NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT TOUCH INPUT DEVICE

摘要

A portable information handling system may be used in tablet-laptop mode, where a first body and a second body are rotatable about each other within an angular range of about 360° . Depending on the detected angular rotation of the first body about the second body, among other detectable usage aspects, line-of-sight operation or non-line-of-sight operation of touch input devices, such as a touch pad and/or a keyboard, may be activated.

主权项

1. A method for enabling non-line-of-sight operation of a touch pad in a portable information handling system, wherein the portable information handling system includes:
a first body comprising: a solid-state keyboard on a first surface of the first body; and the touch pad on the first surface; and a second body comprising: a display device hingeably attached to rotate about the first body, the method comprising: when the second body is rotated less than about 180° about the first body: activating the solid-state keyboard to receive first user input from buttons of the solid-state keyboard; and deactivating at least a portion of the touch pad from receiving second user input from touch activity on the touch pad; when the second body is rotated greater than about 340° about the first body: deactivating at least a portion of the solid-state keyboard from receiving the first user input; and activating at least a portion of the touch pad to receive the second user input.