US Patent Issued to INVENTIO on Dec. 23 for "Operating method for an elevator operating device with a touch-sensitive screen system" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,336, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Operating method for an elevator operating device with a touch-sensitive screen system" was invented by Marcel Ackermann (Kirchberg, Switzerland) and Nicolas Hafliger (Oberageri, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator operating device for a floor comprises a touch-sensitive screen. Call symbols are displayed on a user interface, one of which has to be touched in order to input a character stored for this call symbol. In order to enter a two-digit destination floor, the passenger leaves their finger on the touch surface after inputting a fir...