| CPC G06K 7/143 (2013.01) [G06K 7/12 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A device for detecting security features embedded in an identification card, the identification card comprising a top layer, a bottom layer, and one or more intermediate layers positioned vertically between the top layer and the bottom layer, the device comprising:
an identification card insert slot configured to receive the identification card;
a height detector positioned to face a first side surface of the identification card in response to the identification card being inserted into the identification card insert slot and detect a height of the identification card at the first side surface of the identification card, the first side surface of the identification card including a side of the top layer, a side of the bottom layer, and a side of the one or more intermediate layers, the height detector comprising:
a first light source configured to illuminate light to the first side surface of the identification card inserted into the identification card insert slot and receive a first reflected light reflected from the first side surface of the identification card, and
a first camera configured to:
detect the first reflected light,
block infrared light in response to detecting the first reflected light,
convert the detected first reflected light into one or more first electrical signals representing a detected first height of the identification card at the first side surface of the identification card, and
transmit the one or more first electrical signals to a controller of the device;
a full mark detector positioned to face the top layer of the identification card in response to the identification card being inserted into the identification card insert slot, the full mark detector configured to detect a security mark printed on the top layer of the identification card inserted into the identification card insert slot by scanning the top layer of the identification card, the full mark detector comprising:
a sensor configured to scan the top layer of the identification card, the sensor comprising one or more second cameras, each second camera configured to:
capture the security mark on the identification card inserted into the identification card slot,
convert the captured the security mark into one or more second electrical signals representing a detected full security mark of the identification card, and
transmit the one or more second electrical signals to the controller of the device;
a first embossed mark detector positioned to face the top layer of the identification card in response to the identification card being inserted into the identification card insert slot and configured to detect a first embossed security mark on the identification card, the first embossed mark detector comprising:
a second light source and a third light source configured to respectively illuminate second and third lights into the first embossed security mark and receive second reflected lights reflected from a surface of the first embossed security mark, and
a third camera configured to:
detect the second reflected lights,
convert the detected second reflected lights into one or more third electrical signals representing a detected first embossed security mark of the identification card, and
transmit the one or more third electrical signals to the controller of the device;
a network interface communicatively coupled with a computing device; and a controller configured to:
transmit the one or more first electrical signals representing the detected first height of the identification card to the computing device via the network interface,
transmit the one or more second electrical signals representing the detected full security mark of the identification card to the computing device via the network interface, and
transmit the one or more third electrical signals representing the detected first embossed security mark of the identification card to the computing device via the network interface.
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