| CPC E05B 39/04 (2013.01) [E05B 45/06 (2013.01); E05B 65/0075 (2013.01); E05B 2045/064 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A safe, comprising:
a housing comprising media cassettes that store currency notes;
an access door on the housing to provide authorized access to the media cassettes;
a display or keypad affixed to an external surface of the access door,
a lock apparatus comprising a lock backplate, a lock body, a sensor, and a lock integrated into the access door and the lock body, wherein a portion of the lock body is secure attached to an inside surface of the access door;
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions;
the executable instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
detecting a lock tampering event raised by the sensor when a surface of the lock backplate is no longer in contact with the sensor indicating that the lock backplate was removed from the lock body; and
reporting the lock tampering event when the safe is restored power after having lost power;
wherein the sensor is anchored on an inside surface of the lock body proximate to the lock and includes a first end anchored to the lock body extending to a second end that makes surface contact with the lock backplate.
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