Patents by Inventor Pedro Tula
Pedro Tula has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230259721Abstract: A card reader can include a card insertion slot, a conveyor member, a card-reading head, and a pendulum sensor assembly. The card insertion slot can receive a card from a user. The conveyor member can be configured to move the card along a transport path extending at least partially within the card reader. The card-reading head can be positioned along the transport path, directed toward the transport path. The card-reading head can be configured to read data held on a magnetic strip or held on an embedded chip. The pendulum sensor assembly can include a pendulum and a first sensor. The pendulum can extend into the transport path and can be freely-pivotable about a pivot axis. The first sensor can be configured to detect an angular position of the pendulum about the pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Ryan Kelley, Karl Meves, Pedro Tula, Marcelo Castro, Shawn Griggy
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Patent number: 9366377Abstract: In an example embodiment, a mounting structure for mounting a display monitor to a panel. The mounting allows the display monitor to be rotated so that it can be seen from either side of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Michael Tirak, Pedro Tula, Nathaniel Oberly
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Publication number: 20140339388Abstract: In an example embodiment, a mounting structure for mounting a display monitor to a panel. The mounting allows the display monitor to be rotated so that it can be seen from either side of the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Michael TIRAK, Pedro TULA, Nathaniel OBERLY
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Patent number: 8733634Abstract: An automated banking machine is operative to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader that is operative to read card data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. The automated banking machine is operative to cause a determination to be made that read card data corresponds to stored data for an account authorized to carry out transactions that transfer and/or allocate funds between accounts. The automated banking machine is further operative to provide users with a receipt for transactions conducted. The automated banking machine is operative to cause the value of cash dispensed or received to be assessed or credited to the financial accounts corresponding to card data.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey M. Eastman, Pedro Tula, Nam Le, David Nikkel, David Vidmar, Jhansi Arikatla, Eric S. VanKeulen, Wayne Wellbaum
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Patent number: 8684262Abstract: An automated banking machine is operative to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader that is operative to read card data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. The automated banking machine is operative to cause a determination to be made that read card data corresponds to stored data for an account authorized to carry out transactions that transfer and/or allocate funds between accounts. The automated banking machine is further operative to provide users with a receipt for transactions conducted. The automated banking machine is operative to cause the value of cash dispensed or received to be assessed or credited to the financial accounts corresponding to card data.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey M. Eastman, Pedro Tula, Nam Le, David Nikkel, David Vidmar, Jhansi Arikatla, Erie S. VanKeulen, Wayne Wellbaum
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Patent number: 8469266Abstract: An automated banking machine operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader operative to read card data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. The automated banking machine includes a display and a printer to produce records of financial transactions carried out with the machine. The automated banking machine is operative to output a visual and audible user interface which enables a consumer to operate the machine. The exemplary machine may output secure verbal instructions through a wireless headphone placed in operative connection with the machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Ray Schuster, Dolar Harshadrai Vaishnav, Bill A. Cole, Pedro Tula
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Publication number: 20120286032Abstract: An automated banking machine operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader operative to read card data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. The automated banking machine includes a display and a printer to produce records of financial transactions carried out with the machine. The automated banking machine is operative to output a visual and audible user interface which enables a consumer to operate the machine. The exemplary machine may output secure verbal instructions through a wireless headphone placed in operative connection with the machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Ray Schuster, Dolar Harshadrai Vaishnav, Bill A. Cole, Pedro Tula
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Patent number: 8308057Abstract: An automated banking machine operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader operative to read card data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. The automated banking machine includes a display and a printer to produce records of financial transactions carried out with the machine. The automated banking machine is operative to output a visual and audible user interface which enables a consumer to operate the machine. The exemplary machine may output secure verbal instructions through a wireless headphone placed in operative connection with the machine.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Ray Schuster, Dolar Harshadrai Vaishnav, Bill A Cole, Pedro Tula
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Patent number: 8181857Abstract: An automated banking machine is operated responsive to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine operates responsive to the card data read from user cards to carry out financial transfers for authorized users. The banking machine includes a top housing, a fascia assembly, a support, a card reader, a display, a cash dispenser, and a chest portion. An automated banking machine includes a processor case in horizontally pivotally supported connection with the housing, and which may be released from supported connection with the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Richard C. Lute, Klaus Steinbach, Pedro Tula
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Patent number: 8172134Abstract: An automatic banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transfers. The machine includes a card reader that reads data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards, and carries out transactions related to the accounts. The machine includes a camera, a microphone, and the card reader at a customer interface located at the front of the machine. A servicer display device is at a servicer interface located at the rear of the machine. The customer interface and servicer interface can be placed in audio/visual communication. Although a front servicer may not be directly visible to a rear servicer, they are still able to communicate with each other through the customer interface and servicer interface during machine servicing. The servicer interface can also be used to allow a lone servicer to be audibly/visually alerted to a potential customer approaching the machine.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffrey A. Hill, James Booth, Pedro Tula, Paul Mercina
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Patent number: 8052051Abstract: An automated banking machine operates to carry out financial transactions for authorized machine users responsive to user data read from data bearing records. The user data comprises card data and/or biometric data which corresponds to a financial account. A user fascia has openings for the card reader and the user display. The user fascia is removably mounted to a moveable support that is mounted to the machine housing, enabling the user fascia to be moved away from and toward the machine housing. The card reader is accessible by a machine servicer when the user fascia moved away from the machine housing. The machine also includes a duct assembly extending between housing vents and processor case vents.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Richard C. Lute, Klaus Steinbach, Pedro Tula, Terry Doll
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Patent number: 8006897Abstract: An automated banking machine is operated responsive to data bearing records. The machine operates using data read from user cards and causes funds to be transferred. The machine includes a housing, a card reader operative to read indicia on user cards corresponding to financial accounts, a display, a cash dispenser, a secure enclosure including a chest and a door supported on hinges. A fascia is supported by the door through planar linkages and movable from a position adjacent the door to a position away from the door. A side extension is supported by the door through a planar linkage and movable from a position adjacent the hinges to a position spaced apart from the hinges. A connecting linkage operatively connects at least one fascia linkage with the side extension linkage.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Mark A. Douglass, Pedro Tula, Daniel Schoeffler, Richard C. Lute, Jr.
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Patent number: 7950574Abstract: An automatic banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transfers. The machine includes a card reader that reads data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards and carries out transactions related to the accounts. The machine includes a camera, a microphone, and the card reader at a customer interface located at the front of the machine. A servicer display device is at a servicer interface located at the rear of the machine. The customer interface and the servicer interface can be placed in audio/visual communication. Although a first servicer located at the customer interface may not be directly visible to a second servicer located at the servicer interface, they are still able to communicate through the customer interface and servicer interface during machine servicing.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffrey A. Hill, James Booth, Pedro Tula, Paul Mercina
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Patent number: 7938317Abstract: An automated banking machine operates responsive to data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader operative to data read from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. The automated banking machine includes a display and a printer to produce records of financial transactions carried out with the machine. The automated banking machine includes a processor housed in a case having vents. The machine housing includes vents and a duct assembly extends between the processor case vents and the housing vents.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Richard C. Lute, Klaus Steinbach, Pedro Tula, Terry Doll
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Patent number: 7870997Abstract: An ATM extends a stack of currency notes through a cash outlet opening for presentation to a customer. Each dispensed stack, including those of different sizes, is centered in the opening. The centering of a stack is based on its thickness. The thickness can be based on the quantity of notes in the stack. Different sized stacks require different amounts of movement to be centered. A stack is centered in the opening to facilitate grasping thereof by the customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey Eastman, H. Thomas Graef, Natarajan Ramachandran, Pedro Tula
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Patent number: 7832629Abstract: An automatic banking machine includes a card reader for reading user cards, and a cash dispenser. A movable camera is positionable within the ATM housing. The automated banking machine carries out transactions related to user accounts based on information read from cards. Service personnel are enabled to direct the camera toward regions of machine components while conducting service activities that are not directly visible by a servicer. A camera assembly includes a microphone to sense sounds associated with machine components during test operations. The generated data may be used by an on-site servicer, or sent to an entity at a remote location. The visual images may be used to enhance diagnostic and servicing capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffrey A. Hill, James Booth, Pedro Tula, Paul Mercina
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Patent number: 7793827Abstract: Method for accessing and servicing banking machine components of an automated banking machine. The automated banking machine includes a processor case rotatably mounted on the machine housing. The processor case houses and supports various circuit cards and processor related components. A movable mounting tray supported on the chest housing, supports various banking machine components which may include a display, a card reader, a receipt printer, and input keys. When the automated banking machine is in an operable condition, the processor case and the mounting tray are housed in an interior area defined by a top housing. To access and service the banking machine components, the movable tray may be extended outwardly from a front opening in the top housing and the processor case may be rotated from an operational position to a service position.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Richard C. Lute, Zachary Utz, Pedro Tula, Klaus Steinbach, Natarajan Ramachandran, Mark Estep
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Patent number: 7789299Abstract: An automatic banking machine includes a card reader for reading user cards, and a cash dispenser. A movable camera is positionable within the ATM housing. The automated banking machine carries out transactions related to user accounts based on information read from cards. Service personnel are enabled to direct the camera toward regions of machine components while conducting service activities that are not directly visible by a servicer. A camera assembly includes a microphone to sense sounds associated with machine components during test operations. The generated data may be used by an on-site servicer, or sent to an entity at a remote location. The visual images may be used to enhance diagnostic and servicing capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffrey A. Hill, James Booth, Pedro Tula, Paul Mercina
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Patent number: 7789298Abstract: An automatic banking machine includes a card reader for reading user cards, and a cash dispenser. A movable camera is positionable within the ATM housing. The automated banking machine carries out transactions related to user accounts based on information read from cards. Service personnel are enabled to direct the camera toward regions of machine components while conducting service activities that are not directly visible by a servicer. A camera assembly includes a microphone to sense sounds associated with machine components during test operations. The generated data may be used by an on-site servicer, or sent to an entity at a remote location. The visual images may be used to enhance diagnostic and servicing capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffrey A. Hill, James Booth, Pedro Tula, Paul Mercina
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Patent number: 7780072Abstract: An automated banking machine includes a top housing cover slidably mounted with respect to a top wall of the housing of a chest or secure enclosure. The top housing cover includes side channels for slidably receiving spaced upwardly extending flanges mounted on the chest housing. Various upper banking machine components are mounted in supporting connection with the chest housing about the secure enclosure. The components may include a display, a card reader, a receipt printer, a communications device, and a keypad. In an operable condition, the top housing cover is positioned so that a front opening therein is covered by an upper fascia. Removal of one or more fasteners allows the top housing cover to be moved rearwardly to expose the banking machine components for maintenance, replacement or other servicing activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Richard C. Lute, Zachary Utz, Pedro Tula, Klaus Steinbach, Natarajan Ramachandran, Mark Estep