Method and apparatus for creating encoded data and use of same

A system to verify a document having a graphic code located on the document, the system comprising:

• a camera configured to capture a facial image of the person and a graphic code image of the graphic code located on the document;
• a processor configured to execute machine readable code stored in a non-transitory state on a memory
• the memory storing the machine readable code in the non-transitory state, the machine readable code, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
• capture at least one first image of the person taken with the camera of the computing device at a first location which is a first distance from the person;
• process the at least one first image or a portion thereof to create first data;
• capture at least one second image of the user taken with the camera of the computing device at a second distance from the person, the second distance being different than the first distance;
• process the at least one second image or a portion thereof to create second data;
• comparing the first data to the second data to determine whether expected differences exist between the first data and the second data which indicates liveness of the person;
• responsive to comparing indicating liveness of the user, the machine readable code further configured to:
• process one or more of the at least one first image, the at least one second image, the first data and the second data to generate a face derived code, the face derived code not capable of being processed to generate an image of the person from which it was derived;
• capture and image of and process the graphic code image to generate a graphic derived code, the graphic derived code not capable of being reverse processed to generate an image of the person from which it was derived;
• comparing the face derived code to the graphic derived code to determine a difference value;
• and
• based on the difference value generating a match level indicator that represents the likelihood that face derived code to the graphic derived code were derived from the same person.

A method for verifying the validity of an identification document and identity of a person identified by the identification document comprising:

• capturing a first image of the person's face with a camera at a first distance from the person;
• changing a distance between the person and the camera to a second distance;
• capturing a second image of the person's face head with the camera when the camera is at the second distance from the user, the second distance being different than the first distance;
• comparing one or more aspects of the person's face from the first image to one or more aspects of the person's face from the second image to determine whether expected differences, between the first image and the second image, exist which indicates three-dimensionality of the person;
• capturing at least one image of the graphic on the identification document;
• processing at least one images of the graphic to generate a graphic derived code, the graphic derived code comprising data derived from an earlier captured image of the person's face, such that the graphic derived cannot be processed to generate an image or likeness of the person;
• transmitting the graphic derived code to a trusted entity;
• processing the graphic derived code or other data sent to the trusted entity to search for a trusted code associated with the person, the matching code comprising data derived from the person's face, but which cannot be processed to generate an image or likeness of the person;
• comparing the graphic derived code to the trusted code to develop a first similarity value;
• and
• providing the first similarity value to a requesting entity, the requesting entity comprising an entity that is requesting the verification of the validity of the identification document and identity of the person identified by the identification document.