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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2005
Gang Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Aaron M. Leiba, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Z. Zhong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A temperature sensing apparatus () and associated method () wherein a temperature sensor () or a plurality of temperature sensors () is placed in or in near proximity to a liquid crystal display module () of a computer system (). The temperature sensor(s) () are placed on, or in near proximity to the liquid crystal display module () at positions determined according to the requirements of a particular application. Temperature of the liquid crystal display module () is communicated digitally to an associated computer () by, for example, a bus such as an inter-integrated circuit interface bus (). When the temperature exceeds a predetermined limit, remedial action, such as increasing fan speed, reducing speed and or power consumption of other components, or the like, is taken to reduce the temperature.