Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing mat appearance
View Patent ↗Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which can comprise a pad. The pad comprises an array of light emitting diodes, wherein each light emitting diode of the array of light emitting diodes can be capable of being illuminated in a plurality of colors responsive to a signal from an information device. The information device is constructed to illuminate a predetermined set of the array of light emitting diodes to generate a pattern, which pattern can comprise alphanumeric characters.
1. A system comprising:
a pad, the pad comprising an array of light emitting diodes, the array of light emitting diodes embedded in a rubber base sheet covered with a substantially clear sheet, each light emitting diode of the array of light emitting diodes capable of being illuminated in a plurality of colors responsive to a signal from an information device, the information device constructed to illuminate a predetermined set of the array of light emitting diodes to generate a pattern that comprises an image received from the information device, the pad constructed to support a weight of a human, the pad constructed to be walked on by the human substantially without damage to the array of light emitting diodes.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the image is a digital photograph.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the image is one of a plurality of images comprised by a video rendered on the pad.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the pattern changes in time with music.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the pattern is an artistic pattern.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the pattern is repeatedly automatically changed by the information device.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the pad is a vehicle floor mat.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the pad is a door mat.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
a layer of the pad covers the light emitting diodes.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the light emitting diodes are substantially surrounded by portions of the pad.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the light emitting diodes are nondestructively replaceable.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the image is a photo from a smartphone of a user.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the information device utilizes a mode, which comprises an option to display a pattern sequence chosen by a user.
14. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the information device.
15. A method comprising:
providing a pad, the pad comprising an array of light emitting diodes, the array of light emitting diodes embedded in a rubber base sheet covered with a substantially clear sheet, each light emitting diode of the array of light emitting diodes capable of being illuminated in a plurality of colors responsive to a signal from an information device, the information device constructed to illuminate a predetermined set of the array of light emitting diodes to create a pattern that comprises an image received from the information device, the pad constructed to support a weight of a human, the pad constructed to be walked on by the human substantially without damage to the array of light emitting diodes.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
causing the pattern to be rendered on the pad.
17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
causing the pattern to be changed on the pad.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein:
the image is one of a plurality of images comprised by a video rendered on the pad.