Design Notes
Touchless technology takes
elevator call buttons to new “highs” Edited by Mike Santora • Managing Editor
Shown here is a commercial elevator application for the HoverTap.
Vancouver-based NZ Technologies — a designer and manufacturer of human-machine interfaces (HMIs) primarily for the medical market — recently entered into a Manufacturing Collaboration Agreement with Dupar Controls to produce a modern take on elevator call buttons and panels. The latter is a maker of elevator and keypad components. Together, the companies are manufacturing a no-touch HMI and control product called the HoverTap Li to replace traditional elevator call buttons and panels — making the elevator experience more hygienic. The NZ Technologies engineering team will provide the core hardware. Dupar Controls will market the product to its extensive customer base.
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How HoverTap technology works HoverTap has two main components — capacitive sensor hardware (panel or LCD screen) and a controller loaded with programming that incorporates an AI algorithm. Together, the hardware and so ware allow accurate real-time 3D detection of users’ fingertips without any latency associated with other touchless screens. The so ware interprets these positions as command inputs.
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