US 12,093,094 B1
Energy flow integration for a predictive virtual thermal sensor
Christopher Jon Kappler, Lexington, MA (US); Ryan Fleming, Oakland, CA (US); and Ray C. He, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,611.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,482, filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/206 (2013.01) [G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
detecting an inflow amount of energy being discharged from a battery of a computing device;
predicting, based on the inflow amount of energy being discharged from the battery, a thermal response of the computing device that includes a cumulative outflow amount of energy that is dissipated through heat, light, and radio waves of one or more components of the computing device; and
performing thermal management of the computing device based on the predicted thermal response according to a difference between the cumulative inflow amount of energy and the cumulative outflow energy.