Main applications

1.Intelligent sensors have been widely used in aerospace, aviation, national defense, science and technology, industrial and agricultural production and other fields. For example, it has a broad application prospect in the field of robots. Intelligent sensors make robots have human-like facial features and brain functions, and can sense various phenomena and complete various actions.

2.In industrial production, some product quality indexes (such as viscosity, hardness, surface smoothness, composition, color and taste, etc.) can not be measured quickly and directly by using traditional sensors and can not be controlled online. The intelligent sensor can directly measure some quantities (such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, etc.) in the production process that have a functional relationship with the product quality index, and the mathematical model established by neural network or expert system technology can be used to calculate and infer the product quality.

3.With the in-depth development and continuous breakthrough of sensor products and technologies, the sensor application market continues to deepen. Among them, the fields of fingerprint identification and autonomous driving have always been favored by the industry, and the robot and medical industry may become the emerging fertile ground for future sensor development.

4.Specifically, in the field of autonomous driving, due to the limited space of the car body itself, it is obviously difficult for ordinary sensors to meet the new requirements put forward by the times. At this time, the advantages of smart sensors are highlighted. Compared with traditional sensors, intelligent sensors can not only achieve accurate data acquisition, but also control the cost within a certain range. In addition, its automation ability and diversified functions also add a lot to smart sensors.

5.For example, in Google Auto, in addition to sensors used in laser scanners, sensor technology is also used in components/systems such as cameras, radars and inertial systems. At present, the common sensors used in self-driving cars are lidar, image sensor, millimeter wave radar and so on.

6.Autopilot is just one of the sensor application scenarios, and another promising application market is fingerprint identification. In the past two years, the development speed of smart phones is very rapid, and carrying fingerprint identification has become an essential function of many brands of smart phones. Relevant data show that in 2016, there were almost 700 million fingerprint sensors, with a compound annual growth rate of over 133%.

7.With the continuous development of intelligent products equipped with fingerprint recognition, such as smart phones, wearable devices and smart door locks, the fingerprint sensor market will usher in a brighter development prospect.