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Computers 2010
Living in a Digital World
Objectives Overview
An input device
is any hardware
component that
allows users to
enter data and
instructions into
a computer
Wired Wireless
Keyboards Keyboards
Keyboard
IrDA
port
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Chapter 5
The Keyboard
• Mouse operations
Rotate
Triple-click Drag Right-drag
wheel
Pointing Stick
Trackball
Touchpad
• A trackball is a • A touchpad is • A pointing
stationary a small, flat, stick is a
pointing rectangular pressure-
device with a pointing sensitive
ball on its top device that is pointing
or side sensitive to device shaped
pressure and like a pencil
motion eraser that is
positioned
between keys
on a keyboard
Joysticks and
Gamepads Light guns
Wheels
Motion-
Dance pads sensing
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click Chapter 5, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
controllers
then click Wii Remote
below Chapter 5
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Chapter 5
Game Controllers
Studio cameras
Field cameras
Point-and-shoot camera
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Chapter 5
Digital Cameras
Music
Sound Effects
CLICK TO START
Broadcast live
Make video
images over the
telephone calls
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Link from left navigation,
then click Web Cams
below Chapter 5
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Chapter 5
Video Input
Flatbed
Pen or Handheld
Sheet-fed
Drum
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Figure 5-27 Chapter 5
Scanners and Reading Devices
• Optical mark
recognition (OMR)
reads hand-drawn
marks such as small
circles or rectangles
• An OMR device scans
the documents and
matches the patterns of
light
Gauging tire
pressure and Library books Prepaid tolls
temperature
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Chapter 5
Scanners and Reading Devices
Entertainment cards
Bank cards
Voice Signature
Iris recognition
verification verification
system
system system
Retinal
scanners
hand
geometry
system
iris
recognition
system
fingerprint
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reader
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Link from left navigation,
then click Biometric Input
below Chapter 5
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Figures 5-37 – 5-39 Chapter 5
Terminals
Various Head-
Gesture
pointing mounted
recognition
devices pointer
Computerized
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implant
Link from left navigation,
then click Gesture Recognition
devices
below Chapter 5
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Chapter 5
Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users
Chapter 5 Complete