The Sensor Technology Opportunity Engine for for January 2021 covers innovations and growth opportunities of sensors used for proximity detection, gesture recognition, and LiDAR. The TOE also focuses on medical flow sensors, strain sensing for robotic arms, laser sensors, radars, and splash-resistant sensors,
Sensor Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related innovations and developments on a monthly basis. Innovations are directed toward developing smart and intelligent sensors with functionalities beyond sensing. Research focus areas include: low power sensors (energy harvesting), industrial automation sensors (M2M, vision sensor), ubiquitous sensor (WSN, sensor fusion), smart sensors (wearables, quantified self), high sensitivity and smaller size (MEMS, nanosensors), and improved security (CBRNE, terahertz). The need for low power, smaller, lighter sensors with enhanced performance attributes and minimal false alarms is driving innovations in the sensors space.
The Sensors and Instrumentation cluster covers innovations pertaining to technologies such as wireless sensors and networks, energy harvesting, haptics and touch, MEMS and nanosensors, Terahertz, ubiquitous/smart sensors, CBRNE, quantified-self, sensor fusion, M2M communications, and drones.
Table of Contents
Innovations in Sensors
- Vishay Intertechnology, US
- Sensirion Ag, Switzerland
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, US
- University of California Berkeley, US
- National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Omron Corporation, Japan
- NXP Semiconductors, the Netherlands
- Renesas Electronics, Japan
- State University of New York, US
- Yokohama National University, Japan
- Sense Photonics, US
- Institute for Photon Science and Technology, Japan
- AMS, Austria
- Fraunhofer Ipms, Germany
- Pepperl+Fuchs Se, Germany
Key Contacts
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- AMS
- Fraunhofer IPMS
- Institute for Photon Science and Technology
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- National University of Singapore
- NXP Semiconductors
- Omron Corporation
- Pepperl+Fuchs SE
- Renesas Electronics
- Sense Photonics
- Sensirion Ag
- State University of New York
- University of California Berkeley
- Vishay Intertechnology
- Yokohama National University
