Patent ID: 11972667
Assignee: DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating an automated transaction machine (ATM) comprising:
receiving a user input through at least one user interface of the ATM;
directing the user input to at least one computing device of the ATM arranged in communication with said at least one user interface;
receiving the user input with the at least one computing device after said directing; disposing at least one privacy panel along a side of said user interface and also along a side of a display of the ATM;
positioning at least one lighting element at an edge of the at least one privacy panel; and
controlling the at least one lighting element, with the at least one computing device, to direct light of a first color and light of a second color into the edge of the at least one privacy panel, wherein the at least one lighting element is further defined as configured to selectively emit differently colored light; and
receiving, at the at least one computing device, a signal from an intrusion sensor corresponding to an attempted intrusion of the ATM by a perpetrator; and
controlling, with the at least one computing device, the at least one lighting element to emit light of a first color in response to receipt of the user input during said receiving the user input with the at least one computing device and to emit light of a second color different than the first color in response to receipt of the signal from the intrusion sensor during said receiving the signal from the intrusion sensor with the at least one computing device.