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Lecture # 4
Objective of Lecture
Input devices
Types of Input Device
Keyboard
Scanners
Digital camera
Numeric keypad
Key Menu |
Command Combination Command Button
Trackball
Pointing Stick
Joystick
Touch Pad
Touch Screen
Light Pen
Mouse
Mouse is the most commonly used pointing input
device. It is used to control the cursor or pointer on the
screen and to give commands to the computer. It is very
easy to use. The mouse is attached with the computer
by a cable or wireless connection
The top of mouse contains one wheel and 2 or 3 buttons.
These buttons can be clicked or double clicked to
perform different tasks.
Example: For example, an object (icon) on the screen is
selected by clicking the left button of mouse. Similarly, a
program or folder is opened by double clicking the left
button of mouse.
Trackball
A trackball is a pointing input device. It performs
functions like a mouse but it is a stationary device. It has
move-able ball on its top. The ball is rotated or rolled
with fingers (or palm of the hand) to move the pointer on
the screen. Like mouse, a trackball also has buttons
used to send the commands to computer.
The trackball is usually available laptop compute. It is
fixed on its keyboard. It is also available as separate
input device.
Touch Pad
Touch Pad is a pressure-sensitive pointing device.
Touch pad is also known as track pad. It is also
stationary device like trackball but it has no moving arts.
It is a small, flat surface (or sensitive pad) over which a
user slides fingertip to move the pointer on the screen.
Touch Pad also has one or two buttons. These buttons
are located near the pad. These buttons work like mouse
buttons. Touch Pad is normally used with laptops.
Nowadays, it is also available as separate input device.
It is fixed on separate keyboard.
Pointing stick
A pointing stick is a pressure-sensitive pointing device.
It looks like a pencil eraser. It exists between keys of
keyboard. It is used to control the movement of a pointer
on the screen. The pointer in th screen moves in the
direction in which the pointing stick is pushed. Pointing
stick input device is normally used with laptop
computers.
Joystick
Joystick is a pointing device. It consists of a vertical
handle or hand-held stick. The stick is mounted on a
base. The hand-held stick is used to control the
movement of pointer on the screen. Joystick also
contains one or two buttons. The button of the joystick is
pressed to activate certain event or action. Joystick is
basically used to play video games. It is also used in
some computer-aided design (CAD) system.
Touch screen
A touch screen is a special video display screen. Input is
given to the computer directly by touching the screen
with user fingertip. Most touch screen computers use
sensors in the computer's screen to detect the touch of a
finger. Usually touch screen used to make selection from
a menu of choices displayed on the screen. Touch
screen is often used in ATM. Touch screen systems are
also used in restaurants, supermarkets, departmental
stores etc.
light pen
The light pen is a hand-held pointing input device. It looks like a pen.
It is a light-sensitive input device. It is connected with the computer
by a wire. The tip of pen contains a light-sensitive element. This
device also contains a button.
Input is given to the computer directly by touching the screen with
pen. When the pen is touched with the screen, it detects or senses a
position on display screen. The user points the object to be selected
on the display screen and then presses a button on the light pen.
Scanner
Data scanning devices are input devices used for direct data entry
into a computer system from source documents. It converts every bit
of the scanned material into electrical pulses.
Common scanner devices are:
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) reader :- used by
banks to process large volumes of cheques and drafts
Optical Mark Reader (OMR) scanner :- scanning the answer sheet
of an objective type test in which answers are marked by darkening
a square or circle space by pencil.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanner :- used for direct
reading of any printed character
Barcode reader :- used to read the barcodes printed on practically
every item purchased from a department store
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