ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,551, issued on Feb. 10.
"Data capture device for an elevator system and a building access control system" was invented by Tobias Friedli (Baden, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data capture device for a building system has a housing in which a display device, an optical reading device, and a first reading device are arranged and which are communicatively connected to a control device arranged in the housing. The optical reading device is embodied to optically detect information from a first information carrier, wherein the optical reading device is arranged in such a way that light from the direction of the front side of...