Patent ID: 6839083

Claim:
A monitoring device for security in an automatic teller machine comprising: a detector for detecting a phenomenon required for security; a monitoring unit for acquiring information required for security; a recording unit for recording the information acquired by said monitoring unit; a security monitoring controller operative when said detector detects said phenomenon to record monitoring information acquired by said monitoring unit; and a backup power supply unit for continuing supply of a voltage by a backup power source when a voltage supplied from a commercial power source is interrupted to maintain a security monitoring function; a line controller for transmitting said monitoring information to a monitoring center through said security monitoring controller and a wired communication line; and a communication unit for wirelessly transmitting said monitoring information to said monitoring center when transmission through said line controller is not available; wherein said detector has a plurality of detector parts mounted in different sides of the monitoring device, said monitoring unit has a plurality of monitoring parts mounted in different sides of the monitoring device, and one of said line controller and said communication unit transmits preponderantly the monitoring information acquired by one of said monitoring parts mounted in a side mounting one of the detector parts which detects the phenomenon.