Thermal mitigation user experience

• US 10,133,324 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2015
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Sega, Giorgio Francesco, Bellet, Vincent, Threlkeld, Elizabeth Fay, Davis, Darren Ray
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Calvin
• Application Number:
  US14/754,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,240 Days
• Field of Search: 438 54, 438 14, 257468
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/206 comprising thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3017 where the computing system is implementing multitasking multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3058 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Examples described herein provide a thermal hardware mitigation experience for a computing device executing multiple applications. Thermal signals identifying thermal conditions for the device are processed and, based on those signals, a hardware mitigation user experience may be generated to prompt user interaction in order to mitigate a thermal hardware condition.

Claims

1. A method for thermal hardware mitigation, the method comprising:

obtaining, by an operating system component coupled to a computing device, thermal data from one or more thermal sensors associated with the computing device;

generating one or more thermal signals based on the obtained thermal data;

generating a notification based on the one or more generated thermal signals;

outputting the generated notification to a display;

receiving user input in response to the output notification; and

performing at least one hardware mitigation action relative to the computing device based on the received user input, wherein the thermal data includes at least one of one or more temperature measurements, information indicating a device is over a threshold temperature, or component data indicating one or more device components are above a threshold temperature.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the notification based on the one or more generated thermal signals further comprises:

determining whether the one or more generated thermal signals are within an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) threshold;

responsive to a determination that the one or more generated thermal signals are within the OEM threshold, determining whether the one or more generated thermal signals are within an operating system defined threshold; and

responsive to a determination that the one or more generated thermal signals are not within the operating system defined threshold, generating the notification.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating additional thermal signals based on additional temperature measurements obtained from the one or more thermal sensors; and

responsive to a timeout period ending, generating another notification based on the additional thermal signals.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating additional thermal signals based on additional temperature measurements obtained from the one or more thermal sensors; and

responsive to a timeout period ending, generating another notification based on the additional thermal signals.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating system component transmits the one or more thermal signals to a hardware mitigation component based on at least one of a threshold or a policy.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

concurrently rendering at least two different views of an active application running in the foreground of the computing device, including first view application-rendered content displayed on a local display associated with the computing device, and second view application-rendered content displayed on a display remote from the computing device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying the notification over at least one of the first view application-rendered content and the second view application-rendered content based at least in part on current user interaction.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

suspending at least part of the active application'"'"'s actions.

9. One or more computer-readable media comprising executable instructions for thermal hardware mitigation that, upon execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, by an operating system component coupled to a computing device, thermal data from one or more thermal sensors associated with the computing device;

generating one or more thermal signals based on the obtained thermal data;

generating a notification based on the one or more generated thermal signals;

outputting the generated notification to a display;

receiving user input in response to the output notification; and

performing at least one hardware mitigation action relative to the computing device based on the received user input, wherein the thermal data includes at least one of one or more temperature measurements, information indicating a device is over a threshold temperature, or component data indicating one or more device components are above a threshold temperature.

10. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, further comprising:

concurrently rendering at least two different views of an active application running in the foreground of the computing device, including first view application-rendered content displayed on a local display associated with the computing device, and second view application-rendered content displayed on a display remote from the computing device.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying the notification over at least one of the first view application-rendered content and the second view application-rendered content based at least in part on current user interaction.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10, further comprising:

suspending at least part of the active application'"'"'s actions.

13. A system for thermal hardware mitigation, the system comprising:

an operating system component implemented on a computing device, that obtains thermal data from one or more thermal sensors implemented on the computing device and generates one or more thermal signals based on the obtained thermal data;

a hardware mitigation component communicatively coupled to the operating system component that;

obtains the one or more thermal signals from the operating system component;

generates a notification based on the one or more thermal signals;

outputs the notification to a display;

receives user input in response to the notification; and

performs at least one hardware mitigation action based on the received user input, wherein the thermal data includes at least one of one or more temperature measurements, information indicating a device is over a threshold temperature, or component data indicating one or more device components are above a threshold temperature.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operating system component is further configured to:

transmit the one or more thermal signals to the hardware mitigation component based on a threshold thermal measurement.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a local display device associated with the computing device; and

a remote display device in communication with the computing device.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing device is operating in a disjoint mode.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing device further comprises:

a plurality of applications, including at least two applications running concurrently in the foreground of the computing device, the first application of the at least two applications having first application-rendered content displayed on a display associated with the computing device, and the second application of the at least two applications having second application-rendered content displayed on a display remote from the computing device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the hardware mitigation component is further configured to:

display the notification over at least one of the first application-rendered content and the second application-rendered content.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the notification requests user selection of the at least one hardware mitigation action.