US Patent Issued to Korea Electronics Technology Institute on Jan. 27 for "Magnetic field sensing-based noncontact button apparatus, elevator control panel, and operating method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,338, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Magnetic field sensing-based noncontact button apparatus, elevator control panel, and operating method thereof" was invented by Sang Yub Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jae Kyu Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a magnetic field sensing-based noncontact button apparatus, an elevator control panel, and an operating method thereof. In one aspect, the operating method includes collecting a magnetic field sensor value corresponding to each of a plurality of buttons based on an ...