Display unit with touch panel

A display unit with touch panel comprising a display body having a display screen for displaying images including characters, patterns, symbols and the like, a transparent or translucent touch panel disposed above the display screen of said display body, and operated-position detecting means for detecting a place at which an operator has touched said touch panel,

• said touch panel outputting at least one kind of component positional signal indicative of the place touched by the operator, said operated-position detecting means receiving said component positional signal from said touch panel for detecting said place of the touch panel touched by the operator and outputting an operated-position signal indicative of the place thus detected,
• the display unit with touch panel further comprising:
• switch-region defining means for defining a switch region used as a switch in the overall touchable area of said touch panel;
• coincidence detecting means for comparing the switch region defined by said switch-region defining means with the place detected by said operated-position detecting means so as to output a coincidence detection signal when the place detected by said operated-position detecting means overlaps with said switch region;
• press detecting means for detecting a press on said touch panel when the operator touches and presses said touch panel and outputting a press detection signal;
• output control means for determining whether to permit or inhibit a flow of said operated-position signal from said operated-position detecting means to an external output terminal, and permitting the flow of said operated-position signal to said external output terminal on condition that said coincidence detection signal and said press detection signal are both inputted;
• and
• tactile feedback providing means driving said touch panel into displacement to provide the operator with a tactile feedback to the press on said touch panel on condition that at least said coincidence detection signal is inputted.