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. 2023 Jul 7;23(13):6237. doi: 10.3390/s23136237

Table 3.

The distribution of the use of encoders in the patents pm the Google Patents platform, where P represents the total number of patents, and N is the number of patents that use the respective sensor.

Type of Sensor P = 283
Encoder, N (P%) 68 (24.03)
Encoder (angle), N (P%) 51 (18.02)
Encoder (unspecified type), N (P%) 14 (4.95)
Encoder (linear, rotary), N (P%) 2 (0.70)
Encoder (magnetic, photoelectric), N (P%) 1 (0.35)