MULTI TOUCH

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Bijay Kumar Saha
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 Contents……

Introduction

Touch screen

Multi touch

FTIR

Conclusion
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INTRODUCTION(TOUC
H SCREEN)
 A touch screen is a display which can detect the
presence and location of a touch within the display
area.
 One point of contact at a time.
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INTRODUCTION…..

 Multi-touch technology is an advanced human-

computer interaction technique that recogonises
multiple touch points and also includes the hardware
devices that implement it, which allow users to
compute without conventional input devices .
 History of Multi Touch…
 Multi-touch technology dates back to 1982, when the
University of Toronto developed the first finger pressure
multi-touch.
 In 1984 Bell Labs engineered a multi-touch screen that

could manipulate images with more than one hand.

 In1991 Pierre Wellner published a paper on his multi-

touch “Digital Desk”, which supported multi-finger and

pinching motions.
 In 1998, Fingerworks, produced a line of multi-touch

products including the iGesture Pad and the TouchStream

keyboard.
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Recent Development….

 Various companies expanded upon these discoveries

in the beginning of the twentyfirst century.

 Mainstream exposure to multi-touch technology

occurred in the year 2007.
Microsoft

Perceptive
Pixel

Apple
In 2001 Steve Bathiche and Andy Wilson of Microsoft began
work on an idea for an interactive table that mixes both physical
and virtual worlds.

In 2007 Microsoft introduced Microsoft Surface.

Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Windows Vista, and 2 GB of

RAM.
Features of….

Transferring music between Photo Sharing and multimedia

Ipods
Perceptive Pixel

 PP is a company founded by New York University

consulting research scientist Jefferson Y. Han that
creates wall displays and tables.

 It can accommodate up to 20 fingers.

 Han introduced the FTIR technique to multi touch

screens.

 PP’s Technology is currently being utilized in the form

of Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall, by
Apple

In 2005, Apple acquired Fingerworks.

In 2007 they introduced the iPhone, marking the first time
multi-touch technology was used on a phone.

Later on this technology was introduced in iPod touch,

MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro.
Products of Apple……
iPhone Touch

MacBook Pro

MacBook Air

iPod touch
 FTIR
FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION

 Total internal reflection is an optical phenomenon that occurs

when a ray of light strikes a medium boundary at an angle larger
than the critical angle with respect to the normal to the surface.

 The critical angle is the angle of incidence above which total

internal reflection occurs.

 The critical angle is given by:

n2= Refractive index of the less dense medium.

n1= Refractive index of the denser medium.
Total Internal Reflection
Design :
 REQUIREMENTS

SOFTWARE

HARDWARE
HARDWARE

IR led’s Acrylic Camera Projector Computer

Acrylic with led’s at its edges
SOFTWARE

Processing (P5)
WORKING

IR rays obtained on a camera

 Frustrated Total Internal Reflection

(a) IR view of a touch(b)Pixel positions located on screen

ADVANTAGES

 Low cost factor.

 Support high-resolution graphics.
 Any kind of applications can be made to suit multi touch using
FTIR .
 Larger shared-display systems.
 It acquires true touch image information at high spatial and
temporal resolutions.
APPLICATION

 Personal computers, Laptops ,Tabletops , Graphics Tablets .

 It supports both LCD and CRT monitors .
 Telephones ,Watches ,PDAs, Mobile phones.
 Advanced multi touch Gaming with high graphics support.
 Governmental, office and business purposes.
 An enhanced multimedia experience including audio , video
and photo sharing.
 Enhanced dining experience Applications.
CONCLUSION

 Touch screens are the interface for the 21st century. Touch
screens address the conflicting demands for smaller portable
electronics with larger displays, by eliminating traditional
buttons without sacrificing screen size. The recent release of
the iPhone has created a buzz around touch screen interfaces
and its multi-touch acrobatics have caught the eye of many
industry leaders.