Intelligent sensor has the characteristics of high precision, low cost, diversified functions, strong automation, etc. It is a sensor with information processing function, and is the product of sensor integration and microprocessor. In many iot scenarios, sensors have the characteristics of smart sensors, and in the future, smart sensors will be the mainstream of the market in the Internet of Things era.
Among the most promising iot scenarios in the future, smart industry, smart home, smart medical care, smart cars, and smart agriculture are the most likely iot fields to be popularized in the future.
1. Intelligent industrial sensors are the basis for industry
As we all know, industry has become part of the national strategy, intelligent manufacturing is the key to national industrial change, and the role of intelligent industrial sensors in manufacturing is becoming more and more important. Industrial sensors are characterized by high performance indicators and accuracy requirements, and do not allow errors in data acquisition and processing. Different from traditional industrial sensors, smart industrial sensors will be used for intelligent manufacturing, which puts forward more demanding requirements in terms of accuracy, stability and impact resistance.
2. Smart home brings room for growth to sensors
A major feature of smart home is to achieve the control of household goods, with the development of the Internet of things, more and more sensors will be used in home appliances, such as washing machines, TVS, refrigerators, lights, air conditioners, range hoods, etc., the original products without sensors will become the main battlefield of sensors due to the popularity of smart home.
Sensors will be standard in smart home products, such as pressure sensors that can be used to monitor the amount of foam in washing machines; Photoelectric sensor is used to control the light bulb; Electromagnetic sensors used in dishwashers can achieve the movement of the spray arm, as well as flow sensors, intelligent gas sensors, etc., are of great use.
3.smart medical needs a variety of smart sensors
Smart medicine is the use of the Internet of Things technology to achieve the interaction between patients and medical personnel and medical equipment, the core part of its work is the collection, storage, transmission and processing of patient information. In the process of image transmission and mass data calculation and processing, sensors with intelligent processing functions are required, such as MEMS pressure sensors for measuring patients' blood pressure, thermoelectric sensors for studying sleep apnea, and temperature sensors for monitoring and measuring body surface temperature.
4.smart sensors help the intelligence of the car
Although many cars implement some basic connectivity functions, they are not truly smart cars. With the development of AI and Internet of Things technology, smart cars will become the mainstream in the future. Intelligent car is a set of environmental perception, multi-level assisted driving and other functions in one comprehensive system, its main feature is to achieve networked control, and the key to control and operation is inseparable from intelligent sensors, the popularity of intelligent cars will bring about the increase of intelligent sensors. Air flow sensors, odometer sensors, oil sensing sensors, brake pressure sensors, position sensors and collision sensors will increase in the future.
5. smart agricultural sensor market prospects
In the future of agricultural production, many types of iot sensors and related technologies will be needed. The components of the agricultural Internet of Things include intelligent water quality sensors, wireless sensor networks, wireless communication, etc., which together form a complete intelligent agricultural system, and sensors are the first step to realize these.
The characteristics of Internet of Things agriculture are based on information technology, data collection and quantitative analysis and intelligent decision-making through sensors in the process of agricultural production. The environment of agricultural production is very complex, and different scenes require different sensors, such as air temperature, humidity, light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration, etc. The acquisition of these data requires the use of corresponding intelligent agricultural sensors.
Sensors are playing an increasingly important role in the field of science and technology, industrial and agricultural production and daily life. The increasing demand of human society for sensors is a powerful driving force for the development of sensor technology, and the rapid development of modern technology provides a strong backing for its development. Under the Internet of Things strategy, the need for localization of sensors is urgent, and sensors, as the key to the Internet of Things, will certainly develop in the direction of intelligence, miniaturization, and low power consumption.