Chapter 5 Objectives

Explain how voice

recognition works
Describe two types of input
Understand how to input data
into a handheld computer
List characteristics
of a keyboard Identify uses
of a digital camera
Identify various types
Chapter 5 of keyboards Describe various techniques
used for video input
Input Identify various types
of pointing devices Describe uses of PC video
cameras and Web cams

Explain how a mouse works Explain how scanners

and other reading devices work

Next Identify alternative input

Describe different mouse types devices for physically
p. 5.2
challenged users

What are Input

What Is Input?
DATA Devices?
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p. 5.3 Fig. 5-2 p. 5.4
camera

The Keyboard The Keyboard

How is the keyboard divided? What is a portable keyboard?

• Typing area • Full-sized
folded
• Numeric keypad keyboard you keyboard

• Function keys conveniently

can attach and
function keys remove from a
handheld
computer

typing area unfolded

Next Next keyboard
p. 5.4 Fig. 5-3 numeric keypad p. 5.6 Fig. 5-7

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 The Keyboard The Keyboard
What is an ergonomic keyboard? What are alternative forms for commands?
• Designed to minimize strain on hands • Many programs allow you to use button, menu,
and wrists or function key to obtain same result
• Ergonomics
incorporates Command Button Menu Function Key(s)
comfort,
efficiency, and Copy Edit|Copy SHIFT+F2
safety into
design of items Open File|Open CTRL+F12

in workplace
Print File|Print CTRL+SHIFT+F12
Next Next
p. 5.6 Fig. 5-8 p. 5.4 Fig. 5-4

Mouse Mouse mousepad

mouse pad

What is a mouse? mouse

How does a mechanical mouse work?
• Pointing device that • Rubber or metal mouse
mouse wheel
wheel
fits under palm of ball is on its
buttons
buttons button
button
hand
underside
• Controls movement
of pointer, also • Movement of
called mouse mouse translates
pointer, on screen into signals
• Pointer on screen computer
takes several understands
shapes
Next Next
p. 5.7 p. 5.7 Fig. 5-9 ball
ball
I-beam block arrow pointing hand

Mouse Other Pointing Devices

How does an optical mouse work? What are common mouse operations?
back wheel
wheel
• Senses light to back
button
button
button button • Point
detect mouse’s
movement forward
• Click
forward
• More precise than button
button • Right-click
mechanical mouse • Double-click
• Connect using a • Drag
cable or wireless
• Right-drag
optical
optical • Rotate wheel
sensor
sensor
• Press wheel
Next Next
p. 5.7 Fig. 5-10 p. 5.8 Fig. 5-11

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 Other Pointing Devices Other Pointing Devices
What is a trackball? What is a touchpad?
• Stationary pointing
device with a ball
™ Small, flat,
on its top rectangular
pointing
device
sensitive to
• To move pointer, pressure and
rotate ball with motion
thumb, fingers, or
palm of hand

touchpad
Next Next
p. 5.10 Fig. 5-13 p. 5.10 Fig. 5-14
trackball

Other Pointing Devices Other Pointing Devices

joystick

What is a pointing stick? What are a joystick and a wheel?

• Pointing • Joystick is vertical lever
device mounted on a base
shaped like • Wheel is steering-wheel
pencil type input device
eraser • Pedal simulates car wheel
positioned brakes and accelerator
between
keys on
keyboard pedal

Next pointing stick Next

p. 5.11 Fig. 5-15 p. 5.11 Fig. 5-16

Other Pointing Devices Other Pointing Devices

What is a light pen? What is a touch screen?
• Handheld input device that contains light source or ™ Touch areas
can detect light of screen with
finger
™ Often used
• Press light
pen against with kiosks
screen
surface and
then press
button on pen
light pen touch screen
Next Next
p. 5.12 Fig. 5-17 p. 5.12 Fig. 5-18

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 Other Pointing Devices Other Pointing Devices
What is a stylus? What is an electronic signature?
™ Looks like a ballpoint • Pen and
pen, but uses stylus or pen graphics tablet
pressure to write text used with special
and draw lines software for
™ Used with graphics handwriting
tablets and handheld recognition
computers • Legal as ink
signature
• Also called
e-signature
Next Next
p. 5.13 Fig. 5-19 p. 5.13 Fig. 5-20

Other Pointing Devices Voice Input

What is handwriting recognition software? How does voice recognition work?
Step 1: Dictate
• Translates handwritten letters
and symbols into characters You’re right!
Step 2: Convert analog to digital
that the computer can
understand

Step 3: Check database for match

Natural Language your, you’re
Engine Matches
right, write
…Your write
…You’re right
…Your right Step 4: Most likely match selected
Next Next
p. 5.14 Fig. 5-21 p. 5.15 Fig. 5-22

Input Devices for

Voice Input
Handheld Computers
What is a MIDI? How is a data entered into a handheld device?
• External device, such as electronic piano stylus

keyboard, to input music and sound effects

handwriting recognition characters voice input

stylus

stylus

transfer
data from
on-screen desktop
Next keyboard computer
p. 5.16 Fig. 5-23 Next
p. 5.17 Fig. 5-25 digital camera
portable keyboard

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 Digital Cameras Digital Cameras
What is a digital camera? How does a digital camera work?
1: Take picture
Step 1
• Allows you to take digital pictures 2: Image focuses on CCD
• Images viewable immediately on camera 3: CCD generates analog Step 2
signal that represents
• Download image
to computer 4: Analog signal
Step 3
converts to digital signal
• Post pictures Step 4
5: Digital signal processor
to Web (DSP) adjusts quality Step 5
6: Transfer image to
computer
7: View and manipulate
image
Next Next
Step 6
p. 5.18 Fig. 5-26 p. 5.19 Fig. 5-27 Step 7

Digital Cameras Video Input

What is resolution? What is video input?
• Sharpness and clarity of image • Process of entering full-motion recording into computer
• Higher the resolution, the better the image quality, but the • Also called video capture digitalvideo
video
digital
more expensive the camera camera
camera
• Video capture card is
• Pixel (picture element) is single point in electronic image
expansion card that
• Greater the converts analog video
number of pixels, signal into digital
the better the signal
image quality that computer
understands
• Video compression
Next Next analogvideo
analog video
p. 5.20 Fig. 5-28 p. 5.21 Fig. 5-30 camera
camera

Video Input Video Input

What is a PC video camera? What is a Web cam?
• Digital video camera that allows home user to record, edit,
• Video camera whose output displays on a Web page
and capture video and still images, and to make video
telephone calls on Internet • Also called a cam
PC video
• Also called PC camera camera • Streaming cam
shows moving
images by
sending
continual stream
of pictures

Web cam
Next Next video output
p. 5.22 Fig. 5-29 p. 5.23 Fig. 5-31

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 Scanners and Reading
Video Input
Devices
What is videoconferencing? What is a scanner?
• Two or more geographically separated people who use • Device that captures data directly from source
network on the Internet to transmit audio and video data
document
• Whiteboard is – Source document is original form of data
another window on
screen that can
display notes and
drawings OCR
simultaneously on
all participants’
screens
Next Next
p. 5.24 Fig. 5-32 p. 5.24
flatbed
scanner

Scanners and Reading Scanners and Reading

Devices Devices
How does a flatbed scanner work? What are various types of scanners?
1: Place document Pen or
face down
handheld
2: Bright light scans
document
3: Image reflected Step 1
into mirrors
Step 2 Flatbed
4: Light converted to
analog electrical and Step 3
then to digital signal
5: Digital information
sent to computer
6: Print or save
document
Drum
Next Next
p. 5.25 Fig. 5-33 Step 4 Step 6
p. 5.26 Fig. 5-34

Step 5 Sheet-fed

Scanners and Reading Scanners and Reading

Devices Devices
What is image processing? What is an optical reader?
• Capturing, storing, analyzing, displaying, printing, • Device that uses light source to read characters,
and manipulating images
marks, and codes and then converts them into
• Converting paper documents digital data
into electronic form
• Also called imaging
Optical
Optical mark
character recognition Bar
recognition (OMR) code
Next
p. 5.26
Next
p. 5.27 (OCR) scanner

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 Scanners and Reading Scanners and Reading
Devices Devices
What is an OCR font? What is a turnaround document?
• You return it
to company
that sent it

• OCR font, such as OCR-A, used with OCR

devices
• OCR device determines characters’ shapes by
detecting patterns of light and dark
numbers are read
• OCR software converts shapes into characters by OCR device
when document is
Next
the computer can understand Next
returned
p. 5.27 Fig. 5-35 p. 5.27 Fig. 5-36

Scanners and Reading Scanners and Reading

Devices Devices
What is optical mark recognition (OMR)? What is a bar code scanner?
• Uses laser beams to read
• Reads hand- bar codes
drawn pencil
marks, such
as small
circles or
rectangles

bar code scanners

Next Next
p. 5.28 Fig. 5-37 p. 5.28 Fig. 5-38

Scanners and Reading Scanners and Reading

Devices Devices
What is a bar code? What is a magnetic ink character recognition
• Identification code that consists of a set of vertical reader (MICR)?
lines and spaces of different widths • Can read text printed with magnetized ink
• Universal Product Code (UPC) • Banking industry almost exclusively uses MICR
for check processing
Numbersystem
Number system
characteridentifies
character identifies
type of product
type of product

Manufacturer Checkcharacter
Check characterverifies
verifies
Manufacturer
identificationnumber
number accuracyof
accuracy ofscanned
scanned
identification
(Kellogg’s, inthis
thiscase)
case) UPC symbol
UPC symbol
(Kellogg’s, in
Next Next
p. 5.28 Fig. 5-39 Itemnumber
Item number(10(10oz.
[Link]
box p. 5.30 Fig. 5-41
check bank account check
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of FrootLoops
Loops
number number number amount

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 Scanners and Reading Input Devices for
Devices Physically Challenged
What is wireless input? Users pointing
device for
• Handheld computer or device used to collect data What input devices are those with
wirelessly at the location where transaction or available for those with motor
event takes place disabilities
physical limitations?
• Data transferred later to desktop computer through keyguard for limited
docking station hand mobility

onscreen keyboard

Next Next
p. 5.30 Fig. 5-42 p. 5.31
speech recognition

Input Devices for PUTTING IT ALL

Physically Challenged TOGETHER
Users What type of input devices do home users require?
What are new developments in computing that will ‰Enhanced keyboard or ergonomic
benefit physically challenged users? Home
keyboard
‰Mouse
Gesture Implantation ‰Joystick or wheel
recognition • For paralyzed or speech- ‰30-bit 600x1,200 dpi color scanner
impaired individuals
• Computer will detect human ‰1- to 4-megapixel digital camera
motions • Doctor will implant
computerized device
• Computers with this containing transmitter into
‰Microphone
capability have potential to
recognize sign language,
brain ‰Voice recognition software
• As user thinks, transmitter
Next read lips, track facial
will send signals to Next ‰PC video camera
p. 5.32 movements, or follow eye p. 5.33 Fig. 5-46
gazes computer

PUTTING IT ALL PUTTING IT ALL

TOGETHER TOGETHER
What type of input devices do SOHO users require? What type of input devices do mobile users require?
Small Office/Home Office ‰Wireless mouse for notebook Mobile
‰Enhanced or ergonomic keyboard
computer
‰Mouse
‰Trackball, touchpad, or pointing
‰Stylus and portable keyboard for stick on notebook computer
handheld computer
‰Stylus and portable keyboard for
‰36-bit 600 x 1,200 dpi color scanner handheld computer
‰1- to 4-megapixel digital camera ‰2- or 3-megapixel digital camera
‰Microphone ‰Voice recognition software
‰Voice recognition software
Next
p. 5.33 Fig. 5-46
‰PC video camera Next
p. 5.33 Fig. 5-46

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 PUTTING IT ALL PUTTING IT ALL
TOGETHER TOGETHER
What type of input devices do power users require? What type of input devices do large business
users require?
Power ‰Enhanced or ergonomic keyboard ‰Enhanced or ergonomic keyboard Large Business
‰Mouse ‰Mouse
‰Touch screen
‰Stylus and cursor for graphics tablet
‰Light pen for point-of-sale terminals
‰48-bit 1,200x1,200 dpi color scanner ‰42-bit 1,200x1,200 dpi color scanner
‰3-megapixel digital camera ‰OCR, OMR, bar code reader,
or MICR reader
‰Microphone ‰Video camera for videoconferences
‰PC video camera ‰Voice recognition software
‰Microphone
Next Next
p. 5.33 Fig. 5-46 p. 5.33 Fig. 5-46

Summary of Input
• What is input?
• What are input devices?
• The keyboard
• Mouse
• Other pointing devices
• Voice input
• Input devices for handheld computers
• Digital cameras
• Video input
• Scanners and reading devices
• Input devices for physically challenged users

Chapter 5 Complete