Call input device with display and call input detection method for calling an elevator car

A call input device for calling an elevator car of an elevator system to reach a plurality of floors positioned one above the other, the call input device comprising:

• a call input facility mounted in a region of floor door at an associated floor of the elevator system, the call input facility adapted to generate an elevator call to call an elevator car to the associated floor through a connection to an elevator controller of the elevator system;
• the call input facility including at least one directional call button being either an up-direction call button or a down-direction call button for selecting a direction of travel desired by a user;
• the call input device including a storage medium and an output region being a display region, wherein actuation of the at least one directional call button by the user does not trigger the elevator call and outputs instructions for operating actuatable destination call buttons in the output region that enable the elevator car to be assigned, the instructions being stored in the storage medium;
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• wherein the display region has a first sub-region and a second sub-region, the at least one directional call button being displayed in the first sub-region and the destination call buttons being simultaneously displayed in the second sub-region, and the instructions, when outputted, being displayed in the first sub-region in place of the at least one directional call button while the destination call buttons are simultaneously displayed in the second sub-region.