ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,751, issued on June 17, was assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (Horsham, Pa.).
"Dynamic acoustic-based fan control" was invented by David J. Williams (Cumming, Ga.), Allen S. Wild (Johns Creek, Ga.) and Joshua S. Brookshire (Hoschton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan controller for fan of an electronic device can provide dynamic acoustic-based fan control so as to maintain a fan speed so as not to exceed an acoustic threshold. The fan controller can receive one or more temperature measurements associated with the electronic device and can based on these one or more temperature measurements determine an operational temperature ...