Elevator recognizer, ideas please

By Ramy, 27 October, 2023

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Hello all:
I've an elevator in my building, and i need an app or an idea to know if the elevator is in my floor or another one? because if i pull the door and the elevator is not here, the elevator will stop, and this is not right.
so, is there an app or something that can help?
thanks in advance

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By Holger Fiallo on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

Unless there is Braille or a rase number next to the door that show the number. Maybe the seeing AI app camera can tell you if you know where to point where the number on the elevator is showing. My building have the tone for each floor and voice letting me know. The voice is not consistent but the beat is.

By Unregistered User (not verified) on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

By the sounds of your post, this is an early 20th century style lift that has yet to be modernized. Are there any chimes or lights that activate when the lift is at your floor? Is there a window in the door that will let light from the elevator out when it arrives on your floor? You could use SeeingAI to detect light in that case. Worst case scenario is you open the door to physically check as a passive-aggressive message to the building owner to invest in modernizing what is a clear and present safety risk for all tenants. I wouldn't advise that since an elevator is capable of easily killing you. Long term you'd probably have a better (and much safer) time getting building management to fix the problem for everyone.

By Ramy on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

ok, but all i need is to know if the elevator arrives or not? in norder to pull the door or not

By Ramy on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

yes, each door has a small window to see if the elevator is here or not, but will see me eye wll tell me? and what about a way to know in what floor is the elevator now?

By Julian on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

With a light detector app running, hold the phone's camera up to the window on the door and hopefully it will indicate that the elevator has arrived when the light inside the elevator becomes visible.

By Brian on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

Ok so I cannot say if this is standardized or not. However, I do know that it exists, where the outside frame of the elevator doors, in other words if you are in a lobby, etc looking at the doors or inside the elevator car, the frames can have raised numbering for each floor. In my experiences, it usually tends to be on your right. Again, as if you were outside facing in, so obviously if you are inside, when the doors open, just feel the frame on your left from about your chest height and slowly move upwards.
Hopefully, your elevators have this feature. it is life saver.

By Unregistered User (not verified) on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

If there's a window, then you can use a light detector like the one in Seeing AI. Unfortunately, you're probably not going to be able to figure out what floor the lift is on and whether or not it's in service. SeeingAI can recognize text, but that feature has its limits. Like I said, your best bet is to take this up with building management, because it sounds like this elevator is so old that accessibility standards weren't even a concept when it was installed. You said "pull" so I'm guessing this is the kind of lift with landing doors that swing open, no cab door, and probably no floor markers on the landing door frame. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

By Brad on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

I'm in the UK and think that might be something found only in the US, kind of like the braille signs you guys have.

By Brian on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 08:31

If my high rise building I live in did not have talking elevators with Braille on the control panel. Sorry, I am not trying to brag, more like its one of those things that we "yanks" take for granted I guess. 😖