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IoT Smart Home Patent Landscape & Commercial Importance Assessment
Many high tech business leaders are now
competing in the IoT (Internet of Things) smart home market by providing
innovative products/services such as Samsung
SmartThings and Apple
HomeKit. Patent information can provide insights regarding the state of the art
of the IoT innovations for smart home applications (home automation,
energy/utility management, home security, lighting system).
To find the leading innovators in the IoT
smart home applications, more than 1000 published patent applications and
issued patents in the USPTO as of Oct. 20, 2015 that are related to the smart
home applications are reviewed. Nearly 400 patent applications are selected as
the key patents for the IoT smart home applications. In number of patent
applications, Google (including Nest Lab) is the leader followed by Samsung
Electronics, General Electric, LG Electronics, Allure Energy and Honeywell. Among smart home applications, home
automation is the most patented application field.
To assess the commercial importance (e.g.,
potential commercial implementation or licensing potential) of the top 10
innovators, citation based Amber
Cluster Search was
used. Identified smart home patents of a specific patent owner were used as an
input to the cluster search to evaluate commercial importance. All the values
of commercial importance are aggregated for a specific patent owner. Thus,
higher in commercial importance value for a patent owner means higher in commercial
importance. Samsung Electronics is the leader followed by Ecofactor, Honeywell,
General Electric, Google (Nest Lab), Philips and LG Electronics.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Understanding Apple UI/UX for Internet of Things Smart Home from Patents
Recently, PrimeSense (acquired by Apple at $350
million in 2013) announced the advanced UI/UX technology (demo
video) for the control
of smart home IoT (Internet of Things) devices exploiting the 3D sensor (demo
video). Patents can
provide insights regarding technical details for the smart home control applications.
Followings illustrate the technical details for the UI/UX technology based on
the related PrimeSense patents’ disclosures.
Flexible Smart Home Controls
PrimeSense patent application US20140225824
describes technical details regarding the virtual smart home control buttons: A
control unit projects images of control devices onto a wall of the room and
remotely senses contact with and manipulation of the projected devices by a
user (or more precisely, contact with the wall on which the images are
projected and gestures of the user's hand and fingers while in this situation).
The projected devices may range from a simple on/off switch to more complex
controls, such as dials, sliders, and keypads. The user may modify, add or
remove control devices at will by interaction with the control system, such as
by holding and dragging a projected device along the wall to a new location.
Following figure illustrates the smart home
control with a projection-based virtual control system.
The key element of the projection-based
control system 20 is a room control unit 22, which controls the operation of
electrical equipment in the room, such as lights 24, 26, an air conditioner 28,
and a media system 30 (which may play audio, video or other content), for
example. These items of equipment are typically wired through the walls and
ceiling of the room to control unit 22, rather than wiring them to conventional
electrical control devices mounted on the walls of the room. Alternatively,
control unit 22 may operate items of electrical equipment via wireless links.
Room control unit 22, which may be
conveniently mounted on or in the ceiling, projects images of control devices
32, 34, 36 onto a wall of the room. A user 38 interacts with these projected
devices by gestures of his hand and fingers, as though they were actual,
electrical controls. A sensor in control unit 22 detects contact between the
user's fingers and the projected devices and controls the electrical equipment
in the room accordingly. Thus, for example, user 38 can touch an on/off switch
in device 36 to cause control unit to turn light 26 on or off, or may turn a
dial in device 32 to cause the control unit to brighten or dim lights 24. As
another example, user 38 can move a slider in device 34 to change the room
temperature (and control unit 22 can project the actual and/or target
temperature onto device 34, as well, as though the device were an actual
thermostat).
One of the advantages of the projection-based
control system 20 is that the locations and forms of control devices 32, 34, 36
can be changed by user 38 at will. For this purpose, control unit 22 can
implement a touch interface with functionality similar to that offered by
current touch screens. For example, when control unit 22 senses extended
contact between the user's finger and one of the control devices, the control
unit selects and visually highlights the device. The user can then drag and
drop the control device at a new location by sliding his finger along the wall
of the room to the desired location. Control unit 22 can simultaneously project
a moving image of the control device along the wall next to the user's finger
until the user "drops" the device in its new location. User 38 can
use appropriate gestures or other inputs to enlarge or shrink the control
devices, as well as copying a device appearing on the wall to a location on
another wall. In this manner, for example, the user will be able to add a
"switch" for light 26, so that it will be possible to turn the light
on and off from both a location next to the door of the room and a location
next to the light itself. No additional wiring or other modifications
whatsoever are needed for this purpose.
Flexible IoT Device Remote Control
3D sensing technology can be exploited for
controlling IoT devices remotely. PrimeSense patent application US 20140304647 describes technical details
regarding the remote IoT device control system. Following figure illustrates
the gesture-mediated remote information input system.
The gesture-mediated remote information input
system 10 incorporates a sensing device 12, typically a three-dimensional
camera, which detects information that includes the body (or at least parts of
the body) of a user 14.
Information detected by sensing device 12 is
processed by a remote device 18, which drives a display screen 20 accordingly.
Sensing device 12 is connected to remote device 18 via a sensing interface 22,
which may comprise a Bluetooth adapter, an Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
device, a cable connection, a universal serial bus (USB) interface, or any
communication interface for outputting sensor data that allows remote device 18
to import remote sensing data. Remote device 18 typically comprises a
general-purpose computer processor, which is programmed in software to carry
out the functions. The software may be downloaded to the processor in
electronic form, over a network, for example, or it may alternatively be
provided on tangible storage media, such as optical, magnetic, or electronic
memory media. Alternatively, some or all of the image functions may be
implemented in dedicated hardware, such as a custom or semi-custom integrated
circuit or a programmable digital signal processor (DSP).
Display screen 20 presents user interface
elements comprising a pointer 24 and a remote information input interface 26,
which comprises symbols 28, 30, 32, 34, 36. A display interface 38 connects
display screen 20 to remote device 18, and may comprise a Bluetoot adapter, an
IrDA device, a cable connection, or any communication interface for outputting
image data that allows remote device 18 to export visual display data, e.g., in
the form of a compressed image. The symbol selection layout provides a
simplified example for the purposes of illustration. The symbols 28, 30, 32
represent numerals and 34 and 36 represent actions. Each symbol can be remotely
selected or actuated to control the computer application. Remote information
input interface 26 can also comprise a zoom level indicator 40 to provide a
visual indicator of the zoom level of remote information input interface 26.
Zoom level indicator 40 may be shown as a slider, similar to sliders utilized
in web browsers and other applications. The zoom level is typically allowed to
range within certain limits, e.g., from 50% to 500%.
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Monday, September 28, 2015
Understanding Samsung SmartThings from Patents
Patents can provide insights regarding
technical details for the operation of smart home applications. Followings
illustrate the technical details for the Samsung SmartThings based on the
related Samsung patents’ disclosures.
Hub
Samsung patent application US20150192939
describes technical details regarding the SmartThings Hub. The 100 includes a
communication interface 110, a sensor 120, a storage device 130, and a
controller 140 as illustrated in the following figure.
The communication interface 110 is configured
to perform communication with various types of external IoT devices according
to various types of communication methods. For example, the communication
interface 110 can be a wired or wireless interface, and can include multiple
interfaces configured to communicate according to the different communication
methods. The communication interface 110 receives user request information from
the user terminal apparatus (smartphone). Further, the communication interface
110 can receive/send information from/to an external server through home
gateway (internet modem/router). The user request information is information
used for driving various devices to set an environment of the home to a user's
desired environment. That is, the user request information may include a
desired temperature, desired humidity, a user arrival time, a washing start
time, a washing completion time, an operation time of a multimedia content
reproduction apparatus, and/or a content name to be reproduced, etc.
The sensor 120 is configured to collect
characteristic information of an environment.
For example, when the SmartThings Hub 100 is
located inside a home, the environment includes an environment inside the home
and an environment outside the home. In such a case, the sensor 120 includes
multiple sensors placed throughout the inside of the home and/or throughout the
outside of the home to collect data on the characteristic information. The
characteristic information includes various pieces of information indicating a
characteristic inside the home and/or a characteristic outside the home. For
example, the characteristic information includes an internal temperature of the
environment, internal humidity of the environment and/or road traffic condition
information, etc. That is, the sensor 120 includes various kinds of sensors
such as a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or a luminance sensor, and
sense the internal temperature, internal humidity, internal luminance, or the
like of the environment.
The storage device 130 is configured to store
various software modules, data, or the like for driving the SmartThings Hub 100.
For example, software including a base module, a sensing module, a
communication module, and a service module are stored in the storage device
130. The storage device 130 can store control information for controlling a IoT
device using the controller 140. For example, the storage device 130 can
calculate an operation start time and an operation duration of a heating and
cooling device, which are used to control an internal temperature of the home
that is sensed by the sensor 120 to be a desired temperature received from the
user terminal apparatus 200, and store the calculated result. That is, the
storage device 130 may store the operation start time and the operation
duration of the heating and cooling device, and the controller 140 transmits
the information stored in the storage device 130 to the user terminal apparatus
200 at a preset time.
The controller 140 is configured to control
an overall operation of the SmartThings Hub 100. The controller 140 can predict
a driving condition for driving IoT devices in a home network so that the
characteristic information collected in the sensor 120 matches the user request
information received through the communication interface 110. For example, in
response to receiving a desired temperature and a user arrival time from the
user terminal apparatus 200 through the communication interface 110, and
sensing an internal temperature of the home through the sensor 120, the
controller 140 can calculate the operation start time and the operation
duration of the heating and cooling device, which are necessary for the
internal temperature of the home to be the desired temperature at the user
arrival time, and predict the driving condition. The controller 140 transmits
the predicted driving condition to the user terminal apparatus 200 through the
communication interface 110. In response to receiving a confirm command for the
driving condition from the user terminal apparatus 200 through the communication
interface 110, the controller 140 controls the heating and cooling device 310
in the home according to the driving condition stored in the storage device 130
so that the home is at the desired temperature when the user arrives home.
App
Following figure is a view illustrating the user
terminal apparatus 200.
The user terminal apparatus 200 includes a
display 210, a communication interface 220, a storage device 230, and a
controller 240. The display 210 is configured to display multimedia content and
various user interfaces (UIs). In particular, the display 210 can display
information received from the SmartThings Hub 100, and display a UI for
controlling the IoT devices in a home network. That is, through the UI for
performing communication with the SmartThings Hub 100 and the home network
displayed in the display 210, the user terminal apparatus 200 receives the user
request information, and display the environment information and the driving
condition received from the SmartThings Hub 100. The display 210 can display a
notification window configured to notify the driving condition received from
the SmartThings Hub 100 every preset period.
The communication interface 220 is configured
to perform communication with various types of external apparatuses according
to various types of communication methods. The communication interface 220 performs
communication with the SmartThings Hub 100. The communication interface 220 can
transmit the received user request information to the SmartThings Hub 100. The
communication interface 220 receives the environment information such as the
internal temperature of the home from the SmartThings Hub 100. The storage
device 230 is configured to store various software modules and data for driving
the user terminal apparatus 200 (App).
IoT Devices
Device identification can be based on device
media access control (MAC) addresses, unique identifiers (e.g., names), unique
IP addresses, unique web addresses, and so on, as well as various generally
identifying information, such as non-unique device types, non-unique device
classes, locations, etc.
Samsung patent application US20140355588
describes technical details regarding the performing of the predetermined
operation by the home appliances. Following figure shows a control flow of the
washing machine.
The washing machine 300-4 includes a washing
machine manipulator 320-4 to receive an operation command for the washing
machine 300-4, a washing machine display 330-4 to display operation information
of the washing machine 300-4, and a washing machine communicator 370-4 to
communicate with the SmartThings Hub. A user inputs a control command for the
washing machine 300-4 through the portable terminal. For example, if the user
who operates the washing machine 300-4 while going out, desires to allow the
washing machine 300-4 and the portable terminal possessed by the user to
display a message indicating that the washing of laundry is finished when the
user returns home, the user inputs a control command indicating the above
contents into the washing machine 300-4 through the washing machine manipulator
320-4 and the portable terminal. Accordingly, the washing machine 300-4
performs a washing operation on the laundry to be washed. Thereafter, the user
enters the home, and as the portable terminal connects to the SmartThings Hub,
the SmartThings Hub receives identification information of the portable
terminal to identify the portable terminal, and notifies the washing machine 300-4,
of the connection of the portable terminal. Upon notified that the portable
terminal is connected to the SmartThings Hub, the washing machine 300-4 outputs
alarming sound through the washing machine sound output 390-4, indicates
through the washing machine display 330-4 that the washing is finished, and
sends through the SmartThings Hub the portable terminal a message stating that
the washing operation is finished. Accordingly, the portable terminal indicates
that the washing operation is finished.
Future
Samsung SmartThings is the first fully
integrated smart home system. As the technology innovations for the internet of
things (IoT) are advanced, it is expected that fully performing smart home
system that can provide more diverse value added services will be
developed. Followings
summarize future potential improvements of the current smart home system.
·
The smart home system will determine how
to solve user’s problem or perform for a specific situation without constant
guidance from the user.
·
The smart home system will adapt to
changing situation/environment.
·
The smart home product system will react
properly to the changing situation/environment in accordance with the
performance objectives.
·
The smart home system will adapt the
overall energy efficiency of the home to the comfort and quality of life.
·
The smart home system will proactively
act for caring the user under the environment/situation on behalf of the user.
·
The smart home system will provide UI/UX
depend on the user context.
·
The smart home system will provide personalize entertainment
to the user.
·
The smart home will provide should exploit semantic information regarding the
home entertainment devices.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
IoT Smart Home Scenarios for New Product Development Exploiting Patents
Patents can be exploited to identify
new IoT (Internet of Things) smart home product development opportunity from scenarios
analysis. The scenarios analysis can show potential
interactions between the future users and the IoT smart home product via the
specific usage of the product and behavior of the user under environments
provided by the product functionality. Thus, the scenarios analysis exploiting
patent information can provide the new IoT product concept (e.g., specific
benefits to the user, product design, product functionality and the technology
for the product).
The
first step in the scenario development is to do patent search and review for
the state of the art of IoT innovation for smart home applications. The
searched patents that are related to the smart home applications should be
analyzed to find the measurable user benefits provided by the value
propositions (automation, energy management, care, safety, entertainment) and
method/device/system to offer the value propositions. Then, develop a story of
the future implementations of the state of the art of IoT innovation for smart
home applications exploiting 5W1H - Who, When, Where, What, Why, How.
The
stakeholders (users) in the scenario for the IoT smart home are usually the
member of home who can be specified by age, gender, profession. The time can be
the morning, afternoon, evening. The place can be the bedroom, living room,
bathroom, kitchen and outside. Then, describe how the specific product
(including system) that is implemented based on the patent disclosures performs
(interacts with a user) to provide each value proposition under the
circumstances for a specific purpose (expectations of the product’s future user
or solutions for product’s future user’s problems). Base on the developed
scenarios, potential improvements over the implemented product can be devised
by listing new product features, functionality, UI/UX, integration method etc.
Followings
summarize the key elements of the IoT smart home scenarios for each value
proposition.
Home
Automation
The
smart home product should determine how to solve user’s problem or perform for
a specific situation without constant guidance from the user. The smart home
product should adapt to changing situation/environment. The smart home product
should react properly to the changing situation/environment in accordance with
the performance objectives. The smart home product should join the home
networks without user’s manual configuration.
Home
Energy Management
The
smart home product should adapt the overall energy efficiency of the home to
the comfort and quality of life. The smart
home product should control the home heating for reducing energy consumption
while ensuring comfort. The smart home product should control lighting based on
user’s presence and environment.
Home
Care
The
smart home product should proactively act for caring the user under the
environment/situation on behalf of the user. The smart home product should
provide UI/UX depend on the user context.
Home Safety
The
smart home product should provide private
space protection and control against hazard home environment. The smart home
product should measure of gas, carbon monoxide, fire, smoke, water and weather
conditions.
The
smart home product should provide remote
access to home environment.
Home
Entertainment
The
smart home product should provide personalize entertainment to the user. The smart home product
should exploit semantic information regarding the home entertainment
devices.
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IoT Smart Home Top Innovators Based on Patents
Patent
information can provide insights
regarding the state of the art of IoT (Internet of things) innovation for smart
home applications. To find the leading innovators in the IoT smart home
applications, more than 500 published patent applications that are related to
the smart home applications are reviewed. More than 100 patent applications are
selected as the key patents for the IoT smart home applications. In number of
patent applications, Google is the leader followed by Samsung, Apple, LG,
Panasonic and Philips.
To evaluate the level of innovation, each
selected patent is analyzed for measurable user benefits
provided by the value propositions (automation, energy management, care, safety,
entertainment) and the innovativeness of method/system to offer the value
propositions. Followings summarize the top innovators for each value
proposition.
Home
Automation
A good measure of innovativeness in automation is the autonomous level
of the system (e.g., self-discovery, self-adaptation, self-organization,
self-configuration etc.). Samsung, Apple, LG, Panasonic and Hon Hai Precision
are the top innovators of home automation. Followings are the list of inventors
of key patents.
Lei
Zhang: Software Engineer at Google (Linkdin Profile)
Joe
Onorato: Software Engineer at Google (Linkdin Profile)
Sarah
Glickfield: Software Development Manager at Bullhorn (Linkdin Profile)
Jacob
Guedalia: President and Chairman at The Happy Cloud Inc. (Linkdin Profile)
David
Guedalia CTO at OutOfTheBox (Linkdin Profile)
Taehoon
Kim: manager at Samsung Electronics (Linkdin Profile)
KeunCheol
Lee: Senior Researcher at Samsung Electronics (Linkdin Profile)
Dongseok
Kim: UX Designer at Samsung Electronics (Linkdin Profile)
Home
Energy Management
A good measure of innovativeness in energy management is the level
of intelligent system that adapts the overall energy
efficiency of the home to the comfort and quality of life. Google, LG and Allure Energy are the top innovators of
home energy management. Followings are the list of inventors of key patents.
Kevin
Imes: President and CEO at Allure Energy (Linkdin Profile)
John
Cottrell: Lead Mobile Developer at American Innovations (Linkdin Profile)
Samer
Salam: Principal Engineer at Cisco Systems (Linkdin Profile)
Lionel
Florit: Principal Engineer at Cisco, IoT and Mobile Technologies (Linkdin Profile)
Daejong
Kang: Senior Manager at LG Electronics (Linkdin Profile)
Home
Care
A good measure of innovativeness in care is the level of context
awareness on behalf of users.
Philips, iRobot and DexCom are the top innovators of home care. Followings are
the list of inventors of key patents.
Naresh
Bhavaraju: Sr. Manager at Dexcom, R&D (Linkdin
Profile)
Leif
Bowman: Sr. Director at Dexcom, Marketing
(Linkdin
Profile)
Laura
Dunn; Senior Human Factors Engineer at Dexcom (Linkdin Profile)
Aarthi
Mahalingam: Medical Device Engineer at Dexcom (Linkdin Profile)
Clara
Vu: People Operations Lead at Formlabs (Linkdin Profile)
Matt
Cross: Sr. Consulting SW Engineer at iRobot (Linkdin Profile)
Tony
Campbell: Software Engineer at Google (Linkdin Profile)
Dzmitry
Aliakseyeu: Senior Scientist at Philips Research, Human Interaction &
Experiences group (Linkdin Profile)
Tatiana
Lashina: Senior Scientist at Philips (Linkdin Profile)
Tim
Dekker Distinguished Scientist at Philips Research (Linkdin Profile)
Dirk
Engelen: Senior Engineer at Philips Research (Linkdin Profile)
Home Safety
A good measure of innovativeness in safety is the level of private
space protection and control against hazard home environment. Google is the top innovators of home safety. Followings are
the list of inventors of key patents.
Tony
Fadell: Founder & CEO at Nest Labs (Linkdin Profile)
Matt
Rogers: Founder and VP of Engineering at Nest Labs (Linkdin Profile)
David
Sloo: Architect at Nest Labs (Linkdin Profile)
Yoky
Matsuoka: VP of Technology at Nest Labs at Nest Labs (Linkdin Profile)
Maxime
Veron: Head of Hardware Product Marketing at Nest Labs (Linkdin Profile)
Jeff
Boyd: Senior UX Designer at Nest (Linkdin Profile)
Home
Entertainment
A good measure of innovativeness in entertainment is the personalization
level of the service. Apple
is the top innovators of home entertainment. Followings are the list of
inventors of key patents.
David
Shoemaker: Software Engineer at Apple (Linkdin Profile)
Michael
Ingrassia: Software Engineer at Apple (Linkdin Profile)
Keith
Wait General Electric: Principal Engineer at Train Dynamic Systems (Linkdin Profile)
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Apple v. Google v. Samsung IoT Smart Home Strategy Insights from Patents
Patents can provide insights regarding the
state of the art of IoT (Internet of Things) innovation, and thus, a strategic
move of a company for the IoT business leadership. To compare the business
strategy of the three leading companies in the IoT Smart Home applications,
Apple, Google and Samsung, patent information is exploited for the cross-competitor
analysis.
According to Dr. Benjamin Gilad with the
Academy of Competitive Intelligence, the goal of the cross-competitor analysis
is to enable one to simplify predictions of competitors’ moves and countermoves
when multiple competitors are involved. Through the cross-competitor analysis, one
can understand that: Competitors’ behavior when there are several significant
competitors; Paradigm shifts in industries undergoing rapid change or
transition; Entry of new competitors into the competitive landscape; Future
directions in strategic move among industry contenders. The strategic map is a
tool used in the cross-competitor analysis for visualizing the competitive
landscape: A chart for a strategic parameter No.1 (e.g. product/service portfolio,
distribution channel etc.) vs. a strategic parameter No.2 (e.g. product/service
price, quality, brand etc.); The map is static (for dynamics, one can use
arrows).
To do the cross-competitor analysis for the
IoT Smart Home exploiting patents, more than 300 US patent published
applications of Apple, Google and Samsung that are related to the IoT Smart
Home applications are reviewed. To obtain the strategic parameters for the IoT
Smart Home, a system approach to the IoT patents is adopted. The disclosures of
the IoT patent can be considered as a system that is consist of several
subsystems: environmental context, IoT sensor, information, transfer mean and
processing tool.
A. Environmental
context is the context of the surrounding object(s) sensed by the IoT sensor.
Some examples are a person’s or vehicle’s location or movement,
surround environments (lighting, weather)/situations, and works to be done.
B. IoT sensor is a stand-alone or embedded device
that can sense/recognize its surrounding environments (including
position/movement/identification) with networking capability. Some examples are
RFID imbedded items, sensor embedded home appliances, wearable healthcare
devices and vehicle control system.
C. Information is the context data obtained
by the IoT sensor for specific purpose. For example, the context room
temperature is measure to obtain the data for automatic room temperature
control.
D. Transfer mean is the networking/communicating
medium/infrastructure that can interconnect sensing devices and connect sensing
devices to the internet. Some examples are 3G/4G/5G mobile networks, wireless
connectivity (WiFi,
Bluetooth, Zigbee, NFC etc.), internet/telephone connectivity and vehicle-to-vehicle
(V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) connectivity.
E. Processing tool is the back-end or
embedded (IoT devices, wearable devices) IT systems/processors that can process
the context information (e.g. cloud computing/big
data analytics) and
provide the value propositions exploiting the information. Some examples of the
IoT value propositions are:
·
Automation: Providing various automation
services for the customers’ job/task to be done (e.g. automatically order the
detergent for a laundry machine)
·
Care: Caring for customers (e.g. monitor
customers’ body status and provide various health care services; control
customer’s home cooling and heating/lighting system for energy savings; home
security system for safe and comfortable home environments )
·
Entertainment: Providing fun to
customers (e.g. AV systems, virtual reality games)
The IoT patent system can include the system
integration subsystem that integrate and manage the functionality of each
subsystem as a whole.
Each disclosures of more than 50 key patents
for the IoT Smart Home applications selected from the review are divided into
the IoT patent subsystems, and then, counted the numbers of patents for each
value propositions (automation, care, entertainment), context
(position/movement, environment/situation, job/task, and tools (mobile/wearable
devices, IoT specific devices, appliances).
Following figure shows the Activity Index vs.
value propositions strategic map for Apple, Google, and Samsung. The size of
the circle represents the total number of the patents for each value
proposition. Activity Index is a measure of a company’s relative innovation
activities in a specific innovation field: Activity Index = share of a specific
innovation sub-class in a company/share of a company’s patent in total patents,
where share of a specific innovation sub-class in a company = patents (innovation
sub-class)/patents (a company) and share of a company’s patent in total patents
= patents (a company)/patents (total company).
The map shows Google’s select and focus
strategy for providing the care value proposition. The map shows that Apple is most
active in the automation value proposition innovation compare to Samsung and
Google, even if Apple’s number of patent applications is smaller than that of Google
and Samsung.
Following figure shows the Activity Index vs.
tools/context for the value propositions strategic map for Apple, Google, and
Samsung. The size of the circle represents the total number of the patents for
each tools/context.
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