| 发明名称 |
MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE |
| 摘要 |
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 a proximity sensor configured to determine a location of a user touch to the shell relative to the location of the heat-rejection element. 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 determined location of the user touch relative to the location of the heat-rejection element. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2014262127(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.09.18 |
| 申请号 |
US201313800597 |
申请日期 |
2013.03.13 |
| 申请人 |
Elwha LLC |
发明人 |
Barnes Philip Lionel;Chin Hon Wah;Davidson Howard Lee;Hallman Kimberly D.A.;Hyde Roderick A.;Ishikawa Muriel Y.;Kare Jordin T.;Lee Brian;Lord Richard T.;Lord Robert W.;Mundie Craig J.;Myhrvold Nathan P.;Pasch Nicholas F.;Rudder Eric D.;Tegreene Clarence T.;Tremblay Marc;Tuckerman David B.;Whitmer Charles;Wood, JR. Lowell L. |
| 分类号 |
F28F27/00 |
主分类号 |
F28F27/00 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a shell housing components of the portable electronic device; a heat-generating component; a heat-rejection element located at an exterior surface of the shell, the heat-rejection element configured to reject heat received from the heat-generating component into an environment in thermal contact with the heat-rejection element; a controllable thermal coupler configured to regulate heat transfer to the heat-rejection element; a proximity sensor configured to determine a location of a user touch to the shell relative to the location of the heat-rejection element; and a thermal manager configured to regulate heat transfer by the controllable thermal coupler to the heat-rejection element in response to the determined location of the user touch relative to the location of the heat-rejection element. |
| 地址 |
Bellevue WA US |
