Early Detection of Overheating Devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a sensor module that monitors an odor within a physical enclosure of a computing device, the physical enclosure comprising one or more components;
a recognition module that determines that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component that is overheating within the physical enclosure of the computing device; and
an alert module that initiates an overheating protocol in response to determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of the overheating component.
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Abstract
A sensor module is provided that monitors the odor within the physical enclosure of a computing device that includes one or more components. A recognition module determines whether the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component that is overheating within the physical enclosure of the computing device. The recognition module may use an artificial neural network (ANN) to determine whether the odor is indicative of an overheating component. An alert module initiates an overheating protocol in response to determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component. The alert module may, for example, alert the user and/or applications that a component is overheating.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a sensor module that monitors an odor within a physical enclosure of a computing device, the physical enclosure comprising one or more components; a recognition module that determines that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component that is overheating within the physical enclosure of the computing device; and an alert module that initiates an overheating protocol in response to determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of the overheating component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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monitoring an odor within a physical enclosure of a computing device comprising one or more components; determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component that is overheating within the physical enclosure of the computing device; and initiating an overheating protocol in response to determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of the overheating component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
a computing device comprising; a physical enclosure; one or more components situated within the physical enclosure; and an odor apparatus comprising; a sensor module that monitors an odor within the physical enclosure; a recognition module that determines that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component that is overheating within the physical enclosure of the computing device; and an alert module that initiates an overheating protocol in response to determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of the overheating component. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computing device comprising:
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a physical enclosure; one or more components situated within the physical enclosure; and an odor apparatus comprising; a sensor module that monitors an odor within the physical enclosure of the computing device, the sensor module comprising a sensing material for detecting the odor, wherein electrical properties of the sensing material are altered by odor molecules of the odor, the sensor module further configured to detect and quantify the alteration in the electrical properties of the sensing material; a recognition module that determines that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component that is overheating within the physical enclosure of the computing device, the recognition module comprising an artificial neural network that compares the alteration in the sensing material with a reference database comprising a plurality of reference alterations caused by the overheating component; and an alert module that initiates an overheating protocol in response to determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of the overheating component.
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