Selecting or modifying a thermal profile based on receiving temperature information of location of computing device in response of completion of boot process

• US 9,727,346 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Shao, Huo
• Primary Examiner(s): Suryawanshi, Suresh
• Application Number:
  US14/893,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20160162297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• Field of Search: 713 2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/206 comprising thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A computing device may detect an ambient temperature and receive temperature information for a location of the computing device. The computing device may select a thermal profile for the computing device based on the ambient temperature. The computing device may modify the thermal profile based on the received temperature information.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a thermal sensor to detect an ambient temperature of the computing device;

a thermal dissipation component to reduce an operating temperature of the computing device;

a communication component to receive temperature information corresponding to a location of the computing device; and

a controller to select a first thermal profile for the thermal dissipation component based on the ambient temperature in response to the computing device powering on, and the controller to select a different second thermal profile for the thermal dissipation component based on the received temperature information and the ambient temperature in response to the computing device completing a boot process.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the computing device powers on from at least one of a power off state or a low power state to start the boot process.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the boot process includes executing at least one of a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) or an operating system of the computing device, and

wherein the boot process is complete once at least one of the BIOS or the operating system has been executed.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the controller is to identify the location of the computing device based on a network address of the computing device.

5. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising a location component to detect a geographic coordinate of the computing device.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the communication component is to transmit the location of the computing device to another device, and the communication component is to receive the temperature information from the other device as a weather forecast corresponding to the location of the computing device.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the controller is to select the second thermal profile based on the received temperature information to anticipate dissipating heat at an earlier time or to anticipate increasing an amount of thermal dissipation.

16. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the thermal dissipation component comprises a fan that is to operate according to a selected one of the first thermal profile and the second thermal profile.

17. The computing device of claim 1, wherein in response to the computing device completing the boot process, the controller is to select the different second thermal profile for the thermal dissipation component in response to the controller determining that the received temperature information is higher than the ambient temperature.

18. The computing device of claim 1, wherein in response to the computing device completing the boot process, the controller is delay operation of the thermal dissipation component in response to the controller determining that the received temperature information is lower than the ambient temperature.

8. A method for managing thermal dissipation of a computing device, comprising:

selecting, by the computing device, a thermal profile for a thermal dissipation component of the computing device based on an ambient temperature detected by a thermal sensor of the computing device in response to the computing device powering on; and

in response to the computing device completing a boot process;

detecting a location of the computing device,

receiving, over a network from a remote device, temperature information of the location of the computing device; and

modifying the thermal profile for the thermal dissipation component based on the received temperature information of the location.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving and storing a weather forecast as temperature information in a storage of the computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising modifying the thermal profile based on the stored weather forecast if a connection is unavailable to receive the temperature information.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein modifying the thermal profile includes reducing a temperature threshold of the computing device in a passive mode for the thermal dissipation component to increase thermal dissipation of the computing device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein modifying the thermal profile includes increasing an operating speed of a fan of the thermal dissipation component if the computing device is in an active mode.

19. The method of claim 8, wherein modifying the thermal profile for the thermal dissipation component in response to the computing device completing the boot process is based on determining that the received temperature information is higher than the ambient temperature.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a controller cause the controller to:

detect an ambient temperature detected by a thermal sensor of a computing device before the computing device powers on;

use a thermal profile for the computing device based on the ambient temperature in response to the computing device powering on; and

in response to the computing device completing a boot process;

receive information of a location of the computing device,

receive, over a network from a remote device, weather information including temperature information for the location, and

modify the thermal profile of the computing device based on the received temperature information.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein a thermal dissipation component of the computing device increases thermal dissipation of the computing device if the received weather information includes temperature information that is higher than the ambient temperature.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein a thermal dissipation component of the computing device delays thermal dissipation of the computing device if the received weather information includes temperature information that is lower than the ambient temperature.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein modifying the thermal profile of the computing device in response to the computing device completing the boot process is based on determining that the received temperature information is higher than the ambient temperature.