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    Haldia Institute of Technology

    Department of Instrumentation & Control


    Engineering

    A Seminar Report on
    “Touch Screen Monitors”

    By:

    Suman Tewary
    (06-IC-18)
    6th Semester
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    Content

    Introduction

    How Touch screen works?

    Type of Touch screen technologies

    Applications

    Benefits & Drawbacks

    Conclusion

    Bibliography

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    Introduction:
    A touchscreen is a display which can detect the presence and
    location of a touch within the display area. The term generally
    refers to touch or contact to the display of the device by a
    finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive
    objects, such as a stylus. The ability to interact directly with a
    display typically indicates the presence of a touchscreen.
    Touchscreens emerged from academic and corporate research
    labs in the second half of the 1960s. One of the first places
    where they gained some visibility was in the terminal of a
    computer-assisted learning terminal that came out in 1972 as
    part of the PLATO project. They have subsequently become
    familiar in kiosk systems, such as in retail and tourist settings,
    on point of sale systems, on ATMs and on PDAs (Personal
    Digital Assistance) where a stylus is sometimes used to
    manipulate and enter data. Touchscreens are popular in heavy
    industry and in other situations, such as museum displays or
    room automation, where keyboard and mouse systems do not
    allow a satisfactory, intuitive, rapid, or accurate interaction by
    the user with the display'scontent.

    The touchscreen has two main attributes. First, it


    enables one to interact with what is displayed directly on the
    screen, where it is displayed, rather than indirectly with a
    mouse or touchpad. Secondly, it lets one do so without
    requiring any intermediate device, again, such as a stylus that
    needs to be held in the hand. Such displays can be attached to
    computers or, as terminals, to networks. They also play a

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    prominent role in the design of digital appliances such as the
    personal digital assistant (PDA), satellite navigation devices,
    mobile phones, and video games.

    Samsung’s Q1 : The first Touch Screen by


    Samsung

    How Touch Screen Works?


    Touch Screen Sensor: It is a clear glass panel with a touch
    responsive surface. The touch sensor/panel is placed over a
    display screen so that the responsive area of the panel covers
    the viewable area of the video screen.

    Controller: It is a small PC card that takes information from


    the touch sensor and translates it into information that PC can
    understand.

    Software Driver: It tells the computer's operating system how


    to interpret the touch event information that is sent from the
    controller.

    Types of Touch Screen Technologies


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    1. Resistive Touch Screen

    2. Capacitive Touch Screen

    3. Surface Acoustic Wave Touch Screen

    4. Infrared Touch Screen

    Resistive
    A resistive touchscreen 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: the panel then behaves as a pair of voltage dividers with
    connected outputs. This causes a change in the electrical
    current which is registered as a touch event and sent to the
    controller for processing.

    Two types of Resistive Touch Screens are available:

    4-Wire type Touch Screen & 5-Wire type Touch Screen.

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    Capacitive
    A capacitive touch-screen panel is a sensor typically made of
    glass coated with a material such as indium tin oxide (ITO). The
    sensor therefore exhibits a precisely controlled field of stored
    electrons in both the horizontal and vertical axes - it achieves
    capacitance. The human body is also an electrical device which
    has stored electrons and therefore also exhibits capacitance.
    Capacitive sensors work based on proximity, and do not have
    to be directly touched to be triggered. It is a durable
    technology that is used in a wide range of applications
    including point-of-sale systems, industrial controls, and public
    information kiosks. It has a higher clarity than Resistive
    technology, but it only responds to finger contact and will not
    work with a gloved hand or pen stylus. Capacitive touch
    screens can also support Multitouch. Examples include Apple
    Inc.’s iPhone and iPod touch, and HTC’s G1 & HTC Magic.

    Two types are available: Capacitive technology & Pentouch


    Capacitive

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    Capacitive Technology Pentouch
    Technology

    Surface Acoustic Wave


    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 the
    location. Surface wave touchscreen panels can be damaged by
    outside elements. Contaminants on the surface can also
    interfere with the functionality of the touchscreen.

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    Infrared
    Conventional optical-touch systems use an array of infrared
    (IR) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on two adjacent bezel edges of
    a display, with photo sensors placed on the two opposite bezel
    edges to analyze the system and determine a touch event. The
    LED and photo sensor pairs create a grid of light beams across
    the display. An object (such as a finger or pen) that touches the
    screen interrupts the light beams, causing a measured
    decrease in light at the corresponding photo sensors. The
    measured photo sensor outputs can be used to locate a touch-
    point coordinate. Widespread adoption of infrared touch
    screens has been hampered by two factors: the relatively high
    cost of the technology compared to competing touch
    technologies and the issue of performance in bright ambient
    light. Another feature of infrared touch which has been long
    desired is the digital nature of the sensor output when
    compared to many other touch systems that rely on analog-

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    signal processing to determine a touch position. Infrared touch
    is capable of implementing multi-touch, something most other
    touch technologies cannot easily achieve.

    Applications:
    Public Information Displays,Tourism displays, trade show
    displays, and other electronic displays.

    Customer self-service: Customers can quickly place their own


    orders or check themselves in or out, saving them time.
    Example: ATM

    Computer Based Training: Since the touch screen interface is


    more user-friendly than other input devices, overall training
    time and training expense can be reduced. Also make learning
    more interactive and fun.

    Other applications include computerized gaming, student


    registration systems, financial and scientific applications.

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    Benefits & Drawbacks:

     Fast, faster, fastest

     Touch makes everyone an expert

     Reduced cost

     Compact & handy

     Durable and easy to clean

     Good Resolusion

     Must be touched by finger or stylus, will not work with any


    non conductive input.

     Resistive layer can be damaged by sharp object.

     Can be affected by large amount of dirt, dust & moisture


    of environment.

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    Conclusion
    A touch screen is the simplest, most direct way for a person to
    interact with a computer. The basic way users interact with a
    touch screen is age-old. We point to what we want. It's intuitive
    for virtually every child and adult in the world today. With the
    influence of the multi touch-enabled iPhone and the Nintendo
    DS, the touch screen market for mobile devices is projected to
    produce US$5 billion in 2009. The ability to accurately point on
    the screen itself is taking yet another step with the emerging
    graphics tablet/screen hybrids. Touchscreen displays are found
    today in airplanes, automobiles, gaming consoles, machine
    control systems, appliances and handheld display devices of
    every kind.

    Bibliography
     WIKIPEDIA- The Free Encyclopedia
     Google Search Engine.

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