Takaitaccen Tarihin Wacom: Yadda Fasahar Kwamfuta ta Alƙala ta zo ga masu karanta E-masu karatu

Wacom da farko sananne ne don ƙwararrun allunan zane-zane, waɗanda masu raye-raye da masu zanen kaya ke amfani da su a duk duniya. Duk da haka, kamfanin ba kawai yin wannan ba.

Har ila yau, tana sayar da kayan aikinta ga wasu kamfanonin fasaha, irin su ONYX, wanda ke samar da masu karanta e-reader. Mun yanke shawarar yin ɗan gajeren balaguron balaguro zuwa baya kuma mu gaya muku dalilin da yasa fasahar Wacom ta mamaye kasuwannin duniya, da yin amfani da misalin samfuran ONYX don nuna yadda masana'antun masu karanta littattafai ke amfani da mafita na kamfanin.

Takaitaccen Tarihin Wacom: Yadda Fasahar Kwamfuta ta Alƙala ta zo ga masu karanta E-masu karatu
Hoto: Szabo Victor /Buɗewa

Fasahar Wacom Da Ta Canza Kasuwa

Na farko graphics Allunan bayyana baya a cikin 60s na karshe karni. Su bauta madadin hanyar shigar da bayanai cikin kwamfuta. Maimakon buga haruffa akan madannai, masu amfani sun zana su akan kwamfutar hannu tare da salo. Software na musamman an gane haruffa da lambobi kuma an saka su cikin filayen shigarwa da suka dace.

A tsawon lokaci, ikon yin amfani da allunan zane-zane ya faɗaɗa. A cikin 1970-1980s, injiniyoyi da masu gine-gine sun fara amfani da su don yin aiki tare da tsarin ƙira na kwamfuta kamar AutoCAD (sifinsa na farko shine kawai. ya fito a shekarar 1982). Shahararrun allunan zane-zane guda biyu na zamanin sune Intelligent Digitizer da BitPad. Dukansu na'urorin kamfanin Summagraphics na Amurka ne ya kera su, wanda ya kasance mai zaman kansa na dogon lokaci.

Har ma ya ba da mafita ga sauran ƙungiyoyi ta amfani da samfurin farin alamar (lokacin da wani kamfani ya samar da samfur, wani kuma ya sayar da shi a ƙarƙashin alamarsa). Af, bisa tsarin BitPad, Apple gina kwamfutar hannu ta farko na zane - Apple Graphics Tablet.

Amma allunan da aka samar a cikin 80s suna da koma baya - an yi amfani da salon su, wanda ya iyakance matakin 'yanci kuma ya sanya zane mai wahala. Injiniyoyin kamfanin Wacom na Japan, wanda aka kafa a 1983, sun yanke shawarar gyara lamarin. Sun ba da izinin sabon tsarin shigar da haɗin kai don sarrafa siginan kwamfuta akan allon kwamfuta ta amfani da alkalami mara waya.

Ka'idar aiki na fasaha ta dogara ne akan abin da ya faru na resonance na lantarki. Injiniya aka buga akan kwamfutar hannu akwai grid na na'urori masu auna firikwensin da yawa suna fitar da siginar lantarki mai rauni. Wannan siginar yana haifar da filin maganadisu wanda ya wuce milimita biyar fiye da saman aiki. Tsarin yana rikodin dannawa ta hanyar nazarin canje-canje a cikin wannan filin. Amma ga stylus, an sanya capacitor da coil na musamman a ciki. Raƙuman wutar lantarki sama da saman aiki na kwamfutar hannu suna haifar da halin yanzu a cikinsa, wanda ke ba da alƙalami da ƙarfin da ake buƙata. Sakamakon haka, baya buƙatar kowane wayoyi ko batura daban.

Na farko kwamfutar hannu bisa sabon fasaha ya zama Wacom WT-460M, wanda aka gabatar a cikin 1984. Da sauri ya fara cin kasuwar duniya. A cikin 1988 kamfanin ya buɗe ofishin wakilin a Jamus, kuma bayan shekaru uku - a Amurka. Sannan Wacom ya shiga yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa tare da Disney - ɗakin studio sun yi amfani da na'urorin su don ƙirƙirar fim ɗin mai rai "Beauty and the Beast."

Kusan lokaci guda, fasahar mara waya ta Wacom ta shiga duniyar kwamfutocin DOS da Windows. An gina tsarin kwamfuta akansa Saukewa: NCR3125. Na'urar tana da allon E Ink kuma an gane haruffan da aka rubuta da hannu. Ba da daɗewa ba tsarin kamfanin na Japan ma gwamnatin Amurka ta yi amfani da shi. A 1996, Shugaba Bill Clinton sanya hannu Dokar Sadarwa ta 1996 a tsarin dijital ta amfani da na'urar Wacom.

Yayin wanzuwar kamfanin, an kafa kwatance da yawa a Wacom. Na farko masu alaka tare da samar da allunan ƙwararru don masu zanen kaya da masu fasaha. Kayayyakin Wacom sun zama ma'auni a cikin masana'antar fasaha. Yi aiki tare da na'urorin kamfani kwararru daga Wasannin Riot da Blizzard, da kuma masu fasahar studio Pixar. Wani shugabanci Ayyukan Wacom allunan ne don kasuwanci. Suna ba ku damar ƙididdige kwararar takardu kuma fara aiki tare da sa hannun lantarki a cikin ƙungiyar. Misali, don waɗannan dalilai, na'urori daga masana'anta na Japan amfani Kamfanin haya mota na Chile Hertz, Korean Nine Tree Premier Hotel da kungiyar likitocin Amurka Sharp Healthcare.

Samfura don ƙwararrun masu fasaha da kasuwanci sune alamar alamar, godiya ga wanda ya sami shahara a duniya. Rabon Wacom na kasuwar kwamfutar hannu mai hoto ya wuce 80%. Duk da haka, masana'anta na Japan suna da sauran wurare masu tasowa.

Wani alkuki shine abubuwan da aka haɗa don masu karatu na lantarki

Kamfanin yana haɓaka CAD don ƙirar lantarki da kuma samar da abubuwan haɗin gwiwa (musamman, allon taɓawa da salo) ga wasu kamfanoni. Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa fasahar su ke buƙata shine babban madaidaicin abin da stylus ya ba ka damar sarrafa siginan kwamfuta akan allon. A tsawon lokacin wanzuwar kamfanin, injiniyoyin Wacom sun ba da haƙƙin mallaka da yawa waɗanda ke haɓaka firikwensin lantarki da algorithms na software. Gabaɗaya, suna nufin sanya alƙalami ya ji kamar zane akan takarda.

Dangane da abubuwan Wacom, kamfanonin haɗin gwiwa suna gina ba kawai allunan zane-zane ba, har ma da sauran na'urorin lantarki, gami da masu karatu. Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan kamfani shine ONYX, wanda gabatar e-reader na farko - ONYX BOOX 60 - tare da fasahar taɓawa ta Wacom a cikin 2009. A cikin jirgi mai karatu ya kasance Nunin 6-inch E Ink Vizplex tare da Layer taɓawa daga Wacom. Bangaren matsa lamba yana ƙarƙashin allon gilashin mai karatu kuma amsa zuwa salo na musamman. Ana iya amfani da shi don kewayawa (zaɓar abubuwan menu a cikin na'urar) da kuma ɗaukar bayanan da aka rubuta da hannu.

Hakanan ana amfani da mafita na Wacom a cikin masu karatun ONYX na zamani. Kawai yanzu masana'antun Jafananci sun faɗaɗa aikin alkalami: ya zama mafi kyawun amsawa ga matsa lamba. Stylus yana da abubuwan da aka gina a ciki tare da juriya masu canzawa, dangane da tsananin matsawa, wanda ke ba ka damar canza kauri na layin lokacin zana akan nuni. Wannan fasalin ya juya mai karanta e-mai sauƙi zuwa na'ura mai aiki da yawa tare da damar kwamfutar hannu.

Takaitaccen Tarihin Wacom: Yadda Fasahar Kwamfuta ta Alƙala ta zo ga masu karanta E-masu karatu
Akan hoton: ONYX BOOX MAX 3

Na'urar ONYX BOOX ta farko irin wannan ita ce Bayanan kula Pro. Yana da allon E Ink Mobius Carta mai girman inci 10,3. Nunin wannan girman yana ba ku damar karanta littattafan ilimi ko fasaha cikin kwanciyar hankali. Na'urar ta zo tare da alkalami Wacom wanda ke goyan bayan matakan 2048 na matsa lamba. Irin wannan salo yana zuwa tare da masu yin rubutu Mai kwalliya и MAX 3.

Yin amfani da salo, zaku iya ɗaukar bayanin kula kai tsaye akan takardu - wannan fasalin zai dace da waɗanda ke amfani da masu karatu don yin aiki tare da takaddun fasaha ko bayanin kula.

Takaitaccen Tarihin Wacom: Yadda Fasahar Kwamfuta ta Alƙala ta zo ga masu karanta E-masu karatu
Akan hoton: ONYX BOOX Note 2

Sabbin samfuran ONYX BOOX tare da alƙalamin Wacom na'urori ne Note 2 и Nova Pro. An sanye su da nunin E Ink Mobius Carta tare da diagonal na 10,3 da inci 7,8, bi da bi. Bugu da ƙari, ba kamar masu karatu na baya ba, allon su yana da matakan taɓawa biyu. Na farko shine nunin taɓawa da yawa don juya shafukan littattafai da sarrafa mai karatu ta amfani da motsin motsi. Na biyu shine Layer induction Layer na Wacom don aiki tare da alkalami. Layer na shigar da haɗe tare da stylus yana da daidaiton matsayi mafi girma idan aka kwatanta da na'urar firikwensin ƙarfi kaɗai. Yin amfani da salo yana sauƙaƙa don zaɓar kalma akan allon don fassara (misali, idan kun ci karo da jumlar da ba ku sani ba a cikin takaddar harshen Ingilishi) kuma danna maɓallan akan madannai na kan allo. Matsayin hannun hannu tare da mai salo ya fi na halitta - akwai ƙananan yiwuwar ciwon rami na carpal.

A lokaci guda, da Note 2 da Nova Pro alkalami kanta gane 4096 matsa lamba, wanda ya kara da kewayon abin da kauri na zana layi canje-canje. Don haka, ONYX BOOX Note 2 za a iya amfani da shi azaman kundi don ƙananan zane-zane da zane-zane. Idan ya cancanta, zaku iya zana kai tsaye akan takaddun PDF ko DjVu idan yanayin da ya dace ya kunna. Mai karatu zai ba ka damar adanawa da fitar da fayilolin da aka gyara zuwa wayar salula ko kwamfutar ka.

Wacom touch Layer da alƙalami an shigar da su a cikin manyan masu karanta ONYX tare da allon inci 7,8 ko fiye. Don na'urori na irin wannan, ikon ɗaukar bayanin kula da zane-zane wani muhimmin hali ne wanda ke faɗaɗa zaɓuɓɓukan amfani da na'urar sosai. A zahiri, yana haɗa e-reader da “lambar rubutu na dijital” bisa E Ink. Ikon yin aiki tare da takardu a cikin PDF da DjVu yana jan hankalin injiniyoyi da sauran ƙwararrun ƙwararrun fasaha - bisa ga ƙididdigarmu, buƙatun masu karatu tare da alkalami Wacom ya fi na masu karatu “kananan”, amma karko sosai.

Sabbin ayyuka da ci gaba masu zuwa daga Wacom

A ƙarshen Nuwamba, masana'anta na Japan, tare da kamfanin E Ink gabatar sabon nau'in nunin launi E tawada. Ana kiran tsarin ePaper Print-Color - a wannan yanayin, ana amfani da tacewa na musamman na launi kai tsaye zuwa fim din E Ink. An riga an sami na'urar samfuri tare da allon inch 10,3 wanda ke goyan bayan salo na musamman na Wacom tare da matakan matsa lamba 4096. Sony, SuperNote, Boyue da ONYX za su yi masu karatu tare da sabon allo - ana iya tsammanin su a cikin rabin na biyu na 2020.

Lura cewa ONYX ya riga ya sami gogewa wajen haɓaka na'urori tare da allon launi. A farkon shekara a CES 2019, kamfanin ya nuna Youngy BOOX mai karatu. An sanye shi da allon inch 10,7 tare da ƙudurin 1280x960 pixels, wanda ke nuna har zuwa launuka 4096 kuma yana goyan bayan aiki tare da stylus Wacom. Koyaya, wannan na'urar ba a siyar da ita ga jama'a ba - wasu makarantun kasar Sin ne kawai suka samu a matsayin wani bangare na aikin ilimi.

A nan gaba, ONYX yana shirin fadada layin masu karatu tare da allon launi. Za a nuna wasu samfuran a CES 2020 farkon shekara mai zuwa. Duk da haka, ba duk sababbin kayayyaki ba ne za su iya isa kasuwa. Duk ya dogara da buƙatar masu karatu masu launi, wanda har yanzu ya juya ya zama ƙasa da ƙasa fiye da na'urorin baki da fari na gargajiya.

Hakanan Wacom a farkon shekara kafa sabuwar haɗin gwiwa - Digital Stationery Consortium. Samsung, Fujitsu da Montblanc sun riga sun shiga can. Tare za su nemo sabbin aikace-aikace na E Ink kuma su ƙirƙiri sabis na girgije don na'urori dangane da shi - alal misali, don musayar e-littattafai tsakanin masu karatu ko daidaita alamun shafi. Ƙungiyar tana shirin gudanar da taruka huɗu a kowace shekara don haɓaka fasahar e-ink a kasuwannin duniya.

Sharhin masu karanta ONYX tare da firikwensin Wacom:

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