An operating panel (1) for an elevator is presented, the operation panel (1) comprising a plurality of buttons (3) for selecting one of a plurality of target floors and a plurality of touch-sensitive areas (5), each of the plurality of touch-sensitive areas (5) being associated to one of the buttons (3). The operation panel (1) further comprises an output device (7, 8) such as a display or a loudspeaker for outputting information (17, 19), a control unit (9) being connected to each of the buttons (3), to each of the touch-sensitive areas (5) and to the output device (7, 8) and a data storage device (11) comprising at least one data folder stored therein. Therein, each data folder comprises information relating to one of the target floors. The control unit (9) is adapted to, upon triggering one of the touch-sensitive areas (5), reading one of the plurality of data folders comprising information relating to the target floor selectable by the button (3) to which the touch-sensitive area (5) is associated and outputting the information via the outputting device (7, 8). Furthermore, the control unit (9) is adapted to, upon triggering once more the one of the touch-sensitive areas (5), reading another data folder comprising another information relating to the target floor selectable by the button (3) to which the touch-sensitive area (5) is associated and outputting the information via the outputting device (7, 8). The proposed operation panel (1) may provide for easy and intuitive information release to a user of an elevator.


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    Title :

    Operating panel for an elevator providing options of indicating additional floor information


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-06-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B66B Aufzüge , ELEVATORS



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