System, method, and computer program product for authenticating identification documents

A computer program product for authenticating an identification document, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• determine whether image data associated with the identification document has at least one predetermined indicia by:
• determining locations of corners of the identification document from the image data;
• determining a foreground portion of the image data within an interior boundary between the corners and a background portion of the image data within an exterior boundary between the corners;
• segmenting the foreground portion of the image data and the background portion of the image data into a plurality of segments having a predetermined shape, the shape of each of the plurality of segments corresponding to a shape of the at least one predetermined indicia;
• generating an intensity histogram for each of the plurality of segments;
• and
• determining a region of interest in the foreground portion of the image data based on whether the intensity histogram of any of the plurality of segments in the foreground portion of the image data substantially corresponds to the intensity histogram of any of the plurality of segments in the background portion of the image data;
• in response to determining that the image data has the at least one predetermined indicia, determine whether the at least one predetermined indicia corresponds to at least one invalidation mark on the identification document;
• in response to determining that the at least one predetermined indicia corresponds to the at least one invalidation mark, determine that the identification document is invalid;
• and
• prevent or cause the prevention of at least one action from being performed based on determining that the identification document is invalid.