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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Nobutaka Itagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobutaka Itagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G09G 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a pointing device including a light source that provides incident light for illuminating a front surface of a substrate at a predetermined angle of incidence, the substrate having a rear surface as well as the front surface and being transparent to the wavelength of the incident light, a detector that detects the intensity of speckle light from the front and rear surfaces, the speckle light generated from the incident light, and legs that are in contact with the substrate and charge the front surface of the substrate through friction between the legs and the substrate.