Projected Capacitive Touch Technology
NOTE: This technology is currently unavailable in the United States.
Projected capacitive technology enables touches to be sensed through a protective layer in front of a display, allowing touchmonitors to be installed behind store windows or vandal-resistant glass. DirectTouch consists of a 7.8 mm sensor with tempered glass outer layer, and ThruTouch works through a customer-installed outer layer. The complete system resists impacts, scratches, and vandalism and is also unaffected by moisture, heat, rain, snow and ice, or harsh cleaning fluids, making it ideal for outdoor applications. The solid-state touchscreen and controller provide increased levels of reliability and longer life expectancy, resulting in a drift-free response and a low-maintenance unit that requires no recalibration. The Projected Capacitive touch technology is not supported by all operating systems
Benefits
* Works outdoors-in rain, snow, ice, and dust
* Touch function operates through customer-installed materials, including vandal-resistant glass up to 18 mm thick
* True flat front surface possible with no bezel
* Works with gloves
* Works even if glass is scratched or broken
Applications
* Outdoor kiosks
* Ticketing machines
* ATMs
* Web phones
* Pay-at-the pump gas machines
* Through-glass, under-counter, and bartop applications
Elo’s projected capacitive technology enables touches to be sensed through a protective layer in front of a display, effectively allowing touchmonitors to be installed behind
store windows or vandal-resistant glass. The transparent projected capacitive touchscreen, which is installed between the display and a protective outer layer, allows
the complete system to have unsurpassed resistance to impacts, scratches, and vandalism commonly found in public-access applications. The sensing technology is also
unaffected bymoisture, heat, rain, snow and ice, or harsh cleaning fluids, making it ideal for outdoor applications as well. Offered in two versions: DirectTouch, which consists
of a 7.8 mm sensor with tempered glassouter layer, and ThruTouch, which is optimized to work through a customer- installed outer layer. The solid-state touchscreen and
controller provide increased levels of reliability and longer life expectancy, resulting in a drift-free response and a low-maintenance unit that requires no recalibration.
