A touch screen is an electronic visual display that the user can control through simple or multi-touch gestures by touching the screen with one or more fingers. Touch screens detect the placement of a finger on a screen, ranging from mechanical, optical, and electrical sensing. Today's capacitive electrical touch screens have proven to be the most versatile and efficient way to sense human touch.
A touch screen is an electronic visual display that the user can control through simple or multi-touch gestures by touching the screen with one or more fingers. Touch screens detect the placement of a finger on a screen, ranging from mechanical, optical, and electrical sensing. Today's capacitive electrical touch screens have proven to be the most versatile and efficient way to sense human touch.
A touch screen is an electronic visual display that the user can control through simple or multi-touch gestures by touching the screen with one or more fingers. Touch screens detect the placement of a finger on a screen, ranging from mechanical, optical, and electrical sensing. Today's capacitive electrical touch screens have proven to be the most versatile and efficient way to sense human touch.
WHAT ARE TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES? A touch screen is an electronic visual display that the user can control through simple or multi-touch gestures by touching the screen with one or more fingers. Some touch screens can also detect objects such as a stylus or ordinary or specially coated gloves. The user can use the touch screen to react to what is displayed and to control how it is displayed.
How do they work? Touch screens detect the placement of a finger on a screen, ranging from mechanical, optical, and electrical sensing. Todays capacitive electrical touch screens have proven to be the most versatile and efficient way to sense human touch. First, the monitor can act as a measuring sensor and respond to the tip of your finger or other object and turn the touch into an electrical signal.
TYPES OF TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES Resistive: A resistive touch screen panel comprises several layers. A voltage is applied to one layer, and sensed by the other. When an object, such as a fingertip or stylus tip, presses down onto the outer surface, the two most important layers touch to become connected at that point: The panel then behaves as a pair of voltage dividers, one axis at a time. By rapidly switching between each layer, the position of a pressure on the screen can be read. Capacitive: A capacitive touch screen panel consists of an insulator such as glass, coated with a transparent conductor. As the human body is also an electrical conductor, touching the surface of the screen results in a distortion of the screen's electrostatic field. Different technologies may be used to determine the location of the touch. The location is then sent to the controller for processing. Self Acoustic Waves: technology uses ultrasonic waves that pass over the touch screen panel. When touched, the change is sent for processing. Infra red grid: Uses LED infrared rays around the edges f the screen to detect the disruption in the pattern of the LED beams. This helps the sensors know where the screen is being touched.
Infrared Acrylic Projection: A translucent acrylic sheet is used as a rear projection screen to display information. Optical Imaging: A touch shows up as a shadow and each pair of cameras can then be pinpointed to locate the touch or even measure the size of the touching object Dispersive signal technology: This system uses sensors to detect the Piezoelectricity which is then interpreted and the area that was touched is located. Acoustic pulse recognition: a touch at any one position on the surface generates a sound wave, which is then matched to previous sounds to find the location of the touch.
ADVANTAGES OF TOUCH DEVICES. Touch screen devices have limited buttons that will possibly break after 3 4 years. Touch screen devices usually have simpler user interfaces. Example: IPod Apps. Having less or not buttons means that you can put more effort into having a big screen For the people worried about hygiene, most devices are easy to clean, some are even dirt, dust and grease resistant. For people new or uncomfortable with normal desktops, touch screens are easy to use helping more people get used to using computers. Much more convenient to use than keyboards.
DISADVANTAGES OF TOUCH DEVICES. The screen has to be big enough to be able to touch the buttons without mistyping. In direct sunlight it is much less efficient and most of the time it is very difficult to read the screen. If a touch screen device were to crash the whole screen would be unresponsive, and because of the lack of buttons, recovering it would be very difficult. The screens always get dirty. You have to be within arms reach of the device. They usually cost more than ordinary devices. Battery usually drains out quickly due to the brightness and applications running.
IMPACTS OF TSD ON THE SOCIETY. It has encouraged the disabled to explore the technology being produced today. It has made the younger generation lazy as it is addictive and distractive. It has made an impact on businesses as they are using the technology for marketing purposes.