Apparatus and Method for Detecting Tampering of a Printer Compartment
First Claim
1. An apparatus for detecting tampering, comprising:
- a printer;
a printer compartment located within the printer;
a switch capable of being coupled to the printer compartment, wherein the switch is adapted to close when tampering with the printer compartment occurs;
a tamper detection device capable of being in a tamper state and a non-tamper state, wherein the tamper detection device discharges and places the tamper detection device in the tamper state when the switch is closed to indicate that tampering has occurred; and
a set of power sources, wherein the set of power sources provides charge to the tamper detection device and places the tamper detection device in the non-tamper state.
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Abstract
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for detecting tampering. The apparatus includes a printer and a printer compartment located within the printer. The apparatus also includes a switch capable of being coupled to the printer compartment. The switch is adapted to close when tampering with the printer compartment occurs. The apparatus includes a tamper detection device capable of being in a tamper state and a non-tamper state. The tamper detection device discharges and places the tamper detection device in the tamper state when the switch is closed to indicate that tampering has occurred. The apparatus includes a set of power sources. The set of power sources provides charge to the tamper detection device and places the tamper detection device in the non-tamper state.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for detecting tampering, comprising:
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a printer; a printer compartment located within the printer; a switch capable of being coupled to the printer compartment, wherein the switch is adapted to close when tampering with the printer compartment occurs; a tamper detection device capable of being in a tamper state and a non-tamper state, wherein the tamper detection device discharges and places the tamper detection device in the tamper state when the switch is closed to indicate that tampering has occurred; and a set of power sources, wherein the set of power sources provides charge to the tamper detection device and places the tamper detection device in the non-tamper state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for detecting tampering, comprising:
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moving the printer compartment, wherein the printer compartment is coupled to a printer; responsive to a tampering of the printer compartment, closing a switch, wherein the switch is coupled to the printer compartment; and responsive to closing the switch, discharging a tamper detection device to indicate a tamper state, wherein a set of power sources provide charge to the tamper detection device while the tamper detection device indicates a non-tamper state.
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20. An apparatus for detecting tampering, comprising:
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a fiscal printer; a printer compartment located within the fiscal printer, wherein the printer compartment is a printer drawer; a switch capable of being coupled to the printer compartment, wherein the switch is adapted to close when tampering with the printer compartment occurs; a tamper detection device capable of being in a tamper state and a non-tamper state, wherein the tamper detection device discharges and places the tamper detection device in the tamper state when the switch is closed to indicate that tampering has occurred, and wherein the tamper detection device comprises a capacitor; a set of power sources, wherein the set of power sources provides charge to the tamper detection device and places the tamper detection device in the non-tamper state, wherein the set of power sources comprises a first power source used by the fiscal printer and a battery; and a tamper state detection module, wherein the tamper state detection module is used by a printer processor to determine a state of the tamper detection device, wherein the state is one of the tamper state and the non-tamper state.
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