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3M MicroTouch Software MT7
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The Complete Software Solution for 3M MicroTouch Systems
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For more than 25 years 3M Touch Systems has developed touch drivers
for use in a wide variety of interactive applications. 3M's current touch
software suite, the 3M MicroTouch System MT7, offers many simple
and sophisticated tools that allow customers greater flexibility and
control in their application development. The feature-rich MT7 software
suite can help ensure optimal touch performance, increased customer
configuration flexibility, and shortened lead time to market.
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The latest MT7 software enhancement, the 3M MicroTouch Software
MT7 Gestures, allows customers to use prebuilt software libraries to
add intuitive gesture recognition to their touch applications. This new
application program interface (API) incorporates "single finger gesture
recognition", as well as a programmable "radial menu" feature that allow
developers to enhance their user interface with intuitive touch features.
Below are the four libraries included in MT7 Gestures:
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•t MT7 Trace collects user touch actions into traces, each representing
a single touch down, drag, and lift off sequence.
•t MT7 Stroke takes a trace and matches it against an applicationdefined collection of reference strokes. Based on the match, the
application determines what action is intended.
•t MT7 Radial presents a radial menu (a.k.a. pie menu) for the user to
select an option that the application responds to.
•t MT7 Box Tool takes one or two traces and monitors their position,
returning any change in distance or angle between a trace and a
reference point or another trace.
Another important MT7 software feature is multi-display touch
support which allows for multiple 3M touch-enabled displays to have
simultaneous draw and touch functionality from one computer. Through
an easy-to-use controller and touch screen ID assignment process the
number of linked touch displays is only limited by the number of USB or
serial ports available.
Customers appreciate 3M's total solution approach of providing a
complete touch system (sensor, controller and software) developed by
a dedicated 3M engineering team that has been thoroughly tested to
perform as expected in the field, helping reduce customer design cycle
and testing requirements.
Feature
Benefit
Total System Solution
•t Sensor, electronics, and software design and support from one supplier
•t Designed for optimal system performance
MT7 Gestures
•t Prebuilt software libraries for quick time-to-market allows you to focus on your application
•t Single finger gesture support for intuitive user interface designs
•t Radial menu support for quick menu implementation to any application
MT7 Control Panel
•t Customization of driver support to meet the needs of each specific application
•t Touch-specific features easily accessed via a graphical user interface
MT7 Multi-display
Support
•t Built-in support for multiple interactive displays on one CPU
•t Flexible controller ID assignment and system configuration