Touchscreen panel input device manufacturing method, piezoelectric element and touchscreen panel input device

A piezoelectric element, comprising:

• a first transparent substrate;
• a first transparent electrode layer formed on the first transparent substrate;
• a second transparent substrate;
• a second transparent electrode layer formed on the second transparent substrate;
• and
• transparent piezoelectric oxide thin films placed between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer,
• wherein at least one of the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer consists of a plurality of transparent electrodes,
• the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer are overlapped in a plurality of different regions, and
• each of the piezoelectric oxide thin films is formed in each of the region independently from each another.

A touchscreen panel input device, comprising:

• a piezoelectric element comprising a first transparent electrode layer formed on the first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a second transparent electrode layer formed on the second transparent substrate, and transparent piezoelectric oxide thin films placed between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer;
• and
• a controller that detects a position in accordance with a voltage output from the piezoelectric oxide thin film and supplies a driving signal to the piezoelectric oxide thin film, wherein
• at least one of the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer consists of a plurality of transparent electrodes,
• the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer are overlapped in a plurality of different regions, and
• each of the piezoelectric oxide thin films is formed in each of the region independently from each another.