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Patent No.:

US 9170617 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2011
Applicant:

Hajime Sonobe, Tachikawa, JP;

Inventor:

Hajime Sonobe, Tachikawa, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2013.01); G06F 1/3293 (2013.01); G09G 5/363 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2360/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/121 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1275 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a first processor; a second processor that has an information processing capability and a power consumption higher than those of the first processor; a temperature monitoring module configured to acquire an operating temperature of the second processor; a throttle number determination module configured to determine whether the throttling control is performed a given number of times or more within a given time interval; and a processor switching control module configured to perform, when the operating temperature of the second processor is equal to or higher than a given temperature: stopping an operation of the second processor; causing the first processor to perform an information process; and prohibiting the operation of the second processor.


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Sonobe, Hajime. (2015). Information processing apparatus to selectively disable or throttle an external graphics controller (U.S. Patent No. 9170617). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9170617

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