Patent ID: 8547341

Claim:
An input device that inputs information by any one of a slide operation and a press operation of an operation body, the input device comprising: a display unit having an operation surface; a detection unit that detects any one of a slide position and a press position of the operation body, the detection unit being provided at the display unit; and a transparent touch-sensitive sheet member on which any one of slide operation along the operation surface of the display unit and the press operation to the operation surface of the display unit is executed, the touch-sensitive sheet member covering at least a portion of the detection unit, wherein the touch-sensitive sheet member includes: a body having a predetermined hardness and a sheet shape; a sense-of-touch-representing unit that represents a sense of touch, the sense-of-touch-representing unit having a predetermined size and being arranged at positions of the body or at a predetermined position of the body; and a medium-supplying unit that supplies a medium to the sense-of-touch-representing unit, wherein the sense-of-touch-representing unit contains an aperture having an aperture diameter of a predetermined size, the aperture being perforated at a predetermined position of the body and being used for representing the sense of touch, wherein the medium-supplying unit includes an air-circulating unit that sends air to the aperture or takes in air from the aperture, wherein the air-circulating unit contains a programmable function that sends the air to the apertures perforated in the body individually or for every group or takes in the air from the apertures individually, wherein the body includes a flow channel panel that introduces the air to the apertures perforated at the body, wherein the air-circulation unit includes an air pressure adjustor using a piezoelectric device, wherein the air pressure adjustor is connected to the flow channel panel, and wherein the air pressure adjustor sends the air to the apertures of the body individually or for every group through the flow channel panel or takes in the air from the apertures individually or for every group through the flow channel panel.