Automated banking machine with improved resistance to fraud
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1. An automated banking machine apparatus comprising:
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a cash dispenser in operatively supported connection with the housing;
a user interface in operatively supported connection with the housing, the user interface including at least one input device and at least one output device, wherein the at least one input device includes a card reader, wherein the card reader is in operative connection with a card reader slot including an opening externally of the housing;
at least one sensor disposed in the housing adjacent the slot, wherein the at least one sensor is operative to sense at least one radiation property, such that positioning an unauthorized card reading device externally of the opening adjacent the slot, causes at least one change in at least one radiation property sensed by the at least one sensor;
at least one controller, wherein the at least one controller is in operative connection with the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one controller is operative to generate at least one signal responsive to the at least one sensor sensing the at least one change.
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Abstract
A cash dispensing automated banking machine includes a card reader associated with a card slot. An anti-fraud sensing device is able to sense ambient light or generated radiation that passes to the sensing device through the card reader slot. The installation of an unauthorized card reading device on the machine changes at least one property sensed by the sensing device. A controller in the machine receives signals from the sensing device, and determines if an unauthorized card reading device has been installed.
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1. An automated banking machine apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a cash dispenser in operatively supported connection with the housing; a user interface in operatively supported connection with the housing, the user interface including at least one input device and at least one output device, wherein the at least one input device includes a card reader, wherein the card reader is in operative connection with a card reader slot including an opening externally of the housing; at least one sensor disposed in the housing adjacent the slot, wherein the at least one sensor is operative to sense at least one radiation property, such that positioning an unauthorized card reading device externally of the opening adjacent the slot, causes at least one change in at least one radiation property sensed by the at least one sensor; at least one controller, wherein the at least one controller is in operative connection with the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one controller is operative to generate at least one signal responsive to the at least one sensor sensing the at least one change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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a) sensing with at least one sensor located within a housing of a cash dispensing automated banking machine, a detectable magnitude of at least one property of radiation reaching the at least one sensor through a card reader slot associated with a card reader of the machine; b) evaluating the magnitude sensed in (a), through operation of at least one controller; c) responsive at least in part to the evaluation indicating an unacceptable change in detectable magnitudes sensed by the at least one sensor, providing at least one output associated with the indication from the automated banking machine. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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a) sensing with at least one sensor located in an automated banking machine, a first detectable intensity of a particular radiation type reaching the at least one sensor through a user interface opening; b) subsequent to step (a), sensing with the at least one sensor, a second detectable intensity of the particular radiation type reaching the at least one sensor through the user interface opening, wherein the second detectable intensity differs from the first detectable intensity; and c) responsive at least in part to step (b), operating at least one computer to cause generation of at least one signal associated with an unauthorized change in detectable intensity sensed by the at least one sensor. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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