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Leave the button recessed after it's been selected, even if the LED fails (how often does this actually happen?) it's still a visual and tactile indicator. To

by h4waii 4y ago

Leave the button recessed after it's been selected, even if the LED fails (how often does this actually happen?) it's still a visual and tactile indicator. To deselect the floor, simply press in again.

pclmulqdq 4y ago
Those buttons are expensive and fail relatively quickly. It's a good idea, though.
Fatnino 4y ago
Remove the buttons entirely and replace with a QRcode/NFC thing where each rider can vote/unvote where he personally wants to go. This can also work outside before the elevator arrives so a routing system can decide to bundle up a bunch of people going to the same floor in one express elevator. Haven't thought out how the ux would look to keep the wrong people out of that one elevator.
- jhugo 4y ago
  Many elevators in tall buildings have you select the floor when you arrive at the elevator bank, then it assigns you an elevator (usually denoted with letters A, B, C, D etc). When that elevator opens you get in (along with other people who were assigned that elevator), and it will stop at your floor (as well as other floors for other people).
  - robocat 4y ago
    Otis has a touch-screen system where you enter the exact destination: https://www.otis.com/documents/256045/11235683/22032_Compass_360_BROCHURE_D13_Letter_WEB%5B1%5D.pdf https://www.otis.com/documents/256045/11235683/22032_Compass...
- thaumasiotes 4y ago
  > Remove the buttons entirely and replace with a QRcode/NFC thing where each rider can vote/unvote where he personally wants to go. My local pizza place plays music based on customer voting through a smartphone app. It's not necessary to be there in order to vote - you just need the app. This elevator design could be fun in similar ways.
  - Fatnino 4y ago
    Yeah, that's why I added NFC to at least approximate presence.
remram 4y ago
Now you made the buttons even more complicated, requiring some sort of magnet or motor in addition to a simple LED. And what do you do when that fails?

by h4waii 4y ago

pclmulqdq 4y ago

Those buttons are expensive and fail relatively quickly. It's a good idea, though.

Fatnino 4y ago

Remove the buttons entirely and replace with a QRcode/NFC thing where each rider can vote/unvote where he personally wants to go. This can also work outside before the elevator arrives so a routing system can decide to bundle up a bunch of people going to the same floor in one express elevator. Haven't thought out how the ux would look to keep the wrong people out of that one elevator.

jhugo 4y ago
Many elevators in tall buildings have you select the floor when you arrive at the elevator bank, then it assigns you an elevator (usually denoted with letters A, B, C, D etc). When that elevator opens you get in (along with other people who were assigned that elevator), and it will stop at your floor (as well as other floors for other people).
- robocat 4y ago
  Otis has a touch-screen system where you enter the exact destination: https://www.otis.com/documents/256045/11235683/22032_Compass_360_BROCHURE_D13_Letter_WEB%5B1%5D.pdf https://www.otis.com/documents/256045/11235683/22032_Compass...
thaumasiotes 4y ago
> Remove the buttons entirely and replace with a QRcode/NFC thing where each rider can vote/unvote where he personally wants to go. My local pizza place plays music based on customer voting through a smartphone app. It's not necessary to be there in order to vote - you just need the app. This elevator design could be fun in similar ways.
- Fatnino 4y ago
  Yeah, that's why I added NFC to at least approximate presence.

remram 4y ago

Now you made the buttons even more complicated, requiring some sort of magnet or motor in addition to a simple LED. And what do you do when that fails?