Patent ID: 7667854

Claim:
A monitoring system for providing operational feedback to a user of a detection probe, the monitoring system comprising: an optical sensor attachable to a detection probe, the optical sensor configured to generate output data corresponding to at least one of a rate movement of the detection probe with respect to a surface and a distance between the detection probe and the surface; a microprocessor in communication with the optical sensor and configured to receive the output data generated by the optical sensor; a software medium comprising a code to process the output data with the microprocessor and to compare the output data to at least one pre-programmed parameter, wherein the at least one pre-programmed parameter comprises at least one of a maximum velocity standard, a minimum distance standard, and a maximum distance standard; and an indicator device in communication with the microprocessor and configured to indicate a result of the comparison of the output data to the at least one pre-programmed parameter.