User manual

Program Operation - Overview 11

3. 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. When using the

ScanShell 800 scanner as input source, you can choose between two operating modes:

manual scan, i.e. each scan starts when the user places the card in the scanner and clicks on

the Scan button, or auto-scan, i.e. the scan starts automatically when the user inserts the

card into the scanner. When using the ScanShell 1000 scanner, the scan starts as soon as

one of the silver buttons on the scanner is pressed.

The text information in the imported image is extracted using one of two methods: Optical

Character Recognition (OCR), in which the text is extracted directly from the scanned

image, and Barcode reading, which extracts the data from a Barcode image. In both cases

images are either scanned by the scanner or opened from a file.

Image export – Images can be exported to one of two destinations: An image file and the

clipboard. When saving to an image file, the application offers two operating modes:

manual save, i.e. the user clicks on the Save button to save the image using the Save As

dialog box, and auto-save, i.e. the image is automatically saved to a predefined destination

folder.

Magnetic Strip Detection - Available when a magnetic strip reader is connected to the

computer and indicated in the idScan application as the data source.

Extracted text export - Saves the detected text from the card / passport (name, ID number,

address, etc.) to a user-defined text file. The text is saved in records format of one record

per line. The fields are separated by user defined separator characters.

ID Verification – Verification of the ID card authenticity by comparing two data sources,

such as OCR and Barcode, OCR and magnetic strip information, etc.

Image format - Defines the way the input image is scanned (color scheme, resolutions,

scan size) and saving format (BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PSD).