Other Input Devices
Other Input for Smart phone
Previously discussed input devices such as mini-keyboards, keypads, touch screens, and a stylus are used with smart phones and PDAs. In addition to these input methods, a variety of alternatives for entering data and instructions is available for smart phones and mobile devices
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Game Controllers
Video games and computer games use a game controller as the input device that directs movements and actions of on-screen objects. A controller is usually connected to a game console or computer by means of a wire or cord, although, since the mid-2000s, wireless controllers have become widespread.
Gamepads A gamepad, which is held with both hands, controls the movement and actions or objects in video games or computer games.
On the gamepad, users press buttons with their thumbs or move sticks in various directions to trigger events. Gamepads communicate with a console or a personal computer via wired or wireless technology. |
Joystick and Wheels
A joystick is a handheld vertical mounted on a base. You move the lever indifferent and press buttons to control the actions of the simulated vehicle or player.
A wheel is a steering-wheel-type input device that you turn to simulate driving a car, truck, or other vehicle.Most wheels also include foot pedals for acceleration and braking actions. Joysticks and wheels typically via a cable to a personal computer or game console. |
Light Guns
A light gun is used to shoot targets and moving objects after you pull the trigger on the weapon. Light guns typically attach via a cable to a game console or personal computer.
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Dance pads
A dance pad is a flat electronic device divided into panels that users press with their in response to instructions from a music video game. These games test the user’s ability to step on the correct panel at the correct time, following a pattern that is synchronized with the rhythm or beat of a song. Dance pads communicate with a game console or a personal computer via wired or wireless technology.
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Motion-Sensing Game Controllers
Motion-sensing game controllers allow the user to guide on-screen elements by moving a handheld input device in predetermined directions through the air. Sports games, for example, use motion-sensing game controllers, such as baseball bats and golf clubs, as their input device.
A popular general-purpose, motion-sensing game controller is Nintendo’s Wii Remote. Shaped like a television remote control and operated with one hand, the Wii Remote is a motion-sensing input device that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to communicate with the Wii game console. |
Other Game Controllers
Other popular game controllers include musical instruments and balance boards. Controllers that resemble musical instruments, such as guitars, drums, and keyboards, work with music video games that enable game players to create sounds and music by playing the instrument.
Fitness games often communicate with a balance board, which is shaped like a weight scale and contains sensors that measure a game player’s balance and weight. Musical instrument and balance board controllers communicate with game consoles via wired or wireless technology.
Fitness games often communicate with a balance board, which is shaped like a weight scale and contains sensors that measure a game player’s balance and weight. Musical instrument and balance board controllers communicate with game consoles via wired or wireless technology.
Digital Camera
Digital camera is a mobile device that allows users to take pictures and store the photographed images digitally, instead of on traditional film. The three basic types of digital cameras are studio cameras (a), field cameras (b), and point-and-shoot cameras (c).
Voice Input
Video Input
It is the process of capturing full-motion images and storing them on a computer’s storage medium such as a hard disk or optical disc. Some video devices use analog video signals.
Web Cams
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Video Conferencing
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Web cams also called a PC video camera, is a type of digital video camera that enables a home or small business user to capture video and still images, send e-mail messages with video attachments, add live images to instant messages, broadcast live images over the Internet, and make video telephone calls
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Video Conference is a meeting between two or more geographically separated people who use a network or the Internet to transmit audio and video.
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Scanners and Reading Devices
Some input devices save users time by capturing data directly from a source document, which is the original form of the data. Examples of source documents include time cards, order forms, invoices, paychecks, advertisements, brochures, photos, inventory tags, or any other document that contains data to be processed.
Biometric Input
Biometric input is the technology of authenticating a person’s identity by verifying a personal act eristic. Biometric devices grant users access to programs, systems, or rooms by analyzing some physiological (related to physical or chemical activities in the body) or behavioral characteristic. Examples include fingerprints, hand geometry, facial features, voice, signatures, and eye patterns.
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Terminal
A terminal is a computer, usually with limited processing power, that enables users to send data to and/or receive information from a host computer. Special-purpose terminals perform specific tasks and contain features uniquely designed for use in a particular industry. Three
special-purpose terminals are point-of-sale (POS) terminals, automated teller machines, and DVD kiosks. |