main18 Aug 2006 06:12 pm
Why, oh why is there not a widespread implementation of a function to de-select floors on a elevator? We’ve all made the mistake of hitting the wrong button on the lift at one point of another, but it simply baffles me as to why there isn’t a simple interface to de-select a floor. A simple second push should de-select the floor, or maybe a two-button combo move to prevent an accidental de-selection. With all the rage in embedding computing these days, I’m certain that this would be trivial to implement.
Another feature I think would be cool is a second light in the switches that indicates floors that have had requested an elevator stop in the same direction, just so you know how long you’ll be waiting.