# US 2024/0201716 A1 · Electronic apparatus and control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201716 A1 - Document ID: US20240201716A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/539,508 - Filed: 2023-12-14 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-20 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Jun KAMIYA; Yasuhito TAKAKI; Yuji UEDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201716A1 ## CPC - G05D 23/1917: {using digital means} - G06F 1/203: {for portable computers, e.g. for laptops} - G06F 1/206: {comprising thermal management} - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic apparatus includes first, second and third thermometers each of which detects any one of first, second and third ambient temperatures in an environment in which the electronic apparatus is used, and a control unit that estimates an ambient temperature based on the first ambient temperature and the second ambient temperature, and restricts an operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where the outer casing temperature has reached a threshold that has been set based on the estimated ambient temperature. The control unit sets a temperature of the threshold in a second operation mode at a temperature higher than a temperature of the threshold in a first operation mode, the second operation mode causing a small temperature increase in the electronic apparatus compared to the first operation mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a first thermometer that detects a first ambient temperature in an environment in which the electronic apparatus is used; a second thermometer that detects a second ambient temperature in the environment in which the electronic apparatus is used; a third thermometer that detects an outer casing temperature of the electronic apparatus; a CPU; and a memory which stores a program which, when executed by the CPU, causes the electronic apparatus to function as: a control unit that estimates an ambient temperature based on the first ambient temperature and the second ambient temperature, and restricts an operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where the outer casing temperature has reached a threshold that has been set based on the estimated ambient temperature, wherein the control unit sets a temperature of the threshold in a second operation mode at a temperature higher than a temperature of the threshold in a first operation mode, the second operation mode causing a small temperature increase in the electronic apparatus compared to the first operation mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein power consumed in the second operation mode is smaller than power consumed in the first operation mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first operation mode is an operation mode with the highest consumed power in a plurality of operation mode of the electronic apparatus, and the threshold in the first operation mode is set at the lowest temperature among the plurality of operation modes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation mode is a moving image shooting mode, and the second operation mode is a still image shooting mode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit sets an operation mode of the electronic apparatus to any of a plurality of operation modes having different consumed power, and sets the outer casing temperature threshold so that the higher the consumed power of the operation mode, the lower a temperature is set as the outer casing temperature threshold. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a difference between the threshold in the first operation mode and the threshold in the second operation mode does not change even if the estimated ambient temperature has changed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a heat source device; a fourth thermometer that detects a temperature of the heat source device, wherein the control unit restricts the operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where the temperature of the heat source device has reached a temperature threshold for the heat source device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the temperature threshold for the heat source device is set irrespective of operation modes of the electronic apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a first heat source device; a second heat source device; a fourth thermometer that detects a temperature of the first heat source device; and a fifth thermometer that detects a temperature of the second heat source device, wherein the control unit restricts the operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where the temperature of the first heat source device detected by the fourth thermometer has reached a temperature threshold for the first heat source device, and in a case where the temperature of the second heat source device detected by the fifth thermometer has reached a temperature threshold for the second heat source device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the CPU is the first heat source device and the second heat source device is an image sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPU operates as a heat source device in power-on state of the electronic apparatus, the first thermometer is arranged at a position that is at a farther distance from the CPU than the second thermometer is. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is a hand-held type electronic apparatus. ### Claim 13 A control method for an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus including: a first thermometer that detects a first ambient temperature in an environment in which the electronic apparatus is used; a second thermometer that detects a second ambient temperature in the environment in which the electronic apparatus is used; and a third thermometer that detects an outer casing temperature of the electronic apparatus, the control method comprising: estimating an ambient temperature based on the first ambient temperature and the second ambient temperature, and restricting an operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where the outer casing temperature has reached a threshold that has been set based on the estimated ambient temperature, wherein in the restricting, a temperature of the threshold in a second operation mode is set at a temperature higher than a temperature of the threshold in a first operation mode, the second operation mode causing a small temperature increase in the electronic apparatus compared to the first operation mode. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an electronic apparatus comprising: a first thermometer that detects a first ambient temperature in an environment in which the electronic apparatus is used; a second thermometer that detects a second ambient temperature in the environment in which the electronic apparatus is used; a third thermometer that detects an outer casing temperature of the electronic apparatus; a control unit that estimates an ambient temperature based on the first ambient temperature and the second ambient temperature, and restricts an operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where the outer casing temperature has reached a threshold that has been set based on the estimated ambient temperature, wherein the control unit sets a temperature of the threshold in a second operation mode at a temperature higher than a temperature of the threshold in a first operation mode, the second operation mode causing a small temperature increase in the electronic apparatus compared to the first operation mode.