Multi-form factor information handling system (IHS) with attachable keyboard
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsLiam B. Quinn, Christopher Alan Robinette, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
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Abstract
Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with an attachable keyboard are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display, where the second display comprises one or more magnetic devices that provide a magnetic force configured to hold a bottom portion of a keyboard against a display surface of the second display.
Claims17
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a first display;
- and
- a second display coupled to the first display, wherein the second display comprises a first short side having a first set of one or more magnets and a second short side having a second set of one or more magnets, wherein the magnets provide a magnetic force configured to hold a bottom portion of a keyboard against a display surface of the second display, and wherein the first and second sets of magnets are positioned at locations that enable rendering of a User Interface (UI) feature on the second display in response to the keyboard being placed atop the display surface.
A method, comprising:
- removing a keyboard from storage between a first and second display of an Information Handling System (IHS);
- and
- placing the keyboard on a display surface of the second display, wherein the second display comprises a first short side having a first set of one or more magnets and a second short side having a second set of one or more magnets, wherein the magnets provide a magnetic force configured to hold a bottom portion of a keyboard against the display surface, and wherein the first and second sets of magnets are positioned at locations that enable rendering of a User Interface (UI) feature on the second display in response to the keyboard being placed atop the display surface.
A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of an Information Handling System (IHS) having a first display coupled to a second display, cause the IHS to:
- determine that a keyboard is placed on a display surface of the second display, wherein the second display comprises a first short side having a first set of one or more magnets and a second short side having a second set of one or more magnets, wherein the magnets provide a magnetic force configured to hold a bottom portion of a keyboard against the display surface, and wherein the first and second sets of magnets are positioned at locations that enable rendering of a User Interface (UI) feature on the second display;
- and
- in response to the determination, provide the UI feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.