US Patent 10198178 Electronic apparatus with split display areas and split display method

An electronic apparatus, a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and display method of an electronic apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a display that displays an image in a display area, an operation detector that detects an operation on the display area, and a controller that controls the display. The controller has a split display mode in which the controller splits a first display area included in the display area into a plurality of split areas and controls display contents of each of the plurality of split areas independently of one another. In the split display mode, the controller causes the display to display an operation target image with which a setting for each of the plurality of split areas is made.