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Objectives Overview
Identify the keys and buttons

commonly found on desktop
Define input and differentiate computer keyboards, and
Describe different mouse types
among a program, command, and describe how keyboards for
and explain how to use a mouse
user response mobile computers and devices
differ from desktop computer
keyboards
Discovering Describe various types of touch Describe various types of pen

Summarize the purpose of various
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screens and explain how a touch- input, and identify other types of
game controllers
sensitive pad works input for smart phones
Living in a Digital World
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for Detailed Objectives Chapter 5
Objectives Overview What Is Input?
• Input is any data and instructions entered into the

Explain how resolution Describe the uses of memory of a computer
Discuss how various
affects the quality of a voice recognition,
scanners and reading
picture captured on a Web cams, and video
devices work
digital camera conferencing
Discuss how POS Identify alternative

Summarize the various terminals, automated input devices for
biometric devices teller machines, and physically challenged
DVD kiosks work users
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for Detailed Objectives Chapter 5 Figure 5-1 Chapter 5
What Is Input? What Are Input Devices
• Instructions can be entered into the computer in the

form of programs, commands, and user responses
A program is a series of related
An input device
instructions that tells a computer what is any hardware
tasks to perform and how to perform
them component that
allows users to
Programs respond to commands that a
enter data and
user issues instructions into
a computer
A user response is an instruction a user
issues by replying to a question
displayed by a program
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The Keyboard The Keyboard
• A keyboard is an input device that contains keys • Most desktop computer keyboards have…
users press to enter data and instructions into a
computer
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Figure 5-2 Chapter 5 Chapter 5
• The insertion point, also known as the cursor, is a

symbol on the screen that indicates where the Wired Wireless
next character you type will appear Keyboards Keyboards
USB port Bluetooth
Keyboard
IrDA
port
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Figure 5-3 Chapter 5 Chapter 5
• An ergonomic keyboard has a design that reduces • Keyboards on mobile devices typically are smaller
the chance of wrist and hand injuries and/or have fewer keys
• Ergonomics incorporates comfort, efficiency, and • Some phones have predictive text input, which
safety into the design of the workplace saves time when entering text using the phone’s
keypad
Click to view Web Link,

click Chapter 5, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Ergonomics
below Chapter 5
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Figure 5-4 Chapter 5 Figure 5-5 Chapter 5
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Pointing Devices Mouse
• A mouse is a pointing device that fits under the

palm of your hand comfortably
– Most widely used pointing device on desktop
computers
• A mouse can be wired or wireless
Chapter 5 Figures 5-6 and 5-7 Chapter 5
Mouse Other Pointing Devices
• Mouse operations
Point Click Right-click Double-click
Touchpad
Pointing Stick
Trackball
• A trackball is a • A touchpad is • A pointing

stationary a small, flat, stick is a
pointing rectangular pressure-
device with a pointing sensitive
Rotate ball on its top device that is pointing
Triple-click Drag Right-drag
wheel or side sensitive to device shaped
pressure and like a pencil
motion eraser that is
positioned
Free-spin Press thumb between keys
Press wheel Tilt wheel
wheel button on a keyboard
Figure 5-8 Chapter 5 Figures 5-9 – 5-11 Chapter 5
Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads
• A touch screen is a touch-sensitive display device Microsoft Surface Touch-sensitive pads

then click Multi-Touch Screens
below Chapter 5
Figures 5-12 – 5-13 Chapter 5 Figures 5-14 – 5-15 Chapter 5
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Pen Input Other Input for Smart Phones
• With pen input, you touch a stylus or digital pen on a flat

surface to write, draw, or make selections

then click Signature Capture
Pads below Chapter 5
Game Controllers Game Controllers
• Video games and computer games use a game controller

as the input device that directs movements and actions
of on-screen objects
Joysticks and
Gamepads Light guns
Wheels
Motion-
Dance pads sensing
controllers
then click Wii Remote
below Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Figure 5-19 Chapter 5
Digital Cameras Digital Cameras
• A digital camera is a mobile device that allows

users to take pictures and store them digitally
Studio cameras
Field cameras
Point-and-shoot camera
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Digital Cameras Voice Input
• Two factors affect the quality of digital camera photos: • Voice input is the
process of entering
• Resolution is the number of horizontal
and vertical pictures in a display device input by speaking into a
Resolution • A pixel is the smallest element in an
electronic display
microphone
• Voice recognition is the
computer’s capability of
distinguishing spoken
Number of bits • Each pixel consists of one or more bits of
data words
stored in each • The more bits used to represent a pixel,
the more colors and shades of gray that
pixel can be represented
Voice Input Voice Input
• Audio input is the process of entering any sound • Music production software allows users to record,
into the computer compose, mix, and edit music and sounds
Speech
Music
Sound Effects
Video Input Video Input
• Video input is the process of capturing full-motion images and

storing them on a computer’s storage medium
Record video on a digital video (DV) camera or use a

video capture card to convert analog signals to digital
Connect the camera to a port on the system unit
Transfer video and images
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Video: Video Editing on Your Computer Video Input
• A Web cam is a type of digital video camera that

enables a user to:
Send e-mail
Capture video and Add live images to
messages with
still images instant messages
video attachments
Broadcast live
Make video
images over the
telephone calls
Click to view Web Link, Internet
CLICK TO START then click Web Cams
below Chapter 5
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Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Video Input Scanners and Reading Devices
• A video conference is a meeting between two or

Flatbed
more geographically separated people
Pen or Handheld
Sheet-fed
Drum
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Figures 5-25 – 5-26 Chapter 5 Figure 5-27 Chapter 5
Scanners and Reading Devices Scanners and Reading Devices
• Optical character recognition (OCR) involves reading

characters from ordinary documents
• A turnaround document is a document you return to the
company that creates and sends it
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• Optical mark • A bar code reader, also

recognition (OMR) called a bar code
reads hand-drawn scanner uses laser
marks such as small beams to read bar
circles or rectangles codes
• An OMR device scans
the documents and
matches the patterns of
light
then click Bar Code Readers
below Chapter 5
• RFID (radio frequency identification) uses radio signals to • Magnetic stripe card readers read the magnetic
communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object
stripe on the back of cards such as:
• An RFID reader reads information on the tag via radio waves
• RFID can track: Credit cards
Inventory
Location of Employee Airline Entertainment cards
soldiers wardrobes baggage
Bank cards
Gauging tire
pressure and Library books Prepaid tolls Other similar cards
temperature
• MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) devices read text • Data collection devices
printed with magnetized ink obtain data directly at
• An MICR reader converts MICR characters into a form the the location where the
computer can process transaction or event
• Banking industry uses MICR for check processing takes place
• Used in:
– Restaurants
– Grocery stores
– Factories
– Warehouses
– The outdoors
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Biometric Input Biometric Input
• Biometrics authenticates a person’s identity by hand

geometry
verifying a personal characteristic system
Face Hand
Fingerprint
recognition geometry
reader
system system
Voice Signature
Iris recognition iris
verification verification recognition
system
system system system
fingerprint
Retinal Click to view Web Link,
reader
scanners Link from left navigation,
then click Biometric Input
below Chapter 5
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Chapter 5 Figures 5-37 – 5-39 Chapter 5
Terminals Putting It All Together
• A terminal is a computer that allows users to send data to

and/or receive information from a host computer
A POS terminal An automated A DVD kiosk is a

records purchases, teller machine self-service DVD
processes (ATM) allows users rental machine
payment, and to access their
updates inventory bank accounts
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Figures 5-40 – 5-42 Chapter 5 Figure 5-43 Chapter 5
Putting It All Together Putting It All Together
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Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users
• Several input devices are available to assist Keyboard with larger keys Head-mounted pointer
physically challenged users:
Keyboards
On-screen
Keyguard with larger
keyboard
keys
Various Head-
Gesture
pointing mounted
recognition
devices pointer
Computerized
implant
then click Gesture Recognition
devices
below Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Figures 5-44 – 5-45 Chapter 5
Summary
Various techniques of entering Several commonly used input

input devices
Discovering
Keyboard, mouse, and other
pointing devices; touch screens,
pen input, other input for smart
phones, game controllers, digital
Input devices for physically
challenged users
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cameras, voice input, video input,
scanners and reading devices, Living in a Digital World
biometric input, and terminals
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15/06/2010

Identify the keys and buttons

Discovering Describe various types of touch Describe various types of pen

Living in a Digital World

See Page 257 Discovering Computers 2010: Living in a Digital World 2

Objectives Overview What Is Input?

• Input is any data and instructions entered into the

Discuss how POS Identify alternative

What Is Input? What Are Input Devices

• Instructions can be entered into the computer in the

The Keyboard The Keyboard

The Keyboard The Keyboard

• The insertion point, also known as the cursor, is a

USB port Bluetooth

The Keyboard The Keyboard

Click to view Web Link,

Pointing Devices Mouse

• A mouse is a pointing device that fits under the

Mouse Other Pointing Devices

Point Click Right-click Double-click

• A trackball is a • A touchpad is • A pointing

• A touch screen is a touch-sensitive display device Microsoft Surface Touch-sensitive pads

Click to view Web Link,

Pen Input Other Input for Smart Phones

• With pen input, you touch a stylus or digital pen on a flat

Click to view Web Link,

Game Controllers Game Controllers

• Video games and computer games use a game controller

Digital Cameras Digital Cameras

• A digital camera is a mobile device that allows

Digital Cameras Voice Input

Voice Input Voice Input

Video Input Video Input

• Video input is the process of capturing full-motion images and

Record video on a digital video (DV) camera or use a

Connect the camera to a port on the system unit

Transfer video and images

Video: Video Editing on Your Computer Video Input

• A Web cam is a type of digital video camera that

Video Input Scanners and Reading Devices

• A video conference is a meeting between two or

Scanners and Reading Devices Scanners and Reading Devices

• Optical character recognition (OCR) involves reading

Scanners and Reading Devices Scanners and Reading Devices

• Optical mark • A bar code reader, also

Scanners and Reading Devices Scanners and Reading Devices

Scanners and Reading Devices Scanners and Reading Devices

Biometric Input Biometric Input

• Biometrics authenticates a person’s identity by hand

Terminals Putting It All Together

• A terminal is a computer that allows users to send data to

A POS terminal An automated A DVD kiosk is a

Putting It All Together Putting It All Together

Various techniques of entering Several commonly used input

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