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Granted Patent B2
US 12,681,627 · App. 18/616,394 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Information handling system display privacy glasses with touch detection frame

Inventors: Weijong Sheu (Austin, TX); Deeder M. Aurongzeb (Austin, TX); Asim M. Siddiqui (Cedar Park, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G06F3/04845G02B27/017G06F3/04812G06F3/0488G02B2027/0178G06F2203/04806
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,681,627
App. No.
18/616,394
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information handling system presents unsecure content at a display and secure content at privacy glasses worn by an end user overlapping the location where the secure content would be presented if a secure context allowed presentation at the display. A mouse cursor presented at the display supports interaction with both the unsecure content and the secure content through presentation at the display. The mouse cursor at the display is controllable by touch detection surfaces in the privacy glasses frame. Typed content is presented at the display when it inputs unsecure content and at the privacy glasses when it inputs secure content.

Claims (84)

1 . An information handling system comprising:

a housing;

a processor coupled in the housing and operable to execute instructions to process information;

a memory coupled in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;

a main display coupled in the housing and interfaced with the processer, the main display operable to present the information as visual images;

a wireless network interface controller coupled to the housing and interfaced with the processor, the wireless network interface controller operable to communicate information with wireless signals;

a persistent storage device having non-transitory memory;

privacy glasses separate from the housing and having a frame coupling a glasses display to align with an end user's eyes when worn on an end user face, the privacy glasses interfaced with the processor and operable to present the information as visual images, the frame having a first set of opposing touch detection surfaces perpendicular to the glasses display and a second set of touch detection surfaces parallel to the glasses display; and

instructions stored in the non-transitory memory that when executed cause:

presentation of a portion of the visual images at the glasses display instead of the main display, the portion of the visual images presented at the glasses display to overlap visual images of the main display;

detection of a first set of touch inputs at the touch detection surfaces to adjust visual images at only the glasses display; and

detection of a second set of touch inputs at the touch detection surface to adjust visual images at the main display;

wherein at least one of the first set of touch inputs and the second set of touch inputs is detected by a one finger touch and the other of the first set of touch inputs is detected by plural finger touch.

2 . The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the instructions further cause:

presentation of a mouse cursor only at the main display; and

control of movement of the mouse cursor with touches at the frame touch detection surfaces to make an input at the portion of the visual images of the glasses display.

3 . The information handling system of claim 1 wherein:

one finger touches are applied as the first set of touches; and

two finger touches are applied as the second set of touches.

4 . The information handling system of claim 1 wherein:

one finger touches are applied as the second set of touches; and

two finger touches are applied as the first set of touches.

5 . The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the first set of touches comprises:

a first finger on a first parallel touch detection surface;

a second finger on a second parallel touch detection surface;

movement of the first and second fingers in a first direction to zoom only the glasses display visual image portion in; and

movement of the first and second fingers in a second direction to zoom only the glasses display visual image portion out.

6 . The information handling system of claim 5 wherein:

the zoom in and the zoom out are commanded only to the visual image portion presented at the glasses display when only one finger is on the first parallel touch detection surface and only one finger is on the second parallel touch detection surface; and

the zoom in and the zoom out are commanded to visual images at both the main display and the glasses display when plural fingers are on either of the first or second parallel touch detection surface.

7 . The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the first set of touches comprises:

a first gesture to command the portion of the visual image presented on the glasses display to align with an overlap position of the main display as the privacy glasses move relative to the main display; and

a second gesture to command the portion of visual images presented on the glasses display to untether from the position of the main display.

8 . The information handling system of claim 1 wherein:

the first set of touch inputs comprises a slide with one finger on the perpendicular touch detection surface to change glasses display brightness; and

the second set of touch inputs comprises a slide with two fingers on the perpendicular touch detection surface change both the main display and the glasses display brightness.

9 . The information handling system of claim 1 wherein:

the first set of touch inputs comprises a slide with one finger on the perpendicular touch detection surface to adjust video playback presented at the glasses display; and

the second set of touch inputs comprises a slide with two fingers on the perpendicular touch detection surface to adjust video playback presented at the main display.

10 . A method for presenting information as visual images by an information handling system, the method comprising:

presenting visual images at a main display;

presenting of a portion of the visual images at a glasses display included in privacy glasses configured to wear by an end user, the portion presented instead of presentation at the main display, the portion of the visual images presented at the glasses display to overlap visual images of the main display at a location where the portion of the visual images was presented at the main display;

detecting of a first set of touch inputs at touch detection surfaces included in a frame of the privacy glasses to adjust visual images at only the glasses display; and

detecting of a second set of touch inputs at the touch detection surfaces to adjust visual images at the main display;

wherein at least one of the first set of touch inputs and the second set of touch inputs is detected by a one finger touch and the other of the first set of touch inputs is detected by plural finger touch.

11 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:

presenting of a mouse cursor only at the main display; and

controlling of movement of the mouse cursor with touches at the frame touch detection surfaces to make an input at the portion of the visual images of the glasses display with the mouse cursor seen through the first portion of the visual images.

12 . The method of claim 10 wherein:

one finger touches are applied as the first set of touches; and

two finger touches are applied as the second set of touches.

13 . The method of claim 10 wherein the first set of touches comprises:

a first finger on a first parallel touch detection surface that is parallel with the glasses display;

a second finger on a second parallel touch detection surface that is parallel with the glasses display;

movement of the first and second fingers in a first direction to zoom only the glasses display visual image portion in; and

movement of the first and second fingers in a second direction to zoom only the glasses display visual image portion out.

14 . The method of claim 13 wherein:

the zoom in and the zoom out are commanded only to the visual image portion presented at the glasses display when only one finger is on the first parallel touch detection surface and only one finger is on the second parallel touch detection surface; and

the zoom in and the zoom out are commanded to visual images at both the main display and the glasses display when plural fingers are on either of the first or second parallel touch detection surface.

15 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:

presenting a block of a first color at the main display; and

presenting the portion of the visual images at the privacy glasses with a second color that contrasts against the first color.

16 . The method of claim 10 wherein the first set of touch inputs comprises:

a first gesture to command the portion of the visual image presented on the glasses display to align with an overlap position of the main display as the privacy glasses move relative to the main display; and

a second gesture to command the portion of visual images presented on the glasses display to untether from the position of the main display.

17 . A system for presenting information as visual images by an information handling system, the system comprising:

a main display operable to present information as visual images;

privacy glasses operable to fit over an end user's eyes and operable to present information as visual images; and

a non-transitory memory storing instructions that when executed on a processor cause:

presenting of a portion of the visual images at the privacy glasses, the portion presented instead of presentation at the main display, the portion of the visual images presented at the privacy glasses to overlap visual images of the main display at a location where the portion of the visual images was presented at the main display;

detecting of a first set of touch inputs at touch detection surfaces included in a frame of the privacy glasses to adjust visual images at only the privacy glasses; and

detecting of a second set of touch inputs at the touch detection surfaces to adjust visual images at the main display;

wherein at least one of the first set of touch inputs and the second set of touch inputs is detected by a one finger touch and the other of the first set of touch inputs is detected by plural finger touch.

18 . The system of claim 17 wherein the instructions further cause:

presenting of a mouse cursor only at the main display; and

controlling of movement of the mouse cursor with touches at the frame touch detection surfaces to make an input at the portion of the visual images of the privacy glasses with the mouse cursor seen through the first portion of the visual images.

19 . The system of claim 18 wherein:

one finger touches are applied as the second set of touches; and

two finger touches are applied as the first set of touches.

20 . The system of claim 19 wherein the first set of touches comprises:

a first finger on a first parallel touch detection surface;

a second finger on a second parallel touch detection surface;

movement of the first and second fingers in a first direction to zoom only the glasses display visual image portion in; and

movement of the first and second fingers in a second direction to zoom only the glasses display visual image portion out.