US Patent Issued to Otis Elevator on June 23 for "Voice activated elevator passenger interface configuration device" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,350, issued on June 23, was assigned to Otis Elevator Co. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Voice activated elevator passenger interface configuration device" was invented by Harrison Daniels (Avon, Conn.), Stephen Richard Nichols (Plantsville, Conn.) and Marija Trcka (West Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator passenger interface configuration device includes a configuration input that allows an authorized individual to input an indication of a desired functionality of at least one selected elevator passenger interface that is configured to receive audible passenger input. A processor d...