The Future of Smart Manufacturing: Patent Analysis and Vendors' Deployment

Published: Jan, 2016 | Pages: 28 | Publisher: Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute
Industry: Automotive | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Smart manufacturing is an advanced manufacturing system that incorporates functions of sensing, analysis, control, and decision-making. Information and communication technologies pertaining to smart manufacturing include cloud computing, network transmission, AI (Artificial Intelligence), control systems, and sensors. This report provides an overview of smart manufacturing technologies and examines strategic and patent deployment of established players in the industry. Also included are R&D intensity ranking of 20 major assignees.

List of Topics
"Introduction of the patent mining procedure and distribution by country, by sector, and by field, of the 2,288 smart manufacturing patents identified by the use of data mining technique; also included are 20 selected assignees' R&D intensity and their patent deployments

A brief examination of deployment strategies of major assignees, including National Instruments, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Schneider Automation, Cognex"

List of Companies
"ABB
 Applied Instrument Technologies
 Avago
 Cisco
 Cognex
 Delta Electronics
 Denso Robotics
 Evalue Technology
 General Electric
 Harnischfeger
 Hiwin Technologies
 Honeywell
 IBM
 Inotera Memories
 Inc.
 Invensys Systems
 ITRI
 Jacobs Automation
 Join Yiuh Industry
 Lektronix
 Marson Technology
 Microsoft
 Mitsubishi
 National Instruments
 National Tsing Hua University
 Pegatron Corporation
 Quanta Computer
 RDC Semiconductor
 Rockwell Automation
 Roy-G-Biv
 Schneider Automation
 Siemens
 Sprint Communications
 STMicroelectronics
 Shu-Te University
 Sun Microsystems
 Sunix Co.
 Ltd.
 TSMC
 Yokogawa Electri"

 Table of Contents

1. What is Smart Manufacturing5

2. Patent Mining5

3. Data Analysis6
3.1 Patent Distribution by Country6
3.2 Patent Distribution by Sector and by Field7
3.3 Key Technologies & Applications8
3.4 Relative R&D Intensity9

4. Deployment Strategies of Major Assignees11
4.1 International Assignees' Patent Deployments11
4.2 Profiles of Major International Assignees17
4.2.1 National Instruments17
4.2.2 Rockwell Automation18
4.2.3 Siemens19
4.2.4 Schneider Automation20
4.2.5 Cognex20
4.3 Taiwanese Assignees' Patent Deployments21
MIC Perspecitve27
Vendors' Patent Deployment Focuses on Computer Technology, Control, and Measurement27
Smart Manufacturing Key Technologies Owned by US and German Companies27
Appendix29
Glossary of Terms29
List of Companies30

List of Tables

Table 1: Key Technology Fields Identified by Text Mining8
Table 2: R&D Intensity of 20 Selected Smart Manufacturing Patent Assignees10
Table 3: International Assignees' Patent Deployments by Technology Field12
Table 4: Taiwanese Assignees' Patent Deployment by Technology Field22