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.
Claims16
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a first display;
- a second display coupled to the first display;
- a processor coupled to at least one of the first or second displays;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to:
- determine that a keyboard is placed upon a display surface of the second display;
- and
- render at least one of:
- (i) a ribbon area on the display surface above a long side of the keyboard in response to detection of the first and second displays in a first posture, or (ii) a virtual trackpad on the display surface below the long side of the keyboard in response to detection of the first and second displays in a second posture.
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 surface of the second display;
- and
- render at least one of:
- (i) a ribbon area above a long side of the keyboard in response to detection of the first and second displays in a first posture, or (ii) a virtual trackpad below the long side of the keyboard in response to detection of the first and second displays in a second posture.
In an Information Handling System (IHS) having a first display coupled to a second display, a method comprising:
- determining that a keyboard is placed upon a display surface of the second display;
- and
- rendering at least one of:
- a ribbon area on the display surface above a long side of the keyboard in response to detection of the first and second displays in a first posture, or a virtual trackpad on the display surface below the long side of the keyboard in response to detection of the first and second displays in a second posture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.