Input

1. Input Devices

1.1. The Keyboard

1.2. touch screen

1.3. pen input

1.4. Game Controllers

1.4.1. Gamepads

1.4.2. Joysticks and Wheels

1.4.3. Light guns

1.4.4. Dance pads

1.4.5. Motion‐ Dance pads sensing controllers

1.5. Digital Cameras

1.5.1. Studio cameras

1.5.2. Field cameras

1.5.3. Point‐and‐shoot camera

1.6. Voice Input

1.6.1. Audio input

1.6.1.1. Speech

1.6.1.2. Music

1.6.1.3. Sound Effects

1.7. Video input

1.7.1. Web cam

1.7.2. video conference

2. Biometric Input

2.1. Fingerprint

2.2. Face recognition system

2.3. Hand geometry system

2.4. Voice verification system

2.5. Signature verification system

2.6. Iris recognition system

2.7. Retinal scanners

3. Input Devices for Physically Challenged Users

3.1. Keyguard

3.2. Keyboards with larger keys

3.3. On‐screen keyboard

3.4. Various pointing devices

3.5. Head‐mounted pointer

3.6. Gesture recognition

3.7. Computerized implant devices

4. Scanners and Reading Devices

4.1. Flatbed

4.2. Pen or Handheld

4.3. Sheet‐fed

4.4. Drum

4.5. Optical character recognition (OCR)

4.6. turnaround document

4.7. Optical mark recognition (OMR)

4.8. bar code reader

4.8.1. bar code scanner

4.8.2. bar codes

4.9. RFID (radio frequency identification)

4.10. Magnetic stripe card readers

4.10.1. Credit cards

4.10.2. Entertainment cards

4.10.3. Bank cards

4.10.4. Other similar cards

4.11. MICR (magnetic ink character recognition)

5. Pointing Devices

5.1. Mouse

5.2. trackball

5.3. touchpad

5.4. pointing

5.5. touch screen

5.6. pen input