Patent ID: 7310088

Claim:
An input operation device comprising: a coordinate operation device including an operation substrate and a base substrate, the operation substrate having an operation conductive coordinate detection portion, the base substrate having a base conductive coordinate detection portion, the operation conductive coordinate detection portion and the base conductive coordinate detection portion being separated by a gap; a switching device including a first contact and a second contact, and a resin spacer between the coordinate operation device and the switching device, wherein the operation conductive coordinate detection portion has electrode patterns oriented in a first direction, and the base conductive coordinate detection portion has electrode patterns oriented in a direction other than the first direction, wherein upon deformation of the operation substrate: the operation conductive coordinate detection portion is adapted to contact the base conductive coordinate detection portion, and the first contact is adapted to contact the second contact, and further comprising an invalidation control device that invalidates a coordinate operation if multiple operation points are formed by the coordinate detection portion of the operation substrate and the coordinate detection portion of the base substrate contacting at a vertical upper position of the switching device due to a pressing operation.