Elevator operator terminal with situation- specific floor indicator
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorHugo Felder
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Abstract
An elevator operator terminal includes a display device, a storage device and a processing device for use with an elevator system in a building. The processing device is connected to the storage device and activates the display device to generate a user interface having a plurality of display fields. The user interface has a call input area and a floor indicator area. The call input area displays a predetermined first number of display fields that are each associated with a predetermined floor in the building and are enabled for call input. The floor indicator area displays a predetermined second number of display fields that are each associated with a predetermined floor in the building and are disabled for call input.
Claims15
An elevator operator terminal for an elevator system, the elevator system including an elevator car and an elevator controller adapted to move the elevator car along a travel path in a building having a predetermined number of floors, the elevator operator terminal comprising:
- a display device;
- a storage device;
- processing device connected to the storage device and activating the display device to generate a user interface having a plurality of display fields, a call input area and a floor indicator area;
- wherein the call input area displays a predetermined first number of the display fields that are each associated with a predetermined one of the floors;
- wherein the floor indicator area displays a predetermined second number of the display fields that are each associated with a predetermined one of the floors;
- and
- wherein the user interface is operable to shift the display fields between the call input area and the floor indicator area, each of the display fields being enabled for call input related to the associated floor when in the call input area and being disabled for call input when in the floor indicator area.
A method for operating an elevator operator terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an elevator operator terminal comprising:
- a display device;
- a storage device;
- and
- a processing device connected to the storage device;
- generating a user interface having a plurality of display fields and displaying the user interface on the display device;
- generating a call input area on the user interface that displays a first number of the display fields that are each associated with a predetermined one of a number of floors of a building;
- enabling each of the display fields in the call input area for a call input;
- generating a floor indicator area on the user interface that displays a second number of the display fields that are each associated with the predetermined one of the floors;
- and
- disabling each of the display fields in the floor indicator area for a call input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.