FRAUD-PROOF KEYBOARD FOR AN AUTOMATIC BANKING TERMINAL

摘要

A fraud-proof keyboard (11, 111, 211) for an automatic banking terminal (10) suitable for preventing the keys pressed on the keyboard by the person using the terminal during a banking operation from being detected and used to trace the personal identification code (PIN) or other confidential user data. The keyboard comprises means that automatically and randomly vary, between two successive banking operations, the number and/or symbol (25) associated with each key. More specifically the keyboard, according to a first embodiment (11), comprises a series of keys (24) each provided with a luminous matrix (31) suitable for displaying, in each banking operation, a different number and/or symbol or, according to a second embodiment (111), is built with a touch screen (112) arranged above a display unit (113), wherein the keys to be pressed are defined by areas (114) of the said display unit (113) and the numbers and/or symbols (25) represented thereon also change after each banking operation.