Patent ID: 7195172

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a card reader adapted for use in an automated banking machine; at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is operative to determine at least one variable parameter; wherein the card reader includes at least one magnetic sensor in operative connection with the at least one processor; a card transport extending in the card reader and in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the card transport is operative to move a card received in the card transport through at least one cycle between a first position and a second position within the card transport; wherein in the cycle: the at least one processor is operative to cause the card transport to continuously move the card from the first position in a first direction for a first time period at a first speed; wherein subsequent to the first time period, the at least one processor is operative to cause the card transport to continuously move the card in the first direction for a second time period at a second speed, wherein the second speed is slower than the first speed; wherein subsequent to the second time period the at least one processor is operative to cause the card transport to operate for a third time period, wherein during the third time period card moves in the first direction and stops and starts moving more than five times; wherein both the second and third time periods vary in duration from cycle to cycle responsive to the at least one variable parameter determined by the at least one processor; and wherein subsequent to the third time period the at least one processor is operative to cause the card transport to move the card in the first direction for a fourth time period to the second position at a third speed which is greater than the second speed, wherein during the fourth time period the magnetic sensor is operative to read from the card, information stored magnetically on the card.