Multi-zone touchscreen orientation

摘要

A tablet portable information handling system touch screen display includes a touch surface that extends past the periphery of a display surface to accept touch inputs used to establish an orientation of images presented at the display surface. For example, thumb and palm touches at the touch surface outside the periphery of the display are analyzed to determine the orientation of the tablet information handling system so that images presented at the display align with the determined orientation.

主权项

1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing; a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions; memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions; a touch screen display integrated with the housing and interfaced with the processor, the touch screen display having a display portion operable to present information as images in at least a first and second orientation and a touch portion operable to detect touches, the touch portion having a first zone that overlaps the display portion and a second zone that extends outside of a periphery of the display portion; a touch controller interfaced with the touch portion and operable to detect touches in the first and second zones; and an orientation module operable to analyze touches in the second zone to determine whether to present the images in the first or second orientation.