A layered display interface that registers physical contact from a finger or stylus. Industrial and consumer electronics usually rely on capacitive touch screens, which detect changes in an electrostatic field, or resistive touch screens, which respond to physical pressure closing a circuit between transparent layers.
Heard on the job
The new HMI panel has a capacitive touch screen, so operators can't use it while wearing thick leather gloves.
Also heard as
- touchscreen
- touch display