IMAGE CAPTURE IN A SECURITY DOCUMENT PRINTER
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing information on a surface of a security document comprising:
- while the security document is within, a security document printer, using a camera within the security document printer to capture a plurality if electronic image segments of the surface of the security document, each electronic image segment covering a segment of the surface of the security document, and each electronic image segment overlaps with at least one adjacent electronic image segment.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described that can be used to produce an electronic image of a surface of a security document, such as a surface of a card or a page of a passport, that is being processed in a security document printer. A camera within the printer is used to capture a plurality of electronic image segments of the surface of the security document while the document is within the printer. Conventional image stitching techniques can then be used to stitch the electronic image segments together to create the electronic image of the surface of the security document. Alternatively, the image segments can be analyzed without image stitching the image segments together.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of analyzing information on a surface of a security document comprising:
while the security document is within, a security document printer, using a camera within the security document printer to capture a plurality if electronic image segments of the surface of the security document, each electronic image segment covering a segment of the surface of the security document, and each electronic image segment overlaps with at least one adjacent electronic image segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A desktop printer that personalizes cards, comprising:
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a housing; a card input through which a card is input into the housing; a print engine in the housing that is configured to print on a surface of a plastic card; and an imaging device positioned to capture a plurality of images of as surface of the card located within the desktop printer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A card processing device, comprising
a processing station configured to perform at least one processing operation on a card; - and
an imaging device positioned to capture a plurality of images of a surface of a card located within the card processing device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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