Table 4.
The distribution of the use of force sensors in the patents on the Google Patents platform, where P represents the total number of patents, and N is the number of patents that use the respective sensor.
| Characteristic | P = 283 |
|---|---|
| Force sensors, N (P%) | 60 (21.20) |
| Force (unspecified type), N (P%) | 17 (6.00) |
| Force (FSR), N (P%) | 16 (5.65) |
| Force (load cell), N (P%) | 23 (8.13) |
| Force (pulling), N (P%) | 4 (1.41) |