Learning Outcomes

1. Define input.
2. Describe keyboard entry including types and features of keyboards.
3. Identify different pointing devices including game controllers and styluses.
4. Describe scanning devices including optical scanners, RFID readers and
recognition devices.
5. Recognize image capturing devices , audio-input devices and biometric
devices .

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 Introduction

• Have you ever wondered how information gets into

your computer or comes out in a form you can
use?
• Input devices convert what
we understand into what the
system unit can process
• Output devices convert what
the system unit has processed
• into a form that we can
understand
 What is Input?

• Any data or instructions used by a computer

• Input devices translate data into a form that the system unit can
process
• Some hardware input devices include:

Keyboards Mice Pointing

Image Audio-
Scanning
capturing input
 Keyboard Entry

• Keyboards
• Traditional keyboards
• Laptop keyboard
• Virtual keyboards
• Thumb keyboards
Keyboard Entry

• Most keyboards use an arrangement of keys given the name QWERTY.

A numeric Function keys,

Between 101 and keypad on the CTRL keys, ALT
105 keys right side of the keys, and arrow
keyboard keys

WINDOWS key Toggle keys

 Keyboard Entry

• ToggleKeys is a feature of Microsoft Windows, designed for people

who have vision impairment or cognitive disabilities.

• When ToggleKeys is turned on, computer will provide sound cues when
the locking keys ( ⇪ Caps Lock , Num Lock) are pressed.
 Pointing Devices

Provide an intuitive interface by accepting pointing gestures and

converting them into machine-readable input
• Wide variety of devices such as:

Touch Game
Mouse Stylus
controller
screen
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 Mouse
Types
• Optical mouse
• Has no moving parts
• Emits and senses light to detect mouse movement
• Can be used on any surface
• Wireless mouse
• Battery operated
• Uses radio waves or infrared light waves
• Touch pads
• Controls pointer by moving and tapping your fingers on the surface of
the pad
List four types of keyboard
1.
2.
3.
4.
 Touch Screen (Touch sensitive device)

• Can be touched with one / more than one

finger(multitouch screens)
• Common on mobile devices
• Apple iPhone
• Notebook computers
• Desktop monitors
• Stylus is a pen-like device
• Used on tablets
• Uses handwriting recognition software, translates handwritten
 Gaming Controllers

• Provide input to computer games

• Motion sensing device control games by user movement or
action
• Joysticks use pressure and direction of the stick
• Gaming mice are similar to a mouse but high precision
• Game pads use both hands
• With motion sensing device, sometimes called gesture recognition,
users can guide on-screen elements using air gestures.
 Scanning Devices

Scanners convert scanned data into a form the system unit can
process
• Optical scanners
• Flatbed scanners (like a copy machine)
• Document scanners (multiple
sheets of paper)
• Portable scanners (slides
across)
• 3D scanners (record the shapes)
 Card Readers

Interpret encoded information that is stored on debit, credit and

identification cards.
• Magnetic
• Information read from strip when swiped through reader
• Embedded microchip
• Insert/touch into specialized reader
• Smart cards hold additional security information
 Bar Code Readers
Contain photo-electric cells (laser beams) that scan
or read bar codes or the zebra striped marks printed
on product containers
• Wand readers (Hand –held)
• Universal Product Codes (UPCs)
• UPC are heavily used in grocery stores for
automated checkout and inventory control
• MaxiCode
• MaxiCode used by shipping companies for
routing packages
• QR code
• Quickly read by smartphone. Used to take a
piece of information.
 RFID Readers

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)

Tiny chips embedded (tags) in most anything (object) contain electronically
stored information that can be read using an RFID reader located several
yards away.
• An RFID reader reads information on the tag via radio waves
• RFID can track:

Monitor Record prices Managing

production
inventory

Tracking payment
Checking out Providing access to Managing on tollway
library rooms or systems
books buildings purchases
 Character and Mark Recognition
Readers
Recognize special characters and marks
• Character and mark recognition devices
• Magnetic-ink character recognition (MICR)
• Used by banks to read encoded characters on
checks
• To verify the originality of paper documents

• Optical-character recognition (OCR)

• Reads preprinted characters (hand held)
• Converts a scanned image into a text file
• Optical-mark recognition (OMR)
• Sense the presence of absence of marks used
for test scoring
 Image Capturing Devices

Create or capture original images

• Digital Camera
• Capture images digitally and store in memory
• Web Cams
• Specialized digital video cameras that
capture images and send them to a
computer for broadcast over the
Internet.
Two factors affect the quality of digital camera photos:

Resolution

• Resolution is the number of horizontal and vertical pixels in a

display device
• A pixel is the smallest element in an electronic display

Number of bits stored in each pixel

• Each pixel consists of one or more bits of data
• The more bits used to represent a pixel, the more colors and
shades of gray that can be represented
 Audio-Input Devices

• Voice recognition systems (Digital assistant)

• Use a microphone, sound card, and special software
• Users can operate computers and create documents
using voice commands
• Included in many smart phones
• Siri in iPhones
• Cortana in Windows phones
• Google Now in Google phones
List out four game controllers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
 Biometrics Authenticates Devices

• A biometric device authenticates a person’s identity

• Translating a personal characteristic into a digital code that is
compared with a digital code (database) in a computer or mobile
device verifying a physical or behavioral characteristic
• Example Application of Biometrics

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 Unauthorized Access and
Use
Face
Fingerprint recognition
reader system
Hand Voice
geometry verification
system system
Signature Iris/retinal
verification
system recognition
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State two factors affect the quality of digital camera photos:
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2.??
 Open-Ended Questions (Page 1 of 2)

1. Define input and input devices.

2. Describe the different types of keyboard, pointing, scanning,

image capturing, and audio-input devices.

3. Define biometric authentication devices and give an

examples.

4. Describe output and output devices.

5. Describe the features and different types of monitors and

printers.
 Open-Ended Questions (Page 2 of 2)

6. Describe audio output devices including Bluetooth technology.

7. Discuss combination input and output devices, including

multifunctional devices, headsets, telephones, drones, robots,
and virtual reality headgear and gloves.

8. Define ergonomics, describe ways to minimize physical

discomfort, and discuss design issues with portable computers.
 Reference

• Computing Essential 2017 (CE17) – Chapter 6,10

• Discovering Computers 2016 (DC16) - Chapter 7, 5
• Discovering Computers Fundamentals (DC12) – Chapter 5
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