Hyundai Elevator made an announcement on March 16 that it has developed "Air Touch," a non-contact button that allows users to enter the target floor without pressing the button by applying IR (infrared) sensor technology.
The air touch, which operates by recognizing the movement of the front of the button (14-20mm) by a sensor installed on the side of the destination call button, is available in two types, "One Bar" and "Two Bar" to meet elevator specifications and field design characteristics.
In particular, it has been designed to be additionally applied to existing elevators, increasing the general purpose.
The previously developed contactless buttons for elevators were IR sensors applied to each button, and there were problems that both cleaning and visually impaired people contacted to recognize Braille were recognized as floor registration.
Hyundai Elevator's air touch perfectly improves this error by applying a location recognition method.
"Because it recognizes and controls the movement of passengers' fingers with IR sensors, it is also possible to implement a new type of target floor input system that applies virtual floor buttons without physical buttons." said a company official.
