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Press ReleaseElo Announces New Breakthrough Touch TechnologyAcoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) combines the best of other touch technologies
"Elo invented touch technology 35 years ago," says Elo president Mark Mendenhall, "and we've consistently continued innovating ever since. The new APR touch technology is one 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 the advantages of resistive technology - stylus, gloved hand and fingernail activation, and low cost. 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 during signature capture." We Hear You According to Elo product manager David Chen, the new APR operates by listening for a touch. "Simply stated," says Chen, "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." Chen explains that 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," Chen 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 Steven Abramovich, Elo's vice president of sales and marketing, "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 POS monitors that herald just the beginning for this revolution in touch." Abramovich sees APR technology as another example of his company'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." Abramovich 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 TouchSystems Elo 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, Europe and Asia. 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.elotouch.co.uk. About Tyco Electronics Tyco 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. ### Contact
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