ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,653, issued on May 5, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).
"Elevator operating device with waiting time and occupancy symbolizations" was invented by Jacqueline Walther (Emmenbrucke, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator operating device for inputting a travel request on a floor of a building has a touch-sensitive screen system, which has a screen region that is visible to a passenger, and a central control device. The central control device controls the screen system in a first mode, to display a first graphical user interface, and in a second mode, to display a second graphical user interface. The fi...