Business Area Intelligent Sensors & Actuators

Developing solutions for digitalized industry is a main focus of our work. In particular, we are specialized in the development of sensor systems that facilitate near-sensor data processing. One of our principal areas of expertise is industrial image processing. Another is the development of smart sensor nodes for IoT applications in the environment of industry 4.0 applications.

We design sensor systems individually according to the needs of our customers. To do this, we use various highly innovative “building blocks” to develop targeted solutions. In this way, we can offer IoT sensor nodes that fulfill various requirements in terms of integration density (e.g. PCB solution, highly integrated package) or performance capability (e.g. multi-core RISC-V) as needed. Constructed as multi-sensor systems with data fusion capabilities, these intelligent architectures are particularly suited to forming near-sensor AI solutions or edge IoT devices in industrial fields of application.

In addition, we do a lot of work on industrial image processing, which is considered a key technology for the automation of production processes. To meet the constantly rising demands of machine vision, we develop solutions with minimal latency in image capture and processing. To do this, we use standard sensors and components, which we integrate into customized systems according to customer requirements. On top of this, we have also developed our own sensor architecture that meets the highest requirements and facilitates efficient and rapid feature extraction and content-based image acquisition.