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Microsoft Windows 7 operating system
provides several kinds of touch input
gestures to improve user experience. Some of
our customers are asking how to use PenMount
touch controllers with the gesture support
in Windows 7. Undoubtedly, as one of the
best touch input solutions, the current
PenMount controllers are definitely
compatible with the “single finger” gestures
support that Microsoft Windows 7 provides.
The gesture support is not a totally new
feature in Microsoft Windows 7 operating
system. In fact, Microsoft started gesture
recognition in Microsoft Windows XP Tablet
PC Edition. Gesture occurs when operating mouse
or touch screen devices with predefined
patterns in certain areas and at a certain
period of time. By this specific tracking
line, we then make the definition of a
feature in system or application software,
it is called ‘gesture’ operation. For
example, Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista
operating system includes a "Flicks"
function, which has defined several gestures
in the pen input device; it provides more
convenience and is more user friendly in the
applications; user can scroll up and down
for ‘page up and down’ function. Besides the
4 to 8 types of Flicks options in Windows
Vista, it is also available for user to pick
up more predefined function code from the
hotkey menu.
In Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista, the system
provides additional gesture called “flicks”.
These flicks are effective everywhere on the
Windows desktop. When system detects
“flicks”, it will send a predefined,
configurable hot key, which can be used for
browsing web pages or editing documents. The
other major tablet PC feature in Windows 7
is the handwriting recognition system. The
handwriting recognizer allows users to write
on touch screens, and then convert them into
text input for application such as text
editors or Internet browsers. In Windows 7,
it also allows users to customize their own
handwriting styles, and provide better
character recognition results. In addition,
when using handwriting recognition with
Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, it can
automatically add the "http://" prefix for
user’s convenience. Furthermore, there is a
new math input panel in Windows 7, which
allows users to write down math formulas and
conveniently use them in their own
documents. If you want to use “flicks” and
relative API with PenMount touch controller,
you will need to install the PenMount pen
input device driver instead of the standard
PenMount Universal Driver.
The Micosoft Windows 7 can also detect a
small set of dual finger gestures such as
zoom, pan and rotate. Many of our customers
are interested in these dual finger
gestures, since they look more fundamental
than the original single finger gestures
such as “flicks”; these gestures require
special touch screen kits that can detect
multi finger touches. The PenMount team is
working on the multi-touch solutions as well
as the single finger gesture solutions,
which need no special hardware besides the
traditional resistive touch screens. In the
next issue of PenMount bulletin, we will
discuss more about the topic of PenMount
Gesture Features.
To provide customers with a full service is
an important mission for the PenMount team.
PenMount is your first and best choice for
touch solutions. For more PenMount controllers
and drivers information,
please visit our websites:
http://www.salt.com.tw and
http://www.penmount.com. Please
feel free to contact us at our email address
salt@salt.com.tw or
penmount@seed.net.tw . |
