Mar 5, 2022Data augmentation for neural network training — example for printed characters recognitionThere are a lot of articles dedicated to image recognition by machine learning methods such as neural networks, support vector machines, random trees. All these require a significant number of examples for learning and parameters setting. To create learning and testing datasets of the adequate volume is not quite trivial…8 min read8 min read
Mar 4, 2022ID optical character recognition on a mobile phone: simple to complexIn this article, we give a brief description of the design of our identity document optical character recognition system and the algorithms that are used at different stages of the process. If you’d like to know how the Smart ID Engine system works, please keep reading. The idea of using…12 min read12 min read
Feb 9, 2022The evolution of bank cards: from metal to metalNew technologies, as a general rule, build upon not just current developments, but on the extensive analysis of how related technologies have been evolving over time. Thus, if we look at a bank card as a complex piece of technology, which it is, it is interesting to know the history…7 min read7 min read
Jan 10, 2022QR-code localization — the important recognition step that has been neglectedQR-code recognition in an image is a well-established problem in machine vision. First of all, the research object was initially developed as a tool for more “comfortable” recognition. Secondly, the problem gets broken into a few separate clear sub-tasks: QR-code localization, QR-code orientation, and QR-code decoding. It turns out that…11 min read11 min read
Dec 22, 2021Face mask: an instinct for self-preservation, a threat towards facial recognition, or maybe both?Since the beginning of the century, we have witnessed at least three epidemics of transboundary nature which have significantly influenced the public perception of diseases as such. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which spread across the world in 2002–2004, outbreaks of avian (“bird flu”) and swine (“swine flu”) influenza viruses…5 min read5 min read
Dec 15, 2021A Russian biometric international travel passport — how it worksA modern travel passport is not just a booklet with a photo of the owner issued for international travel, but rather a complex device that embodies all the most breakthrough achievements in various areas of science and technology. The main passport function is to confirm the owner’s identity quickly, reliably…6 min read6 min read
Dec 8, 2021Problems of machine-readable zone recognition on mobile devicesThe recognition of a scanned document can be considered a classical and well-thought-out problem with a variety of known solutions. Recognition of a machine-readable zone (MRZ) on mobile devices, on the other hand, is a much more complicated task due to the properties of mobile device cameras and the specification…17 min read17 min read
Dec 2, 2021What is a machine-readable zone, and how do machines read it?MRZ, or Machine-Readable Zone is a codified element of identity documents. Its purpose is to facilitate easier automated scanning of basic personal details of the document holder, such as their full name, document number, nationality, date of birth, and the document expiration date. Today the MRZ can be found on…9 min read9 min read
Nov 30, 2021Smart ID Engine — check photocopy and screen recapture of USA passportThe video demonstrates how Smart ID Engine detects a photocopy and re-captures a USA passport from the screen. The technology allows you to protect users and businesses from fraudulent activities with documents. Smart ID Engine based on secure and environment-friendly GreenOCR® technology. Supports more than 1810 types of identity…1 min read1 min read
Nov 29, 2021Smart ID Engine — check photocopy and screen recapture of German passportThe video demonstrates how Smart ID Engine detects a photocopy and re-captures a German passport from the screen. The technology allows you to protect users and businesses from fraudulent activities with documents. Smart ID Engine based on secure and environment-friendly GreenOCR® technology. Supports more than 1834 types of identity…1 min read1 min read