To prevent a malfunction and enable input of accurate operation information, even when a driver unconsciously touches operation means by a steering operation during vehicle travel.

An on-vehicle equipment operating device includes a main operation unit 110 that is provided on a surface of a steering wheel 100 of a vehicle to operate a wide variety of pieces of equipment mounted on the vehicle, and an auxiliary operation unit 120 that is provided on the surface of the steering wheel 100 of the vehicle to permit input into the main operation unit 110. The main operation unit 110 is a touch pad which is internally equipped with a dead band and in which a plurality of electrodes are arrayed as a center point of the dead band on the periphery of it.