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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert D. Hrehor, Round Rock, TX (US);
Brandon J. Brocklesby, Pflugerville, TX (US);
DELL PRODUCTS LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An information handling system including a zoned haptic keyboard comprising a keyboard controller transmitting key actuation data to the hardware processor indicating which key of a plurality of keys was detected as being actuated by a user via a force sensing integrated circuit (IC) to detect force data within a first haptic zone. The first haptic zone includes a group of keys and is one of a plurality of haptic zones partitioned across an area of the zoned haptic keyboard. A haptic device controller activates, based on the key actuated and its haptic zone, a first zoned haptic actuator operatively coupled to a haptic zone section of a haptic zone plate to provide haptic feedback within the first haptic zone, wherein the haptic zone section of the zoned haptic plate is haptically isolated from other haptic zone sections to haptically isolate the first haptic zone in the zoned haptic keyboard.