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Seoul bus shelters getting interactive with new touchscreens

Touchscreen solutions developer and manufacturer Zytronic announced it has been tapped to provide hundreds of 46-inch ZYBRID touch sensors for use in new interactive digital signage bus shelters throughout Seoul, South Korea.

April 10, 2015

Touchscreen solutions developer and manufacturer Zytronic announced it has been tapped to provide hundreds of 46-inch ZYBRID touch sensors for use in bus shelters throughout Seoul, South Korea.

Working with Zytronic's distribution partner in Korea, DTH Co. Ltd., and Sane Co. Ltd., a provider of intelligent transportation systems, the project has seen 300 46-inch ZYBRID touch sensors based on Zytronic's Projected Capacitive Technology acquired for integration into the Bus Information Terminal project. BIT replaces existing non-interactive digital signage and offers Seoul's commuters engaging real-time information about traffic, transit routes and local amenities, at the touch of a finger.

In this application, the PCT touch sensor, coupled with Zytronic's single-/dual-touch ZXY100 controller, is mounted behind and functions through an additional 8-mm protection glass and is designed to deliver touch responsiveness while enduring hot, humid Seoul summers and freezing winters, the company said. The touch sensors should also be unaffected by scratches, heavy rain, ice, dirt and dust, according to Zytronic.

"Working closely with our South Korean partners, DTH Co. Ltd. and Sane Co. Ltd., has given us a fantastic opportunity to put Zytronic's proven, rugged, touchscreen technology to widespread public use in the capital city of one of the world's most dynamic economies," Zytronic Sales and Marketing Director Ian Crosby said in the announcement. "The general public increasingly expects similar levels of interactivity from displays they encounter in everyday life, as they enjoy with their smartphones and tablets, and this is a perfect example of how Zytronic's touch technology enables this to happen."