Chapter 5 Input

Discovering
Computers 2009

Chapter 5
Input

Chapter 5 Objectives

Define input Explain how a digital camera works

List the characteristics of a keyboard Describe uses of Web cams
and video conferencing
Describe different mouse types Discuss various scanners and reading
and how they work devices and how they work
Summarize how various pointing
devices and controllers for gaming and Explain the types of terminals
media players work
Summarize the various biometric
Explain how voice recognition works devices

Identify alternative input devices for
Describe various input devices physically challenged users
for smart phones, PDAs, and Tablet PCs

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What Is Input?
What is input?
 Data or instructions entered into memory of
computer
 Input device is any hardware component that
allows users to enter data and instructions

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What Is Input?

What are the two types of input?
 Data
 Unprocessed text,
numbers, images,
audio, and video
 Instructions
 Programs
 Commands
 User responses

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The Keyboard
How is the keyboard divided?
 Typing area
 Numeric keypad
 Function keys,
special keys that
issue commands

p. 236 Fig. 5-2 Next

The Keyboard
What is the insertion point?
 Blinking vertical bar that indicates where the next
character you type will be displayed


The Keyboard
How are keyboards attached?
 Desktop computer
keyboards often
attach via a cable
 Wireless keyboards
communicate with a
receiver attached to a
port on the system
unit
 Keyboards often are
built into mobile
devices


Pointing Devices
What is a mouse?
 Pointing device that fits under palm of hand
 Pointing device controls
movement of pointer
 Mechanical mouse
 Optical mouse
 Laser mouse
 Air mouse
 Wireless mouse

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p. 239 Fig. 5-5 and 5-6 Next

Pointing Devices
What are common mouse operations?

Point

Right- Double- Triple-
Click
click click click

Right-
Drag
drag

Free- Press
Rotate Tilt
spin wheel
wheel wheel
wheel button

Other Pointing Devices
What is a trackball?
 Stationary pointing
device with a ball on its
top or side
 To move pointer, rotate
ball with thumb, fingers,
or palm of hand

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What are a touchpad and a
pointing stick?
 Touchpad is small, flat,
rectangular pointing device
sensitive to pressure and motion
 Pointing stick is pointing device
shaped like pencil eraser
positioned between keys on
keyboard

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What is a light pen?
 Handheld input device
that can detect light
 Press light pen against
screen surface and then
press button on pen

p. 242 Next

What is a touch screen?
 Touch areas of screen with
finger
 Often used with kiosks
 Microsoft Surface is a 30-
inch tabletop display that
allows one or more
people to interact with
the screen using their
fingers or hands
then click Microsoft Surface
below Chapter 5
p. 242 Fig. 5-12 and 5-13 Next

Keyboard and Pointing Devices
What is a digital pen?
 Looks like a ballpoint pen, but uses pressure to write
text and draw lines
 Used with graphics tablets, flat electronic boards

then click Graphics Tablets
below Chapter 5
p. 243 Fig. 5-14 Next

Controllers for Gaming and Media
Players
What are the types of game controllers?
 Gamepads
 Joysticks and
Wheels
 Light gun
 Dance pad
 Motion-sensing
game controller

then click Wii Remote
below Chapter 5
p. 244 - 245 Fig. 5-15 Next

Controllers for Gaming and Media
Players
What is a touch-sensitive pad?
 Input device on a portable
media player that enables
users to scroll through
and play music, view
pictures, watch videos or
movies, adjust volume,
and customize settings
 Click Wheel

p. 245 Fig. 5-16 Next

Voice Input
What is voice input?
 The process of entering input by speaking into
a microphone
 Voice recognition is the computer’s capability
of distinguishing spoken words

then click Voice Input
below Chapter 5
p. 245 - 246 Fig. 5-17 Next

Voice Input
What is a MIDI (musical instrument
digital interface)?
 External device, such as electronic piano
keyboard, to input music and sound
effects

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Input for Smart Phones, PDAs, and Tablet
PCs
How is data
entered into a
smart phone?
 Talk directly
into the
microphone, or
by using digital
cameras and
touch-sensitive
pads

p. 247 Fig. 5-19 Next

PCs
What is a portable keyboard?
 A portable keyboard is
a full-sized keyboard
that communicates with
the phone

p. 248 Fig. 5-20 Next

PCs
What is a smart phone?
 Users can input and send text messages,
graphics, pictures, video clips, and sound files
 Many have a built-in or attachable camera

p. 248 - 249 Fig. 5-21 Next

PCs
What is a Tablet PC?
 Mobile computer that
includes handwriting
recognition software
 Primary input device is a
pressure-sensitive digital
pen

p. 249 – 250 Fig. 5-23 Next

Digital Cameras
What is a digital camera?
 Allows you to take
digital pictures
 Images viewable
immediately on
camera
 Download to
computer
 Post pictures
to Web

p. 250 - 251 Fig. 5-24 Next

Digital Cameras
How does a digital camera work?

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Digital Cameras
What is resolution?
 Sharpness and clarity of image
 The higher the resolution, the better the image
quality, but the more expensive the camera
 Pixel (picture element)
is single point in
electronic image
 Greater the number of
pixels, the better the
image quality

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Video Input
What is video input?
 Process of entering full-motion images
into computer
 Video capture card is
adapter card that converts
analog video signal into
digital signal that
computer can use
 Digital video (DV)
camera records video as
digital signals

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Video Input
What is a Web cam?
 Web cam is used to capture video and still images, send
e-mail messages with video attachments, add live
images to instant messages, broadcast live images over
the Internet, and to make video telephone calls on
Internet

then click Web Cams
below Chapter 5
p. 253 - 254 Fig. 5-28 Next

Video Input
What is video conferencing?
 Two or more geographically separated people
who use network or Internet to transmit
audio and video data
 Whiteboard is
another window on
screen that can
display notes and
drawings
simultaneously on
all participants’
screens

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Video Input

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Scanners and Reading Devices
What is a scanner?
 Light-sensing device that
reads printed text and
graphics
 Used for image processing,
converting paper documents
into electronic images

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How does a flatbed scanner work?

p. 256 Fig. 5-31 Next

What is an optical reader?
 Device that uses light source to read characters, marks,
and codes and then converts them into digital data
 Optical character recognition
(OCR) reads characters in
OCR font
 Optical mark recognition
(OMR) reads hand-drawn pencil
marks, such as small circles

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What is a turnaround document?
 Document that you
return to the company
that sent it
 Portion you return has
information printed in
OCR characters

p. 257 Fig. 5-33 Next

What is a bar code reader?
 Uses laser beams to read bar codes

then click Bar Code Readers
below Chapter 5
p. 258 Fig. 5-35 Next

What is a bar code?
 Identification code that consists of a set of vertical
lines and spaces of different widths
 POSTNET
 Universal Product
Code (UPC)

p. 258 Fig. 5-35 Next

Other Input Devices
What is an RFID reader?
 Reads information on
the tag via radio waves
 Can be handheld
devices or mounted in a
stationary object

p. 259 Fig. 5-36 Next

Other Input Devices
What is a magnetic stripe card reader?
 Reads the magnetic
stripe on the back of a
credit card
 Exposure to a magnetic
field can erase the
contents of a card’s
magnetic stripe

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What is a magnetic-ink character recognition
(MICR) reader?
 Can read text printed with magnetized ink
 Banking industry almost exclusively uses MICR
for check processing

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What is a data collection device?
 Obtains data directly at location where transaction
or event takes place
 Transmits data over
network
or Internet

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Terminals
What is a point of sale (POS) terminal?
 Records purchases,
processes credit or
debit cards, and
updates inventory
 Swipe credit or debit
card through card
reader or use your
fingerprint
 Reads customer’s
personal data from
magnetic strip

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Terminals
What is an automated teller machine (ATM)?
 Self-service banking
machine that connects to a
host computer through a
network

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Biometric Input
What is biometrics?
 Authenticates person’s identity
by verifying personal
characteristic
 Fingerprint reader captures
curves and indentations of
fingerprint
 Hand geometry system measures
shape and size of person’s hand

then click Biometric Input
below Chapter 5
p. 262 – 264 Fig. 5-42 and 5-43 Next

Biometric Input
What are examples of biometric technology?
 Voice verification system compares live
speech with stored voice pattern
 Signature verification system recognizes
shape of signature
 Iris recognition system reads
patterns in blood vessels in back
of retina
 Biometric data is sometimes stored
on smart card, which stores
personal data on microprocessor
embedded in card
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Putting It All Together
What are recommended input devices for home users?

 Enhanced keyboard or ergonomic keyboard
 Mouse
 Stylus for smart phone or other personal mobile
device
 Game controller(s)
 30-bit 600 x 1200 ppi color scanner
 4-megapixel digital camera
 Headphones that include a microphone (headset)
 Web cam
 Fingerprint reader

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What are recommended input devices for
small office/home office users (SOHO)?
 Mouse
 Stylus and portable keyboard for smart phone or
other personal mobile device, or digital pen for
Tablet PC
 5-megapixel digital camera
 Web cam

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What are recommended input devices for mobile users?

 Wireless mouse for notebook computer
 Touchpad or pointing stick on notebook computer
other personal mobile device, or digital pen for Tablet
PC
 4- or 5-megapixel digital camera
 Fingerprint reader for notebook computer

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What are recommended input devices for power users?

 Mouse
personal mobile device
 Pen for graphics tablet
 6- to 12-megapixel digital camera
 Web cam

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What are recommended input devices for large
business users?
 Mouse
 Stylus and portable keyboard for smart phone or other
personal mobile device, or digital pen for Tablet PC
 Touch screen
 Light pen
 6- to 12-megapixel digital camera
 OCR/OMR readers, bar code readers, MICR reader, or data
collection devices
 Microphone
 Video camera for video conferences
 Fingerprint scanner or other biometric device

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Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users

What input devices are available
for those with physical limitations?
 Keyguard allows users to rest
hands on keyboard without
accidentally pressing keys
 Head-mounted pointer
controls pointer on screen
 New developments include
gesture recognition and
computerized implant devices

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Summary of Input

Keyboard, mouse, and other
pointing devices; controllers for gaming
and media players
Scanners and reading devices
Voice input
Terminals
Input devices for smart phones, PDAs,
and Tablet PCs
Biometric input
Digital cameras
Input devices for physically
challenged users
Video Input

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