ID Document Biometric Data Capture and Electronic Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for producing identification documents that include photographs struggle to efficiently store additional biometric data such as iris images, fingerprints, and facial recognition information electronically, failing to ensure data accuracy and security during the production process.
Innovation Solution
A method and arrangement that utilize digital cameras and software in photo booths to capture and store biometric data electronically, which is then transferred to a document production site for incorporation into the ID document, using techniques like facial recognition, iris imaging, and fingerprint scanning, and can include secure storage on magnetic strips or smart cards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If additional biometric information is stored electronically in ID documents, then security and data accuracy are enhanced, but device complexity and production difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The production system is divided into separate functional modules: photo capture device, biometric capture devices (iris, fingerprint), digital processing unit, and document production unit. Each module performs a specific function, making the overall complex system manageable through functional segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The document production system is designed to handle multiple types of information (photographs, signatures, iris images, fingerprints, facial recognition data) using a unified digital processing framework, allowing the same system to produce various types of ID documents with different biometric data types.
2Reliability
If multiple biometric data types are captured and stored, then security is enhanced, but production time and process complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
All biometric data (photographs, iris images, fingerprints, facial recognition data) are captured and processed in advance during the document production process. The digital data is prepared, verified, and stored in the document's electronic storage before the document is finalized, eliminating the need for later data collection or verification steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The production process maintains continuous digital data flow from capture to storage. The system continuously captures biometric data, processes it through digital verification, and stores it in the document's electronic storage without interruption, ensuring all data originates from the same person present at the time of production.
3Manufacturing precision
If digital capture and electronic transfer of biometric data is implemented, then data accuracy and security are improved, but equipment complexity and initial production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Traditional mechanical or manual methods of data collection (physical photographs, handwritten signatures, paper-based biometric records) are replaced with digital capture devices and electronic storage systems. Digital cameras capture photographs, optical sensors capture iris images and fingerprints, and all data is electronically transferred and stored, eliminating manual handling and improving accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for producing an ID document (9) or a like document in which a photograph (2) shall be included in the ID-document and in which the photograph (2) is produced in a digital form and transferred (7) for direct copying into the document (9) while still in its digital form. According to the invention additional information concerning an owner of the ID document (9) is produced in a digital form and transferred for incorporation in the ID document (9) in an electronic form (13).