APPARATUS FOR APPRAISING THE GENUINENESS OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS

• US 20110033089A1
• Filed: 08/06/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Solutions Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Solutions Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: YOKOTA, Kazuaki
• Application Number:
  US12/851,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20110033089A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/112
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/80 Recognising image objects characterised by unique random patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/40 Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/005 Testing security markings invisible to the naked eye, e.g. verifying thickened lines or unobtrusive markings or alterations

Abstract

An apparatus for appraising the genuineness of personal identification documents is provided with: an image reading section that reads an image of a personal identification document; an extraction section that extracts a monochromatic filled region from the image read by the image reading section; and a decision section that decides that the personal identification document is forged if a specified image pattern is present in the monochromatic filled region extracted by the extraction section, and that decides that a personal identification document is not forged if the specified image pattern is not present in the filled region.

Claims

1. An apparatus for appraising the genuineness of personal identification documents comprising:

an image reading section that reads an image of a personal identification document;

an extraction section that extracts a monochromatic filled region from said image read by said image reading section; and

a decision section that decides that said personal identification document is forged if a specified image pattern is present in said monochromatic filled region extracted by said extraction section, and that decides that a personal identification document is not forged i.e. is genuine if said specified image pattern is not present in said monochromatic filled region extracted by said extraction section.

2. An apparatus for appraising the genuineness of personal identification documents comprising:

an image reading section that reads an image of a personal identification document;

an extraction section that extracts a monochromatic filled region from said image read by said image reading section; and

a decision section that separates said monochromatic filled region extracted by said extraction section into images of different color and that decides that said personal identification document is forged if a specified image pattern is present in an image of any one of separated colors, and that decides that said personal identification document is not forged i.e. is genuine if said specified image pattern is not present in an image of any one of said separated colors.