Innovation and socio-economic development of smart furnitures by patent applications analysis
Smart Home and Smart City are nowadays frequently used terms which most of the smartphone users and modern urban residents are familiar with. Both these terms cover many of other subterms like Smart Energy, Smart Street, Smart Economy, etc., where one of the most closer for people is furnitures - in...
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2019
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| Summary: | Smart Home and Smart City are nowadays frequently used terms which most of the smartphone users and modern urban residents are familiar with. Both these terms cover many of other subterms like Smart Energy, Smart Street, Smart Economy, etc., where one of the most closer for people is furnitures - in a digital world in the form of Smart Furnitures. The goal of this paper is to provide an analysis of innovation and socio-economic development in the area of these Smart Furnitures by the use of patent application analysis and an economic evaluation based on the valuable research in the field. We analyzed 100 patents from Espacenet database, showed the trend in the field including most valuable companies in the area and also the value of patents confirming the investment potential of the field. |
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