A touch panel (T), comprising: - at least one surface layer made of a rigid and transparent material; - at least one light source ; - at least one image sensor ; - at least a first fiber optic bundle which comprises a plurality of fiber optic cables, a tip of which is positioned facing the light source and another tip of which is positioned facing said surface layer , and which is arranged to transmit the light obtained from the light source to the surface layer ; - at least a second fiber optic bundle which comprises a plurality of fiber optic cables, a tip of which is paired with at least one pixel of the image sensor and another tip of which is positioned facing said surface layer , and which arranged to transmit the image received from the surface layer to the image sensor ; - at least one control unit which arranged to analyze the image captured by the image sensor using image processing techniques so as to identify a position of at least one object which contacts to the surface layer ; and - at least a first data link for data communication between the image sensor and the control unit - at least one image source that is arranged to generate at least one image and to transmit the image generated to the surface layer characterized in that said image source is interposed between the light source and the tip of the first fiber optic bundle that faces the light source , wherein the tip of the fiber optic cables in the first fiber optic bundle that faces the light source is paired with at least one pixel of the image source ; and in that said image sensor is in the form of a CCD or CMOS sensor. - at least one surface layer made of a rigid and transparent material; - at least one light source ; - at least one image sensor ; - at least a first fiber optic bundle which comprises a plurality of fiber optic cables, a tip of which is positioned facing the light source and another tip of which is positioned facing said surface layer , and which is arranged to transmit the light obtained from the light source to the surface layer ; - at least a second fiber optic bundle which comprises a plurality of fiber optic cables, a tip of which is paired with at least one pixel of the image sensor and another tip of which is positioned facing said surface layer , and which arranged to transmit the image received from the surface layer to the image sensor ; - at least one control unit which arranged to analyze the image captured by the image sensor using image processing techniques so as to identify a position of at least one object which contacts to the surface layer ; and - at least a first data link for data communication between the image sensor and the control unit - at least one image source that is arranged to generate at least one image and to transmit the image generated to the surface layer characterized in that said image source is interposed between the light source and the tip of the first fiber optic bundle that faces the light source , wherein the tip of the fiber optic cables in the first fiber optic bundle that faces the light source is paired with at least one pixel of the image source ; and in that said image sensor is in the form of a CCD or CMOS sensor. <EOS>