Analysis+and+Interpretation



Analysis & Interpretation
**Survey summary** 76% females 24% males use the elevator Age group with most use = 21-24 Wait time for the elevator = more than 5minutes =16% more than one minute = 52% less than 30 seconds= 12% 30-50 seconds = 28% Most used = evening 32% feel its necessary for the button in the apartment. The survey and the feedback provided an efficient way of implementing new designs into the topic. This centers around the idea of collaborative design. It helped us the designers to make a user-centered design because they stated the problems they had with the technology and we took their feedback and redesigned the elevator to suit their needs. Below are the concepts which we have established as a response to the feedback that was obtained for the redesign of the elevator.

__**Increased speed of elevator**__ People often experience wasting their time on the elevator as it operates slowly. For this reason, an increased speed of elevator operates 2 times faster than the normal speed when people are in the elevator. However, when the people are out of the elevator, the sensor will detect that the elevator is empty. Then, it would gradually increase its speed 4 times faster than usual speed as it moves past the floors so that the elevator would reach to the next floor immediately. As the elevator operates 4 times faster when people are not in the elevator, it would definitely operate much faster and people would be satisfied getting on the elevator in a short period of time.

__**Correction button**__ Certain issues around elevator comes from accidentally pressing the wrong button by mistake. For example, when a person accidentally presses 14th floor instead of pressing 16th floor, he would have to wait until it reaches to his floor since it stops at 14th floor first and then goes up to reach the 16th floor. Because of this, people can waste their time just by pressing the wrong button. Therefore, it may be an efficient way to install the "correction button" system in order to cancel the button that a person accidentally pressed. This system works by re-pressing the same button again to cancel the mistaken button. This way, people do not need to stop and waste their time on the elevator, simply by re-pressing the button.

__**Button for disabled people**__ There are many disabled people in this society, and many of them do not get fairness in many cases. In a redesign of the elevator system, there could be several designs especially for people with disabilities. There are two major possible designs. First one is targeting mainly people with chronic arthritis or people who cannot use their finger properly. Instead of using a regular button for elevator, we can make a button as touch pad. Touch pad do not need any strength of finger or hand. It will be much more comfortable to people who has hand disability. Second redesign aimed at people with wheelchair. It will take more time for them to go in to the elevator, because they have a wheelchair. And it might be dangerous for them if the elevator door closes before they go in. The designers and engineers can make a wheelchair button near a regular button, so it gives more opening time for elevator. In this way, wheelchair people can take their time to go in to the elevator. Also sometimes, people with the wheelchair cannot reach the button, so they can make a “wheelchair priority button” little bit lower than a regular button.

__**Inside sensor system**__ Installing sensor inside of the elevator enables to reduce for wasting time. The sensor identifies whether people are in the elevator or not. So if there is nobody in the elevator, the speed of the elevator increases. Since the elevator carries nothing, it is wasting time to move at the normal speed, but it would be dangerous and uncomfortable when people are taking the elevator with very high speed. Therefore, the sensor can control the speed of elevator. The sensor indicates the elevator to move normally when people are taking the elevator, and to move faster when nobody is in the elevator.

__**Outside sensor system**__ Installing sensor in front of the elevator also reduces for wasting tie. Sometime people press the button and leave for some reasons, then the elevator stops at that floor for nothing, which is unreasonable and wasting time for people who take or wait for the elevator. So the sensor system can control the elevator to stop or not by detecting people around the waiting area. When nobody is waiting for the elevator, the elevator does not stop. (Weight - if the elevator is empty, weight, the elevator does not stop even though the button is pressed) __Setting pass code for elevators__ ** The elevator call system would consist of a button to call the elevator up for people on higher floors to get priority to use the elevator. This system would consist of a timer and a button to call the elevator. In order for people to set the timer for the elevator to come up they would have to enter a password first preferably their apartment number before they can set the time for the elevator to come up. This button would be installed on the 22nd to 38th floor of every high-rise building so they can get the elevators early. People on the upper floors find it more difficult to use the elevators efficiently because most times elevators get stuck on the ground floor or middle floors. Another way to maintain efficiency and reduce elevator wait time would be to create posters that would encourage people on the lower floors of a building to use the stairs. It is easier to take the stairs down from the lower floors as opposed to someone on the upper floors. The posters can encourage a healthier lifestyle by taking the stairs. This in the long run reduces elevator wait time.
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