Patent ID: 8511542

Claim:
An automated teller machine capable of reminding users to remove a bank card after finishing a transaction, comprising: a card reader for reading the account information stored on the bank cards after users successfully log onto the automated teller machine; a voice prompt used for generating voice prompting; a camera used for obtaining an image of a user and storing the obtained image as a characteristic image when the user successfully log onto the automated teller machine, the camera further used for taking photograph of the location surrounding the automated teller machine in a predetermined time interval to obtain real-time images; a judging unit used for judging whether the person in the characteristic image is the same as the person in the real-time image and generates a determining signal if the person in the characteristic image is judged to be the same as the person in the real-time image; a distance detecting unit responding to the determining signal and used for detecting whether the distance between the user and the automated teller machine is larger than a predetermined value, and further generating a detecting signal if the distance between the user and the automated teller machine is larger than a predetermined value; and a controller responding to the detecting signal and used for controlling the voice prompt unit to generate voice prompt to remind users to remove a bank card.