Curved capacitive touch panel and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a curved capacitive touch panel, comprising

• a substrate preparation step of preparing a capacitive touch panel substrate having a heat resistance temperature that is higher than a temperature of thermal molding and including:
• a transparent panel substrate including a transparent resin base material;
• a decorative print layer disposed on a peripheral section of a rear surface of the transparent panel substrate;
• a step prevention layer made from a transparent resin material and flatly covering across a rear surface of the decorative print layer and inward of the decorative print layer on the rear surface of the transparent panel substrate on which the decorative print layer is disposed;
• a sensor section including a transparent electrode layer that is disposed on a rear surface of the step prevention layer;
• and a transparent protective film covering the entirety of a rear surface of the sensor section with the exception of a thermal compression bonding region for an external connection substrate,
• a thermal molding step of preparing a curved capacitive touch panel substrate by thermally molding, into a three-dimensional shape, the capacitive touch panel substrate prepared in the substrate preparation step, and
• a thermal compression bonding step of bonding the external connection substrate, by thermal compression, to the thermal compression bonding region of the sensor section of the curved capacitive touch panel substrate prepared in the thermal molding step.