Ocular's 17.0-inch Crystal Touch: TRUE Multi-Touch Receives
Best in Show Award
Society for Information Display selects Ocular as award
winner at Display Week 2012
DALLAS (June 19, 2012) - Ocular's largest standard
Crystal Touch: TRUE Multi-Touch projected capacitive touch
panel received a Best in Show award at the 49th SID
International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition that took
place June 3-8 at the Boston Convention Center.
Out of over 180 exhibitors, the top five featured products
at Display Week were selected by an independent panel of
display experts. Products were selected based on their
ability to generate interest and excitement within the
display community as well as the general public and global
media.
SID Display Week is the premier international gathering of
scientists, engineers, manufacturers and users in the field
of electronic-information displays and features products
from some of the largest display providers in the
industry. Exhibitors at the conference ranged from
small corporations to Fortune 500 companies and showcased a
wide variety of products. TFTs, touch panels,
dual-vision televisions and opto-electronics are just a few
of the products and industries showcased at the
conference.
"As the only touch product to receive a Best in Show
award, we are extremely honored to have been chosen by the
SID panel of industry experts," said Joe Fiamingo,
president and CEO of Ocular. "There were well-known
companies featured at the exhibition and we take pride
being selected as a winner alongside other innovative and
prestigious display providers. I believe winning a
Best in Show award reinforces our leadership position in
the touch industry."
Ocular's 17.0-inch Crystal Touch: TRUE Multi-Touch panel
features the Atmel® maXTouch® mXT1716E controller and is
the largest touch panel in production to utilize Atmel's
maXTouch controllers. Measuring 400 mm by 258 mm, the
17.0-inch Crystal Touch: TRUE Multi-Touch, in combination
with the maXTouch mXT1716E, provides up to 16 simultaneous
touch points and has the sophistication to identify and
disregard unintended touches.
"It's an honor to be recognized alongside Ocular
for this Best in Show Award," said Jon Kiachian, vice
president of touch marketing, Atmel Corporation.
"Powering Ocular's 17.0-inch Crystal Touch
touchscreen, Atmel's maXTouch mXT1716E controller is one of
our company's flagship products specifically built to
support 17-inch touchscreens. This award is further
testament to our understanding of market needs and our
ability to provide innovative touch solutions."
To learn more about Ocular's award winning touch panel,
please visit http://www.ocularlcd.com/products/multi_touch
Pricing and Availability
About Ocular
Ocular LCD, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a
leading supplier of industrial touch panels and display
products to the embedded technology industry. Ocular's
innovative technologies enable equipment manufacturers to
quickly bring to market product solutions with
leading-edge, touch-enabled display capabilities. In
addition to products, Ocular's extensive knowledge and 25
years of experience allow the team to work closely with
manufacturers to design display capabilities that meet the
unique requirements of their applications, including the
demands of extreme environments. Ocular's product
realization services can combine customized displays and
true multi-touch products into a fully integrated and
tested turnkey product. To learn more about Ocular, please
visit www.Ocularlcd.com.
About 2012 Atmel Technology Live
With true unlimited touch functionality and stylus support,
the maXTouch technology will enable exciting new
applications, such as tablets, Netbooks and MIDs. The
microcontroller technology, combined with proprietary
algorithms, offers a better touch experience for users of
tablet and other applications. The larger screen solution
is an enhancement of existing maXTouch products that
provide best-in-class configurability to exceed today's
user interface requirements for applications such as
tablets. For more information, visit www.atmel.com/products/touchscreens/.
To see the latest Atmel maXTouch videos, visit the Atmel
YouTube Channel at www.atmel.com/youtube or
follow Atmel on Twitter www.atmel.com/twitter.
Atmel Press Contact:
Press & Media Contacts:
Erin Olson, Ocular LCD, Inc.
Tel: 214-635-1920
EOlson@Ocularlcd.com
Agnes Toan, Atmel Corporation
Tel: 408-487-2963
Agnes.Toan@atmel.com
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