43 results about "Travel Documents" patented technology

A hard laminate sheet for security booklets and method of making the same. The laminate sheet comprises at least two hard core layers (e.g. of polycarbonate) and a flexible component (e.g. nylon) there between and extending beyond an outer edge of the core layers to form a flexible band. The flexible component may be provided as an intermediate layer also comprising a hard component (e.g. of polycarbonate) juxtaposed with the flexible component and laminated to the adjacent core layers. The flexible component comprises a plurality of apertures within which material of the adjacent core layers is laminated together and affixes the flexible component to the laminate sheet. Additional hard core layers may be laminated to the core layers which sandwich the intermediate layer. Optionally, the laminate sheet may be used for a travel document (such as a passport) and may be laser engraved. Also, optionally, the laminate sheet may comprise a hard core inlay layer configured for containing a contactless integrated circuit chip and antenna or other electronic hardware.

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. In the case of a concentric band moiré image, base band grating layer and revealing line grating layer layouts may be produced according to geometric transformations, which yield, upon relative displacement of the position sampled by the revealing layer on the base layer, a band moiré image whose patterns move either radially, circularly or according to a spiral trajectory, depending on the orientation of the base band replication vector in the original non-transformed base layer space. 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. The base band layer and the revealing layer may be separated by a small gap and form a fixed composed layer, where, thanks to the well-known parallax effect, by tilting the composed layer in respect to an observer, different positions of the base layer are sampled and a dynamically moving moiré image is generated. 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 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 computer-implemented method for border control is described. The method involves interaction between a user computing device and a management server. The following actions are performed at the user computing device. A registration process is performed that involving captures user information and a stored biometric of the user from a user travel document. A first fresh user biometric is also captured at the user computing device for verification to register the user at the management server. At least one check step is then performed during passage through a border control area, this check step comprising capturing a second fresh user biometric for verification and generation of a time limited code for completing the check step. Suitable apparatus to implement this method is also described.

A system and a method for document information authenticity verification for applications including verifying the authenticity of information of statements of attainment of course documentation issued by registered training organisations, verification of travel documents and other sensitive documents requiring authenticity verification of documents issued by law firms, accountancy firms, governmental institutions and the like, the method comprises a verification record creation stage comprising: receiving document content metadata from a document; generating a metadata hash using the document content metadata; creating a blockchain transaction comprising the metadata hash; and generating computer readable data encoding the metadata hash; updating the document with the computer readable data and a document verification stage comprising: receiving the document; extracting the metadata hash from the computer readable data; and identifying the metadata hash within blockchain transactions of the blockchain to verify the authenticity of the document metadata.

A payment terminal 10 includes a payment card reader 40, which obtains payment data, preferably from a contactless payment unit or card 40 that is physically close to the terminal 10. A secondary reader (not shown) obtains supplementary data (211, fig.3) from a machine readable entity such as a passport or travel document. The secondary reader may comprise a radio frequency transceiver. The secondary data is combined with the payment data to form a payment record, and thus makes the payment by contactless methods more secure by providing greater assurance as to the identity of the customer. A method of payment and a payment system are also disclosed. The payment means may alternatively be a NFC payment device, or a chip and pin device.