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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Inventec Corporation, , TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for user-mediated control of CPU temperature in a notebook computer, wherein the notebook computer has a fan controller module and a fan, comprises: (1) a setting module that sets a warning temperature value; (2) a monitoring module that monitors current CPU temperature and actuates a temperature adjustment module when temperature adjustment is necessary; and (3) a temperature adjustment module that actuates the notebook computer's fan controller module to calculate a fan speed required for temperature adjustment, and switches the fan to that speed.