Abstract:
A device for producing a document carrying the identification of a person/animal. A first detector to determine the printing conditions of the document. A sensor to obtain the biometric data of the person/animal. A first encoder encodes the biometric data to form a digital identification image including redundancies. A second detector to determine physical characteristics of cells of at least one shape, such that the proportion of cells printed with a print error results from unanticipated unknowns in printing. A second encoder to form, within the shape, an authentication image for authenticating the document and includes elementary cells representing the encoded authentication image. A printer to print the authentication and identification images on the document, and to generate random errors in the printed elementary cells of the authentication image to detect modification to the appearance of the elementary cells.
Abstract:
An information recording medium is disclosed. The information recording medium may belong to a holder and may be used with an information reading device. The information recording medium may include a read area from which information may be read. The read area may include an encoded information unit which contains encoded information of the holder of the information recording medium and a characteristic unit which contains visual characteristics of the holder of said information recording medium.
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to identification documents. In one implementation, a provided method includes: obtaining optical scan data associated with text characters provided on an identification document to obtain first data; using at least a portion of the first data to facilitate decryption of information—not the text characters—carried on or in the identification document. The information corresponds to the identification document or to an authorized bearer of the identification document. In another implementation, a method is providing including: obtaining optical scan data associated with an identification document to obtain first data; obtaining second data from the identification document, the second data comprising encrypted data; communicating the encrypted data and the first data to a remote device, the remote device decrypting the encrypted data with at least reference to the first data; and receiving decrypted data from the remote device. Other implementations and embodiments are provided as well.
Abstract:
An identity card that can be used, for example, in a travel document or as a separate card, includes at least two core layers, preferably of polycarbonate material, that are fused to one another. In each of the core layers there is a recess, each of a different size. On assembly these recesses become situated on top of one another and a semiconductor chip is accommodated in the larger recess formed as a result. A covering layer can be fused to at least one of the core layers, and a layer that can be written on by laser can also be applied. There can be (semi-)transparent windows on top of one another in the core layer and if the covering layer is transparent, light can be transmitted, it being possible to define a specific pattern in the windows.
Abstract:
A self-contained, artistically creative craft kit, wherein a child's fingerprints are incorporated into a base drawing and the drawing is personalized with the child's name, wherein a transparent box is initially utilized to contain the craft components and subsequently to perform as a display frame, wherein a ten-print fingerprint card is stored therein, and wherein DNA source material, in the form of a hair sample, is securely retained, along with personal data, and a photo, on an identification card also stored therein.
Abstract:
A passport or other document is steganographically encoded with two steganographic digital watermarks. Data conveyed by these watermarks can be cross-checked for expected correspondence to help authenticate the document. The document may also include other machine-readable features, such as a bar code, a magnetic stripe, or OCR-B text. These other machine-readable features can likewise convey data that can be cross-checked for expected correspondence with watermark-conveyed data. In one arrangement, four machine-readable features are provided (two watermarks and two others), three of which convey data relating to a passport identifier, and a different three of which convey data relating to a document batch number. Such logical linking between several machine-readable features allows tampering with any feature to be readily detected. A variety of related methods and apparatuses, some involving a third watermark and biometric data, are also detailed.
Abstract:
A polyester laminate for an identification document is formed from different polyester materials. One of the polyester materials, such as PCTA, provides a durability property. Another of the polyester materials, such as PETG, provides a layer having a surface with a bonding property for bonding directly to a core without adhesive. The polyester material with the bonding property is selected to enable direct bonding to a printed core layer of TESLIN or polyester through a roll to roll or platen press process.
Abstract:
Security documents which has multiple fields or areas each of which contains information that is perceptible in more than one way: One field can contain a visually perceptible image and a digital watermark that can be detected when the image is scanned and processed, and another field can contain watermark data which can be correlated to the output of a fingerprint reader or of apparatus which scans a user's iris. The watermarks in the different graphic elements of the document are correlated to each other and correlated to the visual material on the document. Thus, the document can not be forged by replacing one element (such as a picture) with a similar element from another document. An automatic validation system of the present invention reads multiple fields on the document, and it also automatically detects information about the user. The various information is correlated to validate the document.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for printing ID cards having a uniquely encoded security authentication component. More specifically, the present invention relates to a process and an ID card formed thereby, where an ID card is created having a unique covert code embedded thereon that provides a verifiable fingerprint, which allows the card to be authenticated. A code is included into the image printed on the face of the card that contains important and relevant information pertaining to the time and place of card issue such as the printer manufacturer, issuing authority, time at which the card was printed, date when the card was printed and the printer serial number. The code uses of specifically identified printed pixels in a predictable location on the face of the ID card. The pixels in the code location have specific colors that correspond to numbers. Fake cards become immediately detectable because of a lack of the encoded information or the print code contained thereon would not match the proper code that was expected to be found thereon. Further, the print time and location of a card becomes available on legitimate cards.
Abstract:
Security documents which has multiple fields or areas each of which contains information that is perceptible in more than one way: One field can contain a visually perceptible image and a digital watermark that can be detected when the image is scanned and processed, another field can contain machine readable OCR text that can be read by both a human and by a programmed computer, and still another field can contain watermark data which can be correlated to the output of a fingerprint reader or apparatus which scans a user's iris. Documents are produced by begining with a template which defines the placements of elements on the document and the interrelationships between hidden and visual information on the document. The template specifies the placement of elements such as images, photographs, and text and it also specifies the interrelationship between information that is visually perceptible to a user of the document and information that is hidden by means of digital watermarks. Different hidden digital watermark data is included in multiple elements of the document. The watermarks in the different graphic elements of the document are correlated to each other and correlated to the visual material on the document. Thus, the document can not be forged by replacing one element (such as a picture) with a similar element from another document. In order to produce a document defined by a particular template, appropriate pictures, graphics and digital data are extracted from a data bank, and watermark data is embedded in the pictures and graphics as appropriate. The merged digital data is then sent to a printing engine and the final document is produced. An automatic validation system of the present invention reads multiple fields on the document, and it also automatically detects information about the user. The various information is correlated to validate the document.