Patent ID: 8044938

Claim:
An input device comprising: an input panel in which a pair of detection bases are opposed to each other and to which data can be inputted by means of an input unit; and a chassis that receives the input panel, wherein the first detection base disposed on an input side of both detection bases is made of a thin material and has a planar size larger than that of the second detection base disposed on an anti-input side thereof, wherein the first detection base and the second detection base are made of a light-transmitting material, wherein the chassis includes a side portion opposed to a side surface of the input panel and a supporting portion opposed to a bottom surface of the input panel, and wherein the input panel is received in the chassis in a state where an inner surface on the anti-input side of the first detection base is disposed on and opposed to a top surface on the input side of the side portion so as to cover a gap between the side portion and a side surface of the second detection base, wherein the gap is covered by a decoration layer, wherein a first detector is disposed on the inner surface side of the first detection base and a second detector is disposed on the inner surface side which is the input side of the second detection base, wherein a gap in the side portion between the first detector and the second detector is kept at a predetermined size, and a slope inclined toward the inside of the chassis in which the input panel is disposed in the top surface of the side portion, in which a contact portion with the inner surface of the first detection base is a base end of the slope, wherein the side portion includes a protrusion that protrudes from the input panel side so as to be disposed in a gap between the inner surface of the first detection base and the inner surface of the second detection base in which the second detector is disposed, wherein a part in the second detection base other than the portion opposed to the protrusion includes an upper end portion that has a height greater than that of the other part in the second detection base, and wherein the height of the distal end of the slope is set to be a height of the top surface on the input side of the second detector disposed on the upper end portion.