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AssigneeM.I.B. S.r.L.
InventorGiuseppe Ezio Fumanelli
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The proposed ATM comprises a microcontroller for controlling a banknote dispenser and a computer for managing the ATM, which are arranged inside and outside, respectively, a safe. The computer is provided with one or more ports for interfacing with it; all the ports are occupied by corresponding connectors. A motion sensor is associated with each single connector for detecting any tampering or movements indicative of its removal from the corresponding port; in this case, the dispensing of the banknotes is inhibited, for example, by interrupting an electrical power supply of the microcontroller and/or of the banknote dispenser. A corresponding operation method of the ATM is proposed. A program product for controlling the ATM are also proposed.
An automatic dispenser of banknotes, the automatic dispenser comprising a safe for containing the banknotes to be dispensed, a banknote dispenser arranged inside the safe for dispensing the banknotes, a management system arranged outside the safe for managing the automatic dispenser, a control system arranged inside the safe for controlling the banknote dispenser under control of the management system, the management system having a plurality of ports for connecting thereto and being adapted to provide corresponding electrical power supplies, in condition of use a part of the ports being used to connect the control system to the management system, a plurality of corresponding transmission lines extending from the verification system ending with corresponding connectors being coupled with all the ports in condition of use, a plurality of corresponding motion sensors associated with the connectors for detecting corresponding movements of the motion sensors indicative of corresponding at least partial decoupling of the connectors from the corresponding ports, a verification system arranged inside the safe comprising a power supply detector for detecting the electrical power supplies of the transmission lines being provided by the corresponding ports and a transmission system extending from the motion sensors to the verification system for transmitting corresponding indications of the movements being detected by the motion sensors to the verification system, the verification system being configured to enter an alarm condition in which the verification system inhibits the dispensing of the banknotes according to the indications of the movements and to an indication of the electrical power supplies of the transmission lines being detected by the power supply detector, the alarm condition being entered in response to the indication of presence of the electrical power supply of one or more of the transmission lines and to the indication of absence of the electrical power supply of another one or more of the transmission lines.
A method for operating an automatic dispenser of banknotes, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a verification system of an automatic dispenser of banknotes to indications of detected by sensors, to receive corresponding indications of electrical power supplies of transmission lines detected by a power supply detector, and to the verification system to the alarm condition according to the indications of the movements and to the indications of the electrical power supplies of the transmission lines, the alarm condition being entered in response to an indication of a presence of the electrical power supply of one or more of the transmission lines and to an indication of absence of the electrical power supply of another one or more of the transmission lines.
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