Cognitive multi-card handling system for automatic testing of transaction apparatus and testing method thereof

A method for automatic testing of a transaction apparatus, where the transaction apparatus is operatively connected to a cognitive multi-card handling system, the method comprising:

• loading a plurality of test cards one after the other into the card stack of the cognitive multi-card handling system, wherein the plurality of test cards include one or more of a magnetic strip card, a smart card, a non-contact smart card or a combination thereof;
• capturing an image of a face of each test card from the plurality of test cards to be loaded into a card stack of the cognitive multi-card handling system;
• extracting card details of each test card from the captured images, wherein the extracted card details include service provider of a test card, type of the test card, test card number and validity of the test card;
• assigning a unique sequence number to each test card from the plurality of test cards while loading into the card stack, wherein the unique sequence number represents a position of a corresponding test card in the card stack;
• storing the extracted card details of each test card along with a corresponding unique sequence number in a database of the cognitive multi-card handling system;
• receiving one or more test cases from a plurality of test cases for performing one or more transaction operations to test the transaction apparatus, wherein each test case comprises a test script description having one or more of the name of service provider of the required test card, type of account of the required test card, security Personal Identification Number (PIN) number of the required test card, the type of the required test card, the required test card number and the one or more transaction operations;
• identifying the required test card and the corresponding unique sequence number thereof from the database, by decoding the test script description associated with the received one or more test cases from the plurality of test cases;
• ejecting the identified required test card using a cam setup of the cognitive multi-card handling system, by generating commands, to perform the one or more transaction operations by the transaction apparatus;
• updating the database with altered unique sequence numbers of remaining test cards after the required test card is ejected, wherein the altered unique sequence numbers of the remaining test cards represent altered positions of the remaining test cards in the card stack;
• submitting the ejected test card to the transaction apparatus;
• completing the one or more transaction operations by the transaction apparatus, as per the one or more test cases with the ejected test card;
• reloading the ejected test card into the card stack of the cognitive multi-card handling system, after completing the one or more transaction operations by the transaction apparatus;
• visually verifying card stack arrangement by a vision based monitoring module of the cognitive multi-card handling system, to comprising configuration of a mechanical sub-system and positioning of the test cards in the card stack of the cognitive multi-card handling system;
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• notifying a cognitive supervisory module of the cognitive multi-card handling system in case of abnormality in the card stack arrangement based on an output of verifying the card stack arrangement.