US 12,222,752 B2
Portable information handling system peripheral camera and dock
Jace W. Files, Round Rock, TX (US); John Trevor Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US); and Andrew P. Tosh, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/104,012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0256004 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2021.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1605 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/181 (2013.01); G06F 1/183 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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;
a peripheral camera separate from the housing and having a cylindrical housing, an image sensor at a first end of the camera housing and a magnet at a second end of the camera housing;
a dock coupled to the display and having a portion shaped to conform to the cylindrical housing when the peripheral camera rests on the dock;
a power pin configured to communicate power; and
a power concentric ring configured to communicate the power;
wherein the power pin and the power concentric ring are positioned to communicate the power between the peripheral camera and dock through 360 degrees of rotational orientation of the cylindrical housing in the dock.