82results about "ATM housing" patented technology

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for using an anomaly deterrent sensor within a self-service machine for dispensing physical items. The present disclosure is configured to: detect an interaction between a payment instrument with available resources and a self-service machine for dispensing physical items; receive an anomaly notification from an anomaly deterrent sensor within the self-service machine for dispensing physical items wherein the anomaly notification is associated with forced entry into the self-service machine, wherein the anomaly deterrent sensor detects forced entry into a physical item dispensing area within the self-service machine during the interaction between the payment instrument and self-service machine; and trigger a set of security measures associated with the self-service machine for dispensing physical items upon reception of the anomaly notification originating from the anomaly deterrent sensor, wherein the set of security measures comprises playing a pre-recorded alarm.

Provided is a method of stacking media in a media storage unit, which includes: receiving information about a length of a medium entering a media storage unit; calculating a delay time of a stopper corresponding to the length of the medium; and applying a delay time of the stopper calculated for each medium entering the media storage unit to differentially control activation of the stopper for each medium.

A staging plate for an automated teller machine (ATM) is described herein. The staging plate can include a first surface configured to support media inserted into a pocket of the ATM, and a second surface connected to the first surface. The second surface can be configured to guide media handled by a user to the first surface.

To provide an automatic transaction device capable of improving crime prevention.SOLUTION: An automatic transaction device 1 comprises: a device body 11; a screen display unit 12 provided in the device body; a plurality of mirrors 21 provided around the screen display unit; a first light 22 provided in a prescribed region of the outer edge of each mirror; and a control unit provided in the device body. The control unit controls lighting of the first light in accordance with an environment of the device body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A security container cassette (1) for banknotes or values (55) for Bancomat, ATMs, and the like (50), defining an internal volume (1c) and comprising: a first container (2) arranged in the internal volume (1c) and close to the banknotes and values (55) and comprising a lower portion (2a), facing the banknotes or values (55), which is permeable to fluids, a second, fluid-tight container (22) for marking fluid that is contained in the first container (2) and is of a pliable type that is easily ruptured in the event of pressurisation from explosions or the like, wherein said lower portion (2a) comprises inward-facing cutting elements for said second container (22).

A casino cage cashout system includes integrated chip validation and transaction record generation. The system includes an interface to a chip reader. An output of the chip reader is used to generate chip information, including chip value, such as for causing an automated cash dispenser to dispense cash in an amount equal to the value of the chips being redeemed. The cage cashout system is also integrated with an anti-money laundering (AML) system, wherein the cage cashout system automatically generates a transaction report which include information regarding the chip cashout and transmits that report to the AML system.

A sheet dispenser arrangement for an automated transaction machine (ATM) can include a shuttle frame guide, a shuttle frame, and a shuttle assembly. The shuttle frame guide can be configured to be positioned in the ATM. The shuttle frame can be telescopically engaged with the shuttle frame guide. The shuttle frame can be moveable between first and second end limits of travel. The shuttle frame can be moveable relative to the shuttle frame guide between a retracted position and an extended position. The shuttle assembly can be telescopically engaged with the shuttle frame. The shuttle assembly can be moveable between first and second end limits of travel. The shuttle assembly can be moveable relative to the shuttle frame between a retracted position and an extended position.

A secret code input device (3) for an operating terminal (1), comprising: a keyboard (7) having an upper and a lower side, and opposing lateral sides extending between the upper and lower sides, and a front, via which front the keyboard (7) is accessible to the user (B) for input, wherein the keyboard (7) defines a keyboard plane (T), a display screen (9) arranged adjacent to the upper side of the keyboard (7) and by means of which information can be presented to the user (B), and a privacy shield device (11) having a first and a second side wall arranged on the opposite lateral sides of the keyboard (7) to at least substantially prevent lateral visual access to the keyboard (7) and the display screen (9), and an upper privacy shield (21),which, viewed in a front view of the keyboard (7), extends upwards from adjacent to the upper side of the keyboard (7) along an extension area parallel to the keyboard plane (T), wherein the extension area of ​​the upper privacy screen extends frontally in front of the display screen (9),

The invention relates to an assembly (10) having a card reader (12) arranged in a housing (100). The housing (100) comprises a pivotable flap (102), which in an opened state enables access to the card reader (12) and in a closed state prevents access to the card reader (12). The flap (102) has an opening (104), through which a card can be fed to the card reader (12) and / or can be ejected by the card reader (12) in the closed state of the flap (102). The assembly (10) has an elastically deformable element (14) for resiliently supporting the card reader (12). The assembly (10) also has a first positioning element (16) for positioning the card reader (12), which first positioning element is arranged on the flap (102) in such a way that the first positioning element faces the card reader (12) in the closed state of the flap (102). When the flap (102) is moved from the open state into the closed state, the first positioning element (16) moves the card reader (12) in such a way that the card reader (12) is arranged in a predefined position relative to the flap (102) in the closed state of the flap (102).

A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, a conduit having an inlet to be coupled to a gas source, and a dispenser coupled to the conduit and having a convergent-divergent nozzle suspended over the platen to direct gas from the gas source onto the polishing surface of the polishing pad.

Provided is a method of stacking media in a media storage unit, the method which includes: receiving information about a length of a medium from a discrimination unit; determining whether the length of the medium received from the discrimination unit exceeds a reference value; when the length of the medium exceeds the reference value, spacing an upper surface of the medium loaded in a medium accumulation space on a push plate and a gap roller provided on a front plate located on an upper side of the push plate from each other by a set distance; and rotating a stack sheet to strike a rear end of the medium entering the media accumulation space, to allow the medium to be accumulated on the push plate by passing through a lower end of the gap roller.

A robot-supported security cell for automated teller machines is characterised in that an automated teller machine including the operating surface thereof is locked off from the outside world by delimiting walls, and a robot which operates the automated teller machine is located within the delimiting walls next to the automated teller machine. The security cell provides preventive protection against a multiplicity of attacks, can be standardised and is compatible. It can be installed on new automated teller machines. It can also be retrofitted on existing automated teller machines without problems and without special knowledge.

Provided is a method of stacking media in a media storage unit, which includes: receiving position information of a motion strip of a preceding medium accumulated in a media accumulation space; determining whether the motion strip of the preceding medium is located on a side facing a succeeding medium entering the media accumulation space; and when the motion strip of the preceding medium is located on the side facing the succeeding medium, changing an entry angle of the succeeding medium to prevent the succeeding medium from being caught on the motion strip of the preceding medium.

Described in an example embodiment herein is a technique for cleaning between a touch screen and a display that can be performed without the use of tools. The method comprises disengaging a latch coupling a display with a fascia having a a touch panel mounted thereon and rotating the display away from the fascia. The method further comprises cleaning either a rear surface of a touch panel, a display surface, or both the rear surface of the touch panel and the display surface.

A method of transporting currency notes can include moving a stack of currency notes into engagement with a belt. The method can also include removing at least a first note and a second note from the stack in a shingled arrangement. The method can also include directing the at least first and second notes into a currency cassette while maintaining the shingled arrangement. A currency transport assembly configured to execute the method and an automated transaction machine in which the currency transport assembly can operate is also disclosed.

One embodiment provides a transit cassette attachment and detachment structure of an automated teller machine, the transit cassette attachment and detachment structure including: a transit cassette in which banknotes are stored for replenishment or settlement of banknotes; a temporary storage part storing the transit cassette for the transit cassette to enter and exit in an up-down direction; a power transmission part transmitting power for storing banknotes in the transit cassette attached to the temporary storage part or separating banknotes from the transit cassette; and a clutch part moving the power transmission part connected to the transit cassette to an outer side of an entry / exit path of the transit cassette in the up-down direction to prevent interference between the transit cassette and the power transmission part when the transit cassette is attached to and detached from the temporary storage part.

It is provided drawer for ATM, Bancomat and the like, (1) for banknotes (100) and valuables, comprising: a base support (2) suitable to support the banknotes (100) along a support plane (2a) on a first side (2b), a marking device (3) comprising: a tank (30) including marking fluid, a distribution device (31), in fluid passage connection with the tank (30) and suitable for conveying the marking fluid from the tank (30) to the banknotes (100) for marking, transfer means (32) suitable for transferring, on command, the marking fluid from the tank (30) to the banknotes (100) via the distribution device (31), wherein the tank (30) is arranged, with respect to the base support (2), on a second side (2c), opposite the first side (2b), and wherein the distribution device (31) is suitable for transferring the marking fluid to the first side (2a) in the direction of the banknotes (100). -

One embodiment provides a conveyance module opening and closing device of an automated teller machine, the conveyance module opening and closing device including a fixed frame; a first conveyance module that is provided at one side portion of the fixed frame and has a locking pin formed thereon; a second conveyance module provided at the other side portion of the fixed frame, connected to be stacked with one portion of the first conveyance module, and connected to the fixed frame via a rotating shaft; a rotary member that is provided to be rotatable about a hinge shaft at one side of the second conveyance module and has a catching part, which is configured to be caught to or released from the locking pin, and a guide pin formed thereon; and a guide member that is coupled to the fixed frame and has a guide hole configured to guide movement of the guide pin formed to induce the locking pin and the rotary member to be unlocked when the first conveyance module rotates upward.

A shutter module of a media handling device is provided. The module includes a shutter blade and a fan. The shutter blade includes a hollow interior compartment designed to house air pumped into the compartment by the fan and to expel the air out through a vent in the blade when the blade is in an open position. The expelled air creates an air shield with the air being directed away from an aperture to prevent debris from entering the aperture when the blade is opened. The blade, when a closed position, covers the aperture sealing and protecting a media deposit / dispense slot of the media handling device from access. In an embodiment, the fan is continuously pumping air into the compartment when the blade is in the open position to expel the air out the vent and when the blade is in the closed position to keel the compartment pressurized.

A first host device housing is provided with a host device and first peripherals. The host device includes a motherboard and an upper core Input / Output (I / O) control board connected to the motherboard within the host device housing. A non-host device housing includes second peripherals and a lower core I / O control board. The host device housing is removably attachable to the non-host device housing to form a modular terminal. The second peripherals are interfaced to the host device through a cable that connects the lower core I / O control board to the upper core I / O control board. Combinations of the host device housing and a selected non-host device housing form different configurations of a modular terminal. Features available to a given configuration of the modular terminal are driven by the first peripherals and the second peripherals.

The invention relates to a lighting device which serves to provide at least one geometrically contoured light output surface which illuminates in a time- and / or color-controlled manner and which is designed, when installed, to be located in an interior region of a system and in this case on the rear side of a support structure whose outer side faces a system user. The lighting device according to the invention comprises an LED device and a light guide structure, with a primary body which is made of a translucent material and forms an input surface for at least partially coupling in the light emitted by the LED device. The geometrically contoured output surface is implemented as an elevation or boss of the primary body, and the input surface is spaced from the elevation of the primary body.

An automated transaction machine includes upper and lower units. The lower unit has a chest with a main body. The main body of the lower unit forms a cavity and has interior and exterior walls, made of metal, metal alloys or composite metallic material. There is a non-metallic material layer disposed therebetween. There is opening for passage of documents or other items between the upper and lower units. The upper unit has a housing with a main body. The main body forms a cavity. The main body of the upper unit has an interior and an exterior wall. A transport system may be disposed in the housing to transport documents between the upper and lower units.

One embodiment provides a conveyance module opening and closing device of an automated teller machine, the conveyance module opening and closing device including a fixed frame; a first conveyance module that is provided at one side portion of the fixed frame and has a locking pin formed thereon; a second conveyance module provided at the other side portion of the fixed frame, connected to be stacked with one portion of the first conveyance module, and connected to the fixed frame via a rotating shaft; a rotary member that is provided to be rotatable about a hinge shaft at one side of the second conveyance module and has a catching part, which is configured to be caught to or released from the locking pin, and a guide pin formed thereon; and a guide member that is coupled to the fixed frame and has a guide hole configured to guide movement of the guide pin formed to induce the locking pin and the rotary member to be unlocked when the first conveyance module rotates upward.

This currency processing method is implemented by a currency processing device having first and second currency storages for storing currency in a dispensable manner, and involves: receiving a dispensation instruction regarding a selected transaction and based on the type of said transaction; executing a dispensing process regarding the transaction by using the first currency storage when the type of the transaction is a first type; and executing the dispensing process regarding the transaction by using the second currency storage when the type of the transaction is a second type.

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for using an anomaly deterrent sensor within a self-service machine for dispensing physical items. The present disclosure is configured to: detect an interaction between a payment instrument with available resources and a self-service machine for dispensing physical items; receive an anomaly notification from an anomaly deterrent sensor within the self-service machine for dispensing physical items wherein the anomaly notification is associated with forced entry into the self-service machine, wherein the anomaly deterrent sensor detects forced entry into a physical item dispensing area within the self-service machine during the interaction between the payment instrument and self-service machine; and trigger a set of security measures associated with the self-service machine for dispensing physical items upon reception of the anomaly notification originating from the anomaly deterrent sensor, wherein the set of security measures comprises playing a pre-recorded alarm.

An automated transaction machine includes upper and lower units. The lower unit has a chest with a main body. The main body of the lower unit forms a cavity and has interior and exterior walls, made of different metals, metal alloys or composite metallic material. There is a non-metallic material layer disposed therebetween. There is opening for passage of documents or other items between the upper and lower units. The upper unit has a housing with a main body. The main body forms a cavity. The main body of the upper unit has an interior and an exterior wall. A transport system may be disposed in the housing to transport documents between the upper and lower units.

An automated transaction machine (ATM) is disclosed, the ATM comprising at least one user interface; at least one computing device arranged in communication with said at least one user interface; at least one privacy panel disposed on a side of said user interface, wherein said at least one privacy panel is configured to have a variable opacity and wherein said at least one computing device is engaged with said at least one privacy panel to selectively vary the opacity of said at least one privacy panel; and at least one lighting element positioned adjacent to an edge of said at least one privacy panel, said at least one lighting element configured to selectively emit light and controlled by said at least one computing device.

A terminal includes a shutter that is configured to cover a media dispenser slot in a closed position and to provide access to the media dispenser slot in an open position. The shutter may have at least a part thereof that is transparent with a display mounted between the shutter and the media dispenser slot that is viewable through the transparent part. The shutter may have a touch sensor mounted on an outer surface thereof. The terminal is configured to open the shutter and dispense media only after the user enters the code displayed on the display on a keypad and / or touches the touch sensor. Furthermore, the terminal may include a distance sensor used to detect the presence of a cash trap device based on a threshold that is dynamically changed when the shutter remains open for periods of time longer than a predetermined range.

An automated teller machine includes an apparatus main unit, a screen display unit that is provided to the apparatus main unit, a plurality of mirror portions that are provided on a periphery of the screen display unit, a first light portion that is provided in a predetermined area of an outer edge of each of the mirror portions, and a control unit that is provided to the apparatus main unit. The control unit is configured to control lighting of the first light portion in accordance with an environment of the apparatus main unit.

Various embodiments herein each include at least one of devices, methods, and assemblies for terminal breach protection. Some such embodiments may be deployed to prevent insertion of implements, such as hooks and wedges, within a terminal, such as an ATM or SSCO, that may be used to apply sudden, sharp pulling forces to safe doors to enable access to currency stored therein. Some such embodiments also or alternatively include baseplates that at least partially absorb such sudden, sharp pulling forces in a direction from which they are applied in such terminal breaching attempts.