Patent ID: 7040458
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. A method of interacting with a user of an elevator system having multiple elevator cars serving a plurality of floors with a graphical hall call device on one of the plurality of floors, the method comprising: detecting and displaying on the graphical hall call device depictions of elevator cars accessible on the one floor; displaying on the graphical hall call device respective assigned destinations for each depiction of an accessible elevator car; receiving sequentially-entered, single numeric digit keypad entries designating a user desired destination; and generating a destination confirmation event on the graphical hall call device in response to receiving a user desired destination by monitoring elapsed time since an initial numeric single digit keypad entry, comparing the elapsed time to a threshold, resetting the destination confirmation event on the graphical hall call device in response to determining that a user entry command indicating completion of floor entry has not occurred prior to the elapsed time exceeding the threshold.