Automatic teller machine and bill unit with built-in camera
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsHiroyuki Egami, Akinori Ohta
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Abstract
An automatic teller machine for the automatic withdrawal and deposit of money in accordance with an operation of a customer, wherein a security camera able to capture an image when the shutter is opened is provided at a predetermined location in a bill receptacle opened and closed by a shutter together with a sensor for detecting the insertion of a hand into the bill receptacle and wherein when insertion of a hand into the bill receptacle by a customer when taking out bills is detected, an image including the hand of the customer is captured by the security camera. As a result, it is possible to capture the image of the customer for use in security purposes without allowing the customer to become aware of the existence of the camera.
Claims16
An automatic teller machine for automatic withdrawal and deposit of money in accordance with an operation by a customer,
- said automatic teller machine characterized by being provided with:
- a bill receptacle opened and closed by a shutter and
- a security camera positioned at a predetermined location in said bill receptacle and able to capture an image when said shutter is opened.
An automatic teller machine as set forth in claim 10,
- said automatic teller machine characterized in that a second security camera is installed at another portion of said automatic teller machine in addition to the security camera installed in said bill receptacle.
A bill unit for the withdrawal and deposit of bill built into an automatic teller machine for automatic withdrawal and deposit of money in accordance with an operation by a customer,
- said bill unit characterized by being provided with
- a bill holder provided at said automatic teller machine and positioned at a back side of an opening/closing type shutter,
- a sensor provided at an opening of said bill holder and detecting insertion of the hand of a customer into said bill holder, and
- a security camera positioned in the vicinity of said bill holder and capturing an image when said sensor detects insertion of the hand of a customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.