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Segment Information
Interactive pen displays have become popular for use in a variety of medical
areas, including electronic medical charts, pathological reports, endoscopic
diagnostic systems, nursing support, diagnostic imaging, and bedside terminals.
By using electronic medical charts instead of conventional paper-based records,
medical information can be shared more easily within a hospital. These charts
also signicantly reduce the storage space required for medical data and facilitate
easy access to necessary information. They also allow the entry of handwritten
data and sketches into an electronic report during surgical operations.
Medical Care
Presenting digital educational materials on a screen using a PC and a projector
has become a common practice at educational institutions such as elementary,
junior and senior high schools, colleges and universities, and professional
schools, as well as in training centers and private e-learning programs. Through
the use of interactive pen displays, instructors can directly enter teaching
materials on an LCD display and have them instantly displayed on a large
screen. In addition, the use of TV phones and Web-based whiteboards facilitates
remote instruction and online correction of student work.
Education
The use of interactive pen displays is increasingly common among
businesspeople at order centers, call centers, cosmetic and beauty salons, the
reception areas of corporate and governmental oces, and in industrial design
environments. People can use an electronic pen to capture graphical
information during face-to-face conversations with customers and enter data in
designated corporate formats using a handwriting interface supported by
functions not available with a keyboard. Consequently, our electronic pen
technology contributes to creating harmony between people and technology
in business activities.
Business
Interactive pen displays are widely integrated in systems for supporting meetings
and presentations. Meeting participants can hold discussions while viewing
electronic data together on the LCD screens of interactive pen displays, jot down
notes, and store any information on displays as required. The use of interactive
pen displays can not only accelerate decision-making and communication, it can
also prevent the need for large volumes of photocopying. Moreover, the ability to
use an electronic pen to highlight information on an interactive display makes
presentations easier to understand and more persuasive.
Meetings and Presentations
Wacom’s pen tablets have been well received by professionals in graphics as well as other elds such as
health care, education, and business. Pen input using advanced IT and telecommunication technologies is
changing our lives by replacing the constraints of pen and paper with the enhanced functionality of
electronic pens and displays, thereby providing new solutions that remove the restraints of time and space.
Wacom Solutions
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