Patent ID: 7543337
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: B42D,G07C

Abstract:
1. System for reading a document comprising a card provided with machine-readable holder details in a machine readable zone and for establishing whether a person presenting the document has a predetermined right, the machine readable zone being provided on the external surface of the card and which document at least contains a chip containing one or more private keys and a biocertificate containing biometric data on the holder as well as data with a predetermined relationship to the machine readable holder details in the machine readable zone which predetermined relationship is based on a one-way function, and wherein the system comprises: a reader for reading the chip and for reading the machine-readable holder details in the machine readable zone; a memory containing details with regard to the predetermined right of the holder; a biometric feature scanner arranged to scan a biometric feature of the holder and to generate scanned biometric data; a processing unit that is connected to the reader, the memory and the biometric feature scanner and is equipped to: