US 2024/0255993 A1 · PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM PERIPHERAL CAMERA AND DOCK WITH CONTOURED WIRELESS CHARGING

Abstract

An information handling system having a display magnetically couples a peripheral camera to the display with a ferromagnetic material disposed behind the display. A dock couples to the display and has a curved base on which a cylindrical housing of the peripheral camera rests. A wireless charging receiver in the cylindrical housing has a curved shape that conforms to the cylindrical housing shape proximate a curved side of the cylindrical housing. A wireless charging transmitter in the dock has a curved shape that conforms to the curved base of the dock. Alignment magnets disposed through openings in the wireless charging receiver and wireless charging transmitter bias the peripheral camera into a charging position on the dock.

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Dependent claims

An information handling system comprising:

a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing portion and operable to execute instructions to process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory storing the information and instructions;
a display interfaced with the processor, the display operable to present the information has visual images;
and
a peripheral camera separate from the housing and having a cylindrical housing, an image sensor at a first end of the cylindrical housing, a magnet at a second end of the cylindrical housing, and a wireless charging receiver between the first and second ends, the wireless charging receiver having a curved surface that conforms to a side of the cylindrical housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Portable information handling system peripheral camera and dock with contoured wireless charging

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Portable information handling system peripheral camera and dock with contoured wireless charging

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Abstract

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