Patent ID: 11914795
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor to store the instructions and information; and
an input device interfaced with the processor and having one or more optical switches mounted on an aluminum plate to detect inputs, the input device further having a magnetic field proximity sensor, a processing resource and a non-transitory memory interfaced with the processing resource and storing instructions that when executed on the processing resource cause:
power off at the one or more optical switches in response to a predetermined condition; and
power on at the one or more optical switches in response to detection by the magnetic field proximity sensor of disruption of a magnetic field radiated from the aluminum plate.