TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

Click to edit Master subtitle style Coordinator: Mr. Thyagarajmurthy B.E. M.tech

Team members:
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Nishan Kumar (4JE08EC420) Swathi P.M. (4JE08EC434) Chandhan N (4JE08EC406)

Contents:

Introduction Brief history Construction and working Types of touch screens Comparison of touch screens Advantages Disadvantages Conclusion

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Introduction:

A touchscreen is a display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touch or contact to the display of the device by a finger or hand. Touchscreen can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus.

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Introduction : Contd..

The touch screen has two main attributes

Directly Interact with the display. Does not require any intermediate device .

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History:

In 1960s touch screen emerged from academic and corporate research labs. In 1972 as part of the PLATO first project(computer-assisted learning terminal) touch screen became popular. The world's earliest commercial touchscreen computer HP-150 came in 1983.

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Construction & working:

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Types of touch screens:

Resistive touch screen Capacitive touch screen Surface Acoustic Wave touch screen Infra-red touch screen

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Resistive touch screen:

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Capacitive touch screen:

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Surface acoustic wave:

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Infrared touch screen:

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Comparison of Technologies:
Technology Resistive SAW Infrared Capacitive

Durability:

5 years High Ok

5 years Higher Good

3 years High Good

2 years Ok Ok Conductive <15ms

Stability:

Transparency:

Touch:

Anything Finger/ pen Sharp <10ms 10ms <20ms

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Advantages & Disadvantages:

Advantages:

User friendly. Fast response. Error free input. Easy to install. Use finger, fingernail, gloved hand, stylus or any soft-tip pointer to operate. Easy to clean and maintain.

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Disadvantages:
1)Finger stress: Stress on human fingers when used for more than a few minutes at a time. (for example, ATMs). 2)Fingerprints:
Touchscreens can suffer from the problem of fingerprints on the display
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Applications: Public access

Museums Library resource guides Corporate information Public Transportation Schedule / Status Airport terminal passenger internet and email systems Automated travel and entertainment ticket dispensers mall directory

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Business:
continues

Gas stations Restaurants Hospital and hotel directories (check-in, registration) Banks and Financial Reporting Bank cash advance and teller machines

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Entertainment: Continues.

Interactive computer games Casinos

Government:

Military control system Scientific research lab

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Future Touchscreens Technology:

Minimal power requirements. High inherent accuracy & precession. Zero-pressure touch & allows finger scrolling. Allows100% display light output, picture definition and colour clarity. Low-cost & Excellent durability.

3-dimensional Touchscreens
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Conclusion:

Designers are trying to use touchscreen to simplify input commands for largely unsophisticated computer users. Today, a larger share of population is PC literate, yet the touchscreen has become adopted by computer users of all abilities because it is simple, fast, and innovative. In future there is no usage of mouse and keyboards as they will be replaced by touchscreens.

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Wikipedia. How stuff works. Electronics for you.

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