Patent ID: 8077165

Claim:
An operation device comprising: an operated body swingably supported in a first direction and a second direction focusing on a swing axis; an operation signal producing part that produces an operation signal based on an operation on the operated body; and a tactile information presenting part that presents tactile information through the operated body, wherein the tactile information presenting part comprises a first touch member, a second touch member, a first driver, and a second driver, the first touch member and the second touch member being provided in the operated body, the first driver that drives the first touch member to protrude partially from a surface of the operated body through an opening formed in the operated body so as to bring the first touch member into contact with an object that operates the operated body when the operated body is swung in the first direction by the object, and the second driver that drives the second touch member to protrude partially from the surface of the operated body through an opening formed in the operated body so as to bring the second touch member into contact with the object when the operated body is swung in the second direction by the object.