The real purpose of the optical shutter is to modify a light beam passing through the openings. The binary encoder wheel stops in one of four positions, each of which has a different shutter opening associated with it. A laser reflecting in the coded holes could signal up to four positions based on the wheel's orientation.
Sounds waves travel about six inches in that amount of time.
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