Graphic tablet (Input device)

A graphics tablet is a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images, animations and graphics, with a special pen-like stylus,

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2. A graphic tablet is a computer  input device  that enables a user to hand-draw images, animations and graphics, with a special pen-like  stylus . Graphic Tablet

3. History The first graphics tablet was "Tele - autograph", patented Elisha Gray in 1888. The first graphics tablet, similar to a modern, used for handwriting recognition computer "Stylator " in 1957 .

4. History 1964:Rand Tablet(Grafacon) by ARPA Looks like the current graphic tablet For professional and medical enviroment Covering electromagnetic

5. An acoustic tablet (Spark tablet) Uses sound to locate the position of the stylus Position is calculated with the timing of sound Tablet popularized because of their commercial success in the mid-1970s - early 1980s . History

6. History The first tablet in 1984 for the consumer market called " KoalaPd ." Although they were originally designed for computer Apple II, eventually "Koala" has spread to other PCs .

7. Applications Graphic tablets are commonly used in the artistic world. Educators  make use of tablets in classrooms   To captutre data or handwritten signatures. Tablets are also popular for  technical drawings  and  CAD

8. Several kinds Passive tablets Active tablets Optical tablets Acoustic tablets Capacitive tablets