Top 50 Key Players companies in Microphone by Most Literature Citation in the world in 2018 – Discovery

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The Microphone top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Literature Citation Microphone Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

A microphone, colloquially named mic or mike (/maɪk/), is a device – a transducer – that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public events, motion picture production, live and recorded audio engineering, sound recording, two-way radios, megaphones, radio and television broadcasting, and in computers for recording voice, speech recognition, VoIP, and for non-acoustic purposes such as ultrasonic sensors or knock sensors.

1	Microsoft Corp.	Washington, United States	Software,Operating system,Cloud computing, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 3,189
2	Alcatel-Lucent S A	Île-de-France, France	Trust network,Software,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 2,108
3	Nokia Bell Labs France	Île-de-France, France	Construction engineering,Environmental engineering,Civil engineering, ...[+1]	Literature citation: 1,770
4	Nokia Oyj	Southern Finland, Finland	Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 1,110
5	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Telecommunications,Cloud database,Data center, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 1,063
6	Aalborg University Hospital	Denmark	Social science,Public university,Neurotechnology, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 792
7	Ames Research Center	Texas, United States	Market research,NASA research,Silicon valley, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 783
8	Koninklijke Philips NV	Noord-Holland, Netherlands	Health care,Wellness Programs,Medical imaging, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 707
9	Idiap Research Institute	Valais, Switzerland	Multimodal interaction,Speech processing,Information retrieval, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 639
10	France Telecom (now Orange S.A.)	Île-de-France, France	Telecommunications,Mobile device,Stock market index, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 617
11	Siemens AG	Bayern, Germany	Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 603
12	Honda Co.	JP	Mechanical engineering,Manufacturing engineering	Literature citation: 530
13	NEC Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Virtualization,Big data,Network security, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 510
14	Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.	Massachusetts, United States	Mechatronics,Computer vision,Algorithm, ...[+1]	Literature citation: 479
15	Texas Instruments Incorporated	Texas, United States	Semiconductor,Digital signal processing,Electronic component, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 430
16	International Business Machines Corp.	New York, United States	Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 413
17	Intel Corp.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 372
18	The National Research Council	District of Columbia, United States	Public opinion,Health care,Chemistry, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 348
19	U.S. Army Research Laboratory	United States	Light therapy,Electronic visual display,Missile, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 323
20	Advanced Industrial Science & Technology	Tokyo, Japan	Graphene,Association (object-oriented programming)	Literature citation: 321
21	Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV	Bayern, Germany	Basic research,Publishing,Market research, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 286
22	Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute	South Korea	Telecommunications,Electronics,Automation, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 275
23	Avaya, Inc.	North Carolina, United States	Call centre,Unified communications,Systems design, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 274
24	International Computer Science Institute	California, United States	Biology,Association (object-oriented programming),Computer architecture, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 272
25	Motorola Mobility LLC	Illinois, United States	Mobile device,Telecommunications,Headphones, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 269
26	Panasonic Holdings Corp.	Osaka, Japan	Semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Electronics, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 261
27	fondazione bruno kessler	Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	Social influence	Literature citation: 261
28	Samsung Co. Ltd.	South Korea	Semiconductor,Communication device,Electronic component	Literature citation: 260
29	Cochlear Ltd.	New South Wales, Australia	Medical equipment,Implant,Cochlear implant, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 225
30	Apple, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 199
31	Infineon Technologies AG	Bayern, Germany	Semiconductor,Electronics,Efficient energy use, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 194
32	Institute For Infocomm Research	Central Region, Singapore	Information technology consulting,Big data	Literature citation: 194
33	HP, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 159
34	Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation	Victoria, Australia	Market research,Phosphatase,Kinase, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 157
35	House Research Institute	California, United States	Otology,Health care,Auditory system, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 144
36	Disney Research	California, United States	International network,Data analysis,Smart device, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 144
37	Google LLC	California, United States	Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 111
38	LG Electronics	Illinois, United States	Electronics	Literature citation: 101
39	United States Department of The Army	United States		Literature citation: 100
40	Nagaoka University of Technology National University Corp.	Japan	Internship	Literature citation: 93
41	National Aerospace Laboratories	Karnataka, India	Aerospace	Literature citation: 90
42	National Physical Laboratory Ltd.	Gloucestershire, United Kingdom	Medical imaging,Health care,Association (object-oriented programming), ...[+2]	Literature citation: 89
43	Advanced Technology Center	Indiana, United States	Software,Enterprise software,Graphics software, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 87
44	EPCOS OHG	Bayern, Germany	Capacitor,Electronics,Surge arrester, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 71
45	Hitachi Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Elevator,Electrical equipment,Electric motor, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 70
46	Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk	Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Humanity,Cognitive development,Social science	Literature citation: 67
47	BBN Technologies	Massachusetts, United States	Wireless sensor network,Market research,Information security, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 63
48	Broadcom, Inc.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Mobile device,Wireless, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 61
49	The Agency for Science, Technology and Research	Central Region, Singapore	Health care,Industrial capital,Biomedical sciences, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 60
50	Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S	Hovedstaden, Denmark	Software,Transducer,Instrumentation, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 55