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Sony patents fan control that uses power usage to cool devices

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony has filed a patent for a computer cooling system that adjusts fan speed using both temperature and power consumption data. The control unit changes how fast the fan spins to keep the device cool based on how much energy it is using.

Why it mattersThis is a routine improvement to computer cooling that helps manage heat more efficiently by looking at power usage, not just temperature.

In the filing’s own words

An information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus including a fan unit having an air cooling fan, and includes a control unit. The control unit controls a rotation speed of the air cooling fan based on at least a temperature and power consumption of the information processing apparatus.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An information processing apparatus including a fan unit having an air cooling fan, the information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls a rotation speed of the air cooling fan based on at least a temperature and power consumption of the information processing apparatus.

Facts

Company: Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
Official title: INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Publication number: US20260319557A1
Application number: 19108451
Filed: Aug 25, 2023
Published: Oct 15, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 18

Classified under

G06F 1/206 Physics & computingG06F 1/203 Physics & computingH04B 1/3888 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/04 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/724092 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/72454 Electricity & electronics

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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