Circuits and methods providing temperature mitigation for computing devices

A computing device comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• a plurality of temperature sensors disposed within a physical housing of the computing device and in communication with the computer processor, the computer processor configured to perform the following operations:
• calculate a plurality of skin temperature values, each of the skin temperature values corresponding to a respective temperature sensor and based at least in part on data from the respective temperature sensors;
• in response to determining that at least one of the skin temperature values exceeds a first temperature threshold, calculate a temperature over time value from temperature data from at least one of the temperature sensors;
• compare the temperature over time value to a second temperature threshold;
• and
• in response to determining that the temperature over time value exceeds the second temperature threshold, reduce an operating parameter of the computer processor.

A computing device, comprising:

• means for generating temperature information at a plurality of locations within the computing device;
• means for calculating a plurality of skin temperature values, each of the skin temperature values corresponding to a respective temperature information generating means;
• means for calculating a cumulative temperature over time value in response to determining that at least one of the skin temperature values exceeds a first temperature threshold;
• and
• means for reducing an operating parameter of at least one processing core of a system on chip in response to determining that the cumulative temperature over time value exceeds a second temperature threshold.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer-readable instructions when executed by a processing unit cause the processing unit to:

• acquire temperature values from a plurality of temperature sensors spatially distributed within a device;
• using the temperature values, calculate skin temperature values corresponding to each of the temperature sensors;
• compare the skin temperature values to a first temperature threshold;
• in response to determining that at least one of the skin temperature values exceeds the first temperature threshold, measure temperature over time;
• compare the temperature over time to a second temperature threshold;
• and
• in response to determining that the temperature over time exceeds the second temperature threshold, reduce power consumption of the device.