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US 9,753,508 B2Granted
Temperature threshold adjustment based on human detection
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLee W. Atkinson, Luca DiFiore
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Abstract
A system comprises a first proximity sensor adapted to detect a human. The system further comprises logic coupled to the first proximity sensor. The logic adjusts a temperature threshold based on whether a human has been detected.
Claims7
A method, comprising:
- determining whether a human is in contact with a computer based on a signal from a proximity sensor in the computer;
- and
- in response to determining the human in contact with the computer:
- decreasing a temperature threshold for the computer from a first temperature threshold to a second temperature threshold;
- based on a signal from the proximity sensor indicating continued contact of the computer by the human for more than a predetermined period of time, further decreasing the temperature threshold from the second temperature threshold to a third temperature threshold;
- and
- detecting whether the temperature threshold has been exceeded and, in response to detecting that the temperature threshold has been exceeded, throttling a processor.
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A computer, comprising:
- a fan;
- a processor;
- a proximity sensor to detect when a human is in contact with the computer;
- and
- logic coupled to said proximity sensor, said fan, and said processor, said logic to adjust a temperature threshold based on whether a human has been detected, and said logic to control the fan and to throttle the processor;
- wherein, based on a signal from the proximity sensor indicating presence of a human, the logic is to decrease the temperature threshold from a first temperature threshold to a second temperature threshold, and based on a signal from the proximity sensor indicating continued presence of the human for more than a predetermined period of time, the logic is to further decrease the temperature threshold from the second temperature threshold to a third temperature threshold.
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