Elevator cars having a plurality of elevator car panels defining a passenger compartment of the elevator car and an interactive touch-based car operating panel system. The interactive touch-based car operating panel system includes an interactive element extending around at least a portion of a periphery of the passenger compartment and located on at least one of the plurality of elevator car panels, the interactive element having an interactive surface facing the passenger compartment and a controller arranged to receive passenger input at the interactive surface and control an elevator car in response to the passenger input.

A computer-implemented method for generating and configuring content of an elevator destination dispatch kiosk. The kiosk includes a display. The method includes creating a kiosk database having kiosk data. The kiosk data outlines a plurality of destination floors associated with the elevator destination dispatch kiosk. The method comprises the step of using a computing structure remote from the elevator destination dispatch kiosk to automatically: (a) access the kiosk data in the kiosk database, and (b) generate a floor button layout. The method includes the step of communicating the floor button layout from the computing structure to the elevator destination dispatch kiosk to cause the floor button layout to be published on the display. An interface of the computing structure allows the floor button layout to be previewed before the floor button layout is communicated from the computing structure to the elevator destination dispatch kiosk.

A method for generating control data for controlling an elevator system includes the steps: Projecting or depicting an image of an operating panel on an operating surface to be visually perceived by a user; Detecting a region of the surface, touched by the user, within the image by optically monitoring the surface, then detecting whether a small-area region arises within the image with a temperature deviating from the surrounding large-area regions and with a temperature equalizing with the temperature of the surrounding regions over time; Generating the control data as a function of a position of the region touched by the user relative to the image; Transmitting the generated control data to a control device of the elevator system. The method may be implemented using a portable device carried by the user and equipped with a projector and an infrared camera thereby eliminating conventional operating panels in the elevator system.

An automatic configuration method of fixture and a fixture. The automatic configuration method of fixture includes: S1: sending, by a fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address to an elevator controller; S2: judging a control function corresponding to the predetermined address; and S3: configuring the fixture according to the control function corresponding to the predetermined address. The automatic configuration method of fixture and the fixture of the present invention have the advantages of being simple, reliable, convenient to maintain and the like, and can automatically configure the fixture during installation and maintenance, effectively improving the user experience.

A destination call-giving device for giving destination calls in an elevator system includes a device available to a user for selecting a destination floor from a plurality of floors that are in a certain sequence, and an output for communicating the selected destination floor to the control system of the elevator system. The device for selecting a destination floor includes a touch-sensitive display forming a user interface for presenting to the user information related to the selection of a destination floor and for receiving the input of the user. The destination floor is arranged to be selectable by the user from the aforementioned plurality of floors by moving a touch-sensitive point on a touch-sensitive display.

The invention concerns a control panel for an elevator system, the panel having an electronic control unit to which a touch sensitive screen as an interface available to a user is connected, the touch screen having incorporated a user accessibility-wheel which is felt haptic for the user, wherein an elevator command can be entered by means of the accessibility-wheel.

An elevator system includes a control unit, a user interface unit, and a first access point unit. The first access point unit is configured as an access point of a first wireless network. The first access point unit, the control unit and the user interface unit are configured to communicate within the first wireless network. The control unit includes a second access point unit, the second access point unit being configured as an access point of a second wireless network. The second access point unit is configured to communicate with a plurality of client devices within the second wireless network. The first access point unit and the user interface unit are configured for sending and receiving an alarm signal therebetween within the first wireless network independent of the control unit.

Common platform user interface touch systems including a first housing component having at least one input element, a second housing component to define an enclosure with the first housing component, a pressure sensing element disposed within the enclosure and configured to receive user input from the at least one input element, and an interface controller operably connected to the pressure sensing element and configured to receive inputs from the pressure sensing element to detect user input at the at least one input element.

An elevator system may include an elevator car that is configured to transport a passenger between floors of a building as well as a sensor system in the elevator car that is configured to detect a passenger's location, orientation, and/or height. The elevator system may further include a touchscreen that can display a virtual car operating panel at a location on the touchscreen that is based on the location, orientation, and/or height of the passenger. The virtual car operating panel may be configured to receive input from the passenger regarding a destination floor. The touchscreen may be configured to display a virtual car operating panel for each passenger based on each passenger's location, orientation, and/or height on the elevator car.

A method for a haptic feedback system for one or more elevator systems includes detecting a user indication provided via a user interface device of one of the one or more elevator systems, receiving at least one status information, and generating a haptic output signal via the user interface device in accordance with the at least one status information. A control unit, a haptic feedback system and a computer program performing at least part of the method is disclosed.