Patent ID: 8225989

Claim:
A banking system apparatus that is operative responsive to data bearing records, comprising: a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data included on user cards, wherein the card data corresponds to financial accounts; an automated banking machine including: at least one input device, wherein the at least one input device includes the card reader; at least one output device, wherein the at least one output device includes a visual display; at least one of a cash dispenser and a deposit accepting device, wherein the at least one of a cash dispenser and a deposit accepting device includes a sheet path; at least one terminal processor, wherein the at least one terminal processor is in operative connection with the at least one input device, the at least one output device, and the at least of a one cash dispenser and a deposit accepting device, wherein the at least one terminal processor is operative to cause the machine to operate to cause financial transfers involving accounts corresponding to card data read from user cards; an image sensor adjacent the sheet path, wherein the image sensor is operative to sense a sheet as the sheet moves in the sheet path, wherein the image sensor is operative to produce image data corresponding to a plurality of images of surface features of sheet as the sheet moves in the sheet path; at least one image data processor, wherein the at least one image data processor is in operative connection with the image sensor, wherein the at least one image data processor is operable to receive image data sent by the image sensor, wherein the at least one image data processor is operative to identify from the image data received, displacement of the surface features caused by movement of the sheet, wherein the at least one image data processor is operative, while the sheet is moving in the sheet path, and while the image sensor is sensing the sheet, to determine from the displacement identified, current direction of sheet movement in the sheet path.