A user can input commands into a lock by gesturing on a surface of the lock. The gesture is made by sliding a finger over multiple buttons on the lock surface. The lock recognizes the gesture based on the buttons touched by the sliding finger and the order in which they were touched. The lock associates a particular command with the recognized gesture.

An exemplary elevator passenger interface device includes a touch screen configured to allow a passenger to indicate a request for elevator service by touching the screen. An assistance button is positioned near the touch screen. A controller is configured to determine a destination requested by a passenger touching the screen. The controller is also configured to determine whether the assistance button has been manipulated and then to determine a destination requested by a passenger from a subsequent manipulation of the assistance button.

A call panel of an elevator system includes at least one touch-sensitive display. On the surface of the touch-sensitive display are embossed marks, e.g. Braille characters, and embossed lines connecting them, as well as function buttons associated with the embossed marks.

An electronic elevator guard device that monitors a set of integrity states of a plurality of elevator features includes at least one sensor in an elevator and configured for monitoring at least a first of the integrity states and generating a first monitoring signal based on a sensed current status of the first integrity state. The guard device includes a questioning device having or communicating with a human-machine interface and configured for asking predetermined questions to a consulted person and for receiving the person's answers via the human-machine interface, the questions relating to at least a second of the integrity states, and generating a second monitoring signal based on at least one answer. The guard device includes an evaluation device configured for generating an overall monitoring signal based on the first and second monitoring signals and sending the overall signal to a remote recipient via a communication device.

An elevator system includes an elevator controller, an elevator car, and an operating terminal. The operating terminal includes a 3D sensor system and a touch-sensitive screen system to generate a graphical user interface for display on a touch-sensitive screen. The graphical user interface includes predetermined content. The 3D sensor system determines a surface area on the touch-sensitive screen to be touched by a user when selecting displayed content of interest and generates a control signal having at least one indication specifying the surface area when an object is within a predetermined distance from the touch-sensitive screen. The touch-sensitive screen system generates a display region within the graphical user interface in response to the at least one indication, wherein the display region includes an enlargement of content, and wherein the display region is sized to overlap at least a portion of the surface area.

An elevator installation has elevator operating devices arranged on floors of a building and communicatively connected to an elevator controller. The elevator operating devices include main operating devices configured for inputting a destination floor desired by a passenger and for outputting travel information, and at least one secondary operating device arranged on one of the floors. The secondary operating device is next to the main operating device on the one floor and is communicatively connected to the elevator controller. The secondary operating device has a touch-sensitive screen system that confirms a destination floor, input by touch, by a tactilely perceptible feedback in order to support a passenger with a physical limitation when inputting a call. The elevator controller determines travel information for the destination floor input on the secondary operating device and communicates this information to the passenger by the main operating device arranged next to the secondary operating device.

According to an aspect, there is provided a signalization apparatus, the signalization apparatus comprising a first input module comprising a capacitive proximity sensing arrangement configured to detect a gesture from a user; a second input module comprising at least one signalization interface element and configured to detect an input from the user; an analysis module coupled to the first and the second input module and configured to analyze signals received from the first and the second input module to generate a control signal; and an interface coupled to the analysis module and configured to receive the control signal and provide the control signal to a controller.

An elevator operating device has a bus interface device, a storage device, a screen system and a control device. The storage device stores configuration data and electronic instructions for selectable operating modes of the elevator operating device, wherein a first operating mode is designed for processing an elevator call that indicates a direction of travel, and wherein a second operating mode is designed for processing an elevator call that indicates a destination floor. The screen system is designed to depict a graphical user surface on a touch-sensitive screen. The control device is designed to read the configuration data and the electronic instructions for a selected operating mode from the storage device and to operate the elevator operating device according to the selected operating mode.

An elevator operation panel, an elevator system and an elevator panel display method. The elevator operation panel includes: a display area configured to display first floor information of the building based at least on an elevator movement trend, wherein the first floor information includes all floors that the elevator has not yet arrived at on the elevator movement trend; a touch control area configured to receive an input instruction; and a control unit configured to receive an input instruction from the touch control area, and adjust display information of the display area according to the input instruction, wherein the control unit is further configured to receive the floor change information of the building, and adjust the display information of the display area according to the floor change information of the building.

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.