TW201317737A - Portable computer and system performance adjustment method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable computer comprises a main body, a plurality of temperature detecting modules, a controlling module, and a processing module. The plurality of temperature detecting modules are used for detecting and obtaining a plurality of environment temperature data from different surface positions of the main body. The controlling module is connected electronically to the plurality of temperature detecting modules. The controlling module receives the plurality of environment temperature data and determines whether at least one of the plurality of environment temperature data is higher than a setting temperature so as to send a controlling signal. The processing module is connected electronically to the controlling module. The processing module adjusts a system performance of the portable computer according to the controlling signal.

Description

Portable computer and system performance adjustment method thereof

The invention relates to a computer device, in particular to a portable computer capable of adjusting system performance according to different situations and a system performance adjustment method thereof.

Portable computers have always been developed towards thin and light, and in order to maintain the performance of their systems, their heat dissipation issues have received increasing attention. However, as the device volume is gradually reduced, the internal available space is relatively limited. How to set a proper heat dissipation module and minimize the noise generated by the cooling fan will be a key factor affecting the performance of the computer.

Generally, when the portable computer is shipped from the factory, a fixed thermal table parameter is set in the BIOS. When the temperature of the internal components of the device is increased due to performance, the system can adjust the cooling fan according to the heat meter parameters. Speed or processor equivalent, these hot-list parameters can only be modified via BIOS update or upgrade. However, for different users, the temperature of the device that they can tolerate is not the same. Some users do not want the input device such as the keyboard or the touchpad to generate high temperature, and the cooling fan is kept as quiet as possible to improve the comfort of use; Some users hope that the computer can maintain better performance and does not care about comfort. In addition, even for the different usage scenarios of portable computers, there should be different corresponding performance adjustments. In the case that the aforementioned heat meter parameters are fixed, the degree of freedom in computer setting has been limited, so that the user can only operate with the initial setting of the computer, and cannot meet the requirements of different users or usage scenarios.

Therefore, how to provide a computer device that can adjust the system performance according to different situations is a subject worth studying.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a portable computer device capable of adjusting system performance according to different situations and a system performance adjustment method thereof.

To achieve the above objective, the portable computer of the present invention comprises a body, a plurality of temperature detecting modules, a control module and a processing module. The plurality of temperature detecting modules are disposed at different positions adjacent to the surface of the body to detect and obtain a plurality of ambient temperature data; the control module is electrically connected to the plurality of temperature detecting modules, and the control module is configured to receive the plurality of ambient temperature data And determining whether at least one of the plurality of ambient temperature data exceeds a corresponding one of the set temperatures to generate a control signal; the processing module is electrically connected to the control module for receiving the control signal to adjust the portable signal according to the control signal System performance of the computer.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the portable computer further includes an image capturing module electrically connected to the control module, the image capturing module is configured to obtain an instant image, and the control module is calculated by the instant image. The distance between a user and the portable computer is adjusted to adjust the system performance of the portable computer according to the separation distance.

The system performance adjustment method of the present invention is applied to the aforementioned portable computer, and the portable computer stores temperature setting data. The system performance adjustment method comprises the steps of: detecting an ambient temperature of a portable computer at different positions on the surface to obtain a plurality of temperature data; determining whether at least one of the plurality of temperature data exceeds a corresponding temperature setting data; The judgment result of the plurality of temperature information is used to adjust the system performance of the portable computer.

The system performance adjustment method further includes the following steps: obtaining an instant image; calculating a separation distance between the user and the portable computer by using the instant image; and adjusting the system performance of the portable computer according to the separation distance.

With this design, the portable computer can automatically adjust the system performance of the portable computer according to the current ambient temperature or the relative distance from the user; in addition, the user can adjust the environment in the temperature setting data according to the needs. The upper temperature limit is used to control the portable computer to provide better system performance at ambient temperature acceptable to the user.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for a schematic diagram of the portable computer 10 of the present invention. In an embodiment of the present invention, the portable computer 10 can be a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mini computer, or other similar electronic device that can execute the operating system software, but is not limited to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the portable computer 10 of the present invention includes a main body 100 , a plurality of temperature detecting modules 110 , a control module 120 , and a processing module 130 . The main body 100 is a housing part of the portable computer 10, and the inside thereof can accommodate a plurality of temperature detecting modules 110, a control module 120, a processing module 130, and the like.

The plurality of temperature detecting modules 110 are disposed at different positions adjacent to the surface of the body 100 to detect and obtain a plurality of ambient temperature data of the body 100 around the locations. In this embodiment, the temperature detecting module 110 can be a temperature sensor, and the plurality of temperature detecting modules 110 can be disposed at a surface of the bottom of the device adjacent to the body 100, the command input device, and the heat dissipation air outlet. In order to prevent the portable computer 10 from being effectively dissipated under high efficiency, the temperature of the surface of the body 100, which is often in contact with the user's body part, is too high, which causes a burning discomfort during operation. The temperature detecting module 110 detects and obtains the real-time ambient temperature data of the relevant location.

The control module 120 is electrically connected to the plurality of temperature detecting modules 110. In this embodiment, the control module 120 includes an embedded controller 121 and a storage module 122. The embedded controller 121 is electrically connected to the storage device 122. The storage device 122 stores the operating system 122a, the setting module 122b, and the temperature setting data 122c. The setting module 122b can be an application, but the invention is not limited thereto. After the operating system 122a is loaded, the setting module 122b can be executed under the operating system 122a, and the temperature setting data 122c can be accessed through the setting module 122b. The temperature setting data 122c includes an environmental temperature upper limit value corresponding to different positions of the surface of the body 100, and the temperature setting data 122c is a thermal table.

The embedded controller 121 of the control module 120 is configured to receive the plurality of ambient temperature data measured by the plurality of temperature detecting modules 110, and transmit the plurality of ambient temperature data to the storage device 122 for loading under the operating system 122a. The setting module 122b performs a comparison to determine whether at least one of the plurality of ambient temperature data exceeds the corresponding temperature setting data 122c, and transmits the determination result to the embedded controller 121 to generate a control signal correspondingly.

The processing module 130 is electrically connected to the control module 120, which mainly controls the overall system performance of the portable computer 10. The processing module 130 can receive the control signal from the embedded controller 121 of the control module 120. In this embodiment, the processing module 130 includes a central processing unit 131 and a display processing unit 132. The control signal can adjust the operating frequency of at least one of the central processing unit 131 and the display processing unit 132, thereby adjusting the portability. System performance of computer 10. Since the central processing unit 131 and the display processing unit 132 are necessary components of a general computer device, the operation and functions thereof are not described in detail herein.

The portable computer 10 of the present invention further includes at least one cooling fan 140 electrically connected to the control module 130. At least one cooling fan 140 is disposed corresponding to the processing module 130. The cooling fans 140 are used to provide the heat dissipation function of the processing module 130, and the cooling fans 140 can also be embedded by the control module 120. The control signal of the controller 121 adjusts the speed of each of the cooling fans 140 to change the heat dissipation capability thereof to adjust the system performance of the portable computer 10.

The portable computer 10 of the present invention further includes an image capturing module 150 electrically connected to the control module 130. The image capture module 150 is configured to obtain an instant image of the portable computer 10 and transmit the obtained instant image to the setting module 122b of the control module 120 for image analysis processing. The setting module 122b adjusts the distance between the user and the portable computer 10 by analyzing the instant image, and then adjusts the portable computer 10 according to the interval distance to notify the embedded controller 121 to generate the corresponding control signal. System performance.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flowchart of a system performance adjustment method of the present invention. It should be noted that although the portable computer 10 shown in FIG. 1 is taken as an example to illustrate the system performance adjustment method of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the portable computer 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the method for managing booting of the system of the present invention includes steps S201 to S203. The various steps of the system performance adjustment method of the present invention will be described in detail below.

Step S201: Detecting the ambient temperature of the portable computer 10 at different positions on the surface to obtain a plurality of temperature data. The portable computer 10 is disposed at a different position adjacent to the surface of the body 100, and is provided with a plurality of temperature detecting modules 110, such as a bottom surface of the body, a touch panel (or keyboard), and a heat dissipation air outlet. The corresponding multiple ambient temperature data were measured at these locations.

Step S202: Determine whether at least one of the plurality of temperature data exceeds the corresponding temperature setting data. After the ambient temperature data of the corresponding position is measured in the foregoing step S201, the plurality of temperature data is received by the embedded controller 121 of the control module 120, and then supplied to the setting module 122b to set the temperature data and the temperature setting data 122c. The upper limit values of the respective ambient temperatures of the corresponding positions are compared with each other, and it is determined whether at least one of the plurality of temperature data exceeds the corresponding temperature setting data, but the invention is not limited thereto, and the plurality of temperature data may be judged by Whether the average value exceeds the set temperature setting data is used as the basis.

Step S203: Adjusting the system performance of the portable computer 10 according to the judgment result of the plurality of temperature information. After the comparison result is obtained in the foregoing step S202, the setting module 122b of the control module 120 can transmit the determination result to the embedded controller 121, so that the embedded controller 121 correspondingly generates different control signals to the processing module 130. Or at least one of the cooling fans 140, by adjusting at least one of the operating frequency of the central processing unit 131, the operating frequency of the display processing unit 132, and the rotational speed of the at least one cooling fan 140, to achieve the effect of adjusting system performance.

For example, assume that the upper limit of the ambient temperature of the temperature setting data 122c for the bottom of the body, the touchpad (or keyboard), and the heat dissipation air outlet are 36, 37, and 38 ° C, respectively, when the measured multiple temperature data When any temperature data has exceeded the upper limit of the ambient temperature of the corresponding position (for example, the temperature data of the touch panel is 39 ° C), the control module 120 can determine that the current system is in an overheated state, thereby reducing system efficiency. Controlling the signal to notify the processing module 130 to reduce the operating frequency, or/and informing at least one of the cooling fans 140 to increase the rotational speed to improve the heat dissipation effect; and when the measured plurality of temperature data does not exceed the ambient temperature upper limit of the corresponding position The control module 120 can determine that the current system is in a stable state. If the plurality of temperature data still has a certain distance from the upper limit of the ambient temperature, the control module 120 can generate a control signal for improving the system performance to notify the processing module 130 to adjust. The operating frequency is increased, or/and at least one of the cooling fans 140 is notified to reduce the rotational speed to reduce power consumption.

Please refer to Figure 3 together. 3 is a schematic illustration of a temperature setting interface 310 produced by the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, after the portable device 10 is loaded into the operating system 122a, the system desktop 300 of the operating system 122a is displayed through the display device (not shown), and in the state, the setting module 122b is once Executing, a temperature setting interface 310 is generated on the system desktop 300 to display the relevant temperature data of the portable computer 10 for the user to judge and perform corresponding operations.

The temperature setting interface 310 includes an ambient temperature field 311, a temperature setting field 312, and an adjustment function key 313. The ambient temperature field 311 is used to display the ambient temperature value measured by the temperature detecting module 110 disposed at different positions; the temperature setting field 312 is used to display the ambient temperature upper limit corresponding to the different position. The adjustment function key 313 is used to adjust the ambient temperature upper limit value of the temperature setting field 312 corresponding thereto.

In addition to the above-mentioned portable computer 10, the system performance can be automatically adjusted according to the preset ambient temperature upper limit value, and the user can adjust the temperature setting field 312 by using the adjustment function key 313 of the temperature setting interface 310 according to his own needs. The ambient temperature upper limit value is used to change the preset temperature setting data 122c. In the previous example, when the user feels that the measured ambient temperature is still tolerable and wants to continue to enhance the system performance of the portable computer 10, the upper limit of each ambient temperature can be adjusted through the temperature setting interface 310 to 40, 40, and 40. °C, this will change the original value of the temperature setting data 122c, so that the control module 120 has a greater performance adjustment space in the comparison judgment. In addition, in order to avoid the user's adjustment, the portable computer 10 generates a burning discomfort, and the upper limit of the ambient temperature that can be adjusted by the setting module 122b for the temperature setting data 122c is between 40 and 45 degrees Celsius, but The invention is not limited to this.

Therefore, the present invention is based on the ambient temperature state measured by the portable computer, and thus automatically adjusts the system performance of the portable computer, and can also adjust the ambient temperature through the generated temperature setting interface. Limits, manually control the system performance of the portable computer to give the user a better experience.

4 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a system performance adjustment method of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the portable computer 10 shown in FIG. 1 is also taken as an example for description. As shown in FIG. 4, in another embodiment of the present invention, steps S204 to S206 are further included after step S203.

Step S204: Acquire an instant image. The portable computer 10 can be used to obtain an instant image of the portable computer 10 by using the image capturing module 150. Here, the image capturing module 150 can obtain the real-time image in a timed or irregular manner. In this embodiment, since the portable computer 10 is in the process of system operation, the temperature thereof is not greatly increased in an instant. Gradually, the image capture module 150 can obtain an instant image in an intermittent manner (for example, every 5 to 10 seconds) to avoid unnecessary power consumption.

Step S205: Calculate a distance between the user and the portable computer 10 by using the instant image. After the instant image is obtained in the foregoing step S204, the setting module 122b of the control module 120 can receive the live image and perform image analysis processing on the live image. The setting module 122b determines whether there is a user's image in the instant image, and calculates the separation distance between the user and the portable computer 10 by the image size or the ratio.

Step S206: Adjust the system performance of the portable computer 10 according to the interval distance. When the setting module 122b determines that the calculated distance between the user and the portable computer 10 is less than a set distance, it indicates that the user may be using the portable computer 10, so as to improve the comfort of the user, control The module 120 can generate a control signal for reducing system performance to reduce system performance and improve heat dissipation. Conversely, when the setting module 122b determines that the calculated distance between the user and the portable computer 10 is greater than a set distance, or even When there is an image of the user, the user may be away from the portable computer 10 (for example, playing a movie through the portable computer 10). At this time, the control module 120 can generate a control signal for improving the system performance, thereby enhancing the video playback. Or perform fluency of other applications.

By this design, the present invention can also adjust the system performance according to the relative distance between the portable computer and the user, so as to provide a more intelligent performance execution action.

In summary, the present invention is a breakthrough in terms of its purpose, means and efficacy, and it is different from the characteristics of the prior art. It is a great breakthrough for the reviewer to ask for an early patent, and to benefit the society. Debian. It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and its advantages, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Modifications and variations of the embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be as described in the scope of the patent application to be described later.

10. . . Portable computer

100. . . Ontology

110. . . Temperature detection module

120. . . Control module

121. . . Embedded controller

122. . . Storage device

122a. . . working system

122b. . . Setting module

122c. . . Temperature setting data

130. . . Processing module

131. . . Central processing unit

132. . . Display processing unit

140. . . Cooling fan

150. . . Image capture module

300. . . System desktop

310. . . Temperature setting interface

311. . . Ambient temperature field

312. . . Temperature setting field

313. . . Adjustment function key

1 is a system block diagram of an embodiment of a portable computer of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a system performance adjustment method of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of a temperature setting interface created using the present invention.

4 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a system performance adjustment method to which the present invention is applied.

10. . . Portable computer

100. . . Ontology

110. . . Temperature detection module

120. . . Control module

121. . . Embedded controller

122. . . Storage device

122a. . . working system

122b. . . Setting module

122c. . . Temperature setting data

130. . . Processing module

131. . . Central processing unit

132. . . Display processing unit

140. . . Cooling fan

150. . . Image capture module

Claims (10)

A portable computer includes: a body; a plurality of temperature detecting modules disposed at different positions adjacent to the surface of the body for detecting and obtaining a plurality of ambient temperature data; and a control module located in the body And electrically connected to the plurality of temperature detecting modules, the control module stores a temperature setting data, the control module is configured to receive the plurality of ambient temperature data, and determine whether at least one of the plurality of ambient temperature data exceeds Corresponding to the temperature setting data, a control signal is generated correspondingly; and a processing module is disposed in the body and electrically connected to the control module for receiving the control signal to adjust the portability according to the control signal System performance of a computer. The portable computer of claim 1, further comprising an image capture module electrically connected to the control module, the image capture module for acquiring an instant image, and the control module The group calculates a distance between the user and the portable computer by using the instant image to adjust the system performance of the portable computer according to the interval. The portable computer of claim 2, wherein the processing module comprises a central processing unit and a display processing unit, wherein at least the central processing unit or the display processing unit is adjusted by the control signal The frequency of operation of one to adjust the system performance of the portable computer. The portable computer of claim 3, further comprising at least one cooling fan, corresponding to the processing module, wherein the control signal is used to adjust the rotation speed of the at least one cooling fan to adjust the System performance of portable computers. The portable computer of claim 2, wherein the control module includes a setting module for generating a temperature setting interface in an operating system, and displaying the plurality of temperature data through the temperature setting interface And the temperature setting data, and the user can adjust the temperature setting data by himself. A system performance adjustment method is applied to a portable computer, wherein the portable computer stores a temperature setting data, and the system performance adjustment method comprises the following steps: detecting an ambient temperature of the portable computer at different positions on the surface Obtaining a plurality of temperature data; determining whether at least one of the plurality of temperature data exceeds the corresponding temperature setting data; and adjusting the system performance of the portable computer according to the judgment result of the plurality of temperature data. The system performance adjustment method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of: obtaining an instant image; calculating, by the instant image, a distance between a user and the portable computer; and calculating the distance according to the interval Corresponding to adjust the system performance of the portable computer. The system performance adjustment method according to claim 7, wherein a temperature control interface generated by an operating system is used to display the plurality of temperature data and the temperature setting data, and the temperature control interface is used to adjust This temperature setting data. The system performance adjustment method according to claim 7, wherein the operation of at least one of the central processing unit or the display processing unit of the portable computer is adjusted according to the judgment result of the plurality of temperature data. Frequency to adjust the system performance of the portable computer. The system performance adjustment method according to claim 9, wherein the rotation speed of the at least one cooling fan disposed in the central processing unit or the display processing unit is adjusted according to the judgment result of the plurality of temperature data to adjust the System performance of portable computers.