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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Loo Shing Tan, Singapore, SG;
Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerald Rene Pelissier, Mendham, NJ (US);
Chiu-Jung Tsen, Zhubei City, TW;
Brandon Joel Brocklesby, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Hsu-Feng Lee, Taipei, TW;
Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Utrecht, NL;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing computer implemented services using user input are disclosed. To obtain the user input, a passive human interface device may be used. The human interface device may include a trackball and a pair of magnets that may produce a magnetic field used to discern the user input. The pair of magnets may be mechanically coupled to the trackball and actuatable portions of the human interface device thereby facilitating both rotation and translation, respectively, of the pair of magnets responsive to actuations by a user. The rotation and translation of the pair of magnets may be sensed and used to identify user input provided by the user.