Patent ID: 9304604
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G01B,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A motion detector, comprising: a) cavity having an opening therein; b) a source of illumination, comprising at least one light source, in said cavity, said source of illumination being capable of activation and providing said illumination when so activated; c) a light diffusion plate covering said opening in said cavity, said light diffusion plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and said light diffusion plate being irradiated on said lower surface by light from said source of illumination when said source of illumination is activated; and, d) a light detector in said cavity configured to detect variations in intensity of reflected light from said diffusion plate; whereby a movable pointing device, when movably contacting said upper surface of said light diffusion plate, causes a portion of said light from said source of illumination irradiating said lower surface of said light diffusion plate to be reflected onto said light detector and to be detected by said light detector; and, whereby said portion of light reflected from said diffusion plate varies in amount as said pointing device moves and wherein motion of said pointing device is thereby determined by an evaluation of the amount of reflected light from said diffusion plate detected by said light detector while said light diffusion plate is movably contacted by said pointing device.