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Breakthrough Touch Technology from Elo TouchSystems at ICE 2007Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) combines the best of other touch technologies Seamless Synergy of the Best in Touch"Elo invented touch technology 35 years ago," says Elo president Mark Mendenhall, "and we've consistently continued innovating ever since. APR touch technology is the latest in a long line of products developed by Elo to meet the changing needs and demands of our customers. It provides seamless synergy of the best in touch. "APR combines the ultimate in optical quality, durability and stability of surface wave and infrared, with the excellent dragging properties of capacitive," explains Mendenhall. "Plus, it has unique advantages over other technologies previously used in gaming – fingernail, gloved hand and stylus activation. APR works with water and other contaminants on the screen, is not affected by surrounding metal or poor grounding, can be scaled from PDA size to 42" displays, and provides palm rejection allowing for some interesting applications in gaming." We Hear You
APR differs from previous attempts to recognise the position of touch with microphones because it uses a simple table lookup method instead of requiring powerful and expensive signal processing hardware to attempt to calculate the touch location without any references. "Therefore," Sigona confirms, "Elo's APR touch technology is more cost-effective and not economically limited to very large displays. Most importantly, it comes from the leader in acoustic touch technologies for the last 20 years, Elo TouchSystems." APR: The Beginning of a Revolution in Touch"To create APR," says Elo Director of Product Management, Michael Bartelmess, "we placed all of the popular touch technologies – capacitive, infrared, resistive and surface wave – on the drawing board. Then we integrated the best features of each seamlessly into fully sealed, attractive LCD monitors that herald just the beginning for this revolution in touch." Bartelmess sees APR technology as another example of Elo's drive to remain customer-centric. "We've always put the needs of the customer first," he states, "and we can attribute our success to responding to those needs. We created IntelliTouch surface wave twenty years ago because of customer demand for a new technology, and we developed APR for the very same reasons. Customers are looking for an economical solution that incorporates the best of everything. We provide that with APR. It has the narrowest borders of any overlay touch technology – a mere five millimetres, including the sealing area. This makes it easy for multiple LCD displays to be placed side by side." Bartelmess continues, "In addition, APR has a fixed coordinate system that is never subject to changes in time, position or environment. This means that traditional touchscreen calibration can be eliminated from the customer's application if the display size and position are fixed." About Elo TouchSystemsElo TouchSystems, the global leader in touch technology, develops, manufactures and markets a complete line of touchscreen and touchmonitor products. Elo offers the largest selection of touchscreen technologies, LCD and CRT touchmonitors, and carefully designs each product for the demanding requirements of diverse applications, such as industrial, medical, POS, kiosks, retail, hospitality, transportation, office automation and gaming. Elo founders invented the touchscreen over 30 years ago. Since then, customers have used Elo touchscreens with one common, powerful result – advanced computer technology simplified for all users. Founded in 1971, the company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with manufacturing sites in the US, Belgium, Brazil, China and Japan (Elo operates in Japan under the name Touch Panel Systems). Elo's main regional offices are in Kessel Lo, Belgium and Yokohama, Japan, with additional sales and technical support offices worldwide. For more information on Elo TouchSystems' products and services, call +32 16 35 2100 in Europe or visit our web site at www.elogaming.com. About Tyco ElectronicsTyco Electronics, a business segment of Tyco International Ltd., is the world's largest passive electronic components manufacturer; a leader in cutting edge wireless components, complete power systems, and premise wiring components and systems; and a provider of critical communications systems to the Land Mobile Radio industry. Tyco Electronics provides advanced technology products from over forty well known and respected brands, including Agastat, Alcoswitch, AMP, AMP NETCONNECT, Buchanan, CII, CoEv, Critchley, Elcon, Elo TouchSystems, M/A COM, Madison Cable, OEG, Potter & Brumfield, Raychem, Schrack and Simel. For more information, visit www.tycoelectronics.com. Elo TouchSystems and IntelliTouch are trademarks of Tyco Electronics Corporation. All other products and company names referred to herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders ### ContactsElo TouchSystems Tyco Electronics Ltd. Press Information (UK) |
January 2007 – Elo TouchSystems, the global leader in touch technology and a division of Tyco Electronics Corporation, is showing its latest development – acoustic pulse recognition (APR) – at ICE 2007. A completely new and unique way of sensing touches on a display and comprising only a glass overlay mounted in front of the display, together with a small electronic controller board, Elo's APR technology provides a new set of benefits that have only partially been achieved before by other touch technologies. APR touch technology is currently available on Elo's popular 1529L 15" LCD desktop touchmonitors, to be followed by other models in the near future. Elo invites all to try the amazing APR experience for themselves at ICE, and to keep a keen eye on this important new technology as it will be coming soon on Elo gaming monitors. 
According to Elo regional manager Mike Sigona, APR operates by listening for a touch. "Simply stated," says Sigona, "a touch at each position on the glass generates a unique sound. Four tiny transducers attached to the edges of the touchscreen glass pick up the sound of the touch. The sound is then digitised by the controller and compared to a list of prerecorded sounds for every position on the glass. The cursor position is instantly updated to the touch location."