US 12,126,883 B2
Portable information handling system peripheral camera with magnetic coupling and touch inputs
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. 18/104,017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259655 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/51 (2023.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/51 (2023.01) [G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A method for capturing visual images with a peripheral camera to communicate to an information handling system, the method comprising:
coupling an image sensor at a first end of a cylindrical housing to assemble the peripheral camera;
coupling a magnet at a second end of the cylindrical housing, the magnet configured to hold the cylindrical housing at a display front face; and
coupling a capacitive touch sensor proximate the magnet to detect touches as commands associated with the capturing visual images.