Japan’s Sharp electronics a leading manufacturer of LCD’s, has revealed a new TouchScreen LCD fitted with ultra-sensitive/MultiTouch Capabilities., In this TouchScreen Model, each pixel carries an optical sensor eliminating the need to place a film to the panel for touch screen functions, there by providing beautiful images without losing display image quality. In Today’s World the TouchScreen abilities are becoming an integral part for many mobile devices such as SmartPhones, Digital Cameras, PDA’s (Personal Digital Assistant) and UMPC’s (ultra mobile pc), but traditional methods to provide such touch input capability requires bonding or laminating a film on the top of the LCD Panel, which leads to problems such as reduced display image quality and increased thickness for the display section of the device. The major
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An Update From: PcPro.co.uk on LucidTouch As a next step Microsoft researchers envisage a more compact prototype in which the touchpad provides the image of the fingers without need of the clumsy webcam and boom. One suggestion involves a series of light sensors which could map the movement of the fingers, while another involves tuning the capacitors in the pad itself to detect the electrical field of the fingers. “I can see LucidTouch changing the way users interact with PDAs and tablet computers, such as Microsoft TabletPC,” says Baudisch. “In addition, I think LucidTouch will also offer substantial benefit for very small devices. Think of a smart wrist watch featuring a touchscreen. If you used your finger on that touchscreen your fingers would occlude the