Thursday, August 21, 2008

Uses of Touch Screen Monitors

The touch-screen monitor was almost as long as computers. Invented in 1971 by Dr. Samuel Hurst they've found a use in a variety of applications.

The main advantage of a touch-screen monitor is that it acts both as input and output device. A single touch-screen monitor can replace an existing CRT (cathode-ray tubes), plasma or LCD monitor and replace the keyboard and mouse.

Touch-screen monitors work through a variety of methods, but the basic function of the use of a graphical user interface (GUI), is sensitive to touch is a basic prerequisite for all approaches.

The recognition of a person's touch is done through various methods, the most common is resistive, capacitive, infrared and acoustic wave.

Various methods are used for various functions with a touch-screen may be asked to fulfill. For example, resistive touch screen with the work of conductive and a resistance metallic layers between ordinary sheet glass. An electric current flows through the two layers, and if a user touches the screen, an interference in the electric field created and the computer then calculates the coordinates.

Resistiven touchscreens are very durable, but they can be scratched reducing its efficiency, but overall they are the most versatile system.

While the surface acoustic wave technology, which in some touch screens used ultrasonic waves to pass that on the panel. If the panel touched a part of the wave is absorbed and this can be measured identifying the location of the note. Unfortunately, surface waves plates are easily damaged and impurities on the surface will hamper its function, but they offer a greater clarity about the resistive system making them better suited to work in the laboratory.

Capacitive touch screens, the electrical charge soaked when a user touches it rather than resisted as a resistive system makes it more durable. Capacitive touch screens are therefore a focus of industrial computers because of their longevity and their imperviousness to moisture, dirt and grease
Other touch-screen technology, including infrared or DMS uses, but are also less frequent.

Touch-screens are a viable alternative to the standard monitor, mouse and keyboard assembly add better durability and resistance to contaminants, while waiving the need for wires and peripherals, making them ideal for industrial use or production costs.





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