摘要 |
<p>A security system for use with point of sale (POS) devices. The system has a respective camera imaging the location of each of the POS devices, in addition, a local control unit and local communication means interconnect the local control unit, the POS device(s) and the camera(s). A router or other transmission means is provided to connect the local control unit with a remote location to which one or more images from the respective camera is transmitted upon the occurrence of a predefined operation or event at any of the POS devices. Typically, each POS device will be an electronic till incorporating a card swiping facility and the predefined operations will include or consist of credit or debit card transactions. Alternatively, the POS device may be an ATM and the predefined operations will comprise a request for cash dispensing.</p> |