SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF A WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO A USER

    公开(公告)号:WO2018144767A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-09

    申请号:PCT/US2018/016501

    申请日:2018-02-01

    Abstract: Because the touch temperature of a wearable computing device ("WCD") may be an insignificant factor for user experience when the WCD is not being worn by a user, embodiments of the solution seek to modify thermal management policies based on an inferred user proximity state. Exemplary embodiments monitor one or more signals from readily available sensors in the WCD that have primary purposes other than measuring user proximity. Depending on embodiment, the sensors may be selected from a group consisting of a heart rate monitor, a pulse monitor, an O2 sensor, a bio-impedance sensor, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor and a light sensor. Using the signals generated by such sensors, relative physical proximity of the WCD to a user may be inferred and, based on the user proximity state, thermal policies either relaxed or tightened.

    CIRCUITS AND METHODS PROVIDING THREAD ASSIGNMENT FOR A MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR

    公开(公告)号:WO2018093503A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-24

    申请号:PCT/US2017/056620

    申请日:2017-10-13

    Abstract: A method includes generating temperature information from a plurality of temperature sensors within a computing device, wherein a first one of the temperature sensors is physically located at a first processing unit of the computing device; processing the temperature information to identify that the first temperature sensor is associated with temperature that is at or above a threshold; and assigning a processing thread to a first core of a plurality of cores of a second processing unit in response to identifying that the first temperature sensor is associated with temperature that is at or above the threshold and based at least in part on a physical distance between the first core and the first temperature sensor.

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