Shoe with animated electro-luminescent display
A shoe having an electro-luminescent display with individually addressable portions.
1 . A shoe comprising:
an electro-luminescent light-emitting display having a first portion and a second portion; and
a controller in electrical communication with the first and second portion of the display.
2 . The shoe of claim 1 , wherein the display is mounted to be visible from outside the shoe.
3 . The shoe of claim 2 , wherein the display is mounted to a location selected from a vamp, a quarter and a tongue.
4 . The shoe of claim 1 , wherein the controller is encased in a sole of the shoe.
5 . The shoe of claim 1 , wherein the display comprises:
a first non-conductive substrate;
a second non-conductive substrate; and
a patterned phosphor material sandwiched between the first and second non-conductive substrates, the phosphor material being in electrical communication with the controller.
6 . The shoe of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to direct power to illuminate selected portions of the patterned phosphor material.
7 . The shoe of claim 6 , wherein the selected portions are illuminated in a predetermined sequence.
8 . The shoe of claim 6 , wherein the selected portions are illuminated in a random sequence.
9 . The shoe of claim 5 , wherein the second non-conductive substrate comprises a light-transmissive colored film.
10 . The shoe of claim 9 , wherein a pattern defined by the light-transmissive film corresponds to a pattern defined by the patterned phosphor material.
11 . The shoe of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the display is less than about 0.050 inches.
12 . The shoe of claim 11 , wherein the thickness of the display is less than about 0.025 inches.
13 . The shoe of claim 12 , wherein the thickness is less than about 0.015 inches.
14 . The shoe of claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the first non-conductive substrate is less than about 0.010 inches.
15 . The shoe of claim 14 , wherein the thickness of the first non-conductive substrate is less than about 0.005 inches.
16 . The shoe of claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the second non-conductive substrate is less than about 0.015 inches.
17 . The shoe of claim 16 , wherein the thickness of the second non-conductive substrate is less than about 0.010 inches.
18 . The shoe of claim 5 , wherein the first non-conductive substrate comprises polyester.
19 . The shoe of claim 5 , wherein the patterned phosphor material comprises an inorganic material.
20 . The shoe of claim 19 , wherein the inorganic material comprises zinc sulphide.
21 . The shoe of claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the patterned phosphor material is less than about 0.001 inches.
22 . The shoe of claim 21 , wherein the thickness of the patterned phosphor material is less than about 0.0005 inch.
23 . The shoe of claim 1 , further comprising a motion-sensitive switch in electrical communication with the controller.
24 . The shoe of claim 1 , further comprising a master switch disposed to disable illumination of the display.
25 . A shoe comprising:
a light source;
a DC power source;
a DC/AC inverter disposed between the light source and the DC power source; and
a controller for selectively connecting an AC output to different portions of a display.
26 . The shoe of claim 25 , wherein the light source comprises an electro-luminescent display.
27 . A shoe comprising an electro-luminescent display having individually addressable portions.