Form 2: Chapter 3

Input Devices
 Input Devices

• These are devices that are needed to get data into

the computer for processing

• For a particular application one form of device is

more desirable compared to others.

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 Input Devices

• We will discuss various types of Input devices that

are used for different types of applications.

• These devices are also known as peripheral

devices because they surround the CPU and allow
us to communicate with the computer.

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 Mouse

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 Ball Mouse

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 Laser Mouse

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 Optical Mouse

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 Light Pen

• A light pen is a light-sensitive computer input pointing

device shaped like a wand.
• It is connected to a visual display unit or CRT monitor
and allows the user to modify data and text or make
menu selections on the screen. (used in banks to input
a customer’s signature directly into the computer)

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 What is a Trackball?

• A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball

held by a socket containing sensors to detect a
rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-
down mouse with an exposed protruding ball. The
user rolls the ball with the thumb, fingers, or the
palm of the hand to move a pointer.

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 Trackball

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 What is a Pointing Stick?

• A pointing stick is an isometric joystick used as a

pointing device, as with a touchpad or trackball,
typically mounted in a computer keyboard.
• Movements of the pointing stick are echoed on the
screen by movements of the pointer (or cursor)
and other visual changes.

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 What is a Touch Pad?

A touch pad is a device for pointing (controlling input positioning)

on a computer display screen. It is an alternative to the mouse.

A touch pad works by sensing the user's finger movement and

downward pressure.

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 Joystick-What is this used for?

• A joystick is an input device commonly used to

control video games.
• Joysticks consist of a base and a stick that can be
moved in any direction

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 Digitising Tablet

• A graphics tablet (also known as a digitizer,

drawing tablet, digital drawing tablet, pen
tablet, or digital art board) is a computer input
device that enables a user to hand-draw images,
animations and graphics, with a special pen-
like stylus, similar to the way a person draws
images with a pencil and paper.
• Used by engineers to design drawings, etc
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 Quiz- Identify this device - 1

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 Quiz- What is this used for? - 2

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 Quiz- What is this device? - 3

Where can we use this device? – 4

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 Quiz- What is this device? - 5

• Which of the following is NOT a pointing device?

a. Mouse
b. Light pen
c. Joystick
d. Keyboard

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 Scanning Devices

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 Scanner

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 Flatbed Scanner

This type of
scanner has a flat
surface on which
the image is
placed and
scanned.

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 Barcode Readers

• A barcode reader (or barcode scanner) is an

electronic device that can read and output printed
barcodes to a computer.
• Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source,
a lens and a light sensor translating optical
impulses into electrical ones.

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 OMR
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 Can you think about any other
uses of the OMR?

• Processing Play Whe and Lottery slips

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 Optical character recognition

• is the mechanical or electronic conversion of images of typed,

handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text, whether from a
scanned document, a photo of a document, a scene-photo (for example
the text on signs and billboards in a landscape photo) or from subtitle
text superimposed on an image (for example from a television
broadcast).
• It is widely used as a form of data entry from printed paper data
records, whether passport documents, invoices, bank statements,
computerised receipts
• It is a common method of digitising printed texts so that they can be
electronically edited, searched, stored
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 Smart Card

• Smart cards contain a microprocessor embedded

in the card along with memory.

• Smart cards differ from magnetic stripe cards in

two ways: the amount of information that can be
stored is much greater, and some smart cards can
be reprogrammed to add, delete or rearrange
data.
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 Magnetic Stripe card
• A magnetic stripe card is a type of card capable
of storing data by modifying the magnetism of
tiny iron-based magnetic particles on a band of
magnetic material on the card.

• The magnetic stripe, sometimes called swipe

card or magstripe, is read by swiping past a
magnetic reading head
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 Uses of a Magnetic strip Code

• To gain access to hotel rooms

• Access restricted rooms- like bank vaults, computer
labs
• Enter into ATM area to withdraw cash
• Pay for goods and services at stores and gas stations

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 Digital Camera – what is Flash
Memory?
• Imagine if your memory worked only while you were awake. Every morning
when you got up, your mind would be completely blank! You'd have to relearn
everything you ever knew before you could do anything. It sounds like a
nightmare, but it's exactly the problem computers have.
• Ordinary computer chips "forget" everything (lose their entire contents) when
the power is switched off.
• Large personal computers get around this by having powerful magnetic
memories called hard drives, which can remember things whether the power is
on or off. But smaller, more portable devices, such as digital cameras and
MP3 players, need smaller and more portable memories. They use special
chips called flash memories to store information permanently

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In gadgets like digital cameras and small MP3 players, flash memory is used
instead of a hard drive. It has certain things in common with both RAM and
ROM.

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 Pixels and Resolution

• The image that is displayed on the screen is

composed of thousands (or millions) of small
dots; these are called pixels; the word is a
contraction of the phrase "picture element".
• A pixel represents the smallest piece of the
screen that can be controlled individually. Each
one can be set to a different color and intensity
(brightness).
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The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen is referred
to as the resolution of the image; this is normally displayed as a pair
of numbers, such as 640x480. The first is the number of pixels that
can be displayed horizontally on the screen, and the second how
many can be displayed vertically. The higher the resolution, the
more pixels that can be displayed and therefore the more that
can be shown on the monitor at once
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Can you tell the difference?
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 Which picture is the clearest?

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Voice Recognition- the ability of a computer
to accept spoken words as input for processing. You need
to train the computer to recognise a word

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 IPHONE X USES FACIAL
RECOGNITION

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 Quiz

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 Identify the most appropriate
device used in the following
situations
• You are head of security at the office of the Prime
Minister and you need to prevent unauthorized users
from accessing the server room.

• Which device would you use?

• Why

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 Identify the most appropriate
device used in the following
situations
• The bank needs a device to speed up the processing of
cheques.
• Which device would you use?
• Why

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 Identify the most appropriate
device used in the following
situations
• The legal profession needs to obtain a device to scan
handwritten documents to be edited on the computer.
• Which device would you use?
• Why

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 Identify the most appropriate
device used in the following
situations
• Cxc wants to invest in a machine that will assist in
correcting multiple choice responses.
• Which device would you recommend?
• Why

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 Besides the supermarket, Identify
another area where barcodes are
used in businesses

• Explain how the barcodes can be used to improve the

efficiency of production for the business you stated

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 Voice recognition is becoming
increasingly popular.

Suggest two reasons why persons

may want to use voice recognition

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 What are four (4) body
characteristics that can be used for
identification?

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What is the difference between
pixel and resolution?

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1. How do digital cameras store
pictures??

2. What device is used to store the

pictures?
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Suggest 3 uses of magnetic Strip
Codes
1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

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Suggest 3 uses of magnetic Strip
Codes
1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

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 Which device is most
appropriate for playing games?
• ?

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 Which device is most appropriate
• ? for an engineer or architect or game

designer to make sketches?

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 The bank needs to capture the
signatures of all its new customers
for storing on file.

Which device is most appropriate

for capturing their signature
directly into the computer?
• ?
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 Name the three types of mice?

• ?
• ?
• ?

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What is ?
the
purpose
of the ?
trackbal
l in a
laptop? ?
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 What is the purpose of the
pointing stick in a laptop?
• ?
• ?
• ?

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 What is another name for a
Digitizing tablet?
• ?
• ?
• ?

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