Patent ID: 7592901

Claim:
An input device comprising: an input portion that allows information to be input as touched by an operator; a vibrator disposed on a back side of the input portion so as to vibrate the input portion; a secondary input portion disposed on a back side of the vibrator, and including at least one switch that is operable to perform switching in response to a pressing force applied to the input portion; and a controller that is operable to control operations of the input portion, the vibrator, and the secondary input portion, wherein the input portion is a sheet-shaped flexible control panel to which coordinates are input, wherein the vibrator is shaped like a flexible sheet, and includes a plurality of actuators arranged as vibration sources, wherein each of the actuators includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulating layer, the insulating layer being provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a ferroelectric layer, wherein the first electrode, the insulating layer, and the second electrode in the actuator are stacked in a thickness direction, the insulating layer of the actuator is shaped like a sheet, and the first electrode and the second electrode are provided on both sides of the insulating layer in the thickness direction in a manner so as not to overlap the electrodes with each other, and wherein the controller drives a preset actuator of the actuators according to at least coordinate information from the control panel or a signal output from the switch.