Xiaomi's Automotive Technology Development Trends

Patent applications surge from 2022, including vehicle safety systems, etc.

2024/07/25

Summary

  This report was prepared by MarkLines based on patent information from the "Technical Information Distribution Service - swimy" provided by Toyota Technical Development Corporation (TTDC), and reports on recent technology topics surrounding the auto industry. The two business areas of TTDC are intellectual property (IP) and measurement control solutions. The IP side of TTDC is involved in the collection and analysis of information on automotive technology developments globally, and provides services such as consulting for research planning, applying for patents in foreign languages, and technical translation.

  Xiaomi Corporation filed zero patent applications until 2021, and then the number jumped to 358 in 2022.

  Looking at patent applications by technology field, they have been filed in a wide variety of areas, including vehicle safety systems, location-based technology, battery technology, electronic control technology, energy management systems, and sensor technology. In particular, many patent applications are related to vehicle safety systems and location-based technologies.

  The increase in the number of patent applications for electronic control technology in 2023 compared to 2022 indicates that Xiaomi is beginning to focus on electronic control technology.

  Xiaomi Corporation (Xiaomi), founded in 2010 by Jun LEI (a Chinese entrepreneur), is a general consumer electronics manufacturer, mainly engaged in the smartphone and consumer electronics business. Xiaomi entered the electric vehicle industry in 2021 with the establishment of Xiaomi Automobile Co. Ltd. (Xiaomi Auto), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Xiaomi Group dedicated to the intelligent electric vehicle (EV) business.

  Xiaomi's automotive technology development trend is shown from the patent application information for "Xiaomi Auto".

  In this report, "Xiaomi Auto" is referred to as "Xiaomi”. As a result, Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. and Xiaomi Mobile are not included in this study.


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