Patent ID: 7815103
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G05B,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer program embodied in a computer-readable medium for predicting the probable future status of one or more components within an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, the components including (A) a pick mechanism which withdraws currency sheets from a storage cassette and which is driven by a first electric motor ( (B) a transport mechanism which receives currency sheets from the pick mechanism and which is driven by a second electric motor ( (C) a purge bin ( and the ATM comprising (1) a plurality of sensors arranged to monitor the operation of components of the ATM, said sensors including (2) a control means arranged to receive information from said plurality of sensors, the program being adapted to: a) receive said sensor information; b) analyze said information to ascertain sensor patterns from said sensor information; c) compare said sensor patterns with detectors, which are predefined patterns, indicative of the future condition of said one or more components within the ATM; and d) classify said sensor patterns as being