Information handling system virtual and physical keyboard position coordination
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsTravis C. North, Jace W. Files, Yongook Guack, John Trevor Morrison
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AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsTravis C. North, Jace W. Files, Yongook Guack, John Trevor Morrison
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A portable information handling system includes a physical keyboard that extends and retracts from within the system to outside of the system and a display that presents a virtual keyboard that moves synchronously with physical keyboard during retraction and extension. For example, as keys of the physical keyboard become visible or hidden by movement of the physical keyboard, the virtual keyboard slides across the display so that virtual keys are hidden or visible with the virtual keyboard in one example embodiment only showing virtual keys corresponding to hidden physical keys. In another example embodiment, the virtual keyboard accepts key inputs for hidden physical keys, which are disabled from accepting inputs.
A portable information handling system comprising:
A method for presenting a virtual keyboard at a portable information handling system display, the method comprising:
A keyboard system comprising:
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