Smart lighting technologies from VTT

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Enhancing lighting with new

functionalities and low cost

connectivity

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Business model has changed due to the adoption

of solid state lighting

However the architecture of

solid state lighting allows adding

value and new functionality to

your products through

integration of wireless

connectivity and sensors.

New business opportunities

arise from security, care and

wellness applications.



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Smart lighting requires a combination of know-how on

wireless technologies, measurement systems and practical lighting

knowledge, all areas where VTT has a strong track record.

Smart lighting is now creating new challenges of connectivity,

functionality and integration.

VTT offers a range of services combining ICT into high volume

lighting products to overcome these challenges.



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New challenges

Sensor integration

Wireless connectivity

Context awareness



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Sensor integration

Low cost sensors for environmental

monitoring of temperature, gases and

humidity see slide 11 for more details »

Wireless self powered sensors see slide 12 for more details »

Sensor integration for low cost

manufacturing see slide 13 for more details »



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Wireless connectivity

Low cost RF modules and antennae see slide 16 for more details »

Network Quality of Service see slide 15 for

more details »

Network solutions for energy efficient

connectivity see slide 14 for more details »



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Context awareness

Activity detection with context algorithms see slide 17 for more details »

Preserving privacy and security –

enabling trust see slide 20 for more details »

Real-time data analytics see slide 19 for more

details »

Depth sensor based people detection &

tracking see slide 18 for more details »



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Application

areas



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Our development is specific to a

certain application area.

We have deep domain knowledge

in areas such as security, facility

management and wellness.

We can offer a competitive edge

by combining our core

technologies with applications

area expertise

VTT – a multi-disciplinary technology developer



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Technologies for enhancing

lighting with new functionalities

and low cost connectivity



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Sensors for environmental monitoring

Value proposition: Small form factor environmental sensors for lighting

devices. Sensors can measure gases, illumination, radiation or audio

signals.

Competitive edge: Low-cost, industrial manufacturing process for

environmental sensors.

Development phase: Several prototype sensors and demonstrators

exist.

IP status: Several patent families and invention disclosures.

Offering: MEMS sensors for gas (incl. CO2 and humidity), flow,

particle, noise, context awareness, proximity etc. detection.

R&D infrastructure: Largest cleanroom in Northern Europe including

commercial manufacturing.

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Wireless self powered sensor network

Value proposition: A low-cost approach to the desing of wireless

sensor networks.

Competitive edge: Fast and accurate measurement, long reading

distances, multiple sensing with unique ID.

Market opportunity: The wireless sensor networks market will grow

rapidly from $0.45 billion in 2012 to $2 billion in 2022.

Development phase: Sensor network exceeding reading distances

of 11 meters demonstrated.

IP status: FI20105330, PCT/FI2011/050263, US61/468588.

Offering: IP licensing, feasibility studies, application demonstrator

development.

R&D infrastructure: Design, simulation, prototyping and testing facilities.

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Integration of technologies to lamps

Value proposition: Mass manufacturable low cost sensor lamp concepts.

Competitive edge: Ease of value capture combined with automated

manufacturability and simplifying structural solutions.

Market opportunity: Multibillion +30% AGR market pushed by legislation and

technology development.

Development phase: Existing demonstrators, a whole lamp portfolio designed.

IP status: Lamp structure IP* & integration know-how with sensors.

Offering: From rapid concepting & prototyping into mass manufacturing.

R&D infrastructure: In-house rapid prototyping and (2K insert) injection

molding, world class characterisation of light and temperature, global

manufacturing networks.

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*Owned by the VTT Spin-Off, LightTherm Ltd.



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Network solutions for energy efficient

connectivity

Value proposition: Lightweight communications for connecting constraint

lighting devices.

Competitive edge: High level expertise in wireless networking.

Development phase: Basic communication technologies known to VTT and

some VTT made enhancements to them exist already. Proof-of-concepts

demonstrating the enhanced performance will be developed.

IP status: Proprietary know-how relating to the technology enhancements.

Offering: Lighting system’s connectivity specification, design and

implementation, demo system implementations, testing of connectivity

solutions.

R&D infrastructure: Green mesh test network, CNL lab.

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Value proposition: Ensure network quality with our QoS- and

QoE solutions.

Competitive edge: VTT provides full spectrum of solutions for

Quality of Service.

Development phase: Up to product level solutions.

IP status: Proprietary know-how and software solutions.

Offering: Technologies and tooling for QoS measurements and

network management, technology for QoE and competence in

communication system performance testing, analysis and

planning.

R&D infrastructure: Converging Networks Laboratory,

proprietary tooling for QoS measurements.

Network Quality of Service

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RF modules and antennae

Value proposition: Application-specific RF modules and components

for lighting products.

Competitive edge: Custom RF module and component design

capability backed by a strong commercialisation track record.

Development phase: Working demos for different module and

component designs, proven designs in current mobile phones.

IP status: Multiple patent families.

Offering: Feasibility studies, application demonstrators, licensing.

R&D infrastructure: Design, simulation, prototyping and testing

facilities.

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Activity detection with context algorithms

Value proposition: Proactivity and energy efficiency though automatic

people activity detection and prediction.

Competitive edge: Efficient information fusion from different sensor

types, behavioural data analysis.

Market opportunity: E.g. smart buildings market size ~349 BUSD

during the next ten years.

Development phase: Commercial product level software components

for activity detection and solutions for server side behavioural analysis.

IP status: VTT activity detection IPR available (smart phones).

Offering: Software components for activity detection, efficient sensor

fusion, real-time data analysis.

R&D infrastructure: Data management and processing servers.

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Depth sensor based people detection & tracking

Value proposition: Exact, real-time information on people

behavior indoors enables creation of novel adaptive lighting

solutions.

Competitive edge: Adaptive lighting solutions enable energy

savings as well as increased user experience.

Market opportunity: The lighting system control components

market is expected to be $2.5 billion by 2018 (BCC Research,

March 2014).

Development phase: Prototype of real-time people tracking system,

demonstration of behavior based classification behavioural analysis.

IP status: Proprietary know-how.

Offering: People tracking software, people behavior monitoring and

analysis.

R&D infrastructure: Testing and demonstration setup integrated

with smart lighting control system.

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Real-time data analytics

Value proposition: Real-time efficient data analytics for several

business fields including smart homes and smart grid.

Competitive edge: Very strong knowledge on data analysis, data

management, and utilisation of sensor information as a source of data

analysis.

Market opportunity: Big Data market size 50 BUSD (2017).

Development phase: Proof-of-concepts.

IP status: Proprietary know-how.

Offering: Data analysis expertise, data management and processing

expertise, utilisation of sensor information as a source of data analysis.

R&D infrastructure: Data management and processing servers.

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Value proposition: User trust and acceptance for the devices and

services with privacy and security sensitive placement and function.

Competitive edge: VTT is an independent actor without bias for any

supplier, also well known and respected.

Market opportunity: Lack of trust is limiting market growth. Information

security acts as a enabling factor in future growth and market penetration.

Development phase: Mature expertise, well tested in other similar

domains.

Offering: Assistance in designing privacy and security preserving

architectures, evaluation of existing designs and architectures.

R&D infrastructure: Vulnerability testing tools, penetration testing equipment,

traffic capture and monitoring equipment.

Preserving privacy and security -

enabling trust

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Mr Petteri Alahuhta

Business Development Manager

VTT Technical Research Centre of

Finland

Tel. +358 40 708 4326

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



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