Early Detection of Overheating Devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- 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.
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Abstract
A method is provided that monitors the odor within the physical enclosure of a computing device that includes one or more components. The method includes determining whether the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component that is overheating within the physical enclosure of the computing device. Determining whether the odor within the physical enclosure may include an artificial neural network (“ANN”) to determine whether the odor is indicative of an overheating component. The method includes initiating an overheating protocol in response to determining that the odor within the physical enclosure is indicative of an overheating component. The method may, for example, alert the user and/or applications that a component is overheating.
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1. 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 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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