Wireless Identity Verification via Image Similarity Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current personal identity verification systems are limited by the need for individuals to physically present identification documents, which slows down the verification process, especially in high-traffic areas, and require manual intervention, limiting their throughput.

Innovation Solution

A system that uses a wireless mobile device to store image data of an individual's body, which is compared with visual data captured by an authority's device, allowing for wireless communication and image similarity analysis to verify identity without the need for physical documents, enabling faster and more autonomous verification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If physical identification documents are used for verification, then verification accuracy is maintained, but verification speed decreases and manual intervention is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification throughputVSAvoidverification time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical process of physically presenting and manually checking identification documents with an automated optical recognition system. The system uses image capture devices to photograph identification documents and automated optical character recognition to extract and verify data, eliminating the need for manual intervention and significantly increasing verification throughput while reducing verification time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates digital copies of identification documents through image capture and stores them for automated processing. These digital copies are used for verification without requiring the physical document to be manually handled, enabling parallel processing of multiple documents and increasing overall system productivity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Extent of automation

If manual identity verification is performed, then verification accuracy is ensured, but device complexity increases and automation level decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification automation levelVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The verification system is divided into distinct functional modules: image capture devices for photographing documents, optical character recognition software for extracting text, database systems for storing verification data, and comparison algorithms for matching information. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and facilitates automated processing while maintaining manageable system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service verification where individuals can present their identification documents to automated devices that automatically capture, process, and verify the information without requiring manual intervention by verification personnel. The automated optical recognition system independently completes the entire verification process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3457365B1Personal identity verification system and method for verifying the identity of an individual
Publication Date: 2023.09.06 LEGIC IDENTSYSTEMS AG
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AI summary

A Personal Identity Verification System for verifying the identity of an individual (600) carrying a wireless mobile communications device (400) is proposed, comprising image data of an area of the individual's body, said image data being stored in the wireless mobile communications device (400), at least one image capture device (100) configured to capture visual data of an area of the individual's body and at least one wireless communications module (200) configured to receive the image data from the wireless mobile communications device (400). Further, an electronic circuit (300) is provided that is configured to compare the visual data with the image data and to generate positive verification information when the visual data and the image data are established to be similar within a similarity-tolerance.