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Optical Sensors

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optical-sensors · level 3 · tier B · 4 children · 1,737 SKUs measured across distributors · 22 observations across 3 vantages
Public · Free tier
Channel Lens · Tier 1
Brands tracked
10
Distinct alias forms
4
Top-form share
45%
Vantage coverage
canonical · distributor · oem

How is this category named, across the funnel?

Top alias forms observed at this Kim category in W19, across AI / OEM / distributor / aggregator surfaces. Wide spread = wider arbitrage window.

optical sensors
45%
canonical
10 brands
optical-sensors
45%
canonical
10 brands
Optical sensors
5%
oem
1 brand
Phototransistors
5%
distributor
1 brand

Sub-categories (4)

Ambient Light Sensors
10 brands · 8 forms · top 53%
Photo Detectors
10 brands · 2 forms · top 91%
Photoelectric Sensors
10 brands · 4 forms · top 77%
PIR Sensors
10 brands · 2 forms · top 91%
What you unlock

Optical Sensors — paid-tier surface

🔒 PAID TIER
◧10 brands competing here
Per-brand convergence scores · vantage coverage · full sourcing-card drill-down per brand.
◨7 brand category peers identified
Qwen-grounded peers with rationale, confidence, and verify_targets per peer. Sourcing-desk starting point.
◳181 manufacturing facilities · 126 brands · 20 countries
Geographic concentration breakdown · top brands by facility count · facility-type mix · supply-risk story.
◤Live week-over-week trajectory
Fragmentation direction, channel-pull attribution (which external vantage AI is closest to), drift narratives.
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Adjacent categories

Semantically nearest Kim categories — useful for the sourcing buyer scanning for related parts. Cosine similarity over name embeddings.

Optoelectronics
cos 0.86
10 brands · 3 forms
Image Sensors
cos 0.80
no brand data yet
Photo Detectors
cos 0.78
10 brands · 2 forms
Photoelectric Sensors
cos 0.78
10 brands · 4 forms
Optocouplers
cos 0.77
10 brands · 2 forms
source: tapes_kim_slug_embeddings_bge_m3_2026-W19 · model: bge-m3-cr-tapes-v1
data: /shared/exports/cr_per_kim_slug_rollup_2026-W19.json
methodology: per-(brand × vantage × form) aggregation, top-form share within (brand × vantage) cells, divergence classified at category level. bge-m3-cr-tapes-v1 embeddings.
Tapes substrates: facility_kim_slug_mapping · brand_category_peers · kim_slug_embeddings