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Chapter 5 Input. What Is Input?. Next. 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. p. 234 and 236 Fig. 5-1. What Is Input?. Next. What are the two types of input?. Data.
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What Is Input? Next • What isinput? • Data or instructions entered into memory of computer • Input device is any hardware component that allows users to enter data and instructions p. 234 and 236 Fig. 5-1
What Is Input? Next • What are the two types of input? • Data • Unprocessed text, numbers, images, audio, and video • Instructions • Programs • Commands • User responses p. 234
The Keyboard Next • How is the keyboard divided? • Typing area • Numeric keypad • Function keys, special keys that issue commands p. 236 Fig. 5-2
The Keyboard Next • What is theinsertion point? • Blinking vertical bar that indicates where next character you type will display • Pointerchanges location and shape as you move mouse or other pointing device p. 237 Fig. 5-3
The Keyboard Next • What is acordless keyboard? • Communicate with a receiver attached to a port on the system unit p. 238 Fig. 5-4
Pointing Devices mouse buttons wheel button ball mouse pad Next • What is amouse? • Pointing device that fits under palm of hand • Pointing device controls movement of pointer, also called mouse pointer • Mechanical mouse has rubber or metal ball on underside p. 239 Fig. 5-5
Pointing Devices Next • What is anoptical mouse? • No moving mechanical parts inside • Senses light to detect mouse’s movement • More precise than mechanical mouse • Connects using a cable, or wireless p. 239 Fig. 5-6
Pointing Devices Double-click Triple-click Right-click Right-drag Tiltwheel Presswheel button Next • What are common mouse operations? Point Click Drag Rotate wheel p. 240 Fig. 5-7
Other Pointing Devices Next • What is atrackball? • Stationary pointing device with a ball on its top or side • To move pointer, rotate ball with thumb, fingers, or palm of hand p. 241 Fig. 5-8
Other Pointing Devices Next • What are atouchpadand apointing stick? • Touchpadis small, flat, rectangular pointing device sensitive to pressure and motion • Pointing stickis pointing device shaped like pencil eraser positioned between keys on keyboard p. 241 - 242 Figs. 5-9—5-10
Other Pointing Devices Next • What are ajoystickand awheel? • Joystickis vertical lever mounted on a base • Wheelis steering-wheel-type input device • Pedal simulates car brakes and accelerator p. 242 Fig. 5-11
Other Pointing Devices Next • What is acontrol padand agamepad? • Control padon an audio player allows users to scroll through music, adjust volume, and customize settings • Gamepada pointing device that controls the movement and actions of players or objects in games p. 242 Fig. 5-12
Other Pointing Devices Next • What is alight pen? • Handheld input device that can detect light • Press light pen against screen surface and then press button on pen p. 242
Other Pointing Devices Next • What is atouch screen? • Touch areas of screen with finger • Often used with kiosks p. 243 Fig. 5-13
Keyboard and Pointing Devices Next • What is astylus and a digital pen? • Looks like a ballpoint pen, but uses pressure to write text and draw lines • Used withgraphics tablets, flat electronic boards p. 243 - 244 Fig. 5-14 and 5-15
Voice Input Next • How does voice recognition work? p. 245 Fig. 5-18
Voice Input Next • What is aMIDI (musical instrument digital interface)? • External device, such as electronic piano keyboard, to input music and sound effects p. 246 Fig. 5-19
PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart Phones Next • How is data entered into a PDA? p. 247 Fig. 5-20
PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart Phones Next • What is aportable keyboard and a docking station? • A portable keyboard is a full-sized keyboard you conveniently attach to and remove from PDA • A docking station is an external device that holds a mobile computer p. 248 Fig. 5-21
PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart Phones Next • What is asmart 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. 5-22
PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart Phones Next • What is aTablet PC? • Mobile computer that includes handwriting recognition software • Primary input device is a pressure-sensitive digital pen p. 249 – 250 Fig. 5-23
Digital Cameras Next • What is adigital camera? • Allows you to take digital pictures • Images viewable immediately on camera • Download to computer • Post pictures to Web p. 250 Fig. 5-24
Digital Cameras Next • How does a digital camera work? p. 251 Fig. 5-25
Digital Cameras Next • What isresolution? • Sharpness and clarity of image • The higher the resolution, the better the image quality, but the more expensive the camera • Pixel(pictureelement) is single point in electronic image • Greater the number of pixels, the better the image quality p. 252 Fig. 5-26
Video Input Next • What isvideo input? • Process of entering full-motion images into computer • Video capture cardis adapter card that converts analog video signal into digital signal that computer can use • Digital video (DV) camerarecords video as digital signals p. 253 Fig. 5-27
Video Input Next • What is aPC video cameraand aWeb cam? • PC video camerac—cdigital video camera used to capture video and still images, and to make video telephone calls on Internet • Also called PC camera • Web camc—cvideo camera whose output displays on a Web page p. 253 Fig. 5-28
Video Input Next • What isvideo 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 p. 254 Fig. 5-29
Scanners and Reading Devices Flatbed Pen or Handheld Sheet-fed Drum Next • What is ascanner? • Light-sensing device that reads printed text and graphics • Used for image processing, converting paper documents into electronic images p. 255 Fig. 5-30
Scanners and Reading Devices Step 1: Place the document to be scanned face down on the glass window. Using buttons on the scanner or the scanner program, start the scanning process. Step 2: The scanner converts the document content to digital information, which is transmitted through the cable to the memory of the computer. Step 3: Once in the memory of the computer, users can display the image, print it, e-mail it, include it in a document, or place it on a Web page. Next • How does aflatbed scannerwork? p. 256 Fig. 5-31
Scanners and Reading Devices Next • What is anoptical 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 p. 257 Fig. 5-32
Scanners and Reading Devices Next • What is aturnaround 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
Scanners and Reading Devices Next • What is abar code reader? • Uses laser beams to read bar codes p. 258 Fig. 5-34
Scanners and Reading Devices Next • What is abar code? • Identification code that consists of a set of vertical lines and spaces of different widths • UniversalProductCode(UPC) p. 258 Fig. 5-35
Other Input Devices Next • What is anRFID reader? • Reads information on the tag via radio waves • Can be handheld devices or mounted in a stationary object p. 259 Fig. 5-36
Other Input Devices Next • What is amagnetic 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 p. 260 Fig. 5-37
Scanners and Reading Devices Next What is amagnetic-ink character recognition (MICR) reader? • Can read text printed with magnetized ink • Banking industry almost exclusively uses MICR for check processing p. 260 Fig. 5-38
Scanners and Reading Devices Next • What is adata collection device? • Obtains data directly at location where transaction or event takes place • Transmits data over network or Internet p. 261 Fig. 5-39
Terminals Next • What is apoint of sale(POS) terminal? • Records purchases, processes credit or debit cards, and updates inventory • Swipe credit or debit card through card reader • Reads customer’s personal data from magnetic strip p. 261 - 262 Fig. 5-40
Terminals Next • What is anautomated teller machine (ATM)? • Self-service banking machine that connects to a host computer through a network p. 262 Fig. 5-41
Biometric Input Next • What isbiometrics? • Authenticates person’s identity by verifying personal characteristic • Fingerprint scanner captures curves and indentations of fingerprint • Hand geometry system measures shape and size of person’s hand p. 262 Fig. 5-42 and 5-43
Biometric Input Next • 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 systemreads patterns in blood vessels in back of eye • Biometric data is sometimes stored on smart card, which stores personal data on microprocessor embedded in card p. 263 – 264 Figs. 5-44—5-45
Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users Next • What input devices are available for those with physical limitations? • Keyguardallows users to rest hands on keyboard without accidentally pressing keys • Head-mounted pointer controls pointer on screen • New developments includegesture recognition and computerized implant devices p. 266 Figs. 5-47