Patent ID: 7830366

Claim:
A touch panel comprising: a panel portion having an extraction electrode; a wiring board having a wiring pattern; an anisotropic conductive adhesive connecting the wiring pattern and the extraction electrode, wherein the anisotropic conductive adhesive is hardened by having been heated; and a thermally color-changing portion, adjacent to a connecting portion where the wiring pattern and the extraction electrode are connected to each other; wherein the thermally color-changing portion is formed by: (i) a first material containing a pigment; and (ii) a thermoplastic resin coating the pigment and having a melting point lower than a hardening temperature of the anisotropic conductive adhesive; being heated at the hardening temperature of the anisotropic conductive adhesive or greater such that the thermoplastic resin is melted and the first material is irreversibly changed in color in a manner that the pigment is exposed, or the thermally color-changing portion is formed by: (i) a second material containing a compound exhibiting a predetermined color; and (ii) one of stearic acid, acetylsalicylic acid, and acetyl acid mixed with the compound; being heated at the hardening temperature of the anisotropic conductive adhesive or greater such that the one of stearic acid, acetylsalicylic acid, and acetyl acid is melted and the second material is irreversibly changed in color to a color corresponding to the predetermined color of the compound.