Dell Products Inc.

Mark S Sears

Jace William Files

Yagiz Can Yildiz

Larry Stone

Jason Scott Morrison

Robert Duane Hrehor

Sujata Das

An information handling system integrated keyboard selectively retracts and extends keys based upon detected conditions, such as housing configuration, housing motion and end user indications. Extension and retraction shuttle plates motivated by actuator wires moves a sliding plate to extended and retracted positions that define the key positions. Nickel titanium alloy actuator wires shorten upon application of current to pull the shuttle plates to the extended or retracted positions that are maintained by a lock. Limit switches remove current at detection of a desired shuttle plate position. One or more controllers manage actuator wire operation based upon detected conditions and actuator wire temperature and electrical characteristics.

Information handling system integrated device actuator monitoring

Information handling system predictive key retraction and extension actuation

An information handling system touchscreen display interacts with totem devices by recognizing and tracking spectral signatures of the totem devices so that totem positions are reported as a single length, width and rotational orientation message to a host operating system. Ignore zones and hysteresis time periods are defined from the position message based upon totem context so that the host operating system processes touchscreen inputs with minimal latency and improved accuracy. Communication and battery charging are provided to the totem by the touchscreen display will illumination directed to the totem position.

Information handling system capacitive touch totem with optical communication support

Information handling system capacitive touch totem management

Information handling system totem tracking management

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Georgetown, TX, United States of America

Mark S Sears