High-tech: Smart Sensors in the Internet of Things Era

In recent years, breakthroughs in products/technologies, continuous deepening of application scenarios, successive introduction of industry standards, and rising demands in the upstream and downstream markets have all driven the sensor industry toward maturity. Today, "without sensors, there would be no modern science and technology" has become a universally accepted view. Perception is the advanced technology of the Internet of Things. To ensure the stable operation of the Internet of Things, it is inseparable from the blessing of many sensing technologies. One of the most critical technologies is the sensor. As the "tentacles" of the Internet of Things, sensors play a vital role in today's information age. At present, sensors have penetrated into many industries and fields such as industrial production, environmental protection, bioengineering, and medical testing, and are increasingly becoming intelligent, miniaturized, and digital.

Smart sensors have been widely used in various fields such as aerospace, aviation, national defense, science and technology, and industrial and agricultural production. For example, it has broad application prospects in the field of robotics. Intelligent sensors enable robots to have human-like facial features and brain functions, which can perceive various phenomena and complete various actions. In industrial production, some product quality indicators (such as viscosity, hardness, surface finish, composition, color and taste, etc.) cannot be quickly and directly measured and controlled online by using traditional sensors. The use of smart sensors can directly measure certain quantities in the production process that are functionally related to product quality indicators (such as temperature, pressure, flow, etc.), and use the mathematical model established by neural network or expert system technology to calculate, and infer the product the quality of.
With the in-depth development and continuous breakthrough of sensor products and technologies, the sensor application market continues to deepen. Among them, the field of fingerprint recognition and autonomous driving has always been favored by the industry, and the robotics and medical industries may become fertile ground for the development of sensors in the future. Specifically, in the field of autonomous driving, due to the limited space of the car body itself, ordinary sensors are obviously unable to meet the new needs of the times. At this time, the advantages of smart sensors are highlighted. Compared with traditional sensors, smart sensors can not only achieve accurate data collection, but also control the cost within a certain range. In addition, its automation capabilities and diversified functions also add points to smart sensors.
Autonomous driving is just one of the sensor application scenarios, and another promising application market is fingerprint recognition. In the past two years, the development of smart phones has been very rapid, and fingerprint recognition has become a must-have feature for smart phones of all brands. Relevant data show that in 2016 there were nearly 700 million fingerprint sensors, with a compound annual growth rate of over 133%. With the continuous development of smart 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.
Standardizing the market order is an important guarantee for the healthy development of the industry, and the sensor market is no exception. Based on the existing talents, market, technology and other basic resources, in order to speed up the development of sensors, favorable policies and industry standards are indispensable. With the implementation of a number of new national standards, the sensor industry will usher in a new era of growth. In addition to development trends such as intelligence and digitization, standardization may become one of the labels of sensor development. The breakthrough of product/technology, the continuous deepening of application scenarios, the successive introduction of industry standards, and the continuous improvement of upstream and downstream market demand are all driving the sensor industry to maturity. This may be the reason why smart sensors are known as the 21st world to be extremely influential. The reason for the power of high-tech.