WriteSense, capacitive screens not just the finger

Posted on | December 18, 2008 |

The capacitive touch screens have several advantages over Resistive, for example to detect more than one touch at the same time. But they also have his share of disadvantages, one of them the inability to use a stylus to work with them. But they also have his share of disadvantages, one of them the inability to use a stylus to work with them.

And while this may seem unimportant in most cases, some applications require, for example in a notebook to write on the screen as if we did on paper. And while this may seem unimportant in most cases, some applications require, for example in a notebook to write on the screen as if we did on paper. The technology WriteSense wants to offer a solution to this problem. The technology WriteSense wants to offer a solution to this problem.

Developed by InPlay, combines the advantages of the display capability with the option of using a pen to write on it. Developed by InPlay, combines the advantages of the display capability with the option of using a pen to write on it. It does so without requiring additional layers of glass, with just a sensor. It does so without requiring additional layers of glass, with just a sensor. The pen is similar to that used in the digitizer, but without the need to use batteries. The pen is similar to that used in the Digitizer, but without the need to use batteries.

Moreover, as advantages over a simple stylus is pressure sensitive and has a button on the side with which we can perform additional functions. Moreover, as advantages over a simple stylus is pressure sensitive and has a button on the side with which we can perform additional functions. Probably WriteSense will not be a technology that we see in players or devices like mobile phones, but it will have much more sense in tablets or PDAs. WriteSense probably will not be a technology that we see in players or devices like mobile phones, but it will have much more sense in tablets or PDAs

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