New Modular Touch System Emphasizes Greater Trend of Digital Signage

Technology Trends Baanto's modular touch system is one of the new products of this year's Digital Signage Expo. The system uses patented ShadowSense technology that allows frame assembly of any size and provides multi-touch capabilities for video walls. Baanto's new modular touch system emphasizes the greater trend of digital signage.

John La, director of product marketing at Baanto, said that the modular touch system was created in response to the growth of ultra-thin bezel LCDs and sophisticated light-emitting diodes, and is now "dominating the market." John La stressed that this technology has been "having a major impact" for a long time, and now with the increasing number of video walls, applications are more effective.

"Everyone realizes that it is not enough to just attract people's attention. You need to attract them and let them spend more time on your content so that you can build awareness and capture their interest. He added Touch interaction is how to do this "natural selection" because mobile technology is already ingrained among consumers. "People want their experience on mobile phones, but the macro scale that can't be achieved on mobile displays," John La said.

With the continuous decline in the price of displays and video controllers, operators can better meet the needs of consumers. The retail industry is still at the forefront of this interactive trend, but specialty markets such as museums, trade shows and other event venues are now using them.

John La said: “We also see a lot of companies adopting this approach as an office display that can serve as a collaborative space for visualizing large amounts of data.” “Video walls also have the added flexibility of being able to Large displays, or in smaller parts, mean contacting several people at the same time.” Nowadays, video walls can be used instead of multiple independent displays while offering choices for larger, more influential purposes.

He believes that this trend will not disappear in the short term. "The digital signage industry should expect to see larger touch screens, including video walls, as the standard, and end users can find ways to reduce noise and attract people." Touch interactions will become the standard requirement for all displays that are displayed within the arm's length. More and more people think the display is touch rather than static,” he said. “Non-interactive displays are throwing away an excellent opportunity to attract people and cannot obtain the ROI required to prove their digital signage strategy. information. ”

Modular touch system

Baanto's modular touch system was developed for the convenience of users. For example, a large frame requires a large piece of glass to provide the structure so that the infrared emitter and the receiver of the traditional infrared tactile solution will be aligned. According to him, this makes the entire frame and glass structure very expensive and difficult to install.

Established a modular touch system that makes assembly and installation easier

John La said: “Installing a wall in a small space or higher floor is almost impossible.” “Modular touch system eliminates the need for large protective glass. It utilizes shadow tactile technology and it is compatible with standard infrared. The technology does not have the same limitations and splits the framework into more reliable components.” These pieces can be shipped to the installation site at a lower cost, installed on one or two people without the assistance of heavy equipment, and do not need a lot of Experience can be installed.

This also makes it easier to replace components if there is a problem with the video wall or if the video wall configuration is changed without having to completely replace it. "The modular touch system simply plugs in horizontal or vertical expansion packs by using all existing components, making the extension easy," said John La.

Another benefit of a modular touch system is simple assembly. The framework automatically detects the configuration of the settings. Once started, the framework will perform a self-assessment to ensure that all connections are correct and if not, the system will provide feedback. Then, the framework will be plugged into a computer running any major operating system, such as Windows, Mac OSX or Linux, via a USB connector without any software drivers.

Baanto's shadow sensing technology has low latency, high resolution, and ambient light immunity. "Modular touch systems also use our patented shadow haptics technology, so it has the advantages of low latency, high resolution, ambient light immunity, shape and size detection," John La said.