farthest from the viewing side of the display section for a display when the application program is in the text mode.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

input receiving means for receiving an instruction input on which of the plurality of display devices is used for an application program.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electric power consumption of one of the display devices farthest from a viewing side of the display section is lower than that of the display device that is closest to the viewing side of the display section.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the display devices closest to the viewing side of the display section is one of a transparent organic electro-luminescence display panel and a transparent LCD panel.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein one of the display devices that is farthest from the viewing side of the display section is non-transparent.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein one of the display devices that is farthest from the viewing side of the display section is one of electronic paper, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal panel, a cholesteric liquid crystal panel, and an LED display panel.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein one of the display devices that is farthest from the viewing side of the display section has a display color that is monochrome.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display devices includes at least three display devices each having a different amount of power consumption from each other.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a first one of the display devices which is closest to the viewing side of the display section is a transparent organic EL display; a second one of the display devices which is beneath the first one of the display devices is a transparent LCD display; and a third one of the display devices which is farthest from the viewing side of the display section is non-transparent and one of electronic paper, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal panel, a cholesteric liquid crystal panel, and an LED display panel.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of display areas of the display device farthest from the viewing side of the display section is configured to be set as a software keyboard screen depending on the application program.

14. A method implemented on a display apparatus that includes a plurality of thin display devices formed at multiple layers such that their display screens overlap with one another, wherein at least one of the display devices closest to a viewing side of the display section is configured to be transparent, the method comprising:

storing setting information, that is configurable by a user, associating each of a plurality of different application programs with at least one of the display devices; and

controlling each display of the plurality of display devices of the display section according to the setting information,

wherein the controlling includes selecting either a normal mode or a text mode in accordance with each of the plurality of different application programs, the normal mode being a mode for displaying image or video data, the text mode being a mode for displaying mostly textual information, and

the controlling includes using the at least one of the display devices closest to the viewing side of the display section when the application program is in the normal mode, and using one of the display devices farthest from the viewing side of the display section for a display when the application program is in the text mode,

wherein each of the display devices has a plurality of display areas, and the setting information, which is configurable by the user, further associates each of the application programs with a plurality of settings corresponding to each individual display area of the display devices.

15. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a display section including a plurality of thin display devices formed at multiple layers such that their display screens overlap with one another, wherein at least one of the display devices closest to a viewing side of the display section is configured to be transparent;

a storage device that stores setting information, that is configurable by a user, associating each of a plurality of different application programs with at least one of the display devices; and

a controller that controls each display of the plurality of display devices of the display section according to the setting information,

wherein the controller is configured to select either a normal mode or a text mode in accordance with each of the plurality of different application programs, the normal mode being a mode for displaying image or video data, the text mode being a mode for displaying mostly textual information, and

the controller uses the at least one of the display devices closest to the viewing side of the display section when the application program is in the normal mode, and uses one of the display devices farthest from the viewing side of the display section for a display when the application program is in the text mode,

wherein each of the display devices has a plurality of display areas, and the setting information, which is configurable by the user, further associates each of the application programs with a plurality of settings corresponding to each individual display area of the display devices.