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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

John T. Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US);

Jace W. Files, Round Rock, TX (US);

Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Amsterdam, NL;

Mark R. Ligameri, Santa Rosa, FL (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for detecting a keyboard's position with respect to a display of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify, using an infrared (IR) transceiver, a position of a keyboard disposed on a surface of a display; and render a graphical feature on the display based upon the position.


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