Thermal profiles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11353940-B2
Application number	US-201817044902-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2018
Priority date	Oct 14, 2018
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

An example apparatus comprising a heat dissipation mechanism and a controller to detect a temperature of a surface of the apparatus, in response to detecting that an audio output device is connected to the apparatus, determine a thermal profile, and instruct the heat dissipation mechanism to dissipate heat from the apparatus based on the thermal profile.

First claim

What is claims is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a heat dissipation mechanism; and
a controller to:
detect a temperature of a surface of the apparatus;
in response to detecting that a type of an external audio output device of a plurality of different types of external audio output devices is connected to the apparatus, determine a thermal profile having a temperature threshold based on the type of the external audio device connected to the apparatus; and
instruct the heat dissipation mechanism to dissipate heat from the apparatus based on the temperature threshold of the thermal profile and the type of external audio output device being connected to the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detected external audio output device includes headphones.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detected external audio output device is a headset including headphones and a microphone.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is to display a plurality of temperature thresholds via a display of the apparatus, and wherein the temperature threshold is selectable from the plurality of displayed temperature thresholds.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further includes a memory component, wherein the memory component is to store a plurality of thermal profiles, wherein each thermal profile of the plurality of the thermal profiles includes a distinct temperature threshold.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detected external audio output device is external to a housing of the apparatus.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions when executed cause a processor of a computing device to:
detect, from a plurality of different types of external audio output devices, a type of external audio output device connected to the computing device to output audio of the computing device;
determine a thermal profile having a temperature threshold based on the type of external audio output device; and
instruct a heat dissipation mechanism to dissipate heat from the computing device based on the thermal profile and the type of external audio output device being connected to the computing device.

8. The medium of claim 7 , further comprising instructions to detect whether the type of the external audio output device is connected to the computing device.

9. The medium of claim 7 further comprising instructions to detect contact with the computing device, wherein the contact is with a hand or an object, wherein the object is a stylus.

10. A computing device comprising:
a sensor to:
detect whether an external audio output device is connected to the computing device; and
determine, from a plurality of different types of external audio devices, a type of external audio device connected to the computing device; and

a controller to:
determine a first temperature threshold of a first thermal profile responsive to an absence of the detection of the external audio output device connected to the computing device;
instruct a heat dissipation mechanism to dissipate heat from the computing device in accordance with the first temperature threshold;
determine a second temperature threshold of a second thermal profile of the computing device responsive to the detection of the external audio output device connected to the computing device wherein the second thermal profile is determined based on the type of the external audio device connected to the computing device; and
instruct a heat dissipation mechanism to dissipate heat from the computing device based on the second temperature threshold of the second thermal profile and the type of external audio output device.

11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the heat dissipation mechanism includes a blower.

12. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the second temperature threshold is lower than the first temperature threshold when headphones are connected to the computing device.

13. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the second temperature threshold is higher than the first temperature threshold when a headset featuring headphones and a microphone is connected to the computing device.

14. The computing device of claim 10 , further comprising a display, wherein the second temperature threshold is higher than the first temperature threshold when video content is shown on the display.

15. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the controller is to:
detect a mode of operation of the computing device; and
determine a thermal profile corresponding to the detected mode of operation of the computing device.

16. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the second temperature threshold is higher than the first temperature threshold when the computing device receives a signal from a wireless keyboard, the signal representative of an input received by the wireless keyboard.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Seiler Peter
• Gomez Adolfo
• Ngo Hoang

Classifications

• G06F1/20

  Cooling means · CPC title

• G06F1/203

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title

• G06F1/206 Primary

  comprising thermal management · CPC title

• G06F1/1684

  Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675 · CPC title

• H05K7/20209

  Thermal management, e.g. fan control · CPC title