SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FAILURES OF DISPLAY OF CASH-DISPENSING AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC G06F19/00 G07G1/01 G06Q20/00 

FIELD: cash-dispensing automatic teller machines, in particular, technology for detecting failures of display module of machine.

SUBSTANCE: in accordance to invention, ATM performs a check of its display module, during which it is determined whether display module is incapable of outputting data to display in acceptable form, for which purpose transferred to display module is a predetermined sequence of colors to be displayed, and sensor, positioned near the screen of display module, records the colors displayed on display. ATM controller determines whether color sequence is displayed correctly by display module. In response to failure of display module to display proper sequence of colors in display module, error signal may be generated. Display module check may be carried out multiple times for continuous updates of data about its display condition.

EFFECT: detection of ATM display image output error, ATM displays may belong to different types.

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