TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

PRESENTED BY BALACHANDAR.K

INTRODUCTION

Works with the principle of CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) technology.

Input device --> Operates a PC by simply touching the display screen. Made of sensitive glass overlay & desired inputs can be given by touching it.

Inputs --> External (light pen) or an internal device (touch overlay and controller) .

COMPONENTS OF TOUCH SCREEN

Three major components viz,

Touch sensor Controller Software driver

TOUCH SENSORS
Touch sensor

Covering screen

CONTD..

Touch sensor --> In between clear glass panels.

Responsive area --> Entire viewable area of the display screen.

Sensors --> Detects electrical current or signal. Touching -->causes a voltage or signal change, thereby the location can be determined.

CONTROLLER

CONTD

PC card --> Touch sensor and the PC. Change in voltage --> Translated into the information that CPU understands.

Translated bits --> Position where the touch occurs.

Processor --> change the screen accordingly.

SOFTWARE DRIVER

Acts as a bridge --> Screen and processor.

Makes the operating system --> To interpret the touch event information. Touch screen drivers today --> Mouse-emulation type driver ( like touching the screen the same as clicking mouse) Recent research --> To make it as PNP

TYPES OF TOUCH SCREEN

Resistive Touch screen

Surface wave Touch screen Capacitive Touch screen
Surface capacitive Projected capacitive

Infrared Touch screen

RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREENS

RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN

CONTD

1. Polyester Film. 2. Top Resistive Layer. 3. Conductive Transparent Metal Coating. 4. Bottom Resistive Layer .

5. Insulating Dots .
6. Glass Substrate

WORKING OF RESISTIVE SENSORS

Resistive touch screen monitor composed of : Flexible top layer Rigid bottom layer Insulating dots Along with touch screen controller. Top & Bottom layers --> transparent metal oxide coating. Pressure over the flexible top sheet --> Makes electrical contact between the resistive layers & the switch closing in the circuit. Controller --> Alternating voltages & converts them into the digital X and Y coordinates.

CONTROLLER

NAME:

VS20UA CONTROLLER

Supply Voltage

5.0V DC

Maximum Current

20mA

Resolution

12-bit

PROPERTIES
2

conductive layers that connects when touched.

of multi touch.

Capable

Not

affected by dirt or dust.

Good

for outdoor use.

SURFACE WAVE TOUCH SCREEN

SURFACE WAVE TOUCH SCREEN

WORKING OF SURFACE WAVE SENSORS

Contains Transmitting and receiving transducers Touchscreen controller --> 5 MHz electrical signal to the transmitting transducer.

Converts electrical signal --> ultrasonic waves within the glass.

Waves --> Directed across the front surface of screen.

Reflectors - -> Reflects & directs towards receiving transducer.

Receiving transducer --> reconverts --> An electrical signal & digitally maps the touchscreen

CONTROLLER

NAME:

2701RSU CONTROLLER

Voltage

+5 VDC

Baud Rate

9600

Touch Resolution

12bit, size independent

Conversion Time

10 ms per coordinate set

CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN

CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN

WORKING OF CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN

Uniform conductive coating on a glass panel. Operation --> Electrodes around the panel's edge evenly distribute a low voltage across the conductive layer & creates an uniform electric field. Finger touch --> Draws current from each corner. Controller --> Measures ratio of the current flow from the corners & calculates the touch location. Capacitance --> Finger and the sensor grid.

LAYERS OF CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN

Contains 3layers ,viz

Front Protective glass Back protective glass - provides optical & strength enhancement options Middle layer - laminated sensor grid of micro-fine wires

CONTROLLER

Name:

5000 RSU SERIAL CONTROLLER

+5 V DC or +12V 9600 (default) and 19200 12bit, size independent. Approximately 15 ms per coordinate set

Supply Voltage:

Baud Rate

Touch Resolution

Conversion Time

PROPERTIES

Conductive coating that emits electric field.

Very durable. Must be touched by some conductive materials. Capable of multi touch.

PROS & CONS OF TOUCH SCREENS

PROS

CONS

Direct pointing to the objects. Fast.

Low precision when we use finger. Screen may be covered more by using hand No direct activation to the selected function

Finger or pen is usable (No cable required)

No keyboard necessary Suited to all interactive applications.

APPLICATIONS

Public Information Displays:::

Tourism displays Trade show display Awareness kiosks

Customer Self-Services:::

General departmental Stores Restaurants ATMs Airline ticket terminals, etc.

Other uses:::

Digital jukeboxes Computerized gaming Student Registration systems, etc.

RECENT PRODUCT S UNDER DEVELOPEMENT

RECENT TRENDS

Introduction of

i-PAN7: Flat Touchscreen computer - Panel PC

Introduced by Keith & Koep of Japan.

Small frame computer.

Runs with Windows Embedded CE & built with low power ARM processor. Uses Capacitive touch panels.

FEATURES OF I-PAN7

WVGA (800 x 480) 7" Touchscreen. CPU 3.12MHz. 64 to 128MB RAM. Up to 2GByte embedded flash. 10/100 Ethernet. SD/MMC Card READER USB GPS, GPRS/GSM/SIM Camera 20 bit stereo out (headphone) Real Time Clock

8 inputs, 8 outputs (CPLD) 3 x 10Bit ADC UART (1-3 x) Fingerprint extension (SPI) Low Power consumption (typically 3-5W) Windows CE 5.0, Windows CE 6.0 R2 Dimension 169 mm x 108 mm x 17 mm IEEE 802.11bg WLAN. Bluetooth.

CONCLUSION

Though the Touch screen technology contains some limitations its

user friendly. Fast. Accurate. easy to operate.

It has been widely accepted and a little modification can replace the mouse and key board completely in near future.

REFERENCES

Partridge, K., Chatterjee, S., Sazawal, V., Borriello, G. and Want, R. TiltType: Accelerometer-Supported Text Entry for Very Small Devices. http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/kepart/papers/uist2002.pdf Sazawal, V., Want, R. and Borriello, G. The Unigesture Approach One-Handed Text Entry for Small Devices. http://www.speakeasy.org/~roywant/papers/lncs_unigesture.pdf Wigdor, D., Balakrishnan, R. TiltText: Using Tilt for Text Input to Mobile Phones. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/papers/dwigdor_UIST2003.pdf Ward, D.J. Adaptive Computer Interafces. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. Available at: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/djw30/papers/thesis.pdf Wobbrock, J.O., Myers, B.A., Kembel, J.A. EdgeWrite: A Stylus-Based Text Entry Method Designed for High Accuracy and Stability of Motion. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jrock/pubs/uist-03.pdf

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