Lecture 4

FCCS1003 Computer Studies
FCCS1003
Computer Studies
Week 4:
Input
Chapter 5 Objectives
Define input Explain how a digital camera works
Describe uses of PC video cameras,

List the characteristics of a keyboard
Web cams, and video conferencing
Describe different mouse types Discuss various scanners and reading

and how they work devices and how they work
Summarize how various pointing

Explain the types of terminals
devices work
Summarize the various biometric

Explain how voice recognition works
devices
Describe various input devices Identify alternative input devices for

for PDAs, smart phones, and Tablet PCs physically challenged users
What Is Input?
 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
What Is Input?
 What are the two types of input?
 Data
 Unprocessed text, numbers, images,
audio, and video
 Instructions
 Programs
 Commands
 User responses
The Keyboard
 How is the keyboard divided?
 Typing area
 Numeric keypad
 Function keys, special keys that
issue
commands
The Keyboard
 What is the insertion point?
 Blinking vertical bar that indicates
where next character you type will
display
 Pointer changes location and shape

as you move mouse or other
pointing device
The Keyboard
 What is a cordless keyboard?
 Communicate with a receiver
attached to a port on the system
unit
The Keyboard
 The keys on the abKey have been
completely rearranged.
 The five vowels grouped to
correspond with the digits on your
left hand
 The consonants spread into two
groups of three on the left side of the
keyboard and three groups of five on
the right side.
 The abKey will cost approximately

Pointing Devices
 What is a mouse?
 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

mouse buttons FCCS1003 Computer Studies
wheel button
ball
mouse pad
Pointing Devices
What is an optical mouse?
 No moving mechanical parts inside
 Senses light to detect mouse’s
movement
 More precise than mechanical
mouse
 Connects using a cable, or wireless
Pointing Devices
 What are common mouse
operations?
Point
Double- Triple- Right-

Click
click click click
Right-
Drag
drag
Press
Rotate Tilt
wheel
wheel wheel
button
Other Pointing Devices

 What is a
trackball?
 Stationary pointing
device with a ball on
its top or side
 To move pointer,
rotate ball with
thumb, fingers, or
palm of hand

What are a touchpad and a
pointing stick?
 Touchpad is small, flat, rectangular
pointing device sensitive to
pressure and motion
 Pointing stick is pointing device

shaped like pencil eraser
positioned between keys on
keyboard

 What is a control pad and a
gamepad?
 Control pad on an audio player
allows users to scroll through music,
adjust volume, and customize
settings
 Gamepad a pointing device that

controls the movement and actions

 What is a light pen?
 Handheld input device that can
detect light
 Presslight pen against screen
surface and then press button on
pen

 What is a touch screen?
 Touch areas of screen with finger
 Often used with kiosks
Keyboard and Pointing Devices

 What is a stylus and a digital
pen?
 Looks like a ballpoint pen, but uses
pressure to write text and draw
lines
 Used with graphics tablets, flat

electronic boards
Keyboard and Pointing Devices

Controllers for Gaming and

Media Players
 What are the types of game
controllers?
 Gamepad
 Joystick
 Wheel
 Light gun
 Dance pad
 Motion-sensing game controller
Controllers for Gaming and

Media Players
 What is a touch-sensitive pad?
 Input device on a portable media
player that enables users to scroll
through and play music, view
pictures, watch videos or movies,
adjust volume, and customize
settings
 Click Wheel
p. 245 Fig. 5-16

Exercise: (True/False)
 A keyboard is an output device that
contains keys users press to enter data in
a computer.
 A light pen is a flat, rectangular,

electronic, plastic board.
 A trackball is small, flat, rectangular

pointing device commonly found on
notebook computers
 Input is any data or instructions
entered into the memory of a
computer.
 PDAs use a pressure-sensitive digital

pen, and Tablet PCs use a stylus.
Voice Input
 What is Voice Input?
 The process of entering input by
speaking into a microphone
 Voice recognition is the computer’s
capability of distinguishing spoken

words
Voice Input
What is a MIDI (musical
instrument
digital interface)?
 External device, such as
electronic piano keyboard, to
input music and sound effects
PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart

Phones
How is data
entered into a
PDA?

Phones
What is a portable 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

Phones
 What is a smart phone?
 Users can input and send text
messages, graphics, pictures, video
clips, and sound files
 Many have a built-in or attachable
camera

Phones
 What is a Tablet PC?
 Mobile computer that includes
handwriting recognition software
 Primary input device is a pressure-
sensitive digital pen

Digital Cameras
 What is a digital camera?
 Allows you to take digital pictures
 Images viewable immediately on
camera
 Download to computer
 Post pictures to Web
Digital Cameras
 How does a digital camera work?
Digital Cameras
 What is resolution?
 Sharpness and clarity of image
 The higher the resolution, the better

the image quality, but the more
expensive the camera
 Pixel (picture element) is single point

in
electronic image
 Greater the number of pixels, the
Digital Cameras
What is optical zoom?
Digital Cameras
 How optical zoom
works?
Video Input
 What is video input?
 Process of entering full-motion
images into computer
 Video capture card is adapter card
that converts analog video signal into
digital signal that computer can use
 Digital video (DV) camera records
video as digital signals
Video Input
 What is a PC video camera and a
Web cam?
 PC video camera—digital video camera
used to capture video and still images,
and to make video telephone calls on
Internet
 Also called PC camera
 Web cam—video camera whose output

displays on a Web page
Video Input
 What is video 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
 A digital camera allows users to take
pictures and store the photographed
images digitally, instead of on traditional
film.
 DV cameras record video as analog

signals.
 Instant messaging is the computer’s

capability of distinguishing spoken words
 Many smart phones today have a
built-in camera so users easily can
send text messages.
 The lower the resolution of digital

camera, the better the image quality,
but the more expensive the camera.
Scanners and Reading Devices

 What is a scanner?
 Light-sensing device that reads
printed text and graphics
 Used for image processing,
converting paper documents into
electronic images
Flatbed Pen or Handheld
Sheet-fed
Drum
How does a flatbed scanner work?

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 Step 3: Once in the memory of the computer, users can
memory of the computer. display the image, print it, e-mail it, include it in a
document, or place it on a Web page.

 What is an optical 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

 What is a turnaround document?
 Document that you return to the
company that sent it
 Portionyou return has information
printed in OCR characters

 What is a
bar code
reader?
 Uses laser
beams to
read bar
codes

 What is a bar code?
 Identification code that consists
of a set of vertical lines and
spaces of different widths
 Universal Product
Code (UPC)
Other Input Devices

 What is an RFID reader?
 Reads information on the tag via
radio waves
 Can be handheld devices or mounted
in a stationary object
 Chipped e-plates
Fixed Reader
Vehicle
mounted
reader
Hand-held reader
Other Input Devices

 What is a magnetic 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


What is a magnetic-ink
character recognition (MICR)
reader?
 Can read text printed with
magnetized in Banking industry
almost exclusively uses MICR for
check processing

 What is a data collection device?
 Obtains data directly at location
where transaction or event takes
place
 Transmits data over network or
Internet
Terminals
 What is a point 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
Terminals
 What is an automated teller
machine (ATM)?
 Self-service banking machine that
connects to a host computer
through a network
 It requires user to enter personal
identification number (PIN).
Biometric Input
 What is biometrics?
 Authenticates person’s identity by
verifying personal characteristic
 Fingerprintscanner captures curves
and indentations of fingerprint
 Hand geometry system measures
shape and size of person’s hand

Biometric Input
 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 system reads patterns
in blood vessels in back of eye
 Biometric data is sometimes stored on
Biometric Input
 How Face recognition works?
 Bio face camReader
 Bio face verification

Putting It All Together

 What are recommended input
devices for home users?
 Enhanced keyboard or ergonomic
keyboard
 Mouse
 Stylus for PDA or smart phone
 Game controller(s)
 30-bit 600 x 1200 ppi color scanner
 3-megapixel digital camera
 Headphones that include a


What are recommended input
devices for
small office/home office users
(SOHO)?
keyboard
 Mouse
 Stylus and portable keyboard for
PDA or smart phone, or digital
pen for Tablet PC

 What are recommended input devices
for mobile users?
 Wireless mouse for notebook computer
 Touchpad or pointing stick on notebook
computer
 Stylus and portable keyboard for PDA or
smart phone, or digital pen for Tablet PC

 3- or 4-megapixel digital camera
 Headphones that include a microphone
 Fingerprint scanner for notebook
computer

 What are recommended input
devices for power users?
keyboard
 Mouse
 Stylus and portable keyboard for PDA
or smart phone
 Pen for graphics tablet
 6- to 12-megapixel digital camera
 Headphones that include a


What are recommended input devices
for large business users?
 Enhanced keyboard or ergonomic keyboard
 Mouse
 Stylus and portable keyboard for PDA or smart phone,
or digital pen for Tablet PC
 Touch screen
 Light pen
 OCR/OMR readers, bar code readers, MICR reader, or
data collection devices
 Microphone
 Video camera for video conferences
 Fingerprint scanner or other biometric device
Input Devices for Physically Challenged

Users
What input devices are available
for those with physical limitations?

 Keyguard allows users to rest hands
on keyboard without accidentally
pressing keys
 Head-mounted pointer controls
pointer on screen
 New developments include gesture
recognition and computerized
implant devices
 A fingerprint scanner captures curves and
indentations of a signature.
 After swiping a credit card through an MICR

reader, a POS terminal connects to a system that
authenticates the purchase.
 ATMs ask you to enter a password, called

biometric identifier, which verifies that you are
the holder of the bankcard.
 Four types of source documents are
flatbed, pen, sheet-fed, and drum.
 Retail and grocery stores use the

POSTNET bar code.
 RFID is a technology that uses laser

signals to communicate with a tag
placed in an object, an animal or a
person.
Summary of Input
Keyboard, mouse, and other

pointing devices
Scanners and reading devices
Voice input
Terminals
Input devices for PDAs, smart phones,
and Tablet PCs
Biometric input
Digital cameras
Input devices for physically
challenged users
Video Input

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FCCS1003 Computer Studies

Describe uses of PC video cameras,

Describe different mouse types Discuss various scanners and reading

Summarize how various pointing

Summarize the various biometric

Describe various input devices Identify alternative input devices for

component that allows users to

 Function keys, special keys that

 Pointer changes location and shape

 The abKey will cost approximately

of pointer, also called mouse

metal ball on underside

Double- Triple- Right-

Other Pointing Devices

Other Pointing Devices

 Pointing stick is pointing device

Other Pointing Devices

 Gamepad a pointing device that

Other Pointing Devices

Other Pointing Devices

Keyboard and Pointing Devices

 Used with graphics tablets, flat

Keyboard and Pointing Devices

Controllers for Gaming and

Controllers for Gaming and

p. 245 Fig. 5-16

 A light pen is a flat, rectangular,

 A trackball is small, flat, rectangular

 PDAs use a pressure-sensitive digital

capability of distinguishing spoken

PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart

PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart

 A docking station is an external

PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart

PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart

sensitive digital pen

 The higher the resolution, the better

 Pixel (picture element) is single point

 Web cam—video camera whose output

 DV cameras record video as analog

 Instant messaging is the computer’s

 The lower the resolution of digital

Scanners and Reading Devices

Flatbed Pen or Handheld

How does a flatbed scanner work?

Scanners and Reading Devices

reads hand-drawn pencil marks,

Scanners and Reading Devices

Scanners and Reading Devices

Scanners and Reading Devices

Other Input Devices

Other Input Devices

erase the contents of a card’s

p. 260 Fig. 5-37

Scanners and Reading Devices

Scanners and Reading Devices

shape and size of person’s hand

 Bio face verification

Putting It All Together

 Stylus for PDA or smart phone

 30-bit 600 x 1200 ppi color scanner

 3-megapixel digital camera

 Headphones that include a