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US 9,619,008 · App. 14/461,136 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

System and method for dynamic thermal management in passively cooled device with a plurality of display surfaces

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Patent No.
US 9,619,008
App. No.
14/461,136
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information handling system includes a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge, and including a passive cooling system, a dynamic thermal management system, and a processor. The information handling system further includes an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform.

Claims (44)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge;

a passive cooling system;

a processor executing instructions for a dynamic thermal management system to determine a thermal profile of the information handling system;

an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window of a first software application running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform;

the dynamic thermal management system to operationally limit a portion of a display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform;

wherein the determination of which integrated display platform to locate the software application display window is based on a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display platform to the secondary integrated display platform, an operating state rank of the software application, and whether the thermal profile of the information handling system reaches a thermal threshold.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a designation of the primary integrated display platform and the secondary integrated display platform is switchable as to which integrated display platform is designated as primary.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application window locator system locates a software application having a lower priority operating state rank on a display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform upon the thermal profile reaching the thermal threshold.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the dynamic thermal management system further determines to suspend the software application having the lower priority operating state rank if the thermal profile reaches a second thermal threshold level.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a flexible display including a first portion proximate to the primary integrated display platform and a second portion proximate to the secondary integrated display platform.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein operationally limiting a portion of the display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform includes reducing power to the portion of the display device at the secondary integrated display platform.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein operationally limiting a portion of the display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform includes reducing the refresh rate of a display portion of the secondary integrated display platform.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the dynamic thermal management system to determine individual thermal profiles for each of the primary integrated display platform and the secondary integrated display platform in the information handling system.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the processor decreases the thermal profile threshold level in accordance with lessened thermal dissipation associated with the first relative orientation.

10. A computer-implemented method for dynamic thermal management of an information handling system having a passive cooling system and a first integrated display platform hinged to a secondary integrated display platform, comprising:

determining, via a processor executing instructions, a thermal profile of the information handling system with respect to a thermal threshold level;

determining an operating state rank of a first software application relative to a second software application;

determining to locate a software application display window based on a first relative orientation of the first integrated display platform to the secondary integrated display platform from a plurality of orientation sensors, the operating state rank, and whether the thermal profile of the information handling system reaches the thermal threshold level; and

operationally limiting a portion of a display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein first relative orientation is selected from a plurality of orientation modes including at least a laptop mode, a book mode, and a double tablet mode.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining the thermal threshold level based on the first relative orientation of the first integrated display platform to the secondary integrated display platform.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

locating the software application on a display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform if the software application is determined to have a lower priority operating state rank than another software application running on the information handling system and if the thermal profile reaches the thermal threshold.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

suspending the software application having the lower priority operating state rank.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein operationally limiting a portion of a display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform includes reducing refresh rate.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

changing the thermal profile threshold level in accordance with improved or lessened thermal dissipation associated with the first relative orientation.

17. An information handling system comprising:

a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge;

a passive cooling system;

a processor executing instructions for a dynamic thermal management system to determine a thermal profile of the information handling system;

the processor to determine a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display platform to the second integrated display platform from a plurality of orientation sensors;

an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window of a first software application running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform;

wherein the application window locator system locates the software application, having a lower priority operating state rank than another software application running on the information handling system, on a display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform if the thermal profile reaches the thermal threshold.

18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising:

a camera integrated in the information handling system to detecting a viewer location and further determine the designation of the primary integrated display platform.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the dynamic thermal management system further determines to suspend the software application having the lower priority operating state rank if the thermal profile reaches a second thermal threshold level.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the dynamic thermal management system further determines to reduce the power to a portion of a display device proximate to the secondary integrated display platform.

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