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Baanto providing touch tech for NEC Europe digital signage displays

Baanto International Inc. has announced that NEC Display Solutions Europe has added the company's ShadowSense touch technology to five displays in its Professional Series large-format range available in sizes from 40 to 80 inches.

October 14, 2014

Baanto International Inc. has announced that NEC Display Solutions Europe has added the company's ShadowSense touch technology to five displays in its Professional Series large-format range available in sizes from 40 to 80 inches. The high-performance, high-brightness and feature set of NEC's flagship large-format range, are now complemented with up to six simultaneous touchpoints for multitouch applications.

ShadowSense touch technology does not require any drivers,and uses high performance sensors that provide operation in bright ambient light conditions and deliver performance, stability and accuracy, according to Baanto. Coupled with the NEC displays it becomes a solution for around-the-clock usage in busy environments requiring reliable multitouch technology, including interactive retail signage, wayfinding or self-service kiosks in shopping centers, fast-food restaurants, airports and cinema complexes.

"Consumers are increasingly touch focused — from smartphones and tablets through to interactive whiteboards in meeting rooms and self-service kiosks in fast-food restaurants and leisure venues. This factor is rapidly driving touch functionality in the digital display market," said Daniela Dexheimer, product manager, solutions, at NEC Display Solutions Europe, in the announcement. "Our new P Series large format displays incorporate ShadowSense touch technology for multitouch capabilities that businesses can rely on to provide accurate results 24/7."

"Baanto is excited to be partnering with NEC in offering ShadowSense touch solutions to the EMEA market," Baanto President Joe Kotas said in the announcement. "With the explosion in demand for interactive solutions, customers are recognizing that the high-performance and advanced features of ShadowSense touch will enable them to develop more sophisticated, more engaging and more reliable applications. ... Quite simply, we believe that attracting and captivating end-users is critical to a successful interactive product and the touch system has to support, not degrade those goals. Therefore touch systems that compromise a touch monitor by catastrophically failing in brightly lit environments or slowing down the application performance due to clunky touch drivers are being supplanted."

The NEC P403 SST, P463 SST and P553 SST large-format displays will be available at the end of October, and the P703 SST and P801 SST will be available in December, the announcement said.