US 12,141,372 B2
Collaboration mode for touchpads
Kai Wang, Shanghai (CN); Daniel L. Hamlin, Round Rock, TX (US); and Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, 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 Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/652,155.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266833 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/03545 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04114 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to:
receive at least three different inputs comprising at least one input from a posture sensor, at least one input from a software monitor, and at least one input from a pen sensor;
activate a collaboration mode of a touchpad in response to an indication from the posture sensor that the IHS is in a laptop posture as well as in response to the at least one input from the software monitor and the at least one input from the pen sensor, wherein the collaboration mode includes a first set of operations performed while the touchpad is in a mouse mode and a second set of operations performed while the touchpad is in a pen mode; and
transition operation of the touchpad during the collaboration mode in response to the at least three different inputs comprising the at least one input received from the posture sensor, the at least one input received from the software monitor, and the at least one input received from the pen sensor.