ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,122, issued on July 28, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Autonomous human-machine-interface in the form of a landing operation panel or a landing information panel for an elevator installation" was invented by Stefano Carriero (Cham, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human-machine-interface formed as a landing operation panel or a landing information panel for an elevator installation has: an interaction unit (3) that responds to actuation by a passenger to generate input signals and/or to output output signals to be perceived by the passenger; a communication unit that transmits the input signals to ...