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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Steffen Priesterjahn, Paderborn, DE;
Alexander Drichel, Bielefeld, DE;
Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
A method is provided for avoiding false alarms on a self-service terminal, in particular an ATM. The ATM has at least one camera and at least one alarm unit that generates alarms when the ATM is attacked, and a network connection to a network to pass on the alarms to a customer. The method includes generating an alarm by the alarm unit and storing alarm images from the camera from which the alarm was derived; before passing on the alarm to an operator via a digital network, comparing the digital alarm images with templates stored on the ATM and that characterize a false alarm, and if a correlation with the templates is established, the alarm is ignored; otherwise the alarm is passed on to the consumer by the network.