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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Orin Michael Ozias, Austin, TX (US);

Kevin Warren Mundt, Austin, TX (US);

Juan Rafael Vega, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Orin Michael Ozias, Austin, TX (US);

Kevin Warren Mundt, Austin, TX (US);

Juan Rafael Vega, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0339 (2013.01);
Abstract

An input device for use with an information handling system is disclosed. The input device may include a display device having a viewing area defined by a perimeter, a graphic user interface configured to display a virtual button within the viewing area adjacent the perimeter, a frame adjacent the perimeter of the viewing area, and a proximity sensing element associated with the frame and located outside the viewing area of the display device. The proximity sensing element may be configured to sense a user selecting the virtual button displayed by the graphic user interface.


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