ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,351, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"System and method for zoned haptic keyboard" was invented by Robert D. Hrehor (Round Rock, Texas) and Brandon J. Brocklesby (Pflugerville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information handling system including a zoned haptic keyboard comprising a keyboard controller transmitting key actuation data to the hardware processor indicating which key of a plurality of keys was detected as being actuated by a user via a force sensing integrated circuit (IC) to detect force data within a first haptic zone. The first haptic zone includes a group of keys and is ...