Patent ID: 8950675
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A personal identification card scanning tool comprising a first holding portion and a second holding portion, the first holding portion being configured and adapted to hold a portable computing device in a particular orientation, the second holding portion being configured and adapted to hold a personal identification card in a particular orientation, the first holding portion being structurally connected to the second holding portion in a manner such that the portable computing device and the personal identification card are fixed in relative positions and orientations with respect to each other and are generally parallel to and spaced apart from each other when the portable computing device is held by the first holding portion and the personal identification card is held by the second holding portion, the scanning tool being configured and adapted such that a line-of-sight exist between at least a portion of the portable computing device and at least a portion of the personal identification card when the portable computing device is held by the first holding portion and the personal identification card is held by the second holding portion.