Thermal Management via Processing Migration Between Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information handling systems face challenges in managing thermal profiles to optimize user experience and performance, particularly when users interact with multiple displays, as existing systems struggle to balance processing load and heat management effectively across different components.
Innovation Solution
The system determines user interaction with displays to adjust thermal profiles, migrating processing between components associated with different displays and boosting power to the display in contact, while deactivating nearby pixels to manage heat and enhance performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If processing is concentrated in one component to improve performance, then processing speed is improved, but thermal management becomes difficult and user comfort deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides processing tasks between two separate components (first and second processors), each associated with a different display. This segmentation allows heat generation to be distributed across multiple components rather than concentrated in one, improving thermal management while maintaining overall processing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically migrates processing tasks between components based on real-time thermal conditions and user interaction patterns. When a user contacts one display, processing is directed to the associated component; when not contacted, processing migrates to the other component, creating adaptive thermal management.
2Temperature
If processing is migrated based on user contact to improve thermal management, then temperature control is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors user contact status with displays and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust processing migration decisions. Sensors detect whether a user is contacting the device, and this information feeds back to the processing migration logic, enabling automatic adaptive thermal management without complex user input requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays are used to improve versatility, then adaptability is improved, but thermal management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each display is associated with a dedicated processing component, creating localized processing units. This allows independent thermal management for each display-component pair, simplifying overall thermal control while maintaining the versatility of multiple displays for different use cases.
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AI summary
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine if a user is in contact with an information handling system. If the user is not in contact with the information handling system, the information handling system may utilize a thermal profile. If the user is in contact with the information handling system, it may be determined if the user is in contact with a first display of multiple displays of the information handling system. If the user is in contact with the first display, processing of information may be migrated from a component associated with the first display to a component associated with a second display of the multiple displays. If the user is not in contact with the first display, processing of the information may be migrated from the component associated with the second display to the component associated with the first display.