Patent ID: 11893864
Assignee: DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An automated teller machine comprising:
a storage container for holding a means of payment;
a transfer unit for transferring the means of payment to the storage container or from the storage container;
an input device having:
a support that has a plate-shaped user control area and that has a coupling area for coupling an object to be monitored to the input device;
an electromechanical transducer structure that is coupled both to the user control area and to the coupling area, and that features an electromechanically active material that is coupled to the support; and
a control apparatus that uses the electromechanical transducer structure to implement a user control function of the user control area and further to implement mechanical integrity monitoring of the object to be monitored and the support;

wherein the storage container is coupled to the coupling area of the input device.