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    Colloquim Presentation: Touchscreen Technologies

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    TOUCHSCREEN TECHNOLOGIES
    TOUCHSCREEN
     A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect
    the presence and location of a touch within the display area.

     The term generally refers to touching the display of the device


    with a finger or hand.

     Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as


    a stylus. However, if the object sensed is active, as with a light
    pen, the term touchscreen is generally not applicable.
    Attributes
    • The touchscreen has two main attributes :
     It enables one to interact directly with what is
    displayed, rather than indirectly with a cursor
    controlled by a mouse or touchpad.
     It lets one do so without requiring any intermediate
    device that would need to be held in the hand. Such
    displays can be attached to computers, or to
    networks as terminals. 
    HISTORY
    • In 1971, the first "touch sensor" was developed by
    Doctor Sam Hurst (founder of Elographics) at the
    University of Kentucky. This sensor was called the
    "Elograph” .
    • It was not transparent like modern touch screens;
    however, it was a significant milestone in touch
    screen technology.
    • The first true touch screen incorporating a
    transparent surface was developed by Sam Hurst in
    1974 .
    Technologies

    There are a variety of touchscreen technologies :

    Until recently, most consumer touchscreens could


    only sense one point of contact at a time, and few
    have had the capability to sense how hard one is
    touching. This is starting to change with the
    commercialization of multi-touch technology.
    Resistive

    • A resistive touchscreen panel is composed of several


    layers, the most important of which are two thin,
    metallic, electrically conductive layers separated by a
    narrow gap.
    • When an object, such as a finger, presses down on a point
    on the panel's outer surface the two metallic layers
    become connected at that point: the panel then behaves
    as a pair of voltage dividers with connected outputs. This
    causes a change in the electrical current, which is
    registered as a touch event and sent to the controller for
    processing.
    Capacitive

    • A capacitive touchscreen panel consists of an insulator


     such as glass, coated with a transparent conductor
     such as indium tin oxide (ITO).[
    • As the human body is also a conductor, touching the
    surface of the screen results in a distortion of the
    body's electrostatic field, measurable as a change in 
    capacitance.
    • Different technologies may be used to determine the
    location of the touch. The location is then sent to the
    controller for processing.
    Surface acoustic wave

    • Surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology uses 


    ultrasonic waves that pass over the touchscreen panel.
    • When the panel is touched, a portion of the wave is
    absorbed. This change in the ultrasonic waves registers
    the position of the touch event and sends this
    information to the controller for processing.
    • Surface wave touch screen panels can be damaged by
    outside elements. Contaminants on the surface can
    also interfere with the functionality of the
    touchscreen.
    REPLACEMENT
    • Skinput is the latest technology being developed at Microsoft’s
    research labs in Redmond, Washington. Maybe it is touch
    screen replacement?
    • Technology Skinput use your skin as a medium for controlling a
    computer or other gadgets. By using sensors placed on the arm,
    every touch on every part will be able to control many things.
    Sensor that is able to distinguish a touch hard on every point so
    that differences can be used to distinguish the desired control.
    • This technology can also be combined with Pico Projectors
    which will display the menu on your skin and then we can use
    as a keyboard or Gamepad if necessary.
    SKINPUT
    Application
    • Touchscreens play a prominent role in the design of
    digital appliances such as :

     the personal digital assistant (PDA),


       satellite navigation devices,
      mobile phones,
     video games ,
     Computer Monitors , and
     Many others
    SMARTPHONES
    • The most common use of TOUCHSCREEN technology
    is in PDAs and smartphones .Nearly every Mobile
    manufacturing company around the world are
    producing leading touchscreen cellphones . Apple's
    I-Phone is a very popular example of touchscreen
    smartphone .
    • In India , leading this technology is very popular now-
    a-days . Several cellphones such as Nokia x7 , 5800 ,
    Samsung jet , Blackberry Storm are very popular in
    the market .
    THANK YOU

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