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Tamper-resistant authentication techniques for identification documents
Assignee: Digimarc Corp
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Filing: 2002-06-10
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Granted: 2005-12-20
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Expires: 2022-06-10
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides techniques that are helpful in resolving the authentication of an identification document or banknote. The document or banknote includes a security enhancer. The enhancer can be a graphic or artwork design, or can be realized with line art. In the case of an identification document, the spatial characteristics of the security enhancer are preferably altered in accordance with information contained in the identification document. For example, if the ID document includes a photograph, a hashing algorithm will reduce the photograph to a number. The number is used to set a repeated spacing distance of elements in the security enhancer. The repeated spacing yields an identifiable frequency response that is related to the identification document photograph.
Inventors
- 👤 Adnan M. Alattar
- 👤 Geoffrey B. Rhoads
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:51
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L9/00; H04L9/32; H04L9/3236; G; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; G06T1/0028; G06T1/005; G06V; G06V30/00; G06V30/10; G06V30/18; G06V30/186; G06V30/187; G07; G07B; G07B11/00; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/27; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/003; G07D7/0034; G07D7/004; G07D7/005; G07D7/20; G07D7/202; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32144; H04N1/32149; H04N1/32352; G06T2201/00; G06T2201/005; G06T2201/0051; G06T2201/0083; G07B1/00; G07C2209/00; G07C2209/40; G07C2209/41; G07C9/22; G07C9/25; G07C9/257; H04L2209/00; H04L2209/60; H04L2209/608; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3205; H04N2201/3207; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3226; H04N2201/3233; H04N2201/3269; H04N2201/327; H04N2201/3271; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A method of enhancing security of an identification document comprising: providing information to be printing on a surface of the identification document; selecting a set of information from the provided information; hashing the selected set of information to yield a first number; and adjusting a design feature of a design according to the first number, the design feature to be printed on a surface of the identification document.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
68 words
A method of enhancing security of an identification document comprising: providing information to be printing on a surface of the identification document; selecting a set of information from the provided information; hashing the selected set of information to yield a first number; and adjusting a design feature of a design according to the first number, the design feature to be printed on a surface of the identification document.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein in the spatial domain the design comprises a group of concentric circles and the design feature comprises a spacing distance between adjacent circles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 2 wherein in a frequency domain the group of concentric circles yields a frequency response including a circle having a radius corresponding to the spacing distance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the provided information comprises at least one of a photograph and information corresponding to a holder of the identification document, and wherein adjusting the design feature according to the first number personalizes the design feature to the holder of the identification document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the group of concentric circles comprise a group of concentric semi-circles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising, prior to said adjusting, selecting the design from a library including a plurality of designs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein in the spatial domain the design comprises parallel lines and the design feature comprises a spacing distance between adjacent lines.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 7 wherein in a frequency domain the parallel lines yield a frequency response including a magnitude peak having a horizontal distance from a DC component that corresponds to the spacing distance.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising embedding a digital watermark in the identification document, the digital watermark including a key to reveal which set of information was selected from the provided information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the key is encrypted prior to embedding.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising encoding a bar code or magnetic stripe with a key, the key indicating which set of information was selected from the provided information.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
54 words
A method of providing a physical object comprising: receiving information; selecting a set of information from the information; hashing or reducing the selected set of information to yield a first number; and adjusting a design feature according to the first number, the design feature to be provided on a surface of the physical object.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
54 words
A method of providing a physical object comprising: receiving information; selecting a set of information from the information; hashing or reducing the selected set of information to yield a first number; and adjusting a design feature according to the first number, the design feature to be provided on a surface of the physical object.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 12 further comprising: prior to said adjust, selecting the design feature from a library including a plurality of designs features.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 12 wherein the physical object comprises at least an identification document.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 14 wherein the information comprises at least one of: i) a photograph, and ii) information corresponding to a bearer of the identification document, and wherein adjusting the design feature according to the first number personalizes the design feature to the bearer of the identification document.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of providing a physical object comprising: receiving data; accessing a library including a plurality of graphic designs, wherein each of the graphic designs includes information steganographically embedded therein; selecting at least one graphic design from the library based on the data; and provided the selected graphic design on a surface of the physical object.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of providing a physical object comprising: receiving data; accessing a library including a plurality of graphic designs, wherein each of the graphic designs includes information steganographically embedded therein; selecting at least one graphic design from the library based on the data; and provided the selected graphic design on a surface of the physical object.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 16 , wherein the data comprises a hash or reduced-bit representation of larger information, said method further comprising adjusting the selected design according to the data.
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