Patent ID: 8052041
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) reading user data presented by a user, through operation of at least one data reader of an automated banking machine which includes (b) determining responsive at least in part to operation of at least one computer, that the user data read in (a) corresponds to a user authorized to operate the machine; (c) responsive at least in part to the determination in (b), operating the machine to receive a check from the user, (d) subsequent to (c), reading data from the check through operation of the at least one check reader; (e) subsequent to (d), moving the check in a backward direction over the first section toward the opening, wherein the backward direction is opposite the forward direction, and wherein the check moves over a same transport path section which the check moved over in (c); (f) subsequent to commencing (e), sensing through operation of the at least one check alignment sensor whether the check is aligned with the opening; and (g) responsive to a determination based at least partly on the sensing in (f) that the check is aligned with the opening, moving the check through the opening and into the sheet access area.