General Instrument Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

William J Storti

Paul Ocepek

Paul Douglas Baker

Carol A Mathews

Evan A Groat

Dwight T Sakuma

Bryan K Zublin

Keith E Sibley

Charles R Herrmann

David M Gargani

Yucheng Jin

Kun-Pei P Chen

Barry P Falvo

Trent H Punnett

Francis J Dunn

John Hausman

Federico Sanchez

Steven Kimball

Chris Seymour

Richard Patrick Rementilla

Greg McDonald

Roger William Ady

Douglas Patton

Shlomo Ovadia

Thomas L Du Breuil

Kevin T Chang

Doris Witzman

Vincent J Izzo

Carol Ann Mathews Reynolds

Timothy Kenneth Newman

Christopher Anzalone

Derek Niizawa

Damon Afualo

Nuk Howard

Shiomo Ovadia

Disclosed are methods and devices for controlling the state of a fan of an electronic device during audio output based in whole or in part on loudness data of a digital audio file. An audio data file is sampled so that loudness data is determined from the sample audio data. The loudness data may indicate at least one portion of the audio data file that has a predetermined loudness level. For example, when the loudness data indicates that the audio output is low, the fan can be deactivated or slowed. In this way the noise of the fan does not impair the user's audio experience. Alternatively, when the loudness data indicates that the audio output is high, the fan can be activated or its speed may be increased. The predetermined loudness level of the audio output may have a value that is sufficiently high to mask fan noise.

Methods and devices for fan control of an electronic device based on loudness data

Set top box stand

Enclosure for a wireless device

Set top box

Digital audio player

Wireless vertical enclosure

Portion of a front panel for an electronic device

Wireless enclosure

Base for broadband router enclosure

Broadband router enclosure and base

Front bezel for a consumer electronic product

Enclosure for wireless device

Consumer electronic product

The port for a removable module of a set-top box in a cable television system incorporates guide members of a thermally conductive material to provide a new primary heat dissipation path to manage thermal energy generated by operation of the module. The guide members may also be used to guide the module into proper connection with a module connector which electrically connects the circuit on the module with the circuitry of the set-top box. The guide members may be attached to the chassis of the set-top box or integrally formed in the chassis. Thus, heat from the module is provide directly to the chassis of the set-top box from which it is released by convention into the ambient environment.

Method and apparatus for managing thermal energy emissions of a removable module in a set-top box

Front bezel for consumer electronic product

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Haverford, PA, United States of America

William J Storti