Using contrast based AF, the D3100 automatically focuses on subjects when Live View is activated to aid shooting when using the LCD.

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Users can intuitively operate the calculator using the stylus on the touch-panel LCD, and input data using the software keyboard.

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Using in-cell technology, its LCD 4.7-inch IPS HD touchscreen is an impressive 8.4mm slim.

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Hitachi's little showing caused quite the crowds at its CEATEC booth, with a pair of 2.5-inch QVGA prototypes built using Pixtronix's PerfectLight MEMS display tech within a LCD infrastructure.

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In the new design, the cover glass is fully laminated to the LCD and an anti-reflective coating is applied using a high-precision plasma deposition process.

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In an industry-first, all models offer a mobile user guide that can be accessed by directly inputting the URL or by using a smartphone to read the QR code displayed in Everio's LCD screen.

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One way this can be successfully accomplished is by "multiplexing" the electrodes normally used to relay touch input -- that is, using the same electrodes to handle the signals for both touch control and the pixels of the LCD, according to a 2010 IHS report on touch-screen displays.

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There's also been talk of Apple using a thinner, better panel that would likely use in-cell touch rather than stack the LCD and touch surfaces in separate layers.

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