System for producing a personal ID card
First Claim
1. A method of producing and using an identification card with protection against falsification, comprising the steps of:
- providing a card in the form of a thin, pocket-sized substrate having front and back surfaces;
photographing an individual with a camera capable of generating an electronic image output;
creating a database representative of the electronic image;
imprinting a two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia from the database on a surface of the card including a graphical representation of an individual'"'"'s facial likeness;
imprinting a two-dimensional machine-readable code on a surface of the card, the machine-readable code being imprinted using the same printing medium as that used to imprint the graphical representation, the machine readable code comprising an array of polygon-shaped printed cells and non-printed blank areas arranged along two independent axes, the array encoding representative data of the facial likeness in its entirety;
reading and decoding the machine-readable code with a machine;
generating an identical image of the facial likeness from the machine-readable code without referencing an external database; and
comparing the image generated from the machine-readable code, the two-dimensional human-cognizable information imprinted on the card, and the individual to ensure that the card has not been falsified.
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Abstract
An identification instrument such as a pocket-sized card includes both human-recognizable and machine-readable indicia. The human-recognizable material may be any combination of photographs, graphical or textual information, with the machine-readable section encoding any or all of the human-recognizable areas in their entirety. When the card is presented for verification, the machine-readable section is scanned, decompressed and/or deciphered and compared to the database used to generate the human-recognizable section or sections. Only with a substantial matching of the information may the card and its user be authenticated. Preferably, a Symbol Technologies compliant two-dimensional barcode is used as the machine-readable encoding format. Multiple levels of encryption and decryption are also described in conjunction with enhanced security.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of producing and using an identification card with protection against falsification, comprising the steps of:
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providing a card in the form of a thin, pocket-sized substrate having front and back surfaces; photographing an individual with a camera capable of generating an electronic image output; creating a database representative of the electronic image; imprinting a two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia from the database on a surface of the card including a graphical representation of an individual'"'"'s facial likeness; imprinting a two-dimensional machine-readable code on a surface of the card, the machine-readable code being imprinted using the same printing medium as that used to imprint the graphical representation, the machine readable code comprising an array of polygon-shaped printed cells and non-printed blank areas arranged along two independent axes, the array encoding representative data of the facial likeness in its entirety; reading and decoding the machine-readable code with a machine; generating an identical image of the facial likeness from the machine-readable code without referencing an external database; and comparing the image generated from the machine-readable code, the two-dimensional human-cognizable information imprinted on the card, and the individual to ensure that the card has not been falsified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of producing and using an identification card with protection against falsification, comprising the steps of:
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providing a card in the form of a thin, pocket-sized substrate having front and back surfaces; imprinting two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia on a surface of the card, the indicia being selected from the group consisting of a graphical representation of an individual'"'"'s facial likeness, the individual'"'"'s signature, the individual'"'"'s fingerprint, and textual information identifying the individual; imprinting a two-dimensional machine-readable code on a surface of the card, the machine-readable code being imprinted using the same printing medium as that used to imprint said human-cognizable indicia, the machine-readable code comprising an array of polygon-shaped printed cells and non-printed blank areas arranged along two independent axes, the array encoding representative data to the human-cognizable indicia selected from the group consisting of a graphical representation of an individual'"'"'s facial likeness, the individual'"'"'s fingerprint, the individual'"'"'s signature, and textual information identifying the individual; reading and decoding the machine-readable code imprinted on the card with a machine; generating an identical image of the human-cognizable indicia from the machine-readable code imprinted on the card without referencing an external database; and comparing the image generated from the machine-readable code imprinted on the card and the two-dimensional human-cognizable information imprinted on the card to ensure that the card has not been falsified. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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