3M Touch Systems provides innovative touchscreen products to
customers worldwide under the "MicroTouch" brand. Popular
single, gesture and multi touch screen applications include
touchscreens and touch screen monitors for casino gaming,
retail point of sale, foodservice, hospitality, self-service,
industrial, healthcare and interactive digital signage.
Throughout its history, MicroTouch has focused on innovative
technologies that make using computers as simple as touching
the screen.
Gaming

Touchscreens are used in many systems including video
lottery terminals, bartop games, jukeboxes and lottery
ticket dispensing machines, in restaurants and casinos.
Multiple games are possible on a single machine giving
users the option to play poker, blackjack, solitaire,
trivia, cricket and even finger painting. MicroTouch
customers in the gaming market include Bally, IGT, Merit,
Silicon Gaming, Leisure Time, Powerhouse, and WMS Gaming.
Casino gaming applications are found worldwide and are most
predominant in Las Vegas (U.S.), Atlantic City (U.S.), Macau
(China) and in a growing number of Native American Territories
(U.S.). Traditionally, these regulated games were designed for
individual use, but the forward trend is for networked and
multi-player machines to enhance the user experience.
Casino gaming applications include:
- Slot games
- Video Card games
- Multi-player table games
Financial

Touchscreens are replacing
traditional push buttons on ATM's allowing for more
features and selections to be represented on less surface
area. Information kiosks kept next to the ATMs provide a
low cost solution for giving account information. With
simple-to-use menus, user friendly touch systems allow
customers to easily access account information. Account
balances, last debits/credits, are easily retrieved.
A statement of account can be printed on demand. In
India, MicroTouch products are being used in Citibank,
HDFC Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, PNB, Bank
of Punjab.
In deal capture systems, touchscreens are used to input
trades directly into the computer. In video-based phones,
touchscreens replace large banks of phone buttons.
MicroTouch customers in the financial market include
AMEX, Compaq, Interbold, NYSE, Siemens, NCR, HCL, CMS.
Retail

Touch-enabled retail systems cover
a broad range of applications found in both supervised and
public-access environments.
Retail applications can include:
- Point of Sale (POS)
- Digital Signage
- Self Service
- Foodservice
- Hospitality
- Point of Information (POI)
Point of Sale

POS applications are configured either as an all-in-one
display/computer system or a collection of individual
components that include touch monitor, cash drawer,
CPU, scanners, keyboards, etc.
Digital Signage

Interactive digital signage devices are usually
touch-enabled industrial-grade LCD displays or
all-in-one LCD display systems.
Self Service

Self-service applications include check-out lines
and in-store food ordering systems.
Foodservice

Foodservice applications include employee food-ordering
and kitchen-management systems.
Hospitality

Hospitality applications include touch monitors,
all-in-one touch systems or self check-in/check-out
kiosks.
Point of Information

POI applications, commonly known as kiosks, are either
stand-alone devices or embedded in walls.
Transportation

Small non-networked portable devices used in automobiles
and boats provide users with up-to-date navigation and
directions.
Networked kiosks are used to dispense tickets for train,
rail or airplanes, and allow the purchaser to select the
class of travel and specific seats. Kiosks are being
extended beyond traditional transportation depots to the
outer reaches of towns enabling customers to purchase
tickets outside traditional transportation terminals.
Entertaining travelers during long trips with personal
seatback displays that provide access to music, movies
and games for travelers of all ages.
Transportation applications can include:
- Navigation Devices
- Ticketing Systems
- Seatback Entertainment Systems
Entertainment

Stand-alone or networked entertainment machines provide
patrons with a variety of games and on-demand music.
These games can be stand-alone machines or networked
devices where players at separate tables or even in
different venues can compete against each other.
These are "pay for play" machines and can be found in
arcades, bars, pubs, restaurants or other location where
people gather.
Entertainment applications include:
- Amusement Arcade Games
- Amusement-with-Prize Games / Skill-with-Prize Games
- Bartop Games
Industrial

Light-industrial applications use small- and large-scale
manufacturing equipment to process raw materials or food
ingredients into finished products. This processing
equipment uses automated controls to monitor and adjust
various aspects of the manufacturing line. Transport
equipment can also be used to move material or finished
goods from one stored location to another.
Industrial applications can include:
- Manufacturing Process Controls
- Food Processing
- Logistics and Handling Equipment
Healthcare

Networked computer systems help the healthcare community
streamline and decrease costs by accessing central data
banks of patient information and decreasing the use of
paper records. Touch interfaces are used with these
systems to access patient history, billing information,
aid in diagnosis and educate patients on treatment options.
Healthcare applications can include:
- Medical Records Access
- Pill Dispensing Equipment
- Bedside Patient Controls
- Diagnostic Equipment
E-Governance

MicroTouch based touchscreen kiosks are part of the
e-governance initiative in many states. Land records,
details of government schemes, applications for birth
certificates, are some of the applications in Tamil-Nadu,
Karnataka, and several other states.