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Table of Contents Warranty ..................................................................................................................... 1 Notice to User ............................................................................................................. 2 Publication .................................................................................................................. 2 Table of Contents ........................................................................................
Extract face image to file ........................................................................................... 30 Extract signature image to file ................................................................................... 30 Export id data to web................................................................................................. 30 Extract ID data to a file .............................................................................................. 30 Append records: .......
Figure 23: Main screen in minimized mode ......................................................................
Getting Started Before using the scanner The application has been carefully packaged to avoid damage during transportation. Before operating the scanner, please remove the packaging materials.
Installation To install the software on the computer, do the following: 1. Close all programs. 2. Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive. 3. Wait until the install program begins and follow the instructions on the screen. 4. If the install program does not automatically start, click the My Computer icon on the desktop and then select the CD ROM drive. 5. Double click on the Setup program. Once the Setup program starts, select the application name from the left list and click on the Setup icon.
Introduction idScan® scans various ID documents such as driver licenses and passports, and extracts the textual information as well as the document image into an external file, clipboard or third party software. In addition, idScan® is capable of reading magnetic strips.
The Program Interface The following figure shows the application main screen: Figure 1: Main Screen The main screen controls Always on Top: Toggles the application window between normal mode and always-on-top mode. Help: Opens this help document. Print Preview: Shows the scanned image and the data before printing. Print: Prints the scanned image and the data.
Live Update: Updates your software with the most recent version, using the Internet. Category: Toggles between the available scanning modes according to document type and the scanner used, and sets the source for data detection accordingly. For more information on idScan® scanning modes please see Program Operation, Page 12. Driver’s license country: Sets the card issuing country and state to be used for the OCR recognition template.
Toggle Image Output: Active only in manual save mode: Sets the output destination to file or clipboard. Card Verification: Activates the verification function. Toggle Reference: Sets the reference source for card verification purposes. Open OCR View: Opens extracted text view. Open Configuration Dialog: Opens the configuration dialog screen in which all the application behavior can be set.
Program Operation Overview idScan® operation can be divided into six main operation categories: 1. Scanning and Image import 2. Saving and exporting data and images 3. Magnetic Strip reading 4. Extracted text manipulation and export 5. ID card Verification 6. Setting Image formats and other parameters Image scanning and import – Images can be imported from two sources: from a scanner (ScanShell® 1000 or ScanShell® 800) or from an existing image file.
Scanning modes idScan® has several scanning modes, available according to the scanner used. Scanner support MagShell® scanners (magnetic readers): Support Driver License and General Document modes (if the documents have magnetic strips). General document (in magnetic mode) extracts data from magnetic strips of general documents (e.g., credit cards) and displays the text data as-is. ScanShell® 800N: Supports barcode, business card and general non-OCR reading.
edited. Once a new ID card is scanned, this data is transferred to a text file (if this option is enabled). Figure 2: ID Data (Basic Mode) The ID Data window can be viewed in three modes: Basic mode: Only the most important data is displayed. Detailed mode: Displays all the data on the card (click on the Details button). Custom mode: Allows you to customize user-defined fields and data (click on the Custom button), see Custom fields - User defined fields in the next page.
Click on the 'OCR' button at the bottom left of the main screen. Click on the 'Details' button at the bottom left of the window that opens. Click on the 'Custom' button at the bottom left of the window that opens. Click on the 'Labels' button at the bottom of the window that opens to create a label for the field. Figure 3: Cusotm fields creation window Click 'Add' and type in a name for the field. Repeat the process to create additional fields. Click OK.
Figure 4: Business Card data window Figure 5: Check data window As in all other data windows, you can edit data in the fields, and your changes will be saved to the data file. General Document Mode The General Document Mode lets you scan a general document type and extract its text data. The data window displays the extracted text in raw format (not in fields).
Figure 6: General Document data window In General Document scanning mode, both sides of a document can be scanned. Use the A/B button at the button of the window to view the two document sides. scanning modes – Document type combination Categories with combined document types perform the scan expecting the first document type specified in the category. If the data extracted does not match the first document type pattern, idScan® switches to the other document type specified in the category.
Figure 7: Document type indication in the status bar Reading Passports Passports can only be scanned with the ScanShell® 1000 scanner. This scanner was designed specifically for reading / scanning passports; however, it can also be used for ID / Driver License reading / scanning. Both Passport and ID cards should be placed on the glass of the scanner with the side to be scanned facing the glass. When scanning ID cards, they should be placed on the top right corner as shown in the figure below.
Figure 9: The placing of a passport While using the ScanShell® 1000 scanner, you can assign a specific document category to each of the scanner buttons; see Scanner button assignment, Page 25. Once assigned, pressing one of the scanner buttons will initiate a scan in the assigned scanning mode. Magnetic strips Reading magnetic strips works in much the same way. The data is extracted as soon as you swipe a card through the magnetic reader. Extracted text The Extracted text can be saved in two ways: 1.
Text File Delimiters - The delimiters are simply a way to indicate to the user or third party application, where each field starts and stops. idScan® allows three types of delimiters: 1. Comma delimiter: Each field is separated by a comma and looks as follows: ("DL number, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Expire, DOB, Class, Eyes, Hair, Sex, Weight, Height, Restrictions, Endorsements"). 2.
ID Card authentication Use this option to check if the card you are scanning is genuine. idScanPro® will scan the data on the card using OCR, and then compare it to data from a second source on the card, either the barcode or the magnetic strip (if available). If the data from the two sources match, the card is genuine. If not, the card is either fake, or one of the data sources on the card is corrupted. To authenticate a card: 1.
Understanding the authentication status light The status light provides indications for the authentication process, as follows: Solid black color - the authentication function is not activated. Solid brown color - the authentication function is activated and is waiting for the reference scan or swipe. Flashing brown light - the reference scan or swipe has been successful, waits for the scan of the source.
Configuring the Program Before you start scanning, it is a good idea to configure the program’s scanning and file saving options. Click on the ‘Open configuration screen’ button in the main screen (See Figure 1 Page 9). The following configuration panel will be displayed: Figure 10: Scanner configuration panel The configuration panel’s first tab is the Automation tab. Here you can set various parameters of scanning and saving data and images.
Automation tab Data Source The Data Source section determines the data input source: Scanners, magnetic strip or image file. Checking the ‘Scanner’ option does the following: Sets the scanner as the input image device. Sets the Scan button icon to a scanner image in the main screen. Enables the lower checkbox, titled ‘Paper auto detection’. Checking the ‘Image File’ option does the following: Sets the image source as a local image file from the hard disk.
Scanner button assignment If you use the ScanShell® 1000 scanner, clicking the 'Scanner button assignment' will open the following window, allowing you to assign a specific document category to each of the scanner buttons. Figure 11: ScanShell® 1000 button configuration To configure the ScanShell® 1000 buttons: Select a document type from the dropdown list of the desired scanner button. Note that an arrow is marking the corresponding button in the picture. Click OK.
Saving options Once an image is imported, it can be saved to a file or to the clipboard. Images can be saved in two ways: Manual save: The image is saved to the hard disk or to the clipboard as soon as the user clicks on the Save button or immediately after the scanning, depending on user settings. Automatic save: The image is saved to the hard disk in a predefined directory. Saving can be performed as soon as scanning is complete, or when the next card scanning starts.
Figure 12: File naming configuration – Driver license This dialog sets the naming properties of the automatically saved image files. The file destination folder can be typed into the ‘File Path’, or selected by clicking the File Path button. In the window that opens you can navigate to the directory in which you want to save the files. The file format may be one of seven supported formats (BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PSD).
from the ID card. Accordingly, if the ID card belongs to JOHN SMITH, the saved file name will be JOHN SMITH.BMP. File name: Type in a name and select the start number with which the files are automatically numbered. Select the graphic file type to use. Click on Browse button left of the path field, to specify a path for the saved files. When you are done, click Apply. General document images Use this tab to specify general document saving options, See the paragraph above for explanations.
License Text Export tab Figure 14: Scanner configuration panel - License data processing tab Extract full image: Extracts the complete ID card image and saves it as a separate file. Extract face image: Isolates the face image rectangle from the ID card image and saves it as a separate file. Extract signature image to file: Isolates the signature image rectangle from the ID card image and saves it as a separate file.
Extract full image The full card image is extracted from the ID image and saved to a file. The face image is saved under the ID image name (e.g. c:/images/ID-1.bm). To find out more about file naming methods, see the Image manual save and Image auto-save sections on Page 26. Extract face image to file The face image rectangle is extracted from the ID image and saved to a file. The face image is saved under the ID image name with the .Face extension (e.g. if the card image name is c:/images/ID-1.
Note: For a full list of exported fields please see Appendix E – Full Export Fields List, Page 54.
Append records: The records can be written to the text file in two ways: Appending mode: In this mode, each new record is appended to the end of the text as a new text line. To activate this mode, check the checkbox titled Append Records. Single record mode: In this mode, each new record overwrites the previous record; thus the text file always contains a single record. To activate this mode, uncheck the checkbox titled Append Records.
Image tab The Image tab lets you set various image scanning parameters as follows: Figure 16: Scanner configuration panel – Image tab Document size: The document size determines the size of the scanned area.
Height 34 Width Figure 17: Document Measurements Passport size - the drop-down list offers the following options: Full size (3"x 5") - Scan the full size of the document Data section only – Scan only the data section of the document. Driver License size - offers the following options: ID card (landscape) ID card (portrait) Photo size (3” x 5”) Large Photo size (4” x 6”) Custom size: offers variable scan sizes from (1.85” x 2”) to (4.1” x 9”) (W x H).
256 shades of gray: 8-bit gray image Black and white: 1-bit image As mentioned above, more colors mean a larger image file size. The relation between color scheme and file size can be defined approximately as follows: File size = 2 number of bits Accordingly, if a certain document scanned in black and white format produces a file of 50KB, the same document produces an image file of 400KB when scanned in 256 colors (or gray scale), and 1.2 MB for true color.
Figure 18: Text stamp configuration window Scanner Calibration With time, the scanner’s colors detection tends to change to incorrect values. This phenomenon affects the text detection accuracy as well as the resulted image quality. For detailed instructions on how to clean the scanner, see Appendix C - Maintaining the scanner, Page 50. Cleaning the Scanner Cleaning the scanner from time to time improves the scan quality.
Printing – Print tab Image Print Size Surprisingly, the printed image size depends very much on the graphic program used. In some low-end graphic applications (such as Microsoft Paint that comes with Windows), the printed image size depends on the image resolution. The more dpi, the larger the image size that will be printed. To get a properly printed image size, use a more professional graphic package (such as Adobe Photoshop) that prints the image in the correct dimensions regardless of the image dpi.
Printing custom fields: Allows you to print custom, user defined fields. This is useful for creating and printing badges and for other purposes. Custom fields can be added in the OCR window, see Custom fields - User defined fields, Page 14. Click on the 'Print custom fields' button. Figure 20: Print custom fields dialog Select the fields you want to print. Select Print label and data or Print data only.
Live Update Tab Live Update checks for updates whenever you are connected to the Internet, and updates your program automatically with the most recent available version of the program. Note: If you do not configure your software for automatic Live Update, you can still update it manually using the Live Update button in the main screen. To use the automatic Live Update feature, go to the Live Update tab in the configuration screen: Figure 21: Live Update tab 1. Check the Live Update checkbox. 2.
3. Click on the ‘Set User Data’ button. ABC12345 jfk80DD Figure 22: Live Update user details 4. Fill in your details. Note: License, Email and company are obligatory and must be filled in. 5. Click ‘OK’.
Appendix A – Supported States for Detection The following table lists the countries and states supported by idScan®. This list will be updated in each new version release of idScan®.
NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS US VIRGINISLANDS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WASHINGTON DC WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING GREEN CARD ARMY CARD SSN CARD NYPD GUAM MEXICO USA TRIBAL FIPS ID PASSPORT CARD CANADA 1 Canada 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 91 43 44 45 46 8 47 48 49 81 82 83 84 86 85 88 89 92 3 ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO PRINCE EDWARD MANITOBA NEW BRUNSWICK NEW FOUNDLAND NW TERITORIES NOVASCOT
AMERICA CANADA CITIZEN ID 79 108 93 118 21 133 106 13 60 8 134 4 79 28 135 112 73 ANTIGUA 1160 990 1290 250 1440 1120 170 670 130 1450 80 830 320 1460 1200 770 67 34 136 137 138 139 33 74 69 140 150 6 32 36 29 30 94 160 ECUADOR 170 180 SAINT_LUCIA 2 ANTIGUA ARGENTINA ARUBA BAHAMAS BARBADOS BELIZE BERMUDA BOLIVIA BRAZIL CAYMAN ISLANDS CHILE COLUMBIA COSTA RICA CUBA CURACAO DOMINICAN_REPUB LIC ECUADOR EL_SALVADOR FRENCH_GUIANA GREENLAND GRENADA GUYANA GUATEMALA HAITI HONDURAS JAMAICA PARAGUAY ME
TURKS_CAICOS TURKS_CAICOS VIRGINISLANDS 103 200 80 115 ALBANIA 95 ALBANIA ANDORRA 88 ANDORRA ARMENIA 128 ARMENIA AUSTRIA 57 AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN 113 AZERBAIJAN BELARUS 125 BELARUS BELGIUM 38 BELGIUM BOSNIA 48 BOSNIA BULGARIA 45 BULGARIA CROATIA 41 CROATIA CYPRUS 76 CYPRUS CZECH 47 CZECH DENMARK 72 DENMARK ESTONIA 71 ESTONIA FINLAND 64 FINLAND FRANCE 5 FRANCE EUROPE_GENERAL_ CARDS GERMANY 46 EUROPE_GENERAL_CARD S GERMAN_ID URUGUAY VENEZUELA EUROPE URU
MOLDOVA MONACO MONTENEGRO NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SAN_MARINO SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWISS TURKEY UKRAINE UNITED_KINGDOM UZBEKISTAN VATICAN AUSTRALIA 105 129 97 15 27 31 12 58 130 59 50 53 11 22 20 25 131 7 127 132 MOLDOVA MONACO MONTENEGRO NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SAN_MARINO SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWISS TURKEY UKRAINE UNITED_KINGDOM AND IRELAND UZBEKISTAN VATICAN 1380 1430 4 NSW ACT QLD TAS VIC WST SA NT COOK ISLANDS FIJI KEYPASS NEWZEALAND (A
CHINA EAST_TIMOR ISRAEL_DOCS INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LEBANON MALAYSIA MALDIVES MONGOLIA MYANMAR NEPAL New ZELAND NORTH_KOREA OMAN PAKISTAN PHILIPPINES QATAR SAUDI_ARABIA SINGAPORE SOUTH_KOREA SRI_LANKA SYRIA TAJIKISTAN THAILAND TURKMENISTAN UAE VIETNAM YEMEN AFRICA 43 710 107 CHINA 81 37 720 111 730 740 750 116 760 770 780 2 790 800 810 820 16 830 85 840 102 86 87 14 850 860 870 880 104 890 55 900 910 INDIA 210 220 230 240 ALGERIA EAST_TIMOR ISRAEL_
BURKINA_FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CAPE_VERDE CENTRAL_AFRICAN _REPUBLIC CHAD COMOROS REPUBLIC_OF_THE _CONGO DEMOCRATIC_REPU BLIC_OF_THE_CON GO DJIBOUTI EGYPT EQUATORIAL_GUIN EA ERITREA ETHIOPIA IVORY_COAST GABON THEGAMBIA GHANA GUINEA GUINEA_BISSAU KENYA LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MAURITANIA MAURITIU MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NIGER NIGERIA RWANDA SAO_TOME_AND_PR INCIPE SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SIERRA_LEONE 250 260 124 270 280 290 300 310 320 BURKINA_FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CAPE_VERDE CENTRAL_AFRI
SOMALIA SOMALIA ZIMBABWE 570 35 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 650 83 660 UNIVERSITY_USA 24 Student Id (UMASS, Boston Un., Emerson Clg., Harvard Un., Northeastern Un., Suffolk Un.
Appendix B – Supported Scanners Before using idScan®, the scanner driver must be installed. idScan® can work with the following scanner types: ScanShell® 800: Driver for the scanner can be found at http://www.id-scan.com/FTP/Scanner_Drivers/scanshell800 ScanShell® 900: Driver for the scanner can be found at http://www.id-scan.com/FTP/Scanner_Drivers/MagShell900 ScanShell® 1000: Driver for the scanner can be found at http://www.id-scan.
Appendix C - Maintaining the scanner Calibrating the scanner With time, the scanner’s colors detection tends to change to incorrect values. This phenomenon affects the text detection accuracy as well as the resulted image quality. To reset the scanner to the proper colors, the scanner needs to be calibrated.
Appendix D - Minimized Interface Mode & Command Line Switches The idScan® application behavior can be modified to best suit your needs. This is done by running the program while using command line switches. idScan® offers the following switches: MI – Runs the application with minimum amount of control buttons on the main screen and eliminates access to the configuration dialog screens.
Calibrate Scanner Clean Scanner Select country & State Help Barcode Scanner connection status Figure 23: Main screen in minimized mode Main screen function controls: Help: Opens this help document. Calibrate Scanner: Activates the scanner’s Calibration Wizard. Clean: Activates the scanner’s Cleaning Wizard. Country list: Selects the current country. If the current country contains several states, the state list is loaded to the State List control.
Note: All the settings described in previous sections of this document apply when running in Minimized Interface mode.
Appendix E – Full Export Fields List The full list of fields exported from idScan® (in this order). Total: 141 fields. 0. ID 1. License 2. Name 3. Address 4. City 5. State 6. Zip 7. Issued 8. Expired 9. Dob 10. Sex 11. Class 12. SocialSecurity 13. estFile 14. NameF 15. NameM 16. NameL 17. NameS 18. TimeStamp 19. Text1 20. Text2 21. Eyes 22. Hair 23. Height 24. Weight 25. Rest 26. Type 27. End 28. Audit 29.
30. Nationality 31. PersonalNumber 32. County 33. Address2 34. Address3 35. Address4 36. Address5 37. Address6 38. Custom0 39. Custom1 40. Custom2 41. Custom3 42. Custom4 43. Custom5 44. Custom6 45. Custom7 46. Custom8 47. Custom9 48. Duplicate 49. Title 50. Company 51. Country 52. City2 53. State2 54. Zip2 55. Country2 56. City3 57. State3 58. Zip3 59. Country3 60. City4 61.
62. Zip4 63. Country4 64. PhoneLabel0 65. Phone0 66. PhoneLabel1 67. Phone1 68. PhoneLabel2 69. Phone2 70. PhoneLabel3 71. Phone3 72. PhoneLabel4 73. Phone4 74. FaxLabel0 75. Fax0 76. FaxLabel1 77. Fax1 78. FaxLabel2 79. Fax2 80. FaxLabel3 81. Fax3 82. EmailLabel0 83. Email0 84. EmailLabel1 85. Email1 86. EmailLabel2 87. Email2 88. EmailLabel3 89. Email3 90. WebLabel0 91. Web0 92. WebLabel1 93.
94. WebLabel2 95. Web2 96. WebLabel3 97. Web3 98. RecentDocType 99. Text3 100. IdCountry 101. CheckAmmount 102. CheckDate 103. CheckIssue 104. CheckIssueBank 105. CheckMicr 106. CheckNum 107. CheckRouting 108. CheckAccount 109. CheckSigNum 110. Original 111. Issued (year in 4 digits) 112. Expired (year in 4 digits) 113. DOB (year in 4 digits) 114. 1D Barcode 115. License (Barcode) 116. Full Name(Barcode) 117. First Name (Barcode) 118. Middle Name (Barcode) 119.
126. Date of birth (Barcode) 127. Expire date(Barcode) 128. Issue date (Barcode) 129. Social Security (Barcode) 130. Sex (Barcode) 131. Endorsements (Barcode) 132. Eyes (Barcode) 133. Hair (Barcode) 134. Height (Barcode) 135. Weight (Barcode) 136. BizRawAddress1 137. BizRawAddress2 138. BizRawAddress3 139. BizRawAddress4 140. NameF (Not from MRZ) 141.
