Mobile Phone Temperature Control During Batch App Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile phones experience rapid temperature increases during batch updates of applications, leading to excessive heat and potential safety issues due to high power consumption and continuous processing, which existing temperature control methods fail to adequately address.

Innovation Solution

A method for controlling terminal temperature by using a temperature sensor to monitor the current temperature and adjust the execution of tasks based on predefined temperature thresholds, suspending or delaying tasks when temperatures exceed safe levels to prevent overheating, and dynamically adjusting detection intervals to manage heat emission effectively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If batch update of applications is performed continuously, then productivity is improved, but temperature rises rapidly causing harmful thermal effects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebatch update speedVSAvoidtemperature rise
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic temperature detection during batch updates, pausing the update process when temperature exceeds thresholds and resuming when temperature returns to safe levels. This periodic monitoring and intermittent operation allows continuous productivity while preventing harmful thermal accumulation through cyclic control actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Measurement precision

If temperature detection frequency is increased, then temperature control precision is improved, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemperature detection accuracyVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically adjusts temperature detection intervals based on current temperature conditions. When temperature is low, detection frequency is reduced to save power. When temperature approaches thresholds, detection frequency increases automatically. This dynamic adaptation maintains measurement precision when needed while minimizing power consumption during normal operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If multiple applications are updated simultaneously, then productivity is improved, but heat emission increases causing harmful thermal effects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveupdate efficiencyVSAvoidheat emission
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the batch update process into temperature-controlled phases, dividing simultaneous updates into sequential operations when temperature thresholds are exceeded. Instead of updating all applications concurrently regardless of thermal conditions, the system divides the update workload into manageable segments separated by temperature monitoring intervals, preventing harmful heat accumulation while maintaining overall productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3550432B1Method for controlling temperature of terminal, and terminal
Publication Date: 2021.09.15 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for controlling temperature of a terminal, including: receiving, by the terminal, an instruction for triggering execution of a first task; obtaining, by the terminal, a current temperature of the terminal; and controlling, by the terminal, an execution manner of the first task based on the current temperature, to control temperature of the terminal. When the terminal obtains the current temperature of the terminal, the terminal may control, based on the current temperature of the terminal, the first task to be executed in different manners, so as to control temperature of the terminal and ensure that the mobile phone is in a safe state.