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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2025
Dell Products Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rachid M. Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Jarrett Simerson, Northbrook, IL (US);
Erik Summa, Lockhart, TX (US);
DELL PRODUCTS LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An information handling system operating capacitive sensor pads based on chassis orientation may comprise a touch input sensing hardware structure including top and side capacitive sensor pads formed under a base chassis exterior touch input top surface and internal to a base chassis sidewall input surface, respectively, each with a grounding layer and active shielding layer. A capacitive sensor microprocessor operably coupled to the top and side capacitive sensor pads executing machine readable code instructions to disable the side capacitive sensor pads when a chassis positional configuration sensor detects that the clamshell chassis is in an open configuration and to disable the top capacitive sensor pads when the clam shell chassis is in a closed configuration to adjust detection of a capacitive change from user interaction with the base chassis for identifying a user input of an input/output command for an input/output device.