Patent ID: 7658321

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: a housing, at least one input device, wherein the at least one input device includes a plurality of manual contact points, wherein the plurality of manual contact points are manually contactable by a machine user finger in providing user inputs through the at least one input device during a transaction conducted through operation of the automated banking machine, at least one output device, a cash dispenser, a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) light sources, wherein each UV light source is operative to cause UV light to irradiate a respective at least one of the plurality of manual contact points, at least one processor in the housing, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the at least one input device, the at least one output device, the cash dispenser, and the plurality of UV light sources, wherein the at least one processor is operative to determine manual contact points that have been contacted during the transaction, wherein subsequent to the transaction, the at least one processor is operative to selectively cause the plurality of UV light sources to cause UV light to irradiate the determined manual contact points.