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Input Devices - Year 10
Input Devices - Year 10
Manual input devices data entered by hand Direct input devices these handle large amounts of data
Keyboard
QWERTY - the first row of letters. Other types of keyboard supermarket tills Ergonomic keyboards split board
Advantages/Disadvantages
Good for manual text entry. Special keys for special functions Hot key combinations to simplify tasks Familiar device
Mistakes easily made Large footprint (desktop space) Slow data entry for most No real use for drawing
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Pointing devices
Pointing device. Next most common type of input device Developed with GUI Touch pads and trackballs on portable computers. Upside down mice
Enable drawings and pictures to be done Pointing device used in Portable computers Advantages/Disadvantages
Allows different data to be put at any point directly on the screen Good for selecting items from menus Small
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Joystick
Joystick used by
Computer games Flight simulation VR and robot control
Advantages/Disadvantages
Better simulation Specialised use Limited use
Two types: Criss-crossed with infra-red beams Touching the screen at set points interrupts the beam and sends a message to the processor Pressure sensor models Pressure sensors identify where pressed
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fast food chains and restaurants - easy to keep clean and re-program if changes need to be made to the menu. Used in public places like shopping malls - most direct data entry
Advantages/Disadvantages
No training or practice needed instinctive use
Digital camera
Storage - can store more pictures than an ordinary camera memory stick. Different resolutions software to manipulate the image or to put the pictures into albums and give slide shows. Video input
It gives a value to each particle of light Pictures are stored inside its memory transferred to a computer by connecting the camera to it.
widespread use to send photos electronically web albums, attachments Used in screen presentations
Advantages/Disadvantages
No need to scan pictures to get them into computer No developing time or costs Images can easily be edited
expensive up to 1000 Different expertise to learn Need specialist paper to get good print Take up a lot of computer space
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Scanner
used to input pictures and text into a computer. two main types of scanner; hand- held flat-bed. Most common A4 size but can get A3 image software to let you manipulate the images crop, rotate, add special effects etc
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Scanner used by
offices to incorporate images into promotional literature. Growing use in home in schools for teachers to produce illustrated worksheets
Advantages/Disadvantages
saved hand drawing images to illustrate typed text Scanned images are more appropriate than clipart.
Difficult to learn how to use. Some image formats can take up a lot of space Can be difficult to connect takes up desktop space
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Special software associated with a scanner converts a digital image of scanned text into real text so it can be edited on the screen. The text is scanned in as a bitmapped image and software compares each character with a database of characters
Widely used in offices to save a lot of copy typing Passports and ID cards
need to check to see if you need to correct everything Difficult to interpret pages with complex layout; need more expensive OCR software.
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Concept keyboard
a flat board with a grid of programmable keys on its surface. Software allows you to change the instructions for each key. A single key or a group of keys can be set up to carry out a task. Paper overlays are placed on top of the keyboard with pictures drawn on them to represent what will happen if the keys are pressed.
used with young children in primary schools who cant use an ordinary keyboard Restaurants
Advantages/Disadvantages
simpler than a normal keyboard = fewer things to click on and less likely to make a mistake. Can program them with pictures as well as words
Graphics Tablet
a flat surface and a pen, or stylus, used to produce freehand drawings or trace around shapes.
How a Graphics Tablet works
When the special pen touches the surface of the graphics tablet, data about its position is sent to the computer. Produces an exact copy of what is being drawn
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Advantages/Disadvantages
more precise input for drawings More natural to people who paint or draw using a pen/pencil
Microphone
used to input sound into a computer system. used for voice recognition systems - convert sounds made by a user into commands that the computer can carry out. As computers become more powerful in the future, voice recognition will be a much more common input method for all computer users.
Need voice recognition software. training to recognise your voice. speech is full of inconsistencies and false starts etc need for much editing after entry. Background noise Sometimes our voice is affected by things like colds. GCSE Information Technology
Connected to the computer Electronic beam, controlled by the computer this builds up the image on the screen
Connected to the computer by cable. As the pen touches the screen at different points, signals are sent to the computer by an electron beam and a picture is built up.
Advantages/Disadvantages
More natural feel Good for inputting drawings Response time can be slow Depends on handwriting recognition for text
Like ordinary video cameras except images stored digitally Captures still and moving images Images can be stored and edited on a computer Images stored on memory stick or mini DVD
Uses
Home and commercial
A video camera connected to a computer A live cam continually provides new images that are transmitted
(streaming video) several thousand sites with cams Captures still and moving images Allows video conferencing in business Home use systems
Uses
Coffee machines Advertising Travel promotion -cruise ships use them to show potential
customers what is going on and where ship is Childcare centres so parents can keep a watch on children Weather checks check anywhere in world to see what weather is like Traffic information Visualisation of on-going events
Uses
The music industry uses MIDI systems Schools.
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Uses
TV, DVD and video Computer input devices
Direct Input devices involve the use of machines to speed data input
Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) Bar Codes Magnetic Stripe Readers Sensors and Data Logging Others
Uses special sheets and a machine - a Reader Detects marks made in special places on the paper How it works light from pencil mark is different level from rest of paper
Uses
Advantages/Disadvantages
With Data Capture Forms to enter results of questionnaires and surveys lottery, MC exams, food ordering
Needs a special machine Reader + the use of special magnetic ink. How it works Uses a special font - only 14 characters (0-9 + 4 special characters). The characters are passed through a magnetic field
Uses
Advantages/ Disadvantages
quickly): reliable (will read even if cheque is crumpled) expensive and specialised font
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A set of lines of different thicknesses that represent a number.. How it works Light shone on the lines and t reflected back is detected and generates a code to the computer; this gives information about the product price, size, manufacturer. Can be a read with a light pen or a laser beam Uses
Advantages/ Disadvantages
Supermarkets, libraries
information (supermarket till receipts); can design your own specialised use and need time to set up the codes GCSE Information Technology
A magnetic strip like a tape which contains coded information. This is read by a machine How it works a code is read and interpreted
Uses
Advantages/ Disadvantages
A way of collecting data over a long period of time without people. data transferred using communication links to a computer and interpreted. (Period of logging and time interval are important) How it works - Uses different sensors to measure things like temperature, light, pressure, movement. May need converter to convert from analogue to digital Uses
Advantages/ Disadvantages
accurate readings, data can be logged over a long period of time, can be placed in areas where it is difficult for humans (dangerous, inaccessible, GCSE Information Technology monotonous).
Video Digitiser
Moving pictures captured by a computer using a video digitiser .
Uses
by the TV industry to edit TV programmes. Video clips for multimedia CDs digital video cameras in shops, editing of videos through
computers will become commonplace.