Infrared camera price below $ 1000 will
boost sales over 1 million units in 2017
Description:
Initially developed for the military market
by US defense companies, infrared (IR) uncooled cameras are now
widely used in many commercial applications. This report
provides an overview of all the infrared technologies currently
commercialized focused on uncooled Long Wave Infrared/thermal detection
with microbolometers. Market forecasts till 2017 with in-depth analysis
of commercial and military markets is provided, along with a description
of the main active players and the lasts technological evolutions and
future trends.
SALES WILL GROW FROM 320, 000 IN 2011 TO 1,1 M UNITS IN 2017
Commercial business is expanding at a high rate and is driven by three
main markets:
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Thermography market: still the largest
commercial market, sales have boomed in 2011. An increasing
competition from new entrants from the power tool market e.g. DeWALT,
Milwaukee Tools will make camera price drop down below
$1,000 and accelerates thermal imaging adoption by new categories of
users (electricians, contractors…).
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Automotive market is concentrated in
only one supplier, Autoliv, but has increased sales by + 30 % in
volume in 2011. It is expected that IR cameras sales for automotive
will exceed 300,000 units in 2017, but installation rate in cars
will remain below 1% in the long term.
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Surveillance becomes a strategic market
and focuses the attention of all IR supply chain players: detector,
core, and camera manufacturers. Major new entrants from visible CCTV,
and military markets have positioned on that growing business and
have started a price war.
Commercial market will compensate for the decline of military
market mainly occupied by U.S. companies.
COST REDUCTION INCREASING IN 2011 - 2012
Cost driven price reduction (-15 % / year) is rapidly broadening the use
of Infrared cameras in many commercial markets and specially in
thermography and surveillance markets. In thermography, ultra low end
cameras have been introduced with success by FLIR in 2010, and Dewalt
will introduce a new model in 2012 at the breakthrough price of $ 999.
In surveillance, FLIR and Axis are competing heavily on the pricing and
DRS introduced a middle end camera at the incredible pricing of $ 2,000
in 2012, half what has been typical !
PRICE DECREASE IS DRIVING R&D
DEVELOPMENTS Wafer Level Packaging is confirmed as a significant
trend to further reduce detector cost and will be a strategic issue for
new players to successfully enter the market. FLIR started to use WLP in
2011, and soon other players will follow. (Raytheon, Sensonor, NEC…).
Pixel size miniaturization is a key trend to
further increase the resolution of the imager and decrease the cost of
the optics. In 2012, 17 µm pixel pitch has become a standard in new
product release, approaching the 12 µm physical limit.

While the size of the pixel decreases,
sensitivity of new sensors increases to approach 30 mK (SCD, ULIS). That
evolution will enable to broader the microbolometer adoption to high
performance applications so far exclusively targeted by cooled IR
detectors.
An increasing trend toward multispectral imaging at end-user level has
driven several microbolometer developments. Image fusion aiming at
combining several spectral bands (MWIR, LWIR, Visible…)to increase
system performance and added functionalities to thermal camera users.
SCD has paved the way for dual-band imaging by releasing a wide band
imager realizing on-chip fusion of LWIR & MWIR.
KEY FEATURES OF THE REPORT
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The objectives of the report are the
following:
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Provide applications understanding
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Application description
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Market drivers for thermal cameras,
other competitive technologies
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Main market and technical trends per
application
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Provide market data on both camera
and detector levels
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Camera and detectors units
shipments, revenues, pricing evolution
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Detectors/microbolometer sales by
format and price evolution by format
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Market share of the detector
manufacturers
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Provide an overview of the IR camera
supply chain and value chain
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Latest acquisitions and alliances
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Who are the main camera players in
each market and their relationships with detectors manufacturers
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Evolution of the camera and detector
manufacturers business models
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Who are the peripheral players
involved : ROIC, optics, foundries…
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Analyze the main technological
trends for detector/microbolometer:
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Pixel size reduction, wafer Level
Packaging, 3D integration, Wafer Level Optics, Pixel level
packaging, new functions.
COMPANY INDEX
ACREO, Aerius Photonics, Aerovironment, Agiltron, Allied Vision
Technologies, Arhus, Associated Technology (Chongqing) Corp, Audi,
Autoliv, AXIS Communications, AXSYS, BAE Systems, Beijing Hamilton
Technology Limited (BHT), BMW, Bosch, , Bullard, Cantronic, Cobham, Cohu,
Current Corp, Dali, DAS Photonics, DeWALT, Draegger, DRS, Elbit,
Electrophysics, ETH, Extech, Faun Infrared, Fluke, FocalPlane,
Fraunhofer IMS, GM, Goodrich, Guide Infrared, GWIC, Honda, ICx
Technologies, Image Match Design,Infrared Solutions, INO, InVisage, Ipht
Jena, Irisys, Irvine Sensors , ISG, Jenoptik, Kimo Instruments, KTH, L3
Com, Lumasense Leti, Magnity, Melexis, METU MEMS, Mikrosistemler,
Milwaukee Tools, Mitsubishi Electric, MSA, Murata, National Nanofab,
N2 Imaging, NEC Avio, NIT, NoblePeak Vision, Northrop Grumman, OKSI,
Omnivision, Opgal, Pelco, QinetiQ, Qioptiq, Raptor, Raytheon, RedShift,
Safran, Sagem, Samsung Techwin, Sarnoff, Satir, SCD, Scott, Schott,
Selex Gallileo, SensArrayInfrared, Sensonor, Sensors Unlimited, Silex,
Sirica, Sofradir, Sumitomo Electric, Syonix, Tamron, Teledyne Dalsa,
Testo, Thales, Thermoteknix, Toshiba, Trijicon, Tyndall, Ulis, , Ulir
vision, Umicore, Vectronix, VDS Vosskühler, Vigo Systems, Wenzhou Wealth
Port International, Xenics, Zeiss, Ziptronix.
WHO SHOULD BUY THIS REPORT ?
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Microbolometer manufacturers:
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Identify and evaluate IR camera
markets with market size, growth and key customers
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Analyze the threads and
opportunities of new emerging technologies (WLP, WLO…)
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Monitor and benchmark your
competitor’s advancements
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Financial & Strategic investors:
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To provide an overview of the IR camera
supply chain:
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Who are the main camera players in
each market and their relationships with detector manufacturers
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Evolution of the camera and detector
manufacturers business models
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Who are the periphery players
involved: RO IC, optics, foundries…
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To provide market data on both camera
and detector levels:
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Cameras and detectors unit shipments
and revenues
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Detectors/microbolometer sales and
price evolution by format
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Market share of the detector
manufacturers
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To analyze the main technological trends
for detector/microbolometer: Pixel size reduction, Wafer Level
Packaging, 3D integration, Wafer Level Optics, Pixel Level Packaging
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Equipment & Material manufacturers:
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Camera manufacturers:
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Get the list of the top
microbolometer detectors manufacturers
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Spot the new potential suppliers
with disruptive technologies
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Roadmap potential cost reduction of
microbolometer
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