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US 11,240,939 B2Granted
Heat dissipation control method, apparatus, and device
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorsJui-Chan Fan, Jeng-Meng Lai
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Abstract
A heat dissipation control method includes determining a total power consumption of a heat generating component and a heat dissipating component, determining a heat dissipation parameter based on the total power consumption of the heat generating component and the heat dissipating component, and controlling an operating state of the heat dissipating component based on the heat dissipation parameter.
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A heat dissipation control method, comprising:
- determining, by a processor of an electronic device, a total power consumption of a heat generating component and a plurality of heat dissipating components, the plurality of heat dissipating components including a number of fans and a heat conductive medium for cooling;
- determining, by the processor, a heat dissipation parameter based on the total power consumption of the heat generating component and the plurality of heat dissipating components;
- and
- controlling, by the processor, an operating state of one of the plurality of heat dissipating components based on the heat dissipation parameter, wherein the operating state of one of the plurality of heat dissipating components includes an operating state of one or more of the number of fans and an operating state of the heat conductive medium, the operating state of the one or more of the number of fans includes a quantity of fans being in an active state, and the operating state of the heat conductive medium includes a state of the heat conductive medium converted between a gaseous state and a liquid state by pressure adjustment.
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A heat dissipation control apparatus, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory for storing one or more programs, the one or more processors executing instructions from the one or more programs to:
- determine a total power consumption of a heat generating component and a plurality of heat dissipating components, the plurality of heat dissipating components including a number of fans and a heat conductive medium;
- determine a heat dissipation parameter based on the total power consumption of the heat generating component and the plurality of heat dissipating components;
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- control an operating state of one of the plurality of heat dissipating components based on the heat dissipation parameter, wherein the operating state of one of the plurality of heat dissipating components includes an operating state of one or more of the number of fans and an operating state of the heat conductive medium, the operating state of the one or more of the number of fans includes a quantity of fans being in an active state, and the operating state of the heat conductive medium includes a state of the heat conductive medium converted between a gaseous state and a liquid state by pressure adjustment.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory for storing one or more computer programs that, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to:
- determine a total power consumption of the heat generating component and a plurality of heat dissipating components, the plurality of heat dissipating components including a number of fans and a heat conductive medium;
- determine a heat dissipation parameter based on the total power consumption of the heat generating component and the plurality of heat dissipating components;
- and
- control an operating state of one of the plurality of heat dissipating components based on the heat dissipation parameter, wherein the operating state of one of the plurality of heat dissipating components includes an operating state of one or more of the number of fans and an operating state of the heat conductive medium the operating state of the one or more of the number of fans includes a quantity of fans being in an active state, and the operating state of the heat conductive medium includes a state of the heat conductive medium converted between a gaseous state and a liquid state by pressure adjustment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.