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A user operating a touchscreen. Smart thermostat with touchscreen. A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of display that can detect touch input from a user. It consists of both an input device (a touch panel) and an output device (a visual display). The touch panel is typically layered on the top of the electronic visual display of a device.
The Nintendo DS, an example of a handheld game console with a resistive touchscreen. A resistive touchscreen is a type of touch-sensitive display that works by detecting pressure applied to the screen. [2] It is composed of two flexible sheets coated with a resistive material and separated by an air gap or microdots.
A touch user interface (TUI) is a computer-pointing technology based upon the sense of touch ().Whereas a graphical user interface (GUI) relies upon the sense of sight, a TUI enables not only the sense of touch to innervate and activate computer-based functions, it also allows the user, particularly those with visual impairments, an added level of interaction based upon tactile or Braille input.
The table below groups devices into two categories, those with cellular capability and those without. The version of Windows Mobile 5.x called "Smartphone", and the version of Windows Mobile 6.x called "Standard", is designed to run on devices without a touch screen; all other devices listed have touch screens.
Definition. In computing, multi-touch is technology which enables a touchpad or touchscreen to recognize more than one [ 7][ 8] or more than two [ 9] points of contact with the surface. Apple popularized the term "multi-touch" in 2007 with which it implemented additional functionality, such as pinch to zoom or to activate certain subroutines ...
HP TouchSmart. The Touchsmart 2 (shown) can be used like a traditional computer (left) or by using the touchscreen (right). HP TouchSmart is a series of tablet PC laptops and touchscreen all-in-one desktop computers designed by HP. It features various Intel or AMD processors and runs Windows Vista or Windows 7 as standard.
Dual-touchscreen. A dual-touchscreen is a computer or phone display setup which uses two screens, either or both of which could be touch-capable, to display both elements of the computer's graphical user interface and virtualized implementations of common input devices, including virtual keyboards. Usually, in a dual-touchscreen computer or ...
TouchLight. TouchLight is an imaging touch screen and 3D display for gesture-based interaction. [1] It was developed by Microsoft Research employee Andrew D. Wilson and made known to the public in late 2005. [2] The technology was licensed to Eon Reality in July 2006. [3]