Electrical power generating carpet

An electrical power generating carpet, comprising:

• a carpet;
• a plurality of tiles embedded in the carpet, each of the tiles having a pressure plate, wherein each of the tiles comprises a flexible, resilient upper plate and a rigid lower plate, the upper plate being attached to the lower plate;
• a piezoelectric assembly disposed in each of the tiles beneath the pressure plate, the piezoelectric assembly being configured for generating voltage and current in response to changes in pressure applied to the pressure plate, wherein the piezoelectric assembly comprises a plurality of piezoelectric sensor strips disposed parallel to each other and electrically connected in parallel, further wherein the piezoelectric assembly is disposed between the upper plate and the lower plate, the upper plate being the pressure plate;
• an energy harvesting circuit electrically connected to each of the piezoelectric members, the energy harvesting circuit including a full wave rectifier circuit and a buck converter circuit for regulating output of the full wave rectifier circuit;
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• an elongated engaging strip attached to the upper plate and oriented orthogonal to the piezoelectric sensor strips, the engaging strip bearing against the piezoelectric sensor strips so that wen pressure is exerted against the upper plate, the engaging strip distributes the pressure across all of the piezoelectric sensor strips in the tile.