China's sensor market develops well
As the sensor industry will further develop towards production scale, specialization, and automation, and with the accelerated development of new sensitive materials and the comprehensive use of various new technologies, China's sensor industry has developed rapidly in recent years, showing Good development.
Sensors play a key role in intelligent production
For example, intelligent factories will greatly save and improve efficiency in terms of both upstream and downstream electronic trade and logistics. If Industry 4.0 is to solve the current alternative to Taobao, it can only be in b2b, and at least the current vision of b2c is completely inadequate. Because the core aspect of "Industry 4.0" and "Industry 2025" is intelligent manufacturing, no matter whether it is networked or digital, the forefront will be intelligent, but all these will be inseparable from sensors, just like a person. The eye is actually a visual sensor, the nose is an olfactory sensor, and the skin is a tactile sensor. Because humans have so many intelligent organs, humans are higher intelligent animals. In addition, humans also have actuators, such as hands and legs, including blinking and pouting movements. All tissues are transmitted to the brain through the nerves. The brain calculates and processes these data and instructs the organs before the organs can do it. Various actions and behaviors.
In the entire control theory, all control implementations need to be perceived by the front end. Although some systems are pre-set, the pre-set and conditional responses are completely different, and they are also two aspects of intelligence. . If a basin of water is splashed on a person, if it is a pre-set type, no matter what water comes over, it will escape, because it is impossible to judge the water; and if it is a perceptual type, it is necessary to splash the water. First feel the cold or hot water. If you feel pain, you will quickly avoid the splashed water below. If you feel comfortable, you will enjoy the welcome. This is also an important basis for many people to develop entertainment projects. And if you set it in advance, it is obvious that people actually don't have the ability to feel and judge.
In terms of intelligence, the role of sensors is critical. Without perception, intelligence will not be reflected. If the entire system is a lot of empirical or predictive, it requires the support of very large data first. On the other hand, various changes in the actual situation are new. It is impossible to have an accurate prediction of it in advance. This will cause some hidden dangers to actual production. So in intelligent production, the role of sensors is absolutely critical.
Sensors become the battleground for component companies
"At present, automobiles are in a transition period of assisted intelligence, partial intelligence, and complete intelligence. We must make a difference in assisted driving and intelligent driving. China's auto parts companies can no longer miss opportunities." Not long ago, China Airlines Zhou Shining, Senior Specialist of Automotive Systems Holdings Co., Ltd., spoke earnestly at the symposium of independent brand auto parts companies. As everyone knows, foreign-funded component companies such as Bosch, China, Valeo, Infineon, and Delphi have already seized the commanding heights of the autonomous driving assistance system (ADAS) technology. Especially in the sensor market layout, China's auto component companies have lost The "starting line" was on.
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Partial autonomous driving will be achieved by 2016. For example, the car needs a monitoring system, and the driver needs to be ready to take over the driving at any time. The goal is to achieve automatic driving within 30km / h. By 2020, a highly automated driving will be achieved. The driver needs to take over the driving within the specified time; by 2025, it will be fully autonomous without the need for a monitoring system and the driver will not need to take over the driving. This is a three-step innovation from Continental to autonomous driving. In fact, this also represents the judgment of most foreign-owned component companies. Dirk Hoheisel, a member of the Bosch Management Board, said that if legal and insurance issues can be resolved, cars can be driven on highways by 2020. BNP Paribas analysts believe that global sales of semi-autonomous vehicles will reach 8.7 million by 2020, and will increase to 22.7 million by 2025. "Real autonomous driving requires reliable sensors, safe vehicle data, complex system architecture, safety simulation and regulations," said Dirk Hoheisel, a member of the Bosch Board of Directors. In recent years, there are still many technologies that need to be broken to achieve autonomous driving, but letting more functions of ADAS be implemented on cars as soon as possible to achieve safer and smarter car driving is an achievable goal.
In response, foreign investment has begun to accelerate the development of ADAS sensors. ADAS systems require many sensors and more powerful microprocessors. In this regard, Infineon has developed many long- and short-range radars, including Aurix, a multi-core microcontroller, which can provide stronger information processing and related solutions.
Chinese companies are more aggressive in the automotive sensor market
With the intelligent development of automobiles and the application of a large number of active safety technologies, the global automotive sensor market has ushered in a rapid expansion opportunity. As an emerging market, China's automotive sensor market is growing at an unprecedented high speed. According to statistics, the total sales volume of automotive sensors in China in 2012 was 500 million, and this number will double to 1 billion in 2016.
There is no modern car without sensor technology, which has become the consensus of the automotive industry. Facing the general trend of miniaturization, intelligence, non-contact measurement and MEAS sensing technology, gradually replacing traditional mechanical, strain gauge, sliding potentiometer and other sensing technologies, international auto parts giants have been increasing research and development. Investment and product layout. As a latecomer, if we don't catch up, the gap will only widen.
Compared with the current difficulties, many local component companies may lack the courage and perseverance to go up. Market competition is like sailing against the water, and retreating if not advancing. Although foreign counterparts have strong competitive advantages in terms of capital and technology, the market space is broad. Local component companies fighting at home have innate geographical advantages. They can quickly make up for shortcomings based on market changes. There are still many people who strive for survival and development. Opportunity and space. In addition, the industry said that in the growth process of local sensor companies, the support of local vehicle companies must not be missing, and even need industrial policy support.
The development of the sensor industry requires the support of the government and the global vision of the enterprise
In the entire process of Industry 4.0, the sensor can be said to have huge demand, a broad market, and a wide range of applications, but because of this, the problems of scattered technology, dispersed market, and scattered investment have emerged. A word "scatter" represents the entire sensor market. This will also be a difficult point for future development.
From a global perspective, it is mainly the development of technology, whether the development of technology meets the development of industrial manufacturing. From the current situation in China, the first is investment, and most companies are not investing enough, or they lack financial support; second It is that the global perspective of Chinese companies is not enough; the last is the issue of technology research and development and product prices.
In solving this problem, production enterprises should take the initiative to reduce prices as much as possible, in order to stimulate market demand, large sales volume will in turn drive high-tech investment in enterprises, which will gradually solve problems in many links, this It will greatly help the progress of China's sensor industry or industry 2025.
In solving these problems, the government must also give a certain degree of support. If a certain amount of subsidies can be given to the funds for product research and development, the pressure on enterprises when putting products on the market will be greatly reduced. After all, enterprises need to survive. The sensor industry has already shown signs that the scale of companies entering this field is gradually becoming large, but no matter whether it is a large or a small company, it must have its own focus, otherwise it will be very fast without its own unique advantages Die in the competition. Secondly, we must have a global vision. Only with a long-term perspective, will it be possible to occupy an advantage in technology and the market, and it will not be replaced and eliminated because of homogeneity.