Home, Smart Home: Trends and Market Opportunities of Sensing Control Technologies

Published: Oct, 2014 | Pages: 28 | Publisher: Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute
Industry: Telecommunications | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Early this year, Google announced the US$3.2-billion acquisition of Nest Labs, a maker of smart home sensing control devices like thermostats and smoke alarms. This move has revealed Google's plan to enter the smart home business, offering software-hardware-service integrations. This report provides an overview of the smart home sensing control technologies, as well as major vendors' patent deployment and technology trends. Also included is an outlook for the worldwide smart home sensing device market from 2012 to 2020.

List of Topics
Overview of the smart home sensing control technology and component systems, touching on five major application areas: home security, home energy and utility management, thermostats and alarm systems, lighting, and entertainment.
Patent data mining procedure and findings, including major technology fields and sectors identified through the data mining technique and assignees' R&D intensity
A brief outlook for the sales volume of the worldwide ZigBee wireless transmission modules from 2012 to 2020

List of Companies
ABL IP Holding, Alima, American Power Conversion, Apple, Comcast Cable Communications, Comerica Bank, Conversant IP Management, Current Technologies, EcoFactor, Elbex Video Ltd., General Electric, Google, Honeywell, IBM, ID8 GROUP R2 Studios, ILUMISYS, Immersion Corporation, Legrand Home Systems, Inc., Lennox Industries, Leviton, LG, Logitech Europe S.A., Lutron Electronics, Matsushita, Microsoft, Motorola, Nest Labs, Samsung, Sony, Variable Inc., Wilmington Trust

 Table of Contents

1. Technology Overview
1.1 Categories of Smart Home Sensors & Technologies
1.1.1 Home Security
1.1.2 Home Energy and Utility Management
1.1.3 Thermostats and Alarm Systems
1.1.4 Lighting
1.1.5 Entertainment
1.2 Component Systems

2. Patent Data Mining of Smart Home Sensing Control Technologies
2.1 Patent Search Procedure
2.1.1 Selecting a Patent Database
2.1.2 Identifying Search Keywords
2.1.3 Data Selection
2.1.4 Data Analysis
2.2 Analysis of Technology Trends
2.2.1 Text Mining
2.2.2 Data Mining
2.2.3 Relative R&D Intensity
2.2.4 Results of Patent Index Analysis

3. Outlook for the Smart Home Sensing Control Device Market

4. Tracking and Observing Highlights
4.1 Technology Aspect
4.2 Patent Aspect
4.3 Market Aspect

Appendix

Glossary of Terms

List of Companies

List of Tables
Table 1  Types of Sensors and Their Technologies
Table 2  Search Criteria for the Data Mining Procedure of Smart Home Sensing Control Patents
Table 3  Key Technology Fields Identified By Text Mining
Table 4  R&D Intensity of the Top 30 Assignees in the Field of Smart Home Sensing Control Technologies
Table 5  Top 10 Patents Related to Smart Home Sensing Control Technologies
Table 6  Matrix Analysis of 10 Most Important Patents Related to Smart Home Sensing Control Technologies
Table 7  Major Vendors' Deployment of Smart Home Sensing Control Devices

List of Figures
Figure 1  Various Sensors Used in a Home Automation System
Figure 2  ZigBee Wireless Sensor Modules
Figure 3  Different Sensors Distributed in a Smart Home
Figure 4  Major Components of a Smart Home Sensing Control Device
Figure 5  Examples of Smart Home Sensing Control Devices
Figure 6  Patent Search Flow for Smart Home Sensing Control Technologies
Figure 7  Smart Home Sensing Control Patents by Sector Share
Figure 8  Smart Home Sensing Control Patents by Field Share
Figure 9  Worldwide Shipments of ZigBee Modules, 2012 - 2020
Figure 10  Shipment Share of ZigBee Modules by Regional Market, 2012 - 2020
Figure 11  Examples of Smart Home Sensing Control Devices: Honeywell
Figure 12  Examples of  Smart Home Sensing Control Devices: Nest Labs
Figure 13  Examples of Smart Home Sensing Control Devices: Leviton
Figure 14  Examples of Smart Home Sensing Control Devices: Variable Technologies
Figure 15  Micro and Nanotechnology Gas Sensor Roadmap