Patent ID: 9658652
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An information handling system comprising: a chassis having an upper surface and a bottom surface; a lid; one or more hinges rotationally coupling the chassis and the lid; processing components disposed in the chassis to process information; a display disposed in the lid and interfaced with the processing components, the display presenting the information as visual images; a keyboard disposed in the chassis to accept end user inputs, the keyboard having a friction-enhanced material; wherein chassis and lid rotate between a first position having the lid proximate the upper surface and a second position having the lid proximate the bottom surface, the keyboard exposed to a support surface in the second position so that the friction-enhanced material resists a sheer force translated through the chassis to the support surface; and wherein the keyboard comprises a capacitive keyboard having only keys that do not move; plural microphones interfaced with the processing components and operable to capture audible sounds for use by the processing components; an orientation device interfaced with the processing components and operable to determine an orientation of the microphones; and a beamforming module stored in a non-transitory memory and operable to execute on the processing components to beamform sounds detected at selected of the plural microphones, the microphones selected based upon the orientation.