US 11,809,646 B1
System and method for obtaining user input in portable systems
Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Amsterdam (NL); Loo Shing Tan, Singapore (SG); Gerald Rene Pelissier, Mendham, NJ (US); and Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Utrecht (NL)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,120.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/038 (2013.01) [G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for interpreting user input provided by a human interface device, the method comprising:
identifying a presence of the human interface device;
obtaining, based on the identified presence, sensor data from a sensing system that tracks a magnetic field emanating from the human interface device;
performing pattern matching of the sensor data against a generalized set of sensor data patterns that are location dependent to obtain a type of the user input, the type of the user input corresponding with an operation performable by a data processing system;
identifying the operation to be performed based on the type of the user input; and
performing the operation.