Patent ID: 8317089
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A manipulation detection system for removable money cassettes used in automated teller machines, comprising: the money cassette having a lockable cash input/output slot for the deposit and/or withdrawal of cash in the operating position in the automated teller machine, the cash input/output slot being opened automatically when the money cassette is inserted into the automated teller machine even before said cassette has reached its operating position, wherein a notice of manipulation is generated at the money cassette by way of a sensor when the input/output slot is opened, the money cassette having a first switch that is actuated automatically when the money cassette is inserted into the automated teller machine, the automated teller machine having a second switch that is similarly actuated automatically when the money cassette is inserted into the automated teller machine, wherein, when the two switches are actuated, a timer in the money cassette and a timer in the automated teller machine respectively are started, the two timers being stopped automatically when the money cassette has reached its operating position, an evaluation and control device in the automated teller machine that compares the timer status of the timer in the money cassette with the timer status of the timer in the automated teller machine, wherein the notice of manipulation at the money cassette is canceled by a signal from the automated teller machine upon a positive result of the comparison.