InPlay Technologies Introduces Revolutionary Capacitive Pen Technology
18 December 2008 - 1:10AM
Business Wire
InPlay Technologies (NASDAQ: NPLA) today unveiled its
patent-pending WriteSense� digital pen technology, coupling active
RF pen input with capacitive touch systems. WriteSense eliminates
the need for a separate electromagnetic digitizer by communicating
directly with the capacitive touch sensor, resulting in a smaller
three-dimensional form factor and a cost-effective solution.
Popularized by the iPhone, capacitive touch technology enables many
advanced features over other types of touch input. However, it is
limited in that it requires a finger�s ability to provide
capacitive coupling to interact with the screen. The traditional
stylus will not work with a capacitive screen. Nor will
fingernails, or even use with gloves, causing frustration to users.
Working with InPlay, OEMs can integrate WriteSense into the
existing capacitive touch architecture already being adopted for
mobile devices. The active digital pen enables the precision,
accuracy and speed of pen input, and the ability for advanced
features based on InPlay�s unique digital architecture. Unlike most
pen input systems that utilize analog communication, InPlay
technology uses digital stream communication, bringing stronger
performance and enhanced feature capability. �Our new technology
enables active pen capability at an incremental cost when
capacitive touch systems are used,� said Van Potter, InPlay
president and CEO. �We believe that our technology could be rapidly
adopted in the tablet PC and e-reader markets. We are also seeing
strong interest from the Smart phone segment.� In a recent report,
ABI Research forecasts global revenue for touchscreens in Smart
phones and other mobile devices to reach $5 billion in 2009. The
report notes a significant opportunity in Asia for touchscreens
that support handwriting recognition using a stylus because of the
character alphabet used in the region. Resistive touch technology,
along with an active pen or passive stylus, currently dominates
this market. OEMs prefer the gesture and multi-touch features
capacitive pen technology offers in mobile applications, but where
handwriting recognition is required, they are forced to use
resistive technology in small form factor applications or the more
complex and costly traditional digitizer for larger applications
such as tablets and notebooks. �WriteSense eliminates the cost and
performance barriers to integrated capacitive touch and pen in all
these applications,� Potter continued. �Target applications also
include integration into track pads.� WriteSense advantages: No
additional ITO or glass layers required, resulting in high optical
performance Low-cost integration and thin stack-up by eliminating
the digitizer behind the LCD or a specially configured LCD Active
RF pen enables high-resolution pen capability, gesture support
Digital architecture allows for feature expansion Low power,
battery free Simple supply chain, standard components InPlay has
demonstrated prototypes of WriteSense to various OEMs and strategic
partners. WriteSense will be commercially available mid-2009. About
InPlay Technologies InPlay Technologies is a developer of
innovative human interface devices for computing and communication
products. Our mission is to help make complex products easy and
intuitive to use by providing a natural method of interaction.
InPlay�s integrated digital pen and touch technologies
automatically recognize pen or finger input, allowing the user to
choose the most effective input method. With the only
digital-communication based pen input system, our products offer
significant advantages over traditional analog designs. Like the
evolution of cell phones from analog to digital, our roadmap
enables an increasing number of useful features and functionality
for computers, Smart phones and other electronic products. Visit
www.inplaytechnologies.com for more information. This news release
contains certain �forward-looking statements� within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking
statements include statements regarding potential adoption of our
technologies in the tablet PC, Smart phone and other markets, and
estimations of cost and performance advantages. Risks and
uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from
those projected include lack of market acceptance of our products,
insufficient resources to successfully commercialize our technology
and other uncertainties described from time to time in our
documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 24, 2008. These forward-looking statements
represent our beliefs as of the date of this press release and we
disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
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