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Touchscreens and Touch Sensors
News Release from: Immersion Corp | Subject: TouchSense
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 October 2007
Personal navigation devices get tactile
When users touch the on-screen controls, the TouchSense system provides unmistakable tactile confirmation of the selection, which can improve usability.
CTT-Net of Korea, is launching the world's first personal navigation devices (PNDs) to use Immersion's TouchSense technology to provide tactile feedback for touchscreen interactions "Korea is among the world's most advanced markets for consumer navigation products, so our customers push us to constantly innovate and excel", says Shin Wook Lee, CEO of CTT-Net
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"When I first experienced the way TouchSense technology could make touchscreen controls feel more responsive, I knew our users would like to have this feature".
CTT-Net's TouchSense-enabled products for the Korean market include the CSN-7040, a handheld PND, and the CIN-7000, a built-in car navigation device.
Both models feature a 7in touchscreen as the primary input/output mechanism and include a direct multimedia broadcast (DMB) receiver for accepting satellite downloads.
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When users touch the on-screen controls, the TouchSense system provides unmistakable tactile confirmation of the selection, which can improve usability.
Tactile feedback may also minimise driver distraction by reducing glance time.
Use of touchscreens as the primary interface mechanism in portable consumer electronics devices like PNDs, mobile phones, media players, and game consoles is on the rise.
Japan's Nomura Securities has predicted the touchscreen market would increase from about US $900 million in 2006 to $1.5 billion by 2008.
US research consultancy Venture Development Corporation estimates the touchscreen market grows 10% annually.
Touchscreens offer significant advantages over dedicated mechanical controls, including immediate and nearly limitless display changes as well as space and cost savings.
However, these advantages have traditionally come at the cost of losing confirming tactile feedback, which helps users intuitively understand operational status.
TouchSense technology restores this confirming tactile feedback to control surfaces.
In addition, independent research has shown that adding tactile feedback to touchscreens can decrease error rates, increase input speed, and raise user satisfaction.
Other licensees of Immersion's tactile touchscreen technology include LG Electronics, Nokia, and Samsung (for mobile phones), 3M Touch Systems (for gaming systems), and Methode, SMK and Volkswagen (for automotive applications).
"It's exciting to deploy our touch interface technologies in personal navigation devices", says Immersion CEO Victor Viegas.
"The market for these products is undergoing dramatic growth, and with nearly every new PND being designed around touchscreen input, TouchSense tactile feedback is a natural fit".
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