スマートセンサーとセンサーネットワーク：インテリジェントワイヤレスネットワークセンサーの市場機会

Abstract

Research Overview

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Smart Sensors and Sensor Networks: Opportunities for Networked Intelligent Wireless Sensors reviews advances in smart sensor and sensor networking areas with an emphasis on innovative technologies. This includes the hardware and software used to sense signals, store sensed data, as well as communicate and process information as along with modules that power sensors for very long periods of time. It also provides information about organizations, companies, universities, and research institutions involved in R&D as well as a summary of key patents that provides insight into notable activities, technology trends, and major participants involved in the development and application of various technologies associated with smart sensors and sensor networks.

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Table of Contents

1. SMART SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKS, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Scope & Methodology
  • Scope of the Research Service
  • Research Methodology
• Key Research Findings
  • Noteworthy Emerging Technologies
  • Noteworthy Applications

2. SMART SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKS, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS VIEWPOINT

• Technology Primer
  • Smart Sensors
  • Sensor Networks
  • Protocols and Standards
  • Wireless Topologies
• Applications
  • Automotive Sensors
  • Industrial Applications
  • Building Automation
  • Home Automation
  • Medical Applications
  • Security Applications
  • Application Trends

3. SMART SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKS, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FACTOR ANALYSIS

• Drivers
  • Technical Drivers
  • Commercial Drivers
  • Adoption Drivers
• Restraints and Challenges
  • Technical Challenges
  • Commercial Challenges

4. SMART SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKS, ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

• Automotive & Industrial Automation
  • Active Sensor for a Superior Formula One Racing Experience
  • Smart Sensors for the IC Engine
  • EMX Inc.--Smart Color Sensor for Greater Precision
• Microtechnology & Nanotechnology based sensors
  • Nanotechnology-Based Image Sensor for Imaging in the Dark
  • FLX Micro Inc. Poly-SiC Technology for MEMS Sensors
  • Nano Carbon Tubes with DNA Strands for Smart Detection of Smell and Odour
• Environmental & Structural Sensors
  • Smart Sensors Monitor Sea Life
  • SRI International--Smart Pebbles Monitor Bridges
  • Smart Sensor for Water Contamination Detection
  • Senops Corporation--Smart Radiation Sensor Surpasses ANSI Standards
• Medical
  • MicroDMx Sensor for Disease Detection
  • Orsense Ltd.--Nonintrusive Blood Analyzer Based on Occlusion Spectrometry Technology
  • An Overview of Smart Sensor Network-Based Developments at MARC
• Sensor Networks
  • Test Beds and Robust Software Architecture Enabling Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Platform-Independant Wireless Sensors
  • WSN for Patient Monitoring--An Application Viewpoint

5. SMART SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKS, DIRECTORY OF PATENTS AND KEY CONTACTS

• Key Patents
  • Smart Sensors
  • Sensor Networks
• Database of Key Industry Participants
  • Companies
  • Universities

6. SMART SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKS, FROST & SULLIVAN 2006 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

• Technology Innovation Award
  • Award Description
  • Award Recipient
• Excellence in Technology Award
  • Award Description
  • Award Recipient
• Product Innovation Award
  • Award Description
  • Award Recipient

7. SMART SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKS, DECISION SUPPORT DATABASES

• Decision Support Database Tables
  • Military Expenditure in Research & Development
  • Consumer Electronics Contribution to Electronics Industry
  • Household Expenditure on Transport & Communication
  • Number of Enterprises
  • Number of Hospitals