Heat Suppression in Information Processing Initial Setup Mode
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information processing devices, such as laptops, generate excessive heat during the initial setting mode, which can lead to increased power consumption and prolonged processing times, posing challenges for heat management and user experience.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that control power supply and cooling fan speed to reduce heat generation during the initial setting mode by limiting power to heat-generating components and adjusting cooling fan rotational speed, ensuring heat generation is lower than in operating modes until specific conditions are met, such as completion of system configuration processing or a predetermined time period.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If power is supplied to heat generating components during initial setting mode, then processing can be completed, but heat generation increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the power supply to heat-generating components adjustable and time-dependent. The controller dynamically changes the power supply state based on whether the device is in initial setting mode or normal operation mode, allowing the system to adapt its thermal characteristics to different operational phases.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the power supply parameter from a fixed state to a variable state. By controlling the power supply to provide different power levels during initial setting mode versus normal operation, the system modifies the thermal parameters to reduce heat generation during the critical initial setup phase.
2Temperature
If power supply is limited to reduce heat generation, then heat levels decrease, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by providing power to heat-generating components only when necessary rather than continuously. The controller selectively enables power supply based on the operational mode, providing just enough power to complete initial setting tasks while avoiding excessive power consumption and heat generation that would occur with full power supply throughout.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic action by alternating between different power supply states corresponding to different operational phases. The system transitions from a higher power state during normal operation to a reduced power state during initial setting mode, creating a periodic pattern of power delivery that balances processing needs with thermal management.
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AI summary
An apparatus for heat suppression in an initial setting mode includes, in one embodiment, an execution unit of an information processing device that executes an operation related to an initial setting mode of the information processing device, a power supply that supplies power to one or more heat generating components of the execution unit, and a controller that controls at least the power supplied by the power supply to make an amount of heat generation of the execution unit in the initial setting mode lower than the amount of heat generation of the execution unit in an operating mode after termination of the initial setting mode until fulfillment of a predetermined condition. A method and a computer program product also perform functions of the apparatus.