43 results about "Travel Documents" patented technology

The present invention relies on a band moiré image layout model capable of predicting the band moiré image layer layout produced when superposing a base band grating layer of a given layout and revealing line grating layer of a given layout. Both the base band grating layer and the revealing line grating layer may have a rectilinear or a curvilinear layout. The resulting band moiré image layout may also be rectilinear or curvilinear. Thanks to the band moiré image layout model, one can choose the layout of two layers selected from the set of base band grating layer, revealing line grating layer and band moiré image layer and obtain the layout of the third layer by computation, i.e. automatically. Base band grating layers and revealing line grating layers may be produced which yield, upon displacement of the revealing layer on top of the base layer or vice-versa, a band moiré image whose patterns move either along a predetermined direction or in the case of a concentric band moiré image, either inwards or outwards in respect to the center of the concentric moiré bands. In addition, it is possible to conceive a revealing line grating layer which when translated on top of the base band grating layer, generates a band moiré image which is subject to a periodic deformation. Furthermore, thanks also to the availability of a large number of geometric transformations and transformation variants (i.e. different values for the transformation constants), one may create documents having their own individualized document protection. A computing system may automatically generate upon request an individualized protected security document having specific base band grating and revealing line grating layouts. The computing system may then upon request generate and issue a security document incorporating the base band grating layer, a base band grating layer or a revealing line grating layer allowing to authenticate a previously issued security document. The presented methods may be used for creating an individualized protection for various categories of documents (banknotes, identity documents, checks, diploma, travel documents, tickets) and valuable products (optical disks, CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs, packages for medical drugs, products with affixed labels, watches).

The disclosed method and system may be used for creating advanced protection means for various categories of documents (e.g. bank notes, identity documents, certificates, checks, diploma, travel documents, tickets) and valuable products (e.g optical disks, CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs, prescription drugs, products with affixed labels, watches) hereinafter called “secure items”. Secure items are authenticated by shape level lines. The shape level lines become apparent when superposing a base layer comprising sets of lines and a revealing layer comprising a line grating. One of the two layers is a modified layer which embeds a shape elevation profile generated from an initial, preferably bilevel, motif shape image (e.g. typographic characters, words of text, symbols, logo, ornament). In the case of an authentic document, the outline of the revealed shape level lines are visual offset lines of the boundaries of the initial bilevel motif shape image. In addition, the intensities, respectively colors of the revealed shape level lines are the same as the intensities, respectively colors of the lines forming the base layer sets of lines. By modifying the relative superposition phase of the revealing layer on top of the base layer or vice-versa (e.g. by a translation or a rotation), one may observe shape level lines moving dynamically between the initial bilevel motif shape boundaries and shape foreground centers, respectively background centers, thereby growing and shrinking. In the case that these characteristic features are present, the secure item is accepted as authentic. Otherwise the item is rejected as suspect. Pairs of base and revealing layers may be individualized by applying to both the base and the revealing layer a geometric transformation. Thanks to the availability of a large number of geometric transformations and transformation parameters, one may create documents having their own individualized document protection. The invention also proposes a computing and delivery system operable for delivering base and revealing layers according to security document or valuable product information content. The system may automatically generate upon request an individually protected secure item and its corresponding authentication means.

The invention discloses a paperless boarding system based on a two-dimension code technology and a biometric identification technology. The adopted technical scheme is that passengers purchase electronic tickets by different ways, select a required flight, and pay by cash or on the network; on the basis of receiving prior noticed passenger information (API data) and payment conformation, airline companies determine traveling reservation and issue the electronic tickets, verify information, such as flight reservation, authentication, bill payment state, travel document and no-fly lists of airline companies and the like, and affirm flight rights of passengers, activate the electronic tickets to help passengers to pass through related facilities of the airport, security check and airline companies and then board the aircraft. The system leaves out ticket delivery and ticket picking up time and timely solves unforeseen situations such as airline ticket loss and the like; tickets reservation is not constricted in space; and electronic tickets only need electronic reservation and the passengers can board airplane successfully by remote, network or telephone payment.

A method, system, and computer program product for conveying a changing local time zone in an electronic document such as an electronic calendar. The method comprises: providing at least one travel document containing travel information corresponding to at least one trip; determining a local time zone for each entry in the electronic document scheduled to occur during each trip, based on the travel information contained in the at least one travel document; updating the electronic document to reflect local time zone information for each entry scheduled to occur during each trip; and displaying the local time zone information in the electronic document for each entry scheduled to occur during each trip, independently of a current date.

A kiosk for processing arriving travelers is provided, wherein the kiosk reads information from the traveler's travel document, and either receives a completed declaration form from the traveler or poses a series of questions to the traveler. On obtaining the needed information from the traveler, the kiosk queries a government computer to obtain a code for the traveler. The code, when shown to a government official, such as a customs agent, will determine if the traveler is retained for secondary processing.

The immigration system includes a travel document insertion port for accepting a travel document retaining individual information which specifies a bearer, a reader for reading individual information from the travel document inserted into the insertion port by a bearer, an acquiring portion for acquiring the bearer's biological information, and a collator for collating the individual information acquired by the acquiring portion with the individual information read from the bearer's travel document by the reader. Further, the system includes an examination portion for examining the passing of a bearer for approval or disapproval based on the result of collation in the collator, a passing ticket issuer for issuing a passing ticket to the bearer who is approved to pass, and a gate for approving the passing of a traveler by accepting the inserted passing ticket issued from the passing ticket issuer.

A rapid access device to facilitate the display of travel documents at travel hubs, such as airports and bus terminals, is disclosed. The device comprises a display support structure featuring at least one central fold which may be offset to facilitate rapid tactile orienting and opening of the device. The device also features at least one large item display panel (for displaying, for example, a boarding pass) and at least one small item display panel (for displaying, for example, an identification card or frequent flyer card). The device also features at least one handling section, defined by the relative location of the display panels and display receptacles, to facilitate the rapid and minimally blocked presentation of the user's travel documents.

Maintaining information for a traveler includes creating a virtual travel credential containing information from a physical passport of the traveler and/or physical travel document(s) of the traveler, storing at least a portion of the virtual travel credential in a mobile device carried by the traveler, monitoring a location of the mobile device, and providing a signal in response to the mobile device transitioning from a first country/territory to a second country/territory. Monitoring the location of the mobile device may include detecting a cellular network in communication with the mobile device or using GPS functionality of the mobile device or receiving information that the traveler boarded a plane headed for the second country/territory. At least a portion of the virtual travel credential may be stored in a virtual travel credential server. The virtual travel credential server may communicate with the mobile device using a cellular network.

A mobile computing device-implemented method of imaging an object to read information, includes capturing, by running an image capturing thread, a plurality of raw images of the object by an image capturing component of the mobile computing device and placing in an image queue in a first memory location; processing, by running an image processing thread, one or more raw images to extract one or more potential machine readable zone (MRZ) candidates and placing in a MRZ candidate queue in a second memory location; analyzing, by running an image analysis thread, an MRZ candidate to detect an MRZ and placing in an MRZ queue in a third memory location; and creating a composite MRZ if a timer has expired, or the MRZ queue has reached a predetermined threshold.

This disclosure concerns a method and apparatus that prints travel documents. The method may include retrieving a travel document template, wherein the travel document template is in a format dictated by an industry standard, receiving travel document data for an individual's travel, integrating the individual's travel document data with the travel document template to produce a digital image of one or more travel documents that includes the integrating travel document data and the travel document template, and outputting the one or more travel document.

The invention discloses a reading method of machine-reading of a travel document. The reading method comprises steps that during the machine-reading of the travel document, a machine-reading code list is acquired from a preset database; a machine-reading code is selected from the machine-reading code list; the chip information of the travel document is read by using the selected machine-reading code; when the machine-reading succeeds, the read chip information is stored; when the machine-reading fails, the chip information is read by using the selected next machine-reading code according to a preset sequence until the machine-reading fails by using all of the machine-reading codes in the machine-reading code list. The invention also discloses the reading device of the machine-reading of the travel document. The chip information of the machine-reading of the travel document is read automatically, and the reading speed of the machine-reading of the travel document is improved, and the travel document is not damaged, and therefore problems such as tedious operation, low efficiency, easy damaging of travel document caused by the reading of the chip information via an optical recognizer are prevented.

Systems, devices, methods, and instructions for travel document validation, including receiving data for one or more travel documents, generating a set of features for artificial intelligence model training, validating, and testing, upon receiving data for a plurality of travel documents, data from a first subset of travel documents is used to train an artificial intelligence model, a second subset of travel documents is used to validate the artificial intelligence model, and a third subset of travel documents is used to test the artificial intelligence model.