Card activated automated banking machine with improved resistance to fraud
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a card reader operative to read data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts;
an automated banking machine including;
a housing;
a cash dispenser in operatively supported connection with the housing;
a user interface in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the user interface includes at least one input device and at least one output device, wherein the at least one input device includes the card reader;
a user transaction location, wherein at the user transaction location, at least one of user inputs are provided to the machine and items are input to or received from the machine;
at least one radiation output device on the machine, wherein the at least one radiation output device is adjacent the user transaction location;
at least one radiation sensing device on the machine, wherein the at least one radiation sensing device is adjacent the user transaction location;
banking machine control circuitry,wherein the control circuitry includes at least one processor, wherein the control circuitry is in operative connection with the at least one radiation output device and the at least one radiation sensing device,wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the at least one radiation output device to output radiation intermittently,wherein the control circuitry is operative to determine at least one first radiation level sensed by the at least one radiation sensing device when the at least one radiation output device is not operating,wherein the control circuitry is operative to determine at least one second radiation level when the at least one radiation output device is operating,wherein the control circuitry is operative to compare first data corresponding to the at least one first radiation level and second data corresponding to the at least one second radiation level,wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the automated banking machine to take at least one action responsive to the comparison.
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Abstract
A banking system that is controlled by data bearing records includes a cash dispensing automated banking machine that includes a card reader, a keypad, a cash outlet, a deposit accepting opening and other transaction locations that may be susceptible to the installation of fraud devices. The machine is operative to sense the probable installation of unauthorized devices. Such unauthorized devices may include fraudulent card reading devices, fraudulent keypad input intercepting devices, cash outlet trap devices, deposit input diversion devices or other fraud devices. Control circuitry in operative connection with radiation output and radiation sensing devices, operates to identify conditions corresponding to the probable installation of a fraud device on the machine and to take actions in response thereto.
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21 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a card reader operative to read data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts; an automated banking machine including; a housing; a cash dispenser in operatively supported connection with the housing; a user interface in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the user interface includes at least one input device and at least one output device, wherein the at least one input device includes the card reader; a user transaction location, wherein at the user transaction location, at least one of user inputs are provided to the machine and items are input to or received from the machine; at least one radiation output device on the machine, wherein the at least one radiation output device is adjacent the user transaction location; at least one radiation sensing device on the machine, wherein the at least one radiation sensing device is adjacent the user transaction location; banking machine control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry includes at least one processor, wherein the control circuitry is in operative connection with the at least one radiation output device and the at least one radiation sensing device, wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the at least one radiation output device to output radiation intermittently, wherein the control circuitry is operative to determine at least one first radiation level sensed by the at least one radiation sensing device when the at least one radiation output device is not operating, wherein the control circuitry is operative to determine at least one second radiation level when the at least one radiation output device is operating, wherein the control circuitry is operative to compare first data corresponding to the at least one first radiation level and second data corresponding to the at least one second radiation level, wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the automated banking machine to take at least one action responsive to the comparison. - 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 coded record sensing system comprising:
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a card reader operative to read data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts; an automated banking machine housing; a cash dispenser in operatively supported connection with the housing; a user interface including a card reader slot, in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the card reader slot is in operative connection with the card reader; at least one radiation output device associated with an automated banking machine wherein the at least one radiation output device is adjacent the card reader slot; at least one radiation sensing device associated with the machine, wherein the at least one radiation sensing device is adjacent the card reader slot; banking machine control circuitry, wherein the banking machine control circuitry includes at least one processor, wherein the banking machine control circuitry is in operative connection with the at least one radiation output device and the at least one radiation sensing device; wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the at least one radiation output device to output radiation intermittently, wherein the control circuitry is operative to determine
at least one first radiation level sensed by the at least one radiation sensing device when the at least one radiation output device is not operating, and to
at least one second radiation level when the at least one radiation output device is operating,wherein the control circuitry is operative to compare first data corresponding to the determined at least one first radiation level and second data corresponding to the at least one second radiation level, wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the machine to take at least one action responsive to the comparison.
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20. Apparatus comprising:
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at least one computer associated with an automated transaction machine which includes at least one reader device operative to read user data corresponding to financial accounts, a user interface, at least one radiation emitter located adjacent the user interface, and at least one radiation sensor located adjacent the user interface, wherein the at least one computer is configured to cause the at least one radiation emitter to emit radiation, wherein the at least one computer is configured to obtain first data, wherein the first data corresponds to at least one radiation level sensed by the at least one radiation sensor while the radiation emitter was operating to emit radiation, wherein the at least one computer is configured to obtain second data, wherein the second data corresponds to at least one radiation level sensed by the at least one radiation sensor while the radiation emitter was not operating to emit radiation, wherein the at least one computer is configured to cause a comparison of the first data and the second data, wherein the at least one computer is configured to cause responsive at least in part to a result of the comparison, the automated transaction machine to take at least one action. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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