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Granted Patent B2
US 10,494,225 · App. 15/797,009 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Control panel with accessibility wheel

Inventors: Niklas Lofberg (Helsinki, FI); Jussi Hiltunen (Helsinki, FI); Jussi Laurila (Helsinki, FI)
Assignee: Kone Corporation
B66B1/463B66B3/002G06F3/016G06F3/0488
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,494,225
App. No.
15/797,009
Filed
Oct 30, 2017
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Examiner
DINH, DUC Q
Art Unit
2692
USPC
345/173
Abstract

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.

Claims (11)

1. A control panel for an elevator system, comprising:

an electronic control unit; and

a touch sensitive touch screen, the touch sensitive touch screen connected to the electronic control unit, the touch sensitive touch screen configured to provide a user interface, the touch sensitive touch screen including an incorporated user accessibility wheel which is configured to provide haptic feedback to a user, the touch sensitive touch screen configured to enable an elevator command to be entered based on user interaction with the user accessibility wheel,

wherein the user accessibility wheel is a touch sensitive surface that is configured to provide the elevator command based on an angular displacement of a point of contact around the user accessibility wheel by the user,

wherein the user accessibility wheel is configured to provide a separate instance of haptic feedback in response to each incrementing of the angular displacement by a particular angular distance around the user accessibility wheel.

2. The control panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a speaker configured to provide an audible indication of an actual status of the elevator command as offered by the control panel.

3. The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensitive touch screen includes at least one pushdown-button-area configured to enable user-initiated entering of a control command based on user interaction with the at least one pushdown-button-area.

4. The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the user accessibility wheel includes a grooved wheel or an embossed wheel on a surface of the touch sensitive touch screen.

5. The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensitive touch screen includes a display screen.

6. An elevator with a control panel according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2017
From: LOFBERG, NIKLAS; HILTUNEN, JUSSI; LAURILA, JUSSI
To: KONE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2015061151 · May 20, 2015
Related Publication 20180127234A1 · May 10, 2018