Electronic apparatus and control method therefor

1 . An electronic apparatus having a first component and a second component, both of which generate heat during an operation, the electronic apparatus comprising a circuitry configured to:

acquire an ambient temperature of the electronic apparatus;

acquire a temperature of the first component; and

operate a cooling device to cool the first component and the second component that generate heat during the operation,

wherein,

(i) when the ambient temperature is lower than a predetermined reference temperature, the circuitry is further configured to increase an output of the cooling device to a value higher than that obtained when the ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined reference temperature,

(ii) when the ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined reference temperature and the temperature of the first component does not exceed a target temperature, operate the cooling device at a reference output value, wherein the second component requires a lower output from the cooling device to be cooled than the output required to cool the first component, and

(iii) when the temperature of the first component exceeds the target temperature, increase the output of the cooling device above the reference output value.

2 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined reference temperature is higher than an ambient temperature where the temperature of the first component increases to the target temperature under predetermined operating conditions.

3 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a cooling fan is adopted as the cooling device, and

the circuitry is further configured to acquire, as the ambient temperature, a temperature of air taken in by the cooling fan.

4 . An electronic apparatus having a first component and a second component, both of which generate heat during an operation, the electronic apparatus comprising a circuitry configured to:

acquire information regarding an operating status of the electronic apparatus;

acquire a temperature of the first component; and

operate a cooling device to cool the first component and the second component that generate heat during the operation,

wherein, based on the information regarding the operating status and the temperature of the first component, the circuitry is further configured to change a control scheme for operating the cooling device, wherein,

(i) when the temperature of the first component exceeds a target threshold under a given operating status, the circuitry is further configured to increase an output of the cooling device,

(ii) when the operating status indicates a performance mode, the circuitry is further configured to increase an output of the cooling device or lowers the target threshold, and

(iii) when the operating status indicates a mode with reduced cooling requirements, the circuitry is further configured to reduce the output of the cooling device or raise the target threshold, wherein the raised target threshold does not trigger overheating of the second component.

5 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the information regarding the operating status includes information indicating a type of a program currently executed by the electronic apparatus, and

the circuitry is further configured to change a control scheme for the cooling device according to the type of the currently executed program.

6 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein, based on the information regarding the operating status, the circuitry is further configured to change at least one of parameters indicating a minimum output value of the cooling device, the target threshold for the first component that generates heat during the operation, and response performance for a temperature of the first component.

7 . A control method for an electronic apparatus having a first component and a second component, both of which generate heat during an operation, the control method comprising:

acquiring an ambient temperature of the electronic apparatus;

acquiring a temperature of the first component; and

operating a cooling device to cool the first component and the second component that generate heat during the operation,

wherein,

(i) when the ambient temperature is lower than a predetermined reference temperature, the operating exercises control to increase an output of the cooling device to a value higher than that obtained when the ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined reference temperature,

(ii) when the ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined reference temperature and the temperature of the first component does not exceed a target temperature, the operating exercises control to operate the cooling device at a reference output value, wherein the second component requires a lower output from the cooling device to be cooled than the output required to cool the first component, and

(iii) when the temperature of the first component e t temperature, the operating exercises control to increase the output of the cooling device above the reference output value.