Market Trends of Capacitive Proximity Sensor Industry
Consumer Electronics to Witness Major Growth
- In capacitive touch technologies, sensors have replaced buttons and membrane switches across a larger range of consumer electronic devices, from smartphones and tablets to laptops and other similar electronic devices.
- Capacitance-based touch sensors convert a surface area into several sensing opportunities by utilizing an electrostatic field and sensing very small changes in the capacitive field. Moreover, sensors like these can detect and quantify anything conductive or have a different dielectric than air, facilitating non-mechanical methods of receiving stimuli.
- This technology lends itself equally well to buttons, sliders, switches, touch pads, touch screens, and proximity sensors, enabling designers to take smartphone design to much higher levels. As a result, there are a variety of intelligent features that can be implemented using capacitive touch sensing in mobile devices.
- With capacitive sensing, creating a special gesture interface allows users to operate phones with a single hand and control various functions using their thumb. For instance, a simple four-segment capacitive slider sensor on the side of the phone enables such features as swipe up, swipe down, flick up, flick down, single tab, double tab, long press, etc.
- These features may be used with all smartphone applications to browse between screens, scroll a document up and down, or select or deselect an icon. Such a single-handed interface can increase the phone's convenience and simplicity, thus enhancing the user experience. According to Ericsson, by 2023, 6.718 billion smartphone mobile network subscriptions will be adopted across the globe, which would further boost the market's growth.
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Asia-Pacific to Hold Major Share
- Asia-Pacific is anticipated to record the highest growth rate during the forecast period, with the noteworthy installation of industrial robots in several countries, including China, Japan, India, South Korea, and Taiwan.
- China is dominating the regional adoption rate of sensors for robotic applications due to the massive deployment in the country's dominating automotive and semiconductor manufacturing industries. Capacitive proximity sensors are used in robots to avoid collisions and perform tasks safely and efficiently. Moreover, these sensors are used to accurately position and guide parts during assembly or other manufacturing processes.
- The growing government aid in improving the advanced manufacturing sector will positively impact the market growth rate. The government of China launched "Made in China 2025", a state-led industrial policy that seeks to make China dominant in global high-tech manufacturing.
- By 2025, the country aims to exceed its average annual operating income growth rate by 20% in the robotics industry. The five-year plan set out objectives to expand the breadth and depth of robotic applications to continue to increase the number of robots in the country.
- It also aims to promote a more stable and robust supply chain and better standardize the industry. As robotics involve various types of sensors in touch, proximity detection, and so on, the sector's growth is set to boost the market growth rate.
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