Patent ID: 7798395
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. An automated banking machine apparatus comprising: 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.