US 10,242,256 B2Granted

Method and a scanner for verifying an authenticity of an identity document

Assignee365id AB

InventorJohan Hagelin

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and a scanner for verifying the authenticity of identity documents. The scanner comprises a slot for receiving the identity document, at least one light source and a camera or acquiring images. The method detects, by means of the camera, the presence of the identity document in the slot of the scanner and acquires three different images of the identity document when it is illuminated with white light, UV light and IR light respectively. The images are encrypted and sent to an analyze server which in response to a request returns a second message comprising a verification report including textual information extracted from the identity document. The scanner sends a first signal to an indicating means for indicating the state of the authenticity of the identity document and the textual information to a Point of Sale, POS, system in response to that the identity document has been verified.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A method for verifying an authenticity of an identity document, said method being performed by a scanner comprising a slot for receiving the identity document, a first light source configured to generate white light, a second light source configured to generate ultraviolet (UV) light, a third light source configured to generate infrared (IR) light, an indicating device, and a camera for acquiring images, said method comprising:

detecting, with the camera, presence of the identity document in the slot of the scanner,
illuminating the identity document with white light from the first light source, the first light source being on a bottom of the scanner,
acquiring, with the camera, a first image of the identity document when it is illuminated with white light,
illuminating the identity document with UV light from the second light source, the second light source being on a sidewall of the scanner,
acquiring, with the camera, a second image of the identity document when it is illuminated with UV light,
illuminating the identity document with IR light from the third light source, the third light source being on the bottom of the scanner,
acquiring, with the camera, a third image of the identity document when it is illuminated with IR light,
encrypting each acquired image to generate encrypted images,
sending a first message comprising a request for verifying the authenticity of the identity document together with the encrypted images to an analyze server,
receiving, from the analyze server, a second message comprising a verification report including textual information extracted from the identity document,
sending a first signal to the indicating device, said first signal indicating the state of the authenticity of the identity document, the indicating device being located on the scanner and comprising a first light having a first color to indicate the identity document is authentic, a second light having a second color different from the first color to indicate the identity document is unauthentic, and a third light having a third color different from the first and second colors to indicate the identity document is non-verifiable, and
sending the textual information to a Point of Sale (POS) system in response to verifying the identity document.

9 more elements

A scanner for verifying an authenticity of an identity document, the scanner comprising:

a slot for receiving the identity document,
a first light source on a bottom of the scanner and configured to generate white light, a second light source on a sidewall of the scanner and configured to generate ultraviolet (UV) light, and a third light source on the bottom of the scanner and configured to generate infrared (IR) light;
a camera for acquiring images;
an indicating device located on the scanner and comprising a first light having a first color to indicate the identity document is authentic, a second light having a second color different from the first color to indicate the identity document is unauthentic and a third light having a third color different from the first and second colors to indicate the identity document is non-verifiable;
and
a processor and a memory comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the scanner to:
detect, with the camera, presence of the identity document in the slot of the scanner,
acquire, with the camera, a first image of the identity document when it is illuminated with white light,
acquire, with the camera, a second image of the identity document when it is illuminated with UV light,
acquire, with the camera, a third image of the identity document when it is illuminated with IR light,
encrypt each acquired image to generate encrypted images,
send, to an analyze server, a first message comprising a request for verifying the authenticity of the identity document together with the encrypted images,
receive, from the analyze server, a second message comprising a verification report including textual information extracted from the identity document,
send a first signal to the indicating device, said first signal indicating a state of the authenticity of the identity document, and
send the textual information to a Point of Sale (POS) system in response to verifying the identity document.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/275,132Filed 23 Sep 2016
Priority: SE 155152423 Nov 2015
Published: US 2017/0147875 A125 May 2017
Granted: 26 Mar 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06Q 20/20
Payment architectures: point-of-sale [POS] network systems
G06Q 20/4014
Transaction verification: identity check for transactions
G06V 10/147
Optical characteristics of the device performing the acquisition or on the illumination arrangements: details of sensors, e.g. sensor lenses
G06V 30/418
Analysis of document content: document matching, e.g. of document images