Exercise Mat with Embedded Display and Electronic Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise mats lack integration of smart features such as display functionality, connectivity, and exercise tracking, which could enhance user experience and provide additional workout benefits.
Innovation Solution
The exercise mat incorporates multiple layers, including a first layer with interstices, a second layer with protrusions containing display elements, and a third layer with electronic components and a cavity for housing these components. The electronic components are communicatively coupled to the display elements, enabling the mat to display graphics and receive signals for exercise tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If computing hardware is integrated into the mat to provide smart features, then the mat can provide feedback, control, and guidance during exercise, but the mat becomes more rigid to protect electronic components
Solution Approach 1:
The mat is divided into multiple functional layers: a first flexible layer that maintains mat flexibility and comfort, a second layer with display elements embedded in protrusions, and a third layer housing electronic components in a cavity. This segmentation allows each layer to serve its specific function while the overall system maintains mat flexibility through the design of the first layer and the integration method of electronic components.
Solution Approach 2:
Electronic components are nested within a cavity in the third layer, which is integrated into the mat structure. The display elements are embedded within protrusions of the second layer. This nesting approach protects electronic components while integrating them into the mat without requiring the entire mat to be rigid.
2Loss of information
If display elements are integrated into the mat surface, then the mat can provide visual feedback during exercise, but the mat structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The display elements are merged with the mat surface through protrusions that extend from the second layer and are flush with the top surface of the first layer. This integration creates a unified structure where the display becomes part of the mat surface rather than a separate component, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining visual feedback capability.
Solution Approach 2:
Display elements are positioned in specific protrusions at localized areas of the mat surface rather than requiring a continuous display across the entire mat. This allows visual feedback to be provided where needed while maintaining the simplicity and flexibility of the rest of the mat structure.
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AI summary
Aspects of the present disclosure include an exercise mat including a first layer that includes a plurality of interstices. The exercise mat includes a second layer that includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from the top surface of the second layer, contain a display element, and correspond to the plurality of interstices. The top surface of the second layer is connected to the bottom surface of the first layer. The exercise mat includes a third layer including a cavity defined at least in part by a plurality of side surfaces, and an electronic component within the cavity. The top surface of the third layer is connected to the bottom surface of the second layer, and the electronic component is communicatively coupled to the display element.