Smart door locks have developed rapidly. In just a few short years, the market has grown from the initial dozens of companies to the thousands of companies now. And this number is still expanding, and in 2017, the fingerprint lock market will usher in a bigger explosion.
As the core device of smart door locks, fingerprint recognition will usher in a new wave of development opportunities. Recently, "no lock can not - 2017 smart door lock national tour survey" into a number of domestic fingerprint identification technology vendors, explored the development trend of fingerprint recognition.
Competition is intensifying, the price of capacitive fingerprint modules will be reduced by 30% at the end of the year.
The market is currently chaotic, and price wars are on the rise. Zhongshan Locks Co., Ltd. estimates that the price of capacitive fingerprint modules will be reduced to 15% to 30% by the end of this year, from the current 70 yuan to 90 yuan to 60 yuan.
The reason for the price reduction is that on the one hand, smart door locks have begun to increase, on the other hand, fingerprint recognition companies in the mobile phone industry have begun to invade, which has intensified competition in the industry.
In Haier, for example, the shipment of smart door locks will reach 200,000 this year; and the shipments of Romans in the first half of this year have reached 11~120,000, and the growth rate is very fast.
According to statistics from the smart product circle, the total shipment of smart door locks last year was 5 million, which will be doubled at least to 10 million this year. The shipment of optical fingerprint locks is estimated to be 5kk-7kk; the shipment of semiconductor fingerprint locks is estimated to be between 2kk-3kk.
Zhang Teng, general manager of fingerprint identification company Di Anjie, said that the competition in the fingerprint identification market is that many mobile phone fingerprint manufacturers have also begun to transform into the fingerprint lock market. For example, Ou Feiguang, a top-level company in the mobile phone fingerprint market, has entered the fingerprint lock market.
“Because the growth rate of the entire mobile phone market has slowed down significantly and it is basically saturated, some mobile phone fingerprint identification companies are looking for opportunities to enter other markets and expand their business segments. The fingerprint lock market is the next field they are targeting.â€
Capacitor mode composition trend, the price is gradually equal to the optical module
Because of the low cost, optical modules are widely used, but the module is gradually being replaced by capacitive modules.
Compared with optical modules, capacitor modules are favored by the industry because of their low cost and low power consumption, and are considered to be the future development trend.
Yang Shaobo, general manager of Zhongshan Yalong Metal Products Co., Ltd. said that the price of the capacitor module is expected to be reduced to the same level as the optical module by the end of the year. At that time, the capacitive module will be widely used.
More and more companies are making capacitor modules a key product. It is reported that the current products of Tuzheng Technology are mainly based on capacitors, and only one is for optics. In the 2016 annual report, Zhian Technology proposed that the silicon semiconductor solution has become the focus of research and development and marketing in recent years. The company will develop a cost-effective silicon capacitive fingerprint module to face the wider market.
Jason, head of the technology market, said that the capacitive module is small and can be more flexibly applied to fingerprint locks. For example, some product companies design fingerprint recognition on the lock handle, and the optical module cannot be used due to the area limitation.
Increased vertical integration companies and high profits
"Smart Product Circle" found that some domestic fingerprint chip manufacturers, as well as sensor companies, are vertically integrating the industry chain and doing fingerprint modules to obtain more profits.
It is reported that Tuzheng, Yaoyang and Di Anjie are also integrated into a fingerprint module based on the original chip algorithm. The finger core and the sink top are based on the original sensor integration module, but the core also acquired a strong algorithm company before the integration.
“The main reason for the module is the explosion of the lock market. The demand for integrated fingerprint modules has increased. Modules are directly supplied to lock companies.†Josen admits that the module can be directly supplied to the lock factory and can have pricing power. Higher profits.
The current integration model is basically a company that does chip algorithms, independently out a solution, and then looking for end customers. According to Wang Liang, sales director of JiChuang North, the solution providers and module providers will not open their own ICs. The chip manufacturers of many solution companies mainly cooperate with the outside world.
The competition pattern has broken, and the domestic fingerprint identification manufacturers have risen.
In the past few years, Swedish FPC and Taiwan's Maoming have had a great influence in the domestic fingerprint identification market, but this competition has been broken. "In addition to FPC's certain influence, Taiwan's Maoming's position in the domestic market has become weaker and weaker." A domestic fingerprint chip manufacturer said so.
Although the Swedish FPC technology is relatively strong, the price is also very strong. It is reported that the price of its capacitor module is as high as 160 yuan to 170 yuan, which is three times the price of the mainland.
“They have been in the field of smart door lock fingerprint chips for many years and have strong technical strength, but their biggest weakness lies in their insufficient technical support capacity in the mainland.â€
However, the mainland's fingerprint identification vendors are rapidly emerging.
In the field of smart door lock fingerprint chips, Tuzheng Technology has a large shipment volume, and it has an advantage in price-setting in the north. BYD also has a certain market share in China.
In terms of modules, they all have their own merits. In the research of magic information, "Smart Product Circle" found that the magic information was integrated into the sensor and algorithm chip through two and a half years of research and development to form a single-chip solution. It is reported that the module price of the program is 30-40 yuan, which is nearly half cheaper than similar solutions on the market.
Identification methods are increasing, fingerprint recognition is still the mainstream
As biometrics continue to emerge in the commercial arena, more and more related devices or functions are being applied. In addition to common fingerprint recognition in the field of smart locks, face recognition, iris recognition, vein recognition, and palmprint recognition have also appeared.
Recently, the smart product circle and the face recognition algorithm company Youxin Changfeng exchange learned that the company independently designed a complete set of face recognition systems including "face recognition algorithm, chip hardware solution, software system architecture"; the system has offline The face recognition function is currently mainly used in smart door locks and smart home products.
In fact, as early as last year, Finger Science and Technology increased the R&D investment in face and vein recognition. It is reported that last year, Jianan Science and Technology in the face, veins, and fingerprint module basic research and development, lock control system application program, the total investment in research and development costs reached 3.48 million yuan.
However, the field of smart locks is mostly fingerprint recognition and face recognition. The content of vein recognition and iris recognition technology is high. It is difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to develop, so it takes a long time to mature applications.
Tang Xuequan of Zhongke Hongba Company believes that although fingerprint recognition is “one step ahead†to occupy the market, there is no doubt that biometric identification technologies with higher safety factors such as iris recognition will gradually be applied in this field.
Reduced costs, fingerprint recognition will be applied in more fields
As cost increases, innovative applications of fingerprint locks will grow rapidly.
Wang Liang believes that the growth of the smart door lock market is visible. However, the innovative application fields of fingerprint locks such as bags, drawers, and coffee machines are not available before, and there will be a large room for growth in the future.
Xie Yongjun, general manager of Magic Information, said that with the large number of fingerprints being used on the door locks, more fingerprint products may appear on the market, which is a positive for the fingerprint identification industry.
It is reported that this year's magic information is actively exploring other application areas, such as fingerprint U disk, fingerprint bags and so on.
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