- Patent Title: System and method for obtaining user input with magnetic sensing
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Application No.: US18149803Application Date: 2023-01-04
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Publication No.: US11861076B1Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Loo Shing Tan , Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert , Gerald Rene Pelissier , Thomas Marcus Hinskens
- Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/033
- IPC: G06F3/033 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/02

Abstract:
Methods and systems for providing computer implemented services using user input are disclosed. To obtain the user input, a passive human interface device may be used. The human interface device may include a magnet that may produce a magnetic field used to discern the user input. The magnet may be mechanically coupled to actuatable portions of the human interface device thereby facilitating both translation and rotation of the magnet responsive to actuations by a user. The translation and rotation of the magnet may be sensed and used to identify user input provided by the user.
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