Heat Dissipation Control for Mobile Computation Resources

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Solution Overview

Problem

High-density integration of computation resources in mobile terminals leads to thermal interaction issues, making it difficult to dissipate heat effectively, particularly in intelligent mobile devices like smartphones, where passive heat dissipation methods are limited, resulting in performance reduction due to high temperatures.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for controlling heat dissipation by dynamically enabling or disabling computation resources based on spatial position layout, load rates, service time, and operating tasks, using a resource monitoring module and heat dissipation management module to select computation resources for enabling or disabling based on distance and priority criteria.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If computation resources are densely integrated to increase processing power, then the quantity of computation resources increases, but thermal interaction influence worsens and heat dissipation becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of computation resourcesVSAvoidthermal interaction influence
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments computation resources into multiple independent controllable units (cores) that can be individually enabled or disabled. By selectively activating specific cores based on their spatial positions and thermal states, the system divides the dense computation resource group into manageable segments, reducing mutual thermal interference while maintaining processing capacity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by enabling or disabling computation resources based on their specific spatial positions and local thermal conditions. Different regions of the chip are managed differently - cores in overheated regions are disabled while cores in cooler regions continue operating, creating localized thermal management zones that optimize both performance and heat dissipation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Temperature

If operating frequencies of cores are reduced to dissipate heat, then temperature decreases, but processor performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecore temperatureVSAvoidprocessor performance
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of reducing the operating frequency of all cores to lower temperature (the conventional approach), the patent inverts the strategy by disabling specific cores spatially arranged to reduce thermal interaction. This allows remaining cores to maintain high operating frequencies and performance while achieving temperature reduction through selective core deactivation rather than frequency throttling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a virtual copy of computation resources by having remaining enabled cores take over the workload from disabled cores. When certain cores are disabled for thermal management, their computational tasks are redistributed to other enabled cores, maintaining overall processor performance while allowing thermal dissipation through selective core shutdown.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Loss of energy

If computation resources are selectively enabled or disabled based on spatial position, then heat dissipation efficiency improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipation efficiencyVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by enabling computation resources to automatically manage their own thermal states through spatial-based enabling/disabling. The system monitors thermal conditions and autonomously activates or deactivates cores based on their positions and thermal interactions, reducing the need for complex external thermal management hardware or sophisticated control algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs feedback mechanisms where thermal sensors continuously monitor temperature levels of computation resources, and this thermal feedback information is used to dynamically adjust the enabling/disabling state of cores. The spatial position information combined with real-time thermal feedback creates a closed-loop control system that automatically optimizes heat dissipation without requiring complex manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10488900B2Heat dissipation control method for operation resources, operation control system, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2019.11.26 ONEPLUS TECH SHENZHEN
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AI summary

A heat dissipation control method for operation resources, an operation control system, and a storage medium include: a resource monitoring module configured to determine, based on pre-set conditions, whether operation resources need to be opened or closed; and a heat dissipation management module configured to determine, based on a spatial position layout of each operation resource under a current running state according to a distance between each operation resource in closed operation resources and opened operation resources if opened, operation resources to be opened, and open the operation resources that need be opened. The heat dissipation management module is further configured to determine, based on the spatial position layout of each operation resource under the current running state according to a distance between the opened operation resources if closed, operation resources to be closed, and close the operation resources that need to be closed.