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AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsPriyank J. Gajiwala, Nidhi Palan, Keith M. Alfano, Nicholas G. DiLoreto, Dewey Yu, Brandon J. Brocklesby
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A portable information handling system palm rest adjacent a mechanical keyboard includes a touch detection surface to accept end user touches as inputs to the information handling system and a force detection sensor to detect pressure associated with the touches. A touch row function defined in an upper strip of the touch detection surface interacts with function key value icons presented at a main display to accept function key row inputs in the place of mechanical function keys of the keyboard. Logic executing on a processing resource compares touch areas with associated pressures to differentiate intentional inputs from unintentional inputs, such as a palm resting on the palm rest.
An information handling system comprising:
A method for managing touch inputs at an information handling system, the method comprising:
A palm rest configured to couple to an information handling system adjacent a keyboard, the palm rest comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.