RAO BAHADUR Y MAHABALESHWARAPPA ENGG.

COLLEGE

SEMINAR ON TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

Presented by:MOHAMMED RIZWAN 3VC09EC033

OVER VIEW OF TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION HISTORY CONTRUCTION OF TOUCH SCREEN TYPES OF TOUCH SCREEN TECHNLOGY APPLICATION ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES FUTURE OF TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION
A touch screen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area.

HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT

In 1971 Dr. Samuel Hurst, founder of Elographics developed the first touch opaque sensor Elograph at the University of Kentucky. In 1974 He developed the first real touch screen.

In 1977, Elographics developed the 5-wire resistive technology.

The new transparent technology, AccuTouch, was later developed by the founders of Elographics, Dr. Hurst and Bill Colwell

Dr. Samuel Hurst

The father of the touch screen technology is Dr. Samuel Hurst. In 1971, while he was working as an instructor at the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, he had to read a great volume of information during the graduation exams. In an effort to save some time he invented the first touch sensor that he called lo graph(electronic graphics), which allowed him to enter data faster.

FIRST TOUCH SCREEN PHONE

Apple was the first with a touch screen phone in 1983. Jason Ford of Elo Touch Systems, the company whose founder invented touch screen technology.

FIRST TOUCH SCREEN MOBILE

The Nokia 7710 is a first touch screen mobile phone model produced by Nokia. The 7710 is based on the Nokia 7700 which was never released. It is Nokia's first, and so far only smart phone to run the Series 90 GUI a top the Symbian OS.

CONSTRUCTION OF TOUCH SCREEN

A basic touch screen has three main components: Touch Sensor Controller and Software Driver. The touch screen is an input device, so it needs to be combined with a display and a PC or other device to make a complete touch input system.

TOUCH SENSOR
A touch screen sensor is a clear glass panel with a touch responsive surface which is placed over a display screen so that the responsive area of the panel covers the viewable area of the display screen.

The sensor generally has an electrical current or signal going through it and touching the screen causes a voltage or signal change. This voltage change is used to determine the location of the touch to the screen

CONTROLLER
The controller is a small PC card that connects between the touch sensor and the PC. It takes information from the touch sensor and translates it into information that PC can understand.

SOFTWARE DRIVER
The driver is a software that allows the touch screen and computer to work together. It tells the operating system how to interpret the touch event information that is sent from the controller.

Most touch screen drivers today are a mouse-emulation type driver.

This makes touching the screen the same as clicking your mouse at the same location on the screen.

TYPES OF TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGIES

There are mainly 4 types of touch Technologies:1.Resistive Touch Screen Technology 2. Surface Acoustic Wave(SAW) Touch Screen Technology 3. Capacitive Touch Screen Technology

4. Infrared Touch Screen Technology

RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

A Resistive touch screen panel is composed of several layers, the most important of which are two thin metallic electrically conductive layers separated by a narrow gap. When an object, such as a finger, presses down on a point on the panel's outer surface the two metallic layers become connected at that point. This causes a change in the electrical current, which is registered as a touch event and sent to the controller for processing. It is used in Grocery Stores, Hotels, Restaurants and Retail Stores.

1. Scratch resident coating. 2. Conductive layer 3. Separators 4. Resistive layers 5. Glass Panel 6. CRT 7.Finger 8.controller

VS20UA CONTROLLER FOR RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN

Supply Voltage +5.0V DC Maximum Current 20mA (Pick) Resolution 12-bit

Advantages & Disadvantages of Resistive Touch screen Technology Advantages

Cost-effective solution Activated by any stylus Very accurate Low power requirements Liquids won't affect touch screen performance

Disadvantages
Polyester surface can be damaged Lower endurance (35 million touches)

SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology uses ultrasonic waves that pass over the touch screen panel.

When the panel is touched, a portion of the wave is absorbed. This change in the ultrasonic waves registers the position of the touch event and sends this information to the controller for processing. SAW touch screen technology is suggested for use in ATMs, Amusement Parks, Gaming Environments, Industrial Control Rooms etc.

2701RSU CONTROLLER FOR SAW Voltage +5V DC Baud Rate 9600 (default) and 19200 Touch Resolution 12bit, size independent Conversion Time 10 ms per coordinate set

Advantages & Disadvantages of SAW Advantages

Durable glass construction High optical clarity Activated by a finger, gloved hand, or soft tip stylus

Disadvantages
Moving liquids or condensation can cause false touches Solid contaminants create non-touch areas until removed

CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

A capacitive touch screen panel consists of an insulator such as glass, coatedwith a transparent conductor such as indium tin oxide (ITO). As the human body is also a conductor, touching the surface of the screen results in a distortion of the body's electrostatic field, measurable as a change in capacitance.

5000 RSU SERIAL CONTROLLER FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN

Supply Voltage : +5 V DC or +12V Baud Rate 9600 (default) and 19200 Touch Resolution 12bit, size independent.

Conversion Time Approximately 15 ms per coordinate set

Advantages & Disadvantages of Capacitive Touch Screen Technology

Advantages Scratch resistant, durable surface High endurance (225 million touches) Very accurate Good optical clarity Liquids won't affect touch screen performance Disadvantages Does not work with gloved fingers or stylus

INFRARED TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

An infrared touch screen uses an array of X-Y infrared LED and photo detector pairs around the edges of the screen to detect a disruption in the pattern of LED beams. Infra-red bezels have proven to be a very reliable technology for use in ATMs,Medical Instrumentation and Transportation Tracking applications.

Advantages & Disadvantages of Infrared Touch Screen

Advantages -Highest quality of underlying image -Very high transmittance -Excellent anti-glare, with use of chemically etched glass -Can be activated with almost any device -Higher accuracy than other technologies -Very high durability and reliability Disadvantages -Surface obstructions can cause a false touch -It is very sensitive and can be activated by stray touches. -Low resolution

Touch Screen Technology Comparison Chart

Resistive Infrared SAW Capacitive

Touch Resolution

High

High

Average

High

Clarity

Average

Good

Good

Good

Operation

Finger or Stylus Finger or Stylus Finger or Softtipped Stylus

Finger only

Durability

Can be Damaged by Sharp Objects

Highly Durable

Susceptible to Dirt and Moisture

Highly durable

TOUCH SCREEN MAGIC

MANUFACTURERS OF TOUCH SCREEN MOBILES

Apple Inc. was the first company which introduce the touch phone and after that nokia come into existence with their Nokia 7710. Now a days the big companies like Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Blackberry are making Touch Screen Technology. Some of the local companies are also taking part for making the touch technology but these are not effective in the environment.

APPLICATIONS OF TOUCH SCREENS

Informational kiosks Trade show displays Museum / tourism displays Point-of-sale terminals Restaurant systems Employee time clocks Industrial process controls World Wide Web access kiosks Home automation systems Casino and other gaming systems Computer access for the physically disabled

ADVANTAGES OF ALL TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

Touch screens have several advantages over other pointing devices: A touch screen is easy to use (as the user simply touches what he or she sees on the display). Save space as no buttons are required. Touch screens are the fastest pointing devices. Touch screens have easier hand eye coordination than buttons. Touch screens are durable in public access and in high volume usage.

DISADVANTAGES OF ALL TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

Screen has to be really big not to miss things when pressing them with your finger: Big screen leads to low battery life. Touch screen devices usually has no additional keys (see the iPhone) and this means when an app crashes, without crashing the OS, you cant get to the main menu as the whole screen becomes unresponsive. Screens get very dirty.

Future of Touch Screen Technology

CONCLUSION
Though the touch screen technology contains some limitations its very user friendly, fast, accurate, easy for the novices & fun to operate. It has been widely accepted. And now by just modifying a little it can replace the mouse and key board completely in near future.

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