US 11,930,577 B2
Usage-level based lighting adjustments to computing device housings
Po-Hsien Lin, Taipei (TW); and An Chih Chu, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/058,941
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/063056
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/112114, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298140 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H05B 47/10 (2020.01); G08B 5/00 (2006.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 47/105 (2020.01) [G08B 5/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/181 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
a housing;
a processor;
a light source to illuminate through a window in the housing; and
a controller to:
determine a usage level of the processor, including to
sample the usage level over a first time period, and
average the sampled usage level, and
adjust a characteristic of the light source based on the average sampled usage level of the processor.