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- Patent Title: Management of exterior temperatures encountered by user of a portable electronic device in response to an inferred user contact with the portable electronic device
- Patent Title (中): 响应于推断的用户与便携式电子设备的接触，管理便携式电子设备的用户遇到的外部温度
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Application No.: US13800725Application Date: 2013-03-13
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Publication No.: US08971043B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Philip Lionel Barnes , Hon Wah Chin , Howard Lee Davidson , Kimberly D. A. Hallman , Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Jordin T. Kare , Brian Lee , Richard T. Lord , Robert W. Lord , Craig J. Mundie , Nathan P. Myhrvold , Nicholas F. Pasch , Eric D. Rudder , Clarence T. Tegreene , Marc Tremblay , David B. Tuckerman , Charles Whitmer , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant: Elwha LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Elwha LLC
- Current Assignee: Elwha LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20
Abstract:
Described embodiments include a portable electronic device. The device includes a shell housing components of the portable electronic device having a heat-generating component. The device includes a heat-rejection element located at an exterior surface of the shell. The heat-rejection element is configured to reject heat received from the heat-generating component into an environment in thermal contact with the heat-rejection element. The device includes a controllable thermal coupler configured to regulate heat transfer to the heat-rejection element. The device includes an activity monitor configured to infer a user touch to the shell in response to a detected activity of the portable electronic device. The device includes a thermal manager configured to regulate heat transfer by the controllable thermal coupler to the heat-rejection element in response to the inferred user touch.
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