Patent ID: 7971779

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a card reader operative to read data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts; an automated banking machine including: a housing; a cash dispenser in operatively supported connection with the housing; a user interface in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the user interface includes at least one input device and at least one output device, wherein the at least one input device includes the card reader; a user transaction location, wherein at the user transaction location, at least one of user inputs are provided to the machine and items are input to or received from the machine; at least one radiation output device on the machine, wherein the at least one radiation output device is adjacent the user transaction location; at least one radiation sensing device on the machine, wherein the at least one radiation sensing device is adjacent the user transaction location; banking machine control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry includes at least one processor, wherein the control circuitry is in operative connection with the at least one radiation output device and the at least one radiation sensing device, wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the at least one radiation output device to output radiation intermittently, wherein the control circuitry is operative to determine at least one first radiation level sensed by the at least one radiation sensing device when the at least one radiation output device is not operating, wherein the control circuitry is operative to determine at least one second radiation level when the at least one radiation output device is operating, wherein the control circuitry is operative to compare first data corresponding to the at least one first radiation level and second data corresponding to the at least one second radiation level, wherein the control circuitry is operative to cause the automated banking machine to take at least one action responsive to the comparison.