Elevator call input device
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsKlaus Mäkelä, Ilia Kempi
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Abstract
A call input device of an elevator includes a keyboard for inputting the number of a floor and a keyboard control for the keyboard. The keyboard control is configured to open an input channel from the keyboard for the input of a further digit of a floor number to enter a more than one-digit floor number. The call input device includes a proximity sensor having a sensing area in front of the keyboard. The keyboard control is configured to open/close the input channel from the keyboard for the input of a further digit in response to the signal of the proximity sensor.
Claims19
A call input device of an elevator comprising:
- a keyboard for inputting the number of a floor;
- a keyboard control for the keyboard, wherein the keyboard control is configured to open an input channel from the keyboard for the input of a further digit of a floor number to enter a more than one-digit floor number;
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- a proximity sensor having a sensing area in front of the keyboard,
- wherein the keyboard control is configured to open/close the input channel from the keyboard for the input of a further digit in response to the signal of the proximity sensor.
A method for controlling a keyboard in an elevator call input device, comprising:
- after the input of a digit is sensed, controlling an input channel of the keyboard to be open for the input of a further digit in response to sensor data of a proximity sensor having a sensing area thereof in front of the keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.