Systems and methods for capturing visible information

• US 10,235,619 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2018
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Capital One Services LLC (Capital One Financial Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Capital One Services LLC (Capital One Financial Corporation)
• Inventors: Edwards, Joshua, Zhao, Jiawei
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess, Daniel A
• Application Number:
  US15/874,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20180260679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0725 the arrangement being a circuit for emulating a plurality of record carriers, e.g. a single RFID tag capable of representing itself to a reader as a cloud of RFID tags
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/16 the marking being a hologram or diffraction grating
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/18 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3567 Software being in the reader
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/32 Image data format
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/00 Image coding bandwidth or redundancy reduction for static pictures H04N1/41; coding or decoding of static colour picture signals H04N1/64; methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0806 Details of the card record carriers per se G06K

Abstract

A transaction card construction and computer-implemented methods for a transaction card are described. The transaction card has vector-formatted visible information applied by a laser machining system. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for enabling the sourcing of visible information using a scalable vector format. The systems and methods may receive a request to add visible information to a transaction card and capture an image of the visible information. The systems and methods may capture data representing the image. The systems and methods may also determine an ambient color saturation of the image. Further, systems and methods may translate the image based on the ambient color saturation of the image. The systems and methods may also map the translated image to a bounding box and convert the mapped image into vector format. In addition, the systems and methods may provide the converted image to a laser machining system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for capturing visible information using a scalable vector format, comprising:

capturing data representing a first image of visible information, the first image comprising a first plurality of pixels, the pixels represented in the data by color information values;

determining a background color of the first image by determining a first most common color information value among the first plurality of pixels, the background color represented by the first most common color information value;

determining a first set of pixels in the first plurality of pixels within a first predetermined threshold of the first most common color information value;

translating the data representing the first image to data representing a first translated image by setting the color information value for the first set of pixels to a first color;

determining a visible information color of the translated first image by determining a second most common color information value among the first plurality of pixels, the second most common color information value exceeding a second predetermined threshold of the first color;

determining a second set of pixels in the translated first image within a third predetermined threshold of the second most common color information value;

setting the color information value for the second set of pixels to a second color; and

selectively storing, in a customer authentication database, the data representing the first translated image, based on a determination of whether a customer associated with the first image approves of the visible information.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the color information values comprise a red-green-blue (RGB) value, a cyan-magenta-yellow-black (CMYK) value, a hue-saturation-lightness (HSL) value, a hue-saturation-value (HSV) value, a HEX value, or a pantone matching system (PMS) value.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first color is white.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to determining the first set of pixels:

storing the first set of pixels in a second plurality of pixels;

determining a second predetermined threshold of the first most common color information value by incrementing the first predetermined threshold with a predetermined value;

determining whether a second pixel in the first plurality of pixels is within the second threshold;

in response to determining that the second pixel in the first plurality of pixels is within a second threshold;

storing the second pixel in the second plurality of pixels; and

translating the data representing the first image to the data representing the first translated image by setting the color information values for each pixel in the second plurality of pixels to the first color.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first image of visible information comprises a signature.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, to a computing device, a request for approval of he visible information from the customer; and

determining whether the customer approves of the visible information.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

in response to determining that the customer does not approve of the visible information;

capturing data representing a second image of visible information, the second image comprising a second plurality of pixels, the second plurality of pixels being represented in the data by color information values;

determining a background color of the second image by finding a first most common color among the second plurality of pixels, the background color being represented by a color information value;

determining a second set of pixels in the second plurality of pixels within a second threshold of the background color;

translating the data representing the second image by setting the color information value for the second set of pixels to a third color; and

determining a fourth color of the first image by finding a second most common color among the second plurality of pixels; and

in response to determining that the customer approves of the visible information;

storing, in the customer authentication database, the data representing the first translated image.

8. A computer-implemented method for capturing visible information using a scalable vector format, comprising:

capturing data representing a first image of visible information, the first image comprising a first plurality of pixels;

determining a first set of pixels in the first plurality of pixels being represented by a first color information value;

determining a second set of pixels in the first plurality of pixels being represented by a second color information value;

determining a background color of the first image by determining a first most common color information value among the first plurality of pixels, the background color being represented by the first most common color information value;

determining whether the first color information value is within a first threshold of the first most common color information value;

in response to determining that the first color information value is within the first threshold of the first most common color information value;

storing the first set of pixels in a second plurality of pixels;

determining a second threshold of the fist most common color information value by incrementing the first threshold with a predetermined value;

determining whether the second color information value is within the second threshold of the first most common color information value;

in response to determining that the second color information value is within the second threshold of the first most common color information value;

storing the second set of pixels in the second plurality of pixels;

translating the data representing the first image to data representing a first translated image comprising the first plurality of pixels and the second plurality of pixels by setting the color information values for each pixel in the first plurality of pixels to a first color and setting the color information values for each pixel in the second plurality of pixels to a second color; and

selectively storing, in a customer authentication database, the data representing the first translated image based on a determination of whether a customer associated with the first image approves of the visible information.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the color information values comprise a red-green-blue (RGB) value, a cyan-magenta-yellow-black (CMYK) value, a hue-saturation-lightness (HSL) value, a hue-saturation-value (HSV) value, a HEX value, or a pantone matching system (PMS) value.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the first color is white.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting, to a computing device, a request for approval of the visible information from the customer; and

determining whether the customer approves of the visible information.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 11, further comprising:

in response to determining that he customer does not approve of the visible information;

capturing data representing a second image of visible information, the second image comprising a third plurality of pixels, the third plurality of pixels being represented in the data by color information values;

determining a background color of the second image by finding a first most common color information value among the third plurality of pixels, the background color being represented by a color information value;

determining a set of pixels in the third plurality of pixels that is within a third threshold of the background color;

translating the data representing the second image to data representing a second translated image by setting the color information value for the set of pixels in the third plurality of pixels to a third color; and

determining a fourth color of the first image by finding a second most common color information value among the third plurality of pixels; and

in response to determining that the customer does approve of the visible information;

storing, in the customer authentication database, the data representing the first translated image.

13. A computer-implemented method for sourcing visible information using a scalable vector format, comprising:

receiving a request to add first visible information to a transaction card;

capturing data representing a first image of visible information, the first image comprising a first plurality of pixels, the pixels being represented in the data by color information values;

determining a background color of the first image by determining a first most common color information value among the first plurality of pixels, the background color being represented by the first most common color information value;

determining a first set of pixels in the first plurality of pixels that is within a first predetermined threshold of the first most common color information value;

translating the data representing the first image to data representing a translated first image by setting the color information value for the first set of pixels to a first color;

determining a visible information color of the translated first image by determining a second most common color information value among the first plurality of pixels;

determining a second set of pixels in the translated first image within a second threshold of the second most common color information value;

setting the color information value for the second set of pixels to a second color;

mapping the data representing the translated first image to a bounding box;

converting the data representing the mapped image into a vector format; and

providing the data representing the converted image data to a laser machine.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the color information values comprise a red-green-blue (RGB) value, a cyan-magenta-yellow-black (CMYK) value, a hue-saturation-lightness (HSL) value, a hue-saturation-value (HSV) value, a HEX value, or a pantone matching system (PMS) value.

15. The compute-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the first color is white.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising, in response to determining the first set of pixels:

storing the first set of pixels in a second plurality of pixels;

determining a second predetermined threshold of the first most common color information value by incrementing the first predetermined threshold of the first most common color information value with a predetermined value;

determining whether a third set of pixels in the first plurality of pixels is within the second predetermined threshold of the first most common color information value;

in response to determining that the third set of pixels in the first plurality of pixels is within the second predetermined threshold of the first most common color information value;

storing the third set of pixels in the second plurality of pixels; and

translating the data representing the first image to the data representing the first translated image by setting the color information values for each pixel in the second plurality of pixels to the first color.

17. Currently Amended) The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the first image of visible information comprises a signature.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting, to a computing device, a request for approval of he visible information from the customer; and

determining whether the customer approves of the visible information.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 18, further comprising:

in response to determining that he customer does not approve of the visible information;

capturing data representing a second image of visible information, the second image comprising a second plurality of pixels, the second plurality of pixels being represented in the data by color information values;

determining a background color of the second image by finding a first most common color information value among the second plurality of pixels, the background color being represented by a color information value;

determining a set of pixels in the second plurality of pixels within a second threshold of the background color;

translating the data representing the second image to data representing a second translated image by setting the color information value for the set of pixels in the third plurality of pixels to a third color; and

determining a fourth color of the first image by finding a second most common color among the second plurality of pixels; and

in response to determining that the customer does approve of the visible information;

storing, in a customer authentication database, the data representing the first translated image.