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Intro to ICT - Chapter 3 By Dr.

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Chapter 3
Input / Output

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– Different types of keyboards and pointing devices

– Types of scanners, readers, and digital cameras

– Audio input devices

– Types of display devices and how they work

– Types of printers and how they work

– Audio output

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Keyboards

• Keyboard
– An input device used to enter characters at the location marked
by the insertion point or cursor
– Can be wired or wireless
– Most computers today are designed to be used with a keyboard
– Typically contains:
• Standard alphanumeric keys
• Numeric keypad
• Function keys
• Delete and Backspace keys
• Control and Alternate keys
• Arrow directional keys and special keys
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Keyboards (cont.)

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Keyboards (cont.)

– Portable computers and mobile devices often use:


• Built in or slide--out keyboard
• Pen or touch input (on--screen keyboard)
• Keyboard dock

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Pointing and Touch Devices


• Pointing Devices are used to:
– Select and manipulate objects (i.e. dragging)
– Input data
– Issue commands to the computer

• Common Types of Pointing Devices:


– Mouse
– Pen/stylus
– Touch screen

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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)


• Mouse
• Common pointing device that the user slides along a
flat surface to move a pointer around the screen and
clicks its buttons to make selections

• Older mechanical mouse use a ball

• Optical or laser mouse track with light


– 3D mouse
– Can be wireless

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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)

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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)


• Pens/Styluses
– Stylus
• Pen--like device used to draw or write electronically on
the screen

• Also called digital pen, electronic pen, tablet pen

• Pen input is being used for


– Photography, graphic design, animation
– Industrial design, document processing, and
healthcare applications
– Issuing commands and inputting data
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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)


– Pen--Based Computers
• Pen input used with mobile devices and tablet
computers
– Used to input handwritten text and sketches and to
manipulate text
– If handwriting recognition is used, written text can
be converted to editable typed text

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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)


– Digital Writing Systems
• Pen--based systems that capture
handwritten input as it is being written
• Requires special paper with a grid of
dots
• Handwritten input can be transferred to
computer

– Graphics Tablets
• Pen tablets or digitizing devices
• Flat, touch sensitive tablet typically
connected to computer using a USB port

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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)

– Signature Capture Devices


• Found at check out counters to
record customer signatures

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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)


• Touch Screens
– Display devices that are touched with the finger to select
commands or otherwise provide input to the computer
– Used with:
• Desktop and portable computers
• Mobile phones and other mobile devices
• Surface computing
– Multi--touch input from multiple users and object
recognition
• Consumer kiosks and Point--of--Sale systems
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Pointing and Touch Devices (cont.)


• Other Pointing Devices
– Joysticks, gamepads,
and other gaming
devices
– Trackballs
– Buttons and wheels
– Touch pads

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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras

• Source Documents
– Containing data that already exists in physical form (order
form, photograph, invoice, check, or price label)
• Source Data Automation
– Captures data directly from a source
document
• Saves time
• Increases accuracy
• Utilizes scanning or
reading devices

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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

• Scanners (Optical Scanners)


– Input devices that capture an image of an object
and transfers it to a computer in digital form
– Can scan photos, documents, drawings (flat
objects)
– Data is typically input as a single image Flatbed
– If optical character recognition (OCR) is used,
text is input as individual text characters
– Types of scanners
• Flatbed
• Portable Portable
• 3D
• Integrated (ATMs, etc.)
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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

• Scanning Quality and Resolution

– Quality of scanned images indicated by optical resolution


• Measured in number of dots per inch (dpi)
• Can often be specified when image is scanned
• Can be changed when scanned image is edited
• Varies with scanner used

– Higher resolution means better


quality but larger file size
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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

• Readers
– Barcode Readers
• Input devices that read
barcodes
– Barcodes
• Machine--readable codes that
represent data as
a set of bars
• Common Types
– Universal Product Code
(UPC)
– ISBN
– Code 39 – nonfood use
– Intelligent mail barcode –
US Postal Service
– Two Dimensional 2D (QR)
– stores more data

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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

– Radio Frequency Identification


(RFID) Readers
• Technology used to store and
transmit data located in RFID tags
• RFID tags contain tiny chips and
radio antennas
– Attached to objects for
identification purposes
– Read by RFID readers
– Tags only need to be within
range of the reader, rather
than in the line of sight
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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

• Applications
– Tracking inventory and assets
– Electronic tolls
– Tracking patients in hospitals
– Ticketing applications
– Security: Speeding up ID process
• Types of RFID Readers
– Handheld
– Portal
– Stationary

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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)


– Optical Mark Readers (OMRs)
• Input data from special forms to score or tally exams,
questionnaires, ballots
– Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Devices
• OCR is the ability of a computer to recognize scanned
text characters and convert them to electronic form as
text, not images
• OCR readers can recognize many different types of
printed characters
• Used to process turnaround documents like monthly
bills

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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

– Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) Readers


• Also called check scanners
• Used primarily for banking
• Read the special magnetic
characters printed at the
bottom of checks
• High volume readers sort and
process deposited checks
• Used to facilitate remote
deposits and electronic check
processing
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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

– Biometric Readers
• Used to input biometric data (science
of identifying individuals based on
measurable biological
characteristics)
– Fingerprint, hand or face
geometry, voice or signature
• Can be stand--alone or built into
another piece of hardware
• Used to allow access only by
authorized individuals
• Most often used for access control, to
verify transactions, and to authorize
electronic payments
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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

• Digital Cameras
– Record images on digital storage
medium rather than film
– Can either be still cameras or
video cameras
– Camera quality is measured in
megapixels
– Typically use flash memory for
storage
– Camera phones can be used to
read barcodes, for mobile deposit,
etc.
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Scanners, Readers, and Digital Cameras(cont.)

• Digital Video Cameras


– Digital camcorders, PC video cameras (PC cams, Web cams)
– Built--in or stand alone
– Store images on digital media (flash memory, DVDs, hard drives,
etc.)
• Applications
– Surveillance video
cameras
– Video conferences
and Webinars
– Face recognition
systems
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Audio Input

• Voice Input and Speech Recognition Systems


– Audio Input
• The process of entering audio data into the computer
– Voice Input
• Inputting spoken words and converting them to digital
form via microphone or headset
• Recorded for narrations, podcasts, etc.
• VoIP (Voice over IP systems) applications
• Provides spoken instructions to computer when used
with speech recognition systems

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Audio Input (cont.)

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Audio Input (cont.)

• Music Input Systems


– Used to input music

• Existing music can be input


using CDs or a Web
download

• For original compositions,


microphones and keyboard
controllers (piano keyboards)
can be connected to a
computer

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Display Devices

• Display Device
– Presents output visually on some type of screen
– Monitor
• Display device for a desktop computer
– Display Screen
• Screen built into a variety of devices
– Notebook and other portable computers
– Mobile phones and mobile devices
– Handheld gaming devices, home
entertainment devices, kitchen appliances
– Digital photo frames, e--book readers
– Digital signage systems, digital billboards

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Display Devices (cont.)

• Display Device Characteristics


– Color vs. Monochrome Displays
• Images are formed using pixels
• Most displays today are color
displays
– CRT vs. Flat--Panel Displays
• Cathode ray tube (CRT)
displays are large, bulky, and
heavy
• Flat--panel displays take up
less desk space and use less
power than CRTs
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Display Devices (cont.)


– Size and Aspect Ratio
• Device size measured diagonally from corner to corner
– Screen Resolution
• Number of pixels used on a display determines
resolution

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Display Devices (cont.)

– Video adapters, Interfaces, and Ports


• Video cards determine the graphic capabilities of a
computer
• VGA, DVI, and HDMI are the three most common interfaces
to connect monitors to a computer
• Ports exposed in the system unit cases are to connect
monitors to computers
– New option is to use USB
ports

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Display Devices (cont.)

– Wired vs. Wireless Displays


• Most monitors are physically connected to the system
via a cable (wired)
• Wireless displays connect using a wireless network
connection (Wi--Fi, Bluetooth)
– 2D vs. 3D
• Most displays are 2D
• 3D displays use filters, prisms, and multiple lenses to
create the 3D effects

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Display Devices (cont.)

– Wearable Displays
• Project images from a
mobile device to a display
screen built into glasses
– Touch and Gesture Capabilities
• Kiosks and portable gaming
devices
• Mobile phones and
portable digital media
players

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Display Devices (cont.)

• Flat Panel Display Technologies


– Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)
• Use charged liquid crystals between
sheets of glass or plastic
• Requires backlighting

– Light Emitting Diode Displays (LEDs)


• Used in alarm clocks, Christmas lights,
car headlights, and other consumer
products
• Currently used to backlight LCD panels

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Display Devices (cont.)

– Organic Light Emitting Diode


Displays (OLED)
• Use layers of organic
material
• Emit visible light when
current is applied
• Are thinner than LCDs
• Have brighter and
sharper images than LCDs
• Incorporated into many
digital cameras, mobile
phones, and portable digital
media players
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Display Devices (cont.)

– Special Types of OLEDs


• FOLED (Flexible OLED)
– OLED displays built on flexible
surfaces such as plastic or metal foil
• TOLED (Transparent OLED)
– Displays are transparent
– Emit light toward top and bottom of
display surface

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Display Devices (cont.)

• Data and Multimedia Projectors


– Display devices that projects all computer
output to a wall or projection screen
– Found in classrooms and conference rooms
– Can be wireless or integrated into devices
– Some contain an iPod dock
– Pico projectors are pocket--size and connect
mobile and portable devices
– Hologram projectors used to display 3D
images
– Tiled projectors use multiple projectors to
display content from a single source
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Printers

• Printer Characteristics
– Printing Technology
• Impact Printers (Dot Matrix)
– Print mechanism actually strikes
the paper to transfer ink
– Used to produce multipart forms
• Non--impact Printers (Ink--Jet and
Laser)
– Use liquid ink or toner
– Produce higher quality images
– Much quieter than impact
printers

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Printers (cont.)

– Color vs. Black and White


• Colors printers use magenta, cyan, yellow, and black
ink
– Personal vs. Network Printers
• Personal printers connect directly to a single computer
• Network printers connect directly to a network so they
can be used by all authorized network users
– Print Resolution
• Measured in dpi (dots per inch)
• More dots per inch results in higher quality output
• 300 dpi for general purpose printing; 1,200 dpi for
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Printers (cont.)

– Print Speed
• Measured in pages per minute (PPM)
• Personal printers – 20--35 ppm
• Network printers – 30 to 65 ppm
– Connection Options
• USB connection most common
– Multifunction Capabilities
• Copy, fax, scan, print
• All--in--ones

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Printers (cont.)

• Laser Printers
– Use toner powder and technology similar to that of a
photocopier to produce images on paper
– The standard for business documents
– Print one entire page at a time
– Generally faster and have better quality output than ink--
jet printers
– Can be black and white or color
– Common print resolution for laser printers is between 600
and 2,400 dpi
– Use toner cartridges

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Printers (cont.)

• Ink--Jet Printers
– Sprays droplets of ink to produce images on paper
– Use ink cartridges
– Usually print in color
– Often the choice for home use
– Relatively inexpensive with good--quality output
– Print more slowly than laser printers
– Newer printers with full width printheads are much faster
– Potential applications for the future
• Dispensing liquid metal, aromas, computer chips and
other circuitry, “printing” human tissue
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Audio Output

• Audio Output
– Voice, music, and other audible sounds
– Common audio output devices
• Computer speakers
• iPod/MP3 dock and integrated speakers
• Headphones and headsets
• Earphones and earbuds

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