Approximately 250 participants from industry, academia, and research institutions in the sensor industry attended.

"Advanced sensors serve as the peripheral nerves of industries related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including AI, self-driving cars, and the Internet of Things."

Ha Sang-tae, Director of the Industrial Convergence Technology Division at the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT), made these remarks at the "3rd Advanced Sensor 2025 Forum," held at the Yangjae L Tower on the 8th. The event aims to foster the sensor industry by strengthening networking and cooperation between industry, academia, and research institutions. Launched in 2015, the Advanced Sensor 2025 Forum consists of four divisions: smart devices, automobiles, healthcare, and smart factories, with a public-private joint steering committee chaired.

Advanced sensors are a general term for next-generation intelligent sensors that integrate detection, information processing, and communication functions into a single semiconductor chip, and are an elemental technology applied across industries.

Professor Jeon Kook-jin of Seoul National University said, "Sensors are evolving from single devices into smart systems that handle multiple functions, including AR and VR." He added, "There are no major companies in the sensor field in Korea yet. Small companies are working hard, and I hope that these efforts will coalesce to create a large company in three to four years."

At the event, LG Electronics CEO Lee Jae-deok gave the keynote speech. "The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the sensor industry structure," the director explained. "We need to use sensors to cover areas that humans cannot perceive. Sensors are a technology that can differentiate sets at a low price."

He emphasized that the sensor itself doesn't need to be top-notch, and that it should move toward adding "intelligence." While sensors have previously only been able to alert users that the refrigerator door is open and should be closed, sensors will now need to recognize and communicate situations. For example, after opening the refrigerator door and taking out an apple, they should be able to report that the door is still closed.

"There's no need to limit sensors to a single category," the director said. "By combining AI and software with low-performance sensors, rather than high-performance ones, we can create amazing products." He added, "While the cloud is being utilized, it's difficult to transmit all data due to response times and data traffic. We need to move toward a system where devices make their own decisions and transmit the data accordingly."

In addition, he added, “Since packaging must be miniaturized, fan-out packaging will become an important technology,” and “In the future, when it becomes embedded in SoC, sensor technology will play an important role in various fields.”