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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2011
Matthew Joyce, Avon, CT (US);
Ashley Chapman, Avon, CT (US);
Osamu Sakai, Tchiba, JP;
Jannah A. Stanley, Portland, CT (US);
Vijay Jayachandran, West Hartford, CT (US);
Baudelaire St. Louis, Meriden, CT (US);
Matthew Joyce, Avon, CT (US);
Ashley Chapman, Avon, CT (US);
Osamu Sakai, Tchiba, JP;
Jannah A. Stanley, Portland, CT (US);
Vijay Jayachandran, West Hartford, CT (US);
Baudelaire St. Louis, Meriden, CT (US);
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An exemplary elevator passenger interface device includes a passenger communication component that facilitates communications between a passenger and an elevator system. Such communications include passenger input to request elevator service and information provided to the passenger. A controller controls the passenger communication component to control its functionality including providing selected information to the passenger. The controller includes a customization module configured to change the functionality of the passenger communication component responsive to authorized user input that is distinct from the passenger input. The authorized user input includes a selection of at least one of a feature used to present information to a passenger or a feature used to allow a passenger to request elevator service.