Patent ID: 8049127

Claim:
A touch panel comprising: an optically transparent upper board; an upper conductive layer formed on a lower face of said optically transparent upper board; an optically transparent lower board; a lower conductive layer formed on an upper face of said optically transparent lower board and which faces to the upper conductive layer with a predetermined gap in between; a pair of upper electrodes extending along an outer periphery of the upper conductive layer and having an upper electrode lead; a pair of lower electrodes extending along an outer periphery of the lower conductive layer and having a lower electrode lead; and a slit in a predetermined shape formed at the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer; wherein one of the upper electrodes is formed along a side of the upper conductive layer, the other of the upper electrodes is formed in a substantially U shape surrounding a whole periphery of the upper conductive layer excluding the upper electrode lead, one of the lower electrodes is formed in a direction orthogonal to the side of the upper conductive layer, the other of the lower electrodes is formed in a substantially U shape surrounding a whole periphery of the lower conductive layer excluding the lower electrode lead.