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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2002
Joe Miseli, San Bruno, CA (US);
Tom Fussy, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Clayton Castle, Redwood City, CA (US);
John Rahn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method are disclosed for thermally managing a display. A display may be tiltably coupled to a base, and the display may have a tilt sensor disposed therein for providing a tilt output when the display is tilted beyond a tilt threshold. Further aspects include a temperature sensors disposed for providing a high- or low-temperature threshold output when the display the exceeds predetermined temperature thresholds. The disclosure provides for producing a warning signal to the user when sensed signals are positive, and for producing a sleep signal to protect the display from thermal damage.