阅读说明：本技术 基于设备配置的热管理控制 (Thermal management control based on device configuration ) 是由 C·V·何 淡泊 B·E·加里 G·R·麦克拉里 于 2019-03-09 设计创作，主要内容包括：提供了对包括第一部分和第二部分的电子设备的冷却。第一部分和第二部分相对于彼此可旋转。第一传感器连续地或间歇地测量在电子设备内或在电子设备上的第一位置处的第一温度。第二传感器连续地或间歇地测量在电子设备内或在电子设备上的第二位置处的第二温度。处理器标识电子设备的第一状态或电子设备的第二状态。当电子设备处于所标识的第一状态时,处理器基于所测量的第一温度和所测量的第二温度来控制电子设备的操作,并且当电子设备处于所标识的第二状态时,处理器基于所测量的第一温度来控制电子设备的操作,而不基于所测量的第二温度。(Cooling of an electronic device comprising a first portion and a second portion is provided. The first and second portions are rotatable relative to each other. The first sensor continuously or intermittently measures a first temperature at a first location within or on the electronic device. The second sensor continuously or intermittently measures a second temperature at a second location within or on the electronic device. The processor identifies a first state of the electronic device or a second state of the electronic device. The processor controls operation of the electronic device based on the measured first temperature and the measured second temperature when the electronic device is in the identified first state, and controls operation of the electronic device based on the measured first temperature and not based on the measured second temperature when the electronic device is in the identified second state.)

1. A method for cooling an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion being rotatable relative to each other, the method comprising:

continuously or intermittently measuring, by a first sensor, a first temperature at a first location within or on the electronic device;

continuously or intermittently measuring, by a second sensor, a second temperature at a second location within or on the electronic device;

identifying, by a processor, a first state of the electronic device or a second state of the electronic device;

controlling, by the processor, operation of the electronic device based on the measured first temperature and the measured second temperature when the electronic device is in the identified first state; and

Controlling, by the processor, the operation of the electronic device based on the measured first temperature and not based on the measured second temperature when the electronic device is in the identified second state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the operation of the electronic device while the electronic device is in the identified first state comprises:

reducing, by the processor, power to the electronic device when the first state is identified;

comparing, by the processor, the measured first temperature to a first predetermined temperature and the measured second temperature to a second predetermined temperature;

reducing, by the processor, the power to the electronic device or a processing speed to the processor or another processor when the measured first temperature is greater than, or greater than or equal to the first predetermined temperature, or when the measured second temperature is greater than, or greater than or equal to the second predetermined temperature, and

wherein controlling the operation of the electronic device while the electronic device is in the identified second state comprises:

Comparing, by the processor, the measured first temperature to the first predetermined temperature;

reducing, by the processor, the power to the electronic device or reducing the processing speed to the processor or the other processor when the measured first temperature is greater than, or greater than or equal to, the first predetermined temperature.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein reducing the power to the electronic device when the first state is identified comprises: reducing the power to the electronic device by a predetermined percentage.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the electronic device comprises a first display and a first mount opposite the first display, and the second portion of the electronic device comprises a second display and a second mount opposite the second display, the first portion and the second portion rotatable relative to each other via a hinge,

wherein the first location within or on the electronic device is at or adjacent to one of the first display and the first mount and the second location within or on the electronic device is at or adjacent to the other of the first display and the first mount, and

Wherein identifying the first state of the electronic device comprises identifying when the electronic device is open and identifying the second state of the electronic device comprises identifying when the electronic device is closed, the first display being adjacent to the second display or the first base being adjacent to the second base when the electronic device is closed.

5. The method defined in claim 4 wherein identifying when the electronic device is closed comprises identifying when the electronic device is closed based on a state of a user interface.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein identifying when the electronic device is on comprises identifying when the electronic device is on based on an optical sensor.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising continuously or intermittently determining an angular position of the second portion of the electronic device relative to the first portion of the electronic device,

wherein identifying the first state of the electronic device comprises determining when the determined angular position of the second portion relative to the first portion is equal to, or greater than or equal to a first predetermined angle, and

Wherein identifying the second state of the electronic device comprises determining when the determined angular position of the second portion relative to the first portion is less than or equal to, a second predetermined angle.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying movement of the first portion relative to the second portion, movement of the second portion relative to the first portion, or movement of the first and second portions relative to each other,

wherein identifying the first state of the electronic device comprises identifying the first state of the electronic device based on the identified motion, and

wherein identifying the second state of the electronic device comprises identifying the second state of the electronic device based on the identified motion.

9. A computing device, comprising:

a first portion and a second portion rotatably attached to the first portion, the first portion including a first display and a first mount, the second portion including a second display and a second mount;

a first sensor at a first location at or adjacent to an outer surface of the first display or an outer surface of the second display, the first sensor configured to continuously or intermittently measure a temperature at the first location;

A second sensor at a second location at or adjacent to an outer surface of the first mount or an outer surface of the second mount, the second sensor configured to continuously or intermittently measure a temperature at the second location; and

a processor supported within the first portion, the second portion, or both, the processor configured to:

identifying when the computing device is in a first state;

controlling operation of the computing device based on the measured temperature at the first location and the measured temperature at the second location when the first state of the computing device is identified;

identifying when the computing device is in a second state; and

controlling the operation of the computing device based on the measured temperature at the first location, but not based on the measured temperature at the second location, when the second state of the computing device is identified.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the second state is a closed position in which the first chassis is adjacent to the second chassis.

11. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising:

a third portion rotatably attached to the second portion, the third portion comprising a third display and a third chassis;

a third sensor at a third location at or adjacent to an outer surface of the third display, the third sensor configured to continuously or intermittently measure a temperature at the third location; and

a fourth sensor at a fourth location at or adjacent to an outer surface of the third base, the fourth sensor configured to continuously or intermittently measure a temperature at the fourth location,

wherein the processor is configured to:

identifying when the computing device is in a third state;

controlling operation of the computing device based on the measured temperature at the third location and the measured temperature at the fourth location when the third state of the computing device is identified;

identifying when the computing device is in a fourth state; and is

When the fourth state of the computing device is identified, controlling the operation of the computing device based on the measured temperature at the third location without being based on the measured temperature at the fourth location.

12. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising:

a user interface; and

a third sensor configured to identify a state of the user interface,

wherein the identification that the computing device is in the first state comprises identification that the computing device is in the first state based on the identified state of the user interface.

13. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising a power supply configured to supply power,

wherein the control of the operation of the computing device when the first state of the computing device is identified comprises:

a reduction in the power supplied by the power source when the first state is identified;

a comparison of the measured temperature at the first location to a first predetermined temperature while the computing device is in the identified first state;

a comparison of the measured temperature at the second location to a second predetermined temperature while the computing device is in the identified first state;

a reduction in the power supplied by the power source or a reduction in processing speed for the processor or another processor within the computing device when the measured temperature at the first location is greater than, or greater than or equal to the first predetermined temperature, or when the measured temperature at the second location is greater than, or greater than or equal to the second predetermined temperature.

14. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising a third sensor configured to continuously or intermittently determine an angular position of the second portion of the computing device relative to the first portion of the computing device, the third sensor comprising an optical sensor, a Hall effect sensor, a gyroscope sensor, an axial angle transducer, or any combination thereof,

wherein the identification of when the computing device is in the first state comprises:

a comparison of the determined angular position with a first predetermined angle; and

an identification that the computing device is in the first state based on the comparison of the determined angular position to the first predetermined angle, in the first state the determined angular position of the second portion relative to the first portion is equal to, or greater than or equal to, the first predetermined angle, and

wherein the identification that the electronic device is in the second state comprises:

a comparison of the determined angular position with a second predetermined angle; and

an identification that the computing device is in the second state, in which the determined angular position of the second portion relative to the first portion is less than, or less than or equal to, the second predetermined angle, based on the comparison of the determined angular position to the second predetermined angle.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors to cool an electronic device comprising a first portion and a second portion rotatably attached to the first portion, the first portion comprising a first display and a first chassis, the second portion comprising a second display and a second chassis, the instructions comprising:

identifying a temperature at a first location, the first location being at or adjacent to an outer surface of the first display or an outer surface of the second display;

identifying a temperature at a second location, the second location being at or adjacent to an outer surface of the first mount or an outer surface of the second mount; and

identifying when the electronic device is in a first state;

controlling operation of the electronic device based on the identified temperature at the first location and the identified temperature at the second location when the first state of the electronic device is identified;

identifying when the electronic device is in a second state; and is

Controlling the operation of the electronic device based on the measured temperature at the first location and not based on the measured temperature at the second location when the second state of the electronic device is identified.