Patent ID: 7941231

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: a microphone for detecting noise to which the electronic device is exposed; a sensor for detecting heat to which at least a portion of the electronic device is exposed; a cooling unit for cooling at least a portion of the electronic device; and a subsystem coupled to outputs of the microphone and the sensor and further coupled to an input of the cooling unit for adjusting an amount of cooling provided by the cooling unit depending on the amount of noise and heat respectively registered by the microphone and the sensor, wherein the subsystem comprises: a processor coupled to the input of the cooling unit for receiving noise and heat signals from the microphone and sensor, respectively; a memory coupled to the processor for storing a table of noise and heat values corresponding to a plurality of cooling system configuration values; and a comparator coupled for receiving the noise and heat signals sent to the processor, comparing, in magnitude, those noise and heat signals with the table of noise and heat values stored within the memory, and conveying a cooling system configuration value corresponding to the received noise and heat signals from among the plurality of cooling system configuration values to the processor.