Patent ID: 11908221
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining the authenticity of an identity document comprising the steps of:
capturing, by an electronic device, image data of an identity document, the identity document being one of a plurality of different card types and having a first side and a second side, the image data including an image of the first side and an image of the second side, wherein the first side includes data about a person associated with the identity document and the second side includes a PDF417 barcode, the PDF417 barcode including features, at least one side and a margin along the at least one side;
determining a class of the one card type, wherein features of the PDF417 barcode adhere to criteria established for the determined class;
analyzing illumination characteristics of the captured image at the margin;
comparing results of said analyzing step against the respective criteria for PDF417 barcodes on the determined class of document; and
determining the identity document is authentic or fraudulent based on said comparing step.