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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Philip Lionel Barnes, Seattle, WA (US);
Hon Wah Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Howard Lee Davidson, San Carlos, CA (US);
Kimberly D. A. Hallman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Lee, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, WA (US);
Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig J. Mundie, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Nicholas F. Pasch, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric D. Rudder, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Marc Tremblay, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Described embodiments include a portable electronic device. The device includes a shell housing components of the portable electronic device having a heat-generating component. The device includes a heat-rejection element located at an exterior surface of the shell. The heat-rejection element is configured to reject heat received from the heat-generating component into an environment in thermal contact with the heat-rejection element. The device includes a controllable thermal coupler configured to regulate heat transfer to the heat-rejection element. The device includes a proximity sensor configured to determine a location of a user touch to the shell relative to the location of the heat-rejection element. The device includes a thermal manager configured to regulate heat transfer by the controllable thermal coupler to the heat-rejection element in response to the determined location of the user touch relative to the location of the heat-rejection element.