Cooling controlling apparatus, electronic apparatus, and cooling controlling method

1. A cooling controlling apparatus that cools an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a cooling fan that discharges air in an inside of the electronic apparatus to an outside of the electronic apparatus;

an intake air temperature detector that detects a temperature of air taken into the electronic apparatus by the cooling fan;

a part temperature detector that detects a temperature of each of a plurality of electronic parts arranged inside the electronic apparatus;

a threshold value storing unit that stores an intake air temperature threshold value and a plurality of part temperature threshold values each provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts, respectively; and

a fan controller having first and second modes and that controls a rotation number of the cooling fan based on a result of comparing the intake air temperature detected by the intake air temperature detector and the stored intake air temperature threshold value when the fan controller is in a first mode,

that performs at least one of increasing and decreasing the rotation number of the cooling fan using a predetermined variation ratio by detecting whether or not the temperature detected by the part temperature detector is equal to or less than each of the plurality of part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts, when the temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts is in a predetermined condition and the fan controller is in a second mode, and

that stands by to progress to a next process for a first time period after performing one of the increasing or the decreasing the rotation number.

2. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of stored part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts each include a first threshold value and a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value for each of the plurality of electronic parts, respectively, and

the fan controller compares the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the plurality of first threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts in the first mode, changes the first mode to the second mode when all the temperatures of the plurality of electronic parts are equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of first threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts, compares the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the plurality of second threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts, and decreases the rotation number of the cooling fan controlled based on the intake air temperature by a first variation ratio when all of the temperatures of the plurality of electronic parts are equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of second threshold values.

3. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the fan controller calculates a minimum rotation number of the cooling fan based on the detected intake air temperature, decreases the rotation number of the cooling fan by the first variation ratio when the rotation number of the cooling fan obtained by decreasing by the first variation ratio is equal to or larger than the minimum rotation number, and controls the rotation number of the cooling fan to be the minimum rotation number when the rotation number obtained by decreasing by the first variation ratio is smaller than the minimum rotation number.

4. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of stored part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts each include a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value for each of the electronic parts, and

the fan controller compares the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the plurality of third threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts in the second mode when the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts is not equal to or smaller than the second threshold value, and maintains the rotation number when all the temperatures of the plurality of electronic parts are equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of third threshold values.

5. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the plurality of stored part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts each include a fourth threshold value larger than the third threshold value for each of the electronic parts, and

the fan controller further compares the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the fourth threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts in the second mode when the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts is not equal to or smaller than the third threshold value, and increases the rotation number by a second variation ratio when all the temperatures of the electronic parts are equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of fourth threshold values.

6. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the fan controller calculates a minimum rotation number of the cooling fan based on the detected intake air temperature, increases the rotation number of the cooling fan by the second variation ratio when a second rotation number of the cooling fan obtained by increasing the rotation number of the cooling fan by the second variation ratio is equal to or larger than the minimum rotation number of the cooling fan, and does not increase the rotation number of the cooling fan when the second rotation number is smaller than the minimum rotation number of the cooling fan.

7. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the fan controller stands by to progress to a next process for a second time period after performing one of the maintaining the rotation number, decreasing the rotation number of the cooling fan by the first variation ratio, and one of increasing and decreasing the rotation number of the cooling fan by the second variation ratio.

8. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein a first time period is larger than the second time period.

9. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the fan controller controls a rotation number based on a result of comparing an intake air temperature newly detected by the intake air temperature detector and the stored intake air temperature threshold value when all the temperatures of the plurality of electronic parts are not equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of fourth threshold values.

10. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a first variation ratio is small than the second variation ratio.

11. The cooling controlling apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fan controller stops an operation of the electronic apparatus when the intake air temperature is more than a predetermined value.

12. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of electronic parts arranged in an inside of the electronic apparatus;

a cooling fan that discharges air in the inside of the electronic apparatus to an outside of the electronic apparatus;

an intake air temperature detector that detects a temperature of air taken into the electronic apparatus by the cooling fan;

a part temperature detector that detects a temperature of each of the electronic parts;

a threshold value storing unit that stores an intake air temperature threshold value and a plurality of part temperature threshold values each provided for each of a plurality of electronic parts, respectively; and

a fan controller having first and second modes and that controls a rotation number of the cooling fan based on a result of comparing the intake air temperature detected by the intake air temperature detector and the stored intake air temperature threshold value when the fan controller is in a first mode,

that performs at least one of increasing and decreasing the rotation number of the cooling fan using a predetermined variation ratio by detecting whether or not the temperature detected by the part temperature detector is equal to or less than each of the plurality of part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts, when the temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts is in a predetermined condition and the fan controller is in a second mode, and

that stands by to progress to a next process for a first time period after performing one of the increasing or the decreasing the rotation number.

13. A cooling controlling method performed by a cooling controlling apparatus that cools an electronic apparatus, the cooling controlling method comprising:

storing an intake air temperature threshold value and a plurality of part temperature threshold values each provided for each of a plurality of electronic parts arranged inside the electronic apparatus, respectively, in a threshold value storing unit;

detecting a temperature of each of the plurality of the electronic parts using a part temperature detector;

detecting a temperature of air taken into the electronic apparatus using an intake air temperature detector;

using a fan controller having first and second modes and controlling a rotation number of a cooling fan based on a result of comparing the intake air temperature detected by the intake air temperature detector and the stored intake air temperature threshold value when the fan controller is in the first mode;

performing at least one of increasing and decreasing the rotation number of the cooling fan using a predetermined variation ratio by detecting whether or not the temperature detected by the part temperature detector is equal to or less than each of the plurality of part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts, when the temperature of each of the plurality electronic parts is in a predetermined condition and the fan controller is in the second mode; and

standing by to progress to a next process for a first time period after performing one of the increasing or the decreasing the rotation number.

14. The cooling controlling method according to claim 13 , wherein

the plurality of part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts each include a first threshold value and a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value for each of the plurality of electronic parts, respectively, and

the controlling includes

comparing the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the first threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts in the first mode;

changing the first mode to the second mode when all of the temperatures of the plurality of electronic parts are equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of first threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts;

comparing the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the plurality of second threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts; and

decreasing the rotation number of the cooling fan controlled based on the intake air temperature by a first variation ratio when all of the temperatures of the plurality of electronic parts are equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of second threshold values.

15. The cooling controlling method according to claim 14 , wherein

the plurality of part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts each include a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value for each of the electronic parts, and

the controlling includes

comparing the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the plurality of third threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts in the second mode when the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts is not equal to or smaller than the second threshold value; and

maintaining the rotation number of the cooling fan when all the temperatures of the plurality of electronic parts are equal to or smaller than each of the plurality of third threshold values.

16. The cooling controlling method according to claim 15 , wherein

the plurality of part temperature threshold values provided for each of the plurality of electronic parts each include a fourth threshold value larger than the third threshold value for each of the electronic parts, and

the controlling includes

further comparing the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts and each of the fourth threshold values provided for each of the electronic parts in the second mode when the detected temperature of each of the plurality of electronic parts is not equal to or smaller than the third threshold value; and

increasing the rotation number of by a second variation ratio when all the temperatures of the electronic parts are equal to or smaller than the fourth threshold values.

17. The cooling controlling method according to claim 16 , wherein, the controlling includes controlling a rotation number based on a result of comparing an intake air temperature newly detected at the detecting of the intake air temperature and the stored intake air temperature threshold value when all the temperatures of the electronic parts are not equal to or smaller than the fourth threshold values.