Dell Products Inc.

Christian L Critz

James T Gillon

Ernesto Ramirez

Nikolai V Vyssotski

Liam B Quinn

Sean P O'Neal

Daniel Lawrence Hamlin

Nicholas Diciurcio Grobelny

Michael David

Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss

John J Breen

Karun Palicherla Reddy

Bryan James Thornley

Michael Robert Kluth

Adolfo Sandor Montero

Anand Prakash Joshi

Merle Wood, Iii

Brent Alan McDonald

Mohammed K Hijazi

Alok Pant

Bradford Edward Vier

Patrick A Hampton

Chin-Jui Liu

Daniel William Kehoe

Thomas B Shu

Yong Chen

Annette M Kobus, Legal Representative

Sean P O'NEAL

A lock for an information handling system includes a sensor configured to detect removal of an element from a chassis prior to verification of a user credential, and a plunger that engages the chassis at a first position. A security controller verifies the user credential, and causes the muscle wire to move the plunger from the first position to a second position in response to the verified user credential.

Method and apparatus for a modular digital chassis lock assembly in an information handling system

An intelligent imaging device determines an occlusion of a shutter mechanism. The shutter mechanism opens to expose light to an image sensor, and the shutter mechanism closes to block the light from entering the image sensor. However, as the shutter mechanism transitions between full open and full close, the shutter mechanism is partially open and exposing the light to the image sensor. The image sensor continues generating images during these transitions, thus possibly revealing personal/sensitive data. The intelligent imaging device determines the shutter mechanism is partially open by conducting a real time, frame-by-frame content analysis. The intelligent imaging device may then disable an interface to the image sensor to avoid sharing personal/sensitive data. Even if the shutter mechanism is manually operated, the intelligent imaging device implements a visual/audible warning to warn a user that the shutter mechanism is not completely open or closed.

Detection of image sensor shutter state

Image-based detection of image sensor shutter state

Power monitor information in an information handling system may be adjusted based on a battery voltage to account for a battery discharge state. The power monitor information may be scaled higher when the battery voltage is low to encourage the system to throttle and decrease power consumption. This adjustment increases the likelihood that the battery remains within safe operating limits.

Power monitor scaling for an information handling system

A camera module for an information handling system, including: a camera having an electronic shutter; a capacitive sensor positioned proximate to the camera, the capacitive sensor configured to detect a change in capacitance at the capacitive sensor; a shutter controller computing module configured to: receive a first signal from the capacitive sensor indicating the change in capacitance at the capacitive sensor; process the first signal from the capacitive sensor, including determining that the first signal indicates to change a state of the electronic shutter; and in response to determining that the first signal indicates to change the state of the electronic shutter, providing, to the camera module, a second signal to adjust an initial state of the electronic shutter of the camera to a secondary state.

Capacitive switch for controlling a camera module for an information handling system

Systems and methods for providing pre-boot services in an Information Handling System (IHS) having Operating System (OS)-specific hardware and/or firmware components. In some embodiments, an IHS may include an Embedded Controller (EC), a first Operating System (OS)-specific chip coupled to the EC, and a second OS-specific chip coupled to the EC, where the EC is configured to cause the IHS to: in a first mode of operation, perform a first boot procedure using the first OS-specific chip; and in a second mode of operation, perform a second boot procedure using the second OS-specific chip.

Providing pre-boot services in an information handling system having operating system-specific hardware and/or firmware components

Systems and methods for manufacturing Information Handling Systems (IHSs) with Operating System (OS)-specific hardware and/or firmware components. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first Operating System (OS)-specific chip coupled to a motherboard; and an Embedded Controller (EC) coupled to the motherboard, the EC configured to execute program instructions that cause the IHS to, in response to a user interface device having a second OS-specific chip being coupled to the IHS during manufacturing of the IHS deactivate the first OS-specific chip and activate the second OS-specific chip.

Manufacturing information handling systems with operating system-specific hardware and/or firmware components

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may provide low power state entry signals to multiple devices of an information handling system. After providing the low power state entry signals to the multiple devices, the one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive a first status signal from a first device of the multiple devices within an amount of time; may determine that the first status signal from the first device was received within the amount of time; may determine that a second status signal from a second device of the multiple devices was not received within the amount of time; may log that the first status signal from the first device was received within the amount of time; and may log that the second status signal from the second device was not received within the amount of time.

System and method of monitoring device states

A docking station connects through a docking port and docking cable with an information handling system to support communication between the information handling system and docking station peripherals. On initial interface, one data lane of the docking port establishes a temporary management interface, such as an I2C management bus, to configure the docking station. After configuration, a docking manager, virtual wireless access point and power block cooperate to assign data lanes of the docking port and wireless communication resources to information transfer and power transfer functions based upon processing and communication tasks performed at the information handling system.

Information handling system docking with coordinated power and data communication

A computer-implemented method provides power to a fingerprint reader while the remaining components of the information handling system are held in a low power, non-operating state. Placement of a finger across the fingerprint reader is detected with the information handling system in the non-operating state. A fingerprint is read and a corresponding fingerprint image is generated. The fingerprint image is buffered and an embedded controller is triggered to start an authentication device having a secure storage. The fingerprint image is compared to a fingerprint template contained in the secure storage. In response to the fingerprint image matching the fingerprint template, the authentication device signals the embedded controller to activate a user authenticated wake-up cycle to provide power to the other components of the information handling system such that the information handling system activates an operating system and enters a fully powered and user authenticated, operational state.

Apparatus and method for enabling fingerprint-based secure access to a user-authenticated operational state of an information handling system

A docking station connects through a docking port and docking cable with an information handling system to support communication between the information handling system and docking station peripherals. The docking cable includes an integrated input device, such as a mechanical button or fingerprint scanner, which accepts an end user input to command a power state transition at the information handling system, such as a transition between an on state and a reduced power state. The power state transition is sent directly from the integrated input device to the information handling system or, alternatively, from the integrated input device to the docking station and then from the docking station to the information handling system.

Information handling system docking with cable based power and video management

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Georgetown, TX, United States of America

Christian L Critz