Operation device comprising a housing arranged on a center cluster

An operation device, comprising:

• a housing arranged on a center cluster located diagonally in front of a driver seat and a passenger seat of a vehicle;
• a left-side operation unit arranged on a left side of a front surface of the housing to receive an operation;
• a right-side operation unit arranged on a right side of the front surface to receive an operation;
• a left-side operation detection unit to detect an operation performed on the left-side operation unit;
• a right-side operation detection unit to detect an operation performed on the right-side operation unit;
• a substrate on which the left-side operation detection unit and the right-side operation detection unit are arranged;
• and
• an output unit that outputs a sound in response to a received operation and is fixedly arranged on the substrate so as to be located between the left-side operation detection unit and the right-side operation detection unit at a position to equalize distances from the driver seat and the passenger seat such that a difference in how the sound is heard by a passenger in the driver seat or the passenger seat is suppressed,
• wherein the left-side operation detection unit and the right-side operation detection unit are provided on a left-side semiconductor element and a right-side semiconductor element, and
• wherein the output unit is arranged so that a center thereof coincides with a midpoint of a straight line connecting element centers of the left-side semiconductor element and the right-side semiconductor element, and
• wherein the substrate has an elongated shape along a left-right axis.