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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Ibrahim Sayyed, Georgetown, TX (US);
Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Alan H. Abdelhalim, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Shane L. Yarbrough, Tuscola, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods include an Information Handling System (IHS) that is adapted to detect shock and fall events experienced by the IHS, where the events are detected through operations of a BMU (Battery Management Unit) that is directly connect to batteries of the IHS. An Embedded Controller (EC) of the IHS detects a transition by one or more processors of the IHS to a low-power operating state such that processor-based detection procedures are not operational. Upon detecting the transition, the EC transmits a signal to the BMU to initiate shock detection operations. In response to the signal to initiate shock detection, the BMU initiates a connection to one or more inertial sensors of the IHS. The BMU collects shock event data from these inertial sensors while the one or more processors remain in the low-power operating state.