Microsoft's intelligent elevator will communicate by gesture

Elevator is one of the great inventions of man. It makes traveling in high-rise buildings a lot easier. But can a device that is so convenient can become even more convenient? That's exactly what the scientists at Microsoft are doing.

We have smart phones, smart clocks, even smart homes! Then why not build a "smart elevator"? That's the question that Microsoft has put together - and to find the answer itself, by installing a Kinect camera in the elevator, programming it to recognize when someone wants to use and automatically open the door. . How convenient!

The project is currently underway at the Microsoft Redmond-based Washington Laboratory under the direction of director Eric Horvitz. In the early stages, researchers here put a Kinect camera in the lobby to collect data about people's behavior when preparing to go up the elevator or just passing by.

Microsoft develops "Smart Elevator"

In the next phase of the project, they will be programming the elevator to interact with the user by gesture, as director Horvitz told the Washington Post: "A heavy object and As an elevator will now be able to communicate with the very cute gestures as asked "Do you want to go up?" has opened the door to offer " (Probably pushed the door back and forth when It's not sure if you want to use elevators or not. There is another possibility that you can signal by nodding, and the elevator will know what to do, although this possibility has not been tested.

At the present time, you will not be able to find this technology anywhere except the Microsoft lab. But maybe, in the future, when you are anxiously waiting for the elevator and constantly complaining "hurry up," you will not have to complain to a silent wall anymore.