SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FAN CONDITION BASED ON CHANGE OF FAN ROTATION SPEED

• US 20150192913A1
• Filed: 02/17/2014
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Vitek, Edward J.
• Application Number:
  US14/181,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20150192913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 27/00 Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 27/004 by varying driving speed
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 9/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/206 comprising thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

Systems and methods for indicating an electronic device fan condition based on change of fan rotation speed are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes determining a change of rotation speed of an electronic device fan. Further, the method includes determining whether the change of rotation speed meets a predetermined criterion. The method also includes indicating a fan condition in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed meets the predetermined criterion.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a change of rotation speed of an electronic device fan;

determining whether the change of rotation speed meets a predetermined criterion; and

in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed meets the predetermined criterion, indicating a fan condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a change of a rotation speed comprises determining a rate of change of the speed of the electronic device fan.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a change of a rotation speed comprises determining a time required to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed of the electronic device fan.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a change of a rotation speed comprises determining a time for the rotation speed to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed when power to the electronic device fan is one or reduced and stopped.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a change of a rotation speed comprises determining a time for the rotation speed to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed when power to the electronic device fan is increased.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a change of a rotation speed comprises determining a time for the rotation speed to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed when the rotation speed is controllably changed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the change of rotation speed meets a predetermined criterion comprises determining whether the change of rotation speed is within a predetermined value, and

wherein indicating a fan condition comprises presenting an indicator of fan failure in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed is within the predetermined value.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a prediction of failure in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed meets the predetermined criterion.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein presenting a prediction of failure comprises presenting an estimate of time to failure for the electronic device fan.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one of air temperature, fan current, and fan voltage; and

determining the fan condition based on the one of air temperature, fan current, and fan voltage.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein indicating a fan condition comprises one of displaying an indicator of the fan condition and sounding an alert.

12. A system comprising:

an electronic device fan; and

a fan manager comprising a processor and memory and configured to;

determine a change of rotation speed of the electronic device fan;

determine whether the change of rotation speed meets a predetermined criterion; and

indicate a fan condition in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed meets the predetermined criterion.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to determine a rate of change of the speed of the electronic device fan.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to determine a time required to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed of the electronic device fan.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to determine a time for the rotation speed to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed when power to the electronic device fan is one or reduced and stopped.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to determine a time for the rotation speed to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed when power to the electronic device fan is increased.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to determine a time for the rotation speed to change from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed when the rotation speed is controllably changed.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to:

determine whether the change of rotation speed is within a predetermined value; and

present an indicator of fan failure in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed is within the predetermined value.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to present a prediction of failure in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed meets the predetermined criterion.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the fan manager is configured to presenting an estimate of time to failure for the electronic device fan.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein the fan manager is configured to:

receive one of air temperature, fan current, and fan voltage; and

determine the fan condition based on the one of air temperature, fan current, and fan voltage.

22. The system of claim 12, further comprising a user interface configured to one of display an indicator of the fan condition and sound an alert.

23. A computer program product for indicating an electronic device fan condition, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

determine, by the computing device, a change of rotation speed of the electronic device fan;

determine, by the computing device, whether the change of rotation speed meets a predetermined criterion; and

indicate, by the computing device, a fan condition in response to determining that the change of the rotation speed meets the predetermined criterion.