Patent ID: 8922522

Claim:
A touch panel, comprising: a capacitive touch panel; and a front panel arranged above the capacitive touch panel at a predetermined distance away therefrom to allow for deformation of the front panel toward the capacitive touch panel in response to a touch force exceeding a predetermined amount, wherein: the capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes, the X electrodes being sequentially applied with pulse signals, and the Y electrodes receiving pulse signals; when an arbitrary point on the front panel is touched, a same touched point on the capacitive touch panel is computed by using the received signals including both a first signal obtained from the Y electrodes in a case where the front panel is not deformed and a second signal obtained from the Y electrodes in a case where the front panel is deformed; and polarities of the first signal and the second signal are opposite to each other relative to a reference value, and the first signal shifts toward a first side from the reference value, and the second signal shifts towards a second side from the first side across the reference value in succession to the first signal.