Method for displaying scenery on a floor mat or floor liner
a technology for displaying scenery and floor mats, applied in the field of floor mats or floor liners, can solve the problems of stagnant appearance of mats, little progress in developing or changing the appearance of mats,
Inactive Publication Date: 2017-12-21
BECKENBACH MARTIN J
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This patent describes a method for creating a floor mat or floor liner with a raised portion that is in relief to a digital image. The method involves assigning a value to each pixel in the image and creating a mold with the raised portions having the same shape, dimension, and position as the pixels in the image. This results in a floor mat or floor liner that can depict a scene or image in raised relief.
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The appearance of the mats, however, has remained stagnant—an unchanging slew of mats with little or no design beyond a generic pattern continue to flood the market.
Indeed, there has been little progress in developing or changing the appearance of the mat.
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[0010]Referring now to the drawings, there is shown in FIG. 1, a floor mat 100 depicting a scene. (In an alternate embodiment, the floor mat 100 may be a floor liner.) The floor mat 100 may have at least one surface 102, having a plurality of raised portions 104. A close-up, three-dimensional view of the raised portions 104 and surface 102 may be scene in FIG. 2. The scene displayed by the floor mat 100 (or floor liner) may correspond to digital image depicting the same or a similar scene. For example, the scene depicted in FIG. 1 of a several race cars may correspond to a digital image similarly depicting the race cars. Thus, the relative shape, dimension, and position of each raised portion 104, with respect to each other raised portion, may defined by the position and value of at least one pixel within a digital image, such that the plurality of raised portions 104 depict at least a portion the digital image in relief. For example, the raised portions 104 that depict the grill of...
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Abstract
A method for forming a scene into a floor mat or floor liner, comprising the steps of: receiving a digital image comprised of a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an initial pixel value and a relative position in the digital image; assigning either a first value or a second value to each pixel according to the initial pixel value of each pixel; creating a mold having a surface with a plurality of raised portions, wherein the relative shape, dimension, and position of each raised portion, with respect to each other raised portion, is defined by the relative position, within the digital image, of at least one pixel having the assigned first value.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Disclosure[0001]The present invention relates to floor mats or floor liners and, more particularly, to floor mats or floor liners that depict scenery.2. Description of the Related Art[0002]Rubber and plastic floor mats or floor liners have become a nearly ubiquitous automotive accessory and a multi-million dollar industry. The appearance of the mats, however, has remained stagnant—an unchanging slew of mats with little or no design beyond a generic pattern continue to flood the market. Indeed, there has been little progress in developing or changing the appearance of the mat. Accordingly, there exists a need in the art for a method for forming a scene into the floor mat or floor liner in relief.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]Accordingly, various embodiments described herein are directed to a method for forming a scene into a floor mat or floor liner in relief.[0004]In an aspect, a method for forming a scene into a floor mat or floor li...
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IPC IPC(8): B60N3/04B29C33/38B29L31/30B33Y10/00B33Y80/00
CPCB60N3/048B29C33/3835B29L2031/3017B33Y80/00B33Y10/00B60N3/044B33Y50/02B29C33/3842B29L2031/757B29C64/386B29C64/10
Inventor BECKENBACH, MARTIN J.
Owner BECKENBACH MARTIN J