Projected Capacitance can be used in a wide range of
applications..
Most people are familiar with its use in mobile phone, or an
iPad, as a small touchscreen.
It is, however, used in much larger
touchscreens - up to 160 inches in size, and rising.
Projected
Capacitance touchscreens may be used in
small hand-held, or desk-top applications, or through shop windows, as
interactive table surfaces, industrial control
panels,
interactive street advertising/displays, ATMs,
Fuel Dispensers, and many more.
The technology can be used as a keypad, digitizing tablet, touchscreen, or any combination of one or more of these.
The back,
sides, corners and edges of a product like the iPad can be made touch
interactive, as well as having the touchscreen on the display area.
These
sensing areas can be dynamically configured to take into account how the product
is being held, and distinguish this from a touch input.
A similar
technique can be used for larger objects, such as gaming machines and Juke
Boxes, where there may be several touchscreens , and the rest
of the machine, such as the front ,
edges and sides, may also be touch
interactive. By using the multiple touch feature, many parts of the machine may
be touched at the same time.
Because of the wide range of
materials that can be used to manufacture Projected Capacitance Technology
( as shown below) ,
there is a very wide, and
diverse range of products that can be made to exploit its
potential.
A few of the many possible examples:
Wire
could be incorporated in the Injection Moulded Case of a Laptop Computer, to
make the case, as well as the touchscreen
Touch-Interactive.
Iron rods, embedded in
Concrete, could be used to make Touch-Interactive walls, or paving
stones.
Wire, or Carbon Fibres, could be
incorporated into Fabrics to make Touch-Interactive
e-clothes.
Wire
could be incorporated into paper to make touch interactive e-paper or e-readers