Device operation modifications based on monitored power levels
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsFangyong Dai, Peter Siyuan Zhang, Qijun Chen
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Abstract
An example apparatus includes a power monitor, a memory, and a processor. The power monitor is to measure a power level of the apparatus. The memory is to store a power level to temperature increase rate correlation. The processor is in communication with the power monitor and the memory. The processor is to determine that an internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded based on the power level and the power level to temperature increase rate correlation. The processor also is to perform a device operation modification to reduce the power level in response to a determination that the internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a power monitor to measure a power level of the apparatus;
- a memory to store a power level to temperature increase rate correlation;
- and
- a processor in communication with the power monitor and the memory, wherein the processor is to:
- determine that an internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded based on the power level and the power level to temperature increase rate correlation;
- and
- perform a device operation modification to reduce the power level in response to a determination that the internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions to measure a power level of the computing device;
- instructions to convert the power level to a temperature increase rate;
- instructions to determine that an internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded based on the temperature increase rate;
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- instructions to modify operation of a device within the computing device in response to the instructions to determine that the internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions to calculate an amount of power that is currently used by the computing device based on the amount of power used by the processor to execute a plurality of applications;
- instructions to convert the amount of power to a temperature increase rate;
- instructions to determine that an internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded based on the temperature increase rate;
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- instructions to modify operation of the processor by throttling an application of the plurality of applications in response to a determination that the internal temperature threshold is to be exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.