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[Promising Future Technology ①] Urgent Need to Secure IoT and Industrial Convergence Technology
Published2017.01.02 11:18IoT Key Market Acquisition Rate and Patent Applications are Lowest Compared to Leading Countries
In the future, the market will expand to various industries based on smart homes.
# When Mr. K gets closer to home, the home network devices measure the distance with his smartphone to predict his return time. The smart boiler will start heating and the rice cooker will start cooking when he returns home. The door lock will send a signal to the audio, and the shower will send a signal to the rice cooker while he is washing. That night, when an abnormal sound is detected from the microphone installed at the back door, the home control system immediately switches the house to alert mode. The system uses the function of distinguishing between transmitted voices and voices reflected from the wall to identify the location of the intruder and sends intrusion information to the control center, and switches all home appliances and IoT devices in the house to security mode to prevent any possible information leaks.
The above is a common sight in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. Some are currently being implemented, and the rest are fully possible technologies. The era of the Internet of Things is opening, where all things are connected to the Internet and technologies and services are provided to share information.
It is evolving into a concept that interacts with all information in the real and virtual worlds, as well as objects. The concept of M2M, which enables intelligent communication between people and objects, and objects and objects, using mobile communication networks, is expanding to the Internet, expanding into a concept that interacts with all information in the real and virtual worlds, as well as objects.
The Korean IoT market is expected to grow from KRW 3.8 trillion in 2015 to KRW 13.7 trillion in 2020. The global IoT market is expected to grow by an average of about 26% per year and exceed USD 1 trillion in 2020. In the early stages of the IoT market, terminals accounted for a large portion, but in 2022, it is expected that 50-60% of global and Korean market sales will come from platforms and services.
▲ Apple Homekit
Apple is the most influential company in the global Internet of Things market. Google's subsidiary Nest is in second place, and Samsung is in seventh place. Apple is expanding its ecosystem by partnering with home appliance manufacturers or semiconductor companies to make it compatible with the HomeKit API.
Since Google acquired Nest, which has home automation technology, in January 2014, it acquired 'myenergy', which has online energy usage monitoring technology, in May, 'revolv', a home monitoring company, in June, and 'dropcam', a home automation company, in October. Samsung Electronics acquired 'SmartThings', an Internet of Things platform development company, in 2014, established the standards organization OIC with Intel, and recently launched OCF by absorbing the AllSeen Alliance. In particular, it is expanding its ecosystem by releasing the ultra-small Internet of Things module 'ARTIK' last year.
Patent applications in the Internet of Things field showed a high growth rate in the 2000s and have continued to increase since then. The USPTO has been leading throughout the period, while the Korean Patent Office has been leading with a sharp increase in patent applications in 2000, a decline until 2002, and a steady increase since 2003.
Korea increased from 16.4% in the first section of applications (95'~98') to 22.6% in the fifth section, and the US is showing a continuous increase from the first to the fifth sections, but Japan is gradually decreasing. The overall patent application trend was IoT industry convergence, followed by IoT devices, smart homes, IoT platforms, and IoT security, and Korea was registering patents following this trend.
Korea has the highest share of IoT devices among IoT-related technologies
The IoT industry convergence field has been continuously receiving many applications from the past to the present, and among IoT devices, wearable device technology has been continuously increasing since the early 2000s. Among the smart home field, smart home network technology has been receiving increasing patent applications since the mid-2000s. Among the IoT security field, hardware-based IoT security technology and among the IoT platform field, heterogeneous platform federation technology has been receiving increasing patent applications since 2010.
In terms of overall patent share, Korea ranks third after the United States and Japan, and IoT device technology has the highest share among IoT-related technologies. Korea has the lowest number of patent applications for IoT industrial convergence technology.
In terms of overall key market penetration rate, Korea ranked 4th, following the US, Japan, and Germany. IoT device technology showed the highest key market penetration rate in Korea, while IoT industrial convergence technology showed the lowest key market penetration rate in Korea, and the key market penetration rate was also the lowest compared to leading countries.
Patents are more interesting when viewed from the perspective of the number of lawsuits filed. IoT industry convergence technology had the most active litigation activity, exceeding the average number of lawsuits, and from the perspective of NPE litigation, IoT industry convergence technology had the most patents among the litigated patents where the current right holder is an NPE. Many patent lawsuits occurred in patents filed in the early 2000s, and have been decreasing since then. From the perspective of the final year of patent litigation, the most patent lawsuits occurred in 2013, and recently, the number of lawsuits has been decreasing.
When analyzing the Top 10 applicants by section, Hitachi, Samsung Electronics, and IBM continue to maintain the top ranks, and recently, ETRI, Qualcomm, Google, GE, and Intel have been filing many applications.
IoT devices, IoT industry convergence, IoT security are maturing... Smart home technology is growing
In the patent analysis by application area, healthcare IoT is being studied to enable more accurate health status measurement through various devices, moving beyond the current simple measurement of exercise volume, heart rate, etc. It is evolving toward providing information on the probability of future disease occurrence and the medical expenses that may arise due to it through complex and precise health analysis. In the case of agricultural and livestock IoT, technologies that assist agriculture using drones, etc. and technologies that analyze crop growth through sensors are being developed.
In conclusion, IoT devices, IoT industry convergence, and IoT security have entered the maturity stage, and smart home technology is in the growth stage, allowing us to see the future product/service appearance of the Internet of Things. Digital assistants are currently being released as devices and platform products centered on smart homes. As seen in recent patents, service-related technologies that increase user convenience and platform technologies that facilitate connection between devices to achieve hyper-connectivity are being actively developed.
In the future, the Internet of Things is expected to be applied to various industries such as energy, city/safety, health/medical care, etc. based on smart homes, and change the future of various industries. <This article is based on the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Institute (KISTA)’s Future Promising Product Service Analysis Report.>
In the future, the market will expand to various industries based on smart homes.
# When Mr. K gets closer to home, the home network devices measure the distance with his smartphone to predict his return time. The smart boiler will start heating and the rice cooker will start cooking when he returns home. The door lock will send a signal to the audio, and the shower will send a signal to the rice cooker while he is washing. That night, when an abnormal sound is detected from the microphone installed at the back door, the home control system immediately switches the house to alert mode. The system uses the function of distinguishing between transmitted voices and voices reflected from the wall to identify the location of the intruder and sends intrusion information to the control center, and switches all home appliances and IoT devices in the house to security mode to prevent any possible information leaks.
The above is a common sight in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. Some are currently being implemented, and the rest are fully possible technologies. The era of the Internet of Things is opening, where all things are connected to the Internet and technologies and services are provided to share information.
It is evolving into a concept that interacts with all information in the real and virtual worlds, as well as objects. The concept of M2M, which enables intelligent communication between people and objects, and objects and objects, using mobile communication networks, is expanding to the Internet, expanding into a concept that interacts with all information in the real and virtual worlds, as well as objects.
The Korean IoT market is expected to grow from KRW 3.8 trillion in 2015 to KRW 13.7 trillion in 2020. The global IoT market is expected to grow by an average of about 26% per year and exceed USD 1 trillion in 2020. In the early stages of the IoT market, terminals accounted for a large portion, but in 2022, it is expected that 50-60% of global and Korean market sales will come from platforms and services.
▲ Apple Homekit
Apple is the most influential company in the global Internet of Things market. Google's subsidiary Nest is in second place, and Samsung is in seventh place. Apple is expanding its ecosystem by partnering with home appliance manufacturers or semiconductor companies to make it compatible with the HomeKit API.
Since Google acquired Nest, which has home automation technology, in January 2014, it acquired 'myenergy', which has online energy usage monitoring technology, in May, 'revolv', a home monitoring company, in June, and 'dropcam', a home automation company, in October. Samsung Electronics acquired 'SmartThings', an Internet of Things platform development company, in 2014, established the standards organization OIC with Intel, and recently launched OCF by absorbing the AllSeen Alliance. In particular, it is expanding its ecosystem by releasing the ultra-small Internet of Things module 'ARTIK' last year.
Patent applications in the Internet of Things field showed a high growth rate in the 2000s and have continued to increase since then. The USPTO has been leading throughout the period, while the Korean Patent Office has been leading with a sharp increase in patent applications in 2000, a decline until 2002, and a steady increase since 2003.
Korea increased from 16.4% in the first section of applications (95'~98') to 22.6% in the fifth section, and the US is showing a continuous increase from the first to the fifth sections, but Japan is gradually decreasing. The overall patent application trend was IoT industry convergence, followed by IoT devices, smart homes, IoT platforms, and IoT security, and Korea was registering patents following this trend.
Korea has the highest share of IoT devices among IoT-related technologies
The IoT industry convergence field has been continuously receiving many applications from the past to the present, and among IoT devices, wearable device technology has been continuously increasing since the early 2000s. Among the smart home field, smart home network technology has been receiving increasing patent applications since the mid-2000s. Among the IoT security field, hardware-based IoT security technology and among the IoT platform field, heterogeneous platform federation technology has been receiving increasing patent applications since 2010.
In terms of overall patent share, Korea ranks third after the United States and Japan, and IoT device technology has the highest share among IoT-related technologies. Korea has the lowest number of patent applications for IoT industrial convergence technology.
In terms of overall key market penetration rate, Korea ranked 4th, following the US, Japan, and Germany. IoT device technology showed the highest key market penetration rate in Korea, while IoT industrial convergence technology showed the lowest key market penetration rate in Korea, and the key market penetration rate was also the lowest compared to leading countries.
Patents are more interesting when viewed from the perspective of the number of lawsuits filed. IoT industry convergence technology had the most active litigation activity, exceeding the average number of lawsuits, and from the perspective of NPE litigation, IoT industry convergence technology had the most patents among the litigated patents where the current right holder is an NPE. Many patent lawsuits occurred in patents filed in the early 2000s, and have been decreasing since then. From the perspective of the final year of patent litigation, the most patent lawsuits occurred in 2013, and recently, the number of lawsuits has been decreasing.
When analyzing the Top 10 applicants by section, Hitachi, Samsung Electronics, and IBM continue to maintain the top ranks, and recently, ETRI, Qualcomm, Google, GE, and Intel have been filing many applications.
IoT devices, IoT industry convergence, IoT security are maturing... Smart home technology is growing
In the patent analysis by application area, healthcare IoT is being studied to enable more accurate health status measurement through various devices, moving beyond the current simple measurement of exercise volume, heart rate, etc. It is evolving toward providing information on the probability of future disease occurrence and the medical expenses that may arise due to it through complex and precise health analysis. In the case of agricultural and livestock IoT, technologies that assist agriculture using drones, etc. and technologies that analyze crop growth through sensors are being developed.
In conclusion, IoT devices, IoT industry convergence, and IoT security have entered the maturity stage, and smart home technology is in the growth stage, allowing us to see the future product/service appearance of the Internet of Things. Digital assistants are currently being released as devices and platform products centered on smart homes. As seen in recent patents, service-related technologies that increase user convenience and platform technologies that facilitate connection between devices to achieve hyper-connectivity are being actively developed.
In the future, the Internet of Things is expected to be applied to various industries such as energy, city/safety, health/medical care, etc. based on smart homes, and change the future of various industries. <This article is based on the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Institute (KISTA)’s Future Promising Product Service Analysis Report.>
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