Patent ID: 8225993

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: at least one reader operable to read user data usable to identify a financial account, a user interface, at least one radiation output device adjacent the user interface, wherein the at least one radiation output device is operable to generate radiation, at least one radiation sensing device, wherein the at least one radiation sensing device is operable to sense radiation generated by the at least one radiation output device, at least one computer operatively connected with the at least one radiation output device and the at least one radiation sensing device, wherein the at least one computer is configured to cause the at least one radiation output device to intermittently generate radiation, wherein the at least one computer is configured to determine whether a level of radiation sensed by the at least one radiation sensing device exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the at least one computer is configured to cause responsive at least in part to a positive determination, at least one action associated with an abnormal condition of the machine to be taken.