Abstract: A touch panel input device includes a touch panel having a lower layer including a resistive conductor and an upper layer including a dielectric, a driving circuit for applying a driving signal to points on the lower layer, a voltage detecting circuit for converting a current flowing through each point into a voltage signal, a switching circuit for switching the voltage signal to generates a coordinate signal, an analog-to-digital converter for converting the coordinate signal into digital coordinate data, and protrusions, each protrusion including a resistive conductor, located on the upper layer of the touch panel.