Lock with tamper-evident security
AssigneeNCR Atleos Corporation
InventorDavid William Wallace
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Abstract
A safe with lock tampering capabilities is provided. A lock apparatus includes a lock body, a lock backplate, a lock, and a sensor. The sensor raises an event when a first end and/or a send end of the sensor loses contact with a surface of the lock body and/or a surface of the lock backplate. The event is reported by the safe as a lock tampering event. Whenever the safe loses power and is subsequently restored power, the safe reports a lock tampering event.
Claims20
A lock apparatus, comprising:
- a lock body removably attached to a lock backplate;
- a sensor adapted to report an event when the lock body is removed from the lock backplate, and
- a lock.
The lock apparatus of claim 6, wherein the safe comprises media cassettes with currency notes.
The lock apparatus of claim 7, wherein a media recycler or depository of a media terminal comprises the media cassettes.
The lock apparatus of claim 8, wherein the media terminal is an automated teller machine, a self-service terminal, or a point-of-sale terminal.
A safe, comprising:
- a housing comprising media cassettes that store currency notes;
- an access door on the housing to provide authorized access to the media cassettes;
- a display or keypad affixed to an external surface of the access door;
- a lock apparatus comprising a lock backplate, a lock body, a sensor, and a lock integrated into the access door and the lock body, wherein a portion of the lock body is secure attached to an inside surface of the access door;
- a processor;
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions;
- the executable instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a lock tampering event raised by the sensor when a surface of the lock backplate is no longer in contact with the sensor indicating that the lock backplate was removed from the lock body;
- and
- reporting the lock tampering event when the safe is restored power after having lost power.
A method, comprising:
- detecting that a sensor of a lock apparatus is reporting that a lock backplate was separated from a lock body of the lock apparatus;
- and
- reporting a lock tampering event associated with the lock apparatus based on the detecting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.