Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
  • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
  • G07C9/22—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
  • G07C9/25—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
  • G07C9/253—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition visually
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
  • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
  • G07C9/22—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
  • G07C9/25—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
  • G07C9/257—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition electronically

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for checking an identity document or the like, such as an identity card or a passport.
• An identity document generally includes, in addition to a photograph consisting of a photographic medium or the printing of an image, printing of data relating to the carrier.
• This security consists of a printed code that can be read optically and automatically with suitable readers.
• This code includes in coded form information relating to the bearer of the document.
• This code can be printed with inks visible or not visible to the naked eye.
• the reader can also automatically scan the printed but unencrypted information present on the document and then compare it with the encoded data, so as to highlight any attempt at falsification.
• the code is in the form of a line of optically readable characters automatically and this line of characters restores, after decoding, information relating to the bearer of the document; this so-called OCR line is standardized (ISO 1831 - 1980) and allows automatic reading of passports in order to detect possible falsifications.
• OCR line reading device exists for example under the brand DILETTA® TDR 200 and the data resulting from the decoding can be visually compared with the data printed on the document.
• CD the identity card.
• codes like the IDData Matrix for encoding a series of characters.
• French patent application FR-A-2776153 describes a process in which the photograph of a person and the information relating to this person are digitized and stored in an electronic chip integrated into the document.
• the information stored in the chip is read and displayed on a control screen to allow an operator to compare it with the photograph on the document. If necessary, the information, including the photo, printed on the document is digitized during the control using a scanner and analyzed by recognition software. The information read on the chip and that from the scanning are then automatically compared and a message is displayed on the screen to indicate the possible presence of differences.
• identity control operations if they are long and tedious, are likely to generate queues that may displease individuals. There is thus a need to allow rapid and easy control of identity documents.
• the invention aims in particular to facilitate the authentication of identity documents, without having to resort to complex and expensive equipment.
• a device for checking an identity document such as an identity card or a passport, this document comprising at least one transponder and a code, in particular a printed code
• this control device being characterized by the fact that it comprises a radiofrequency device making it possible, at the time of an identity check, to read and possibly to program the transponder, and at least a code reader adapted to the type of document code, comprising means for digitizing the code, and a decoder for processing the digitized data, data management means making it possible to compare the information delivered by the radiofrequency device and the information delivered by the code reader, with a view to authenticating the identity document and / or verifying that the bearer of the document is indeed its holder, the data management means being preferably arranged to allow simultaneous operation of the code reader and of the radio frequency device.
• the control device thus makes it possible to verify that the information resulting from the data recorded in the transponder is identical to or in agreement with that resulting from the data printed on the document.
• the simultaneous operation of the code reader and the radio frequency device saves time, the transponder being read and / or programmed while recognition of the code data is carried out.
• the code reader can for example comprise a scanner or a CCD camera with specific lighting in the case of codes printed with UV or IR inks.
• the volume of the data can be low in the absence of storage of entire images and the electronics of the data acquisition device can be relatively simple and inexpensive while allowing rapid processing of the data.
• the data acquisition device being a code reader
• the existing code readers can be used directly or after slight modifications, which makes it possible to increase the security of the controls without requiring significant investments.
• the control device may include at least one optical and / or magnetic and / or electrical sensor capable of detecting and / or identifying a security element present on the document, with a view to authenticating it.
• a security element can be constituted for example by a tracer detectable after excitation under ultraviolet, infrared, microwave or magnetic field radiation.
• control device includes an audible and / or light alarm to automatically indicate an anomaly concerning the authentication of the document and / or the correspondence between the information delivered by the code reader and that delivered by the radio frequency device. .
• control device is in the form of a single unit or a plurality of devices assembled so that they can be moved simultaneously.
• the control device may include a window, arranged to allow the document to be placed thereon or a slot allowing the document to be introduced.
• the radio frequency device can be integrated into the code reader housing, as can the data management means.
• the code reader and the radiofrequency device can constitute a unitary structure, for example in the form of the same station or device.
• the fact of being able to read and / or program the transponder by placing it on a window facilitates the work of the person responsible for identity control, since this person can easily bring the document into a configuration such that the transponder can be read and / or programmed and proceed simultaneously to the verification of inscriptions present on the document and / or to the affixing of a customs stamp.
• the transponder can be integrated into a thickness of paper or plastic of the document.
• control device also comprises printing means making it possible to print the document.
• These printing means can for example be used to print a customs stamp on a passport.
• the printing means can be arranged to start printing before the end of a data exchange between the transponder and the device radio frequency or alternatively the radio frequency device can be arranged to exchange data with the transponder before the end of printing. This can save time.
• the invention also relates to an identity document comprising a printed code, a security element such as for example an optically variable device, a watermark or microperforations, and a transponder in which data representative of the code are stored, this transponder being arranged to be able to exchange data with a control device as defined above.
• a security element such as for example an optically variable device, a watermark or microperforations
• a transponder in which data representative of the code are stored, this transponder being arranged to be able to exchange data with a control device as defined above.
• no image of the document holder is entirely stored in the transponder, which makes it possible to use a relatively simple and inexpensive transponder.
• Figure 1 is a very simplified diagram of a control device according to the invention
• Figure 2 shows an identity document to be read by the device of Figure 1
• Figure 3 illustrates the reading of the transponder and information carried on the document
• FIG. 4 illustrates the writing in the transponder and the printing of the document
• FIG. 5 partially and schematically shows a window on which is placed an identity document according to the invention
• - Figure 6 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the housing.
• FIG. 1 shows a control device 1 according to the invention, comprising data management means 2, a radiofrequency device 3 making it possible to read and write in the transponder, an acquisition device 4 constituted by a code reader, a printer 6 and an audible and luminous alarm 7.
• the data management means 2 can also be connected to a monitor 8.
• the code reader 4 includes a scanner to scan the code and a decoder to analyze the scanned data and decode it.
• the data management means 2 manage the operation of the assembly and are constituted for example by an electronic card comprising a microprocessor, this card being housed in the housing 20 of the code reader, partially shown in FIG. 5.
• This box 20 includes a transparent pane on which an identity document 10 can be placed as shown in FIG. 2 and includes an antenna making it possible to exchange information with a transponder integrated into the document 10.
• the document 10 includes a support 16 for example in thick paper such as the cover page of a passport, to which the transponder 11 is fixed and on which alphanumeric data 12 are printed, for example a series of words, letters or numbers concerning the identity of the holder of the document 10 .
• a photograph 13 and a security element 14 are also present on the support 16.
• the transponder 11 comprises an electronic circuit known in itself and an antenna.
• the security element 14 is constituted here by an iridescent strip.
• Document 10 also comprises, in addition to the alphanumeric data 12, a code 17 constituted here by an OCR line, established by means of a standardized algorithm.
• This conventional code 17 can be replaced by and / or associated with a matrix bar code, distributed on the document, or by other codes mentioned above.
• the radio frequency device 3 then remotely reads, and possibly decrypts, the information recorded in the transponder 11, while the scanner of the code reader acquires an image of all or part of the printed data (legible in natural light or not) present on the document and the code reader decoder decodes the data corresponding to the code.
• the code reader may be able to read in the infrared and / or in the visible.
• the data collected by the code reader and by the radio frequency device 3 is processed by the data management device 2.
• the data coming from the code reader 4 are compared in the example described with data recorded in the transponder, relating to those which are the subject of the code, which makes it possible to detect a possible attempt to falsify the information in the event of failure data matching.
• the expiration date of the identity document can also be checked automatically.
• the radiofrequency device 3 allows, in addition to reading the information contained in the transponder 11, the programming of the latter, as illustrated in FIG. 4.
• the printer 6 can be used, if necessary, to print on the identity document 10 a stamp comprising for example the date of the check.
• the document 10 is printed during the exchange of data between the transponder 11 and the radiofrequency device 3, which saves time.
• control device 1 a magnetic and / or optical and / or electrical sensor 5 making it possible, for example, to detect and / or identify a security element present on the identity document.
• a camera can be used as an alternative to a scanner.
• the camera may not be integrated into a box under a transparent window but placed above a reception surface on which the identity document is deposited during the reading and / or programming of the transponder.
• the identity document can then be printed by a print head disposed above the aforementioned reception surface.

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