US5505494A
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System for producing a personal ID card
Assignee: FOX RIDGE LLC
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Filing: 1993-09-17
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Granted: 1996-04-09
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Expires: 2013-09-17
Abstract
Abstract An identification instrument such as a pocket-sized card includes both human-recognizable an machine-readable indicia. The human-recognizable material may be any combination of photographs, graphical or textual information, with the machine-readable section encoding any or all of the human-recognizable areas in their entirety. When the card is presented for verification, the machine-readable section is scanned, decompressed and/or deciphered and compared to the database used to generate the human-recognizable section or sections. Only with a substantial matching of the information may the card and its user be authenticated. Preferably, a Symbol Technologies compliant two-dimensional barcode is used as the machine-readable encoding format. Multiple levels of encryption and decryption are also described in conjunction with enhanced security.
Inventors
- 👤 Barry P. Belluci
- 👤 Eliot Charlip
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 13:41
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D25/00; B42D25/30; B42D25/309; B42D25/20; B42D25/23; B42D25/313; B42D25/318; G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06K19/14; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/22; G07C9/25; G07C9/253; B42D25/40; B42D25/48; B42D25/485; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
An identification card with protection against falsification, comprising: a card in the form of a thin, pocket-sized substrate having front and back surfaces; two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia imprinted on a first surface area of the card, including a graphical representation of an individual's facial likeness; and a two-dimensional machine-readable code imprinted on a second surface area of the card, said two-dimensional code being imprinted using the same printing medium as that used to imprint said graphical representation, said machine-readable code comprising an array of polygon-shaped printed cells and non-printed blank areas arranged along two independent axes, said array encoding data representative of said facial likeness in its entirety, whereby said two-dimensional code may be decoded to generate an identical version of said facial likeness without referencing an external database, thus enabling comparisons to be made between said individual, said graphical representation, and said generated version of said likeness to ensure that said card has not been falsified.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
An identification card with protection against falsification, comprising: a card in the form of a thin, pocket-sized substrate having front and back surfaces; two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia imprinted on a first surface area of the card, including a graphical representation of an individual's facial likeness; and a two-dimensional machine-readable code imprinted on a second surface area of the card, said two-dimensional code being imprinted using the same printing medium as that used to imprint said graphical representation, said machine-readable code comprising an array of polygon-shaped printed cells and non-printed blank areas arranged along two independent axes, said array encoding data representative of said facial likeness in its entirety, whereby said two-dimensional code may be decoded to generate an identical version of said facial likeness without referencing an external database, thus enabling comparisons to be made between said individual, said graphical representation, and said generated version of said likeness to ensure that said card has not been falsified.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The identification card of claim 1 wherein said two-dimensional machine-readable code further encodes other of said two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia in addition to said graphical representation of an individual's facial likeness.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The identification card of claim 2, wherein said other two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia includes textual information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The identification card of claim 2, wherein said other two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia includes a graphical representation of said individual's signature.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The identification card of claim 2, wherein said other two-dimensional human-cognizable indicia includes a graphical representation of said individual's fingerprint.
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