US 12,137,535 B2
Dynamic exhaust fan operation to improve user experience
Donghwi Kim, Kirkland, WA (US); Gregory Allen Nielsen, Kirkland, WA (US); and Benjamin Francis Walker, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,466.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380100 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20209 (2013.01) [G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); H05K 7/20154 (2013.01); H05K 7/20336 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
one or more heat-generating components oriented in an interior of the computing device;
a first exhaust fan also oriented in the interior of the computing device, the first exhaust fan having a first exhaust vent positioned on an exterior of the computing device;
a second exhaust fan also oriented in the interior of the computing device, the second exhaust fan having a second exhaust vent positioned on the exterior of the computing device, the second exhaust vent position separated from the first exhaust vent position;
a heat path from the heat-generating components to the first exhaust fan and the second exhaust fan; and
a dynamic exhaust fan thermal management control to:
determine that a user-manipulable peripheral device is connected to the computing device;
determine a location of the user-manipulable peripheral device with respect to the computing device; and
bias against operation of one of the first and second exhaust fans having an exhaust vent position nearest the determined location of the user-manipulable peripheral device.