Graphics Hardware

Graphic Systems

• Output
  • CRT
  • hardcopy
• Input (or source of image)
  • keyboard, pinting devices
  • TV camera, scanner
  • paint programs
  • data (1/2/3, sensors, etc.)
  • computer model

Hardcopy output

• printer
  • formed character
  • dotmatric
    • printer
    • laser printer
    • ink jet
    • photocomposition unit
  • film recorder
  • plotter
    • single pen
    • multiple pen
  • 3d printers

Interactive input Devices

• pointing devices
  • mouse
  • trackball, joystick
  • vector pad/disk
  • digital pad
  • light pen
  • touch screen
  • eye tracker
  • data glove/suit (body postion sensors) (these are related to new developments in wearable computers)
  • voice
• keyboard
• sensors
• TV camera

Display Devices

• CRT
  • vector
  • raster
• color CRT
• DVST (direct/view storage tubes) (does not require refresh)
• Plasma/Panel display
• LED and LCD
• Laser, hologram and other esoteric devices