Method for verifying documents and device implementing such a method
This invention relates to a method used by an authorized user for the verification of a document having electronic verification means, The method comprises the various steps consisting in:—reading, with electronic reading equipment with which the authorized user is equipped, of information stored in the electronic verification means of the verified document;—transferring verification information, established on the basis of the information saved in the electronic verification means, from the electronic reading equipment to a viewing device of the authorized user, which viewing device is positioned, in normal conditions of use, in front of the eyes of the authorized user, the said viewing device being transparent to allow the said authorized user to see through it.
1. A method for the verification, by an authorised user, of a document having a chip presented by a person undergoing an identification check, comprising:
reading, with electronic reading equipment with which the authorised user is equipped, verification information stored in the chip of the verified document that are related to the identity, such as information encoding an image of a photograph, of the person undergoing the check;
transferring verification information, established on the basis of the information saved in the chip, from the electronic reading equipment to a viewing device of the authorised user, which viewing device is positioned, in normal conditions of use, in front of the eyes of the authorised user, the said viewing device being transparent to allow the said authorised user to see through the viewing device, thereby allowing the authorized user to keep eyes on the person undergoing the check, while visually accessing the verification information generated from the data contained in the verified document.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of the transfer of the verification information is carried out from the electronic reading equipment to at least one viewing screen integrated into a lens of a pair of spectacles worn by the authorised user.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the said method further comprises, prior to the step of the transfer of the verification information, securely connecting the viewing device to the electronic reading equipment.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the said method further comprises:
prior to the step of the transfer of verification information, encrypting the verification information in the electronic reading equipment to generate encrypted verification information;
decrypting, with decrypting means integrated in the viewing device, the encrypted verification information to obtain the verification information established from the information saved in the chip of the verified document.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the said method further comprises, prior to the step of the reading of the information stored in the chip, verifying with the chip integrated in the electronic reading equipment, the validity of the document to verify.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the said method further comprises, prior to the step of the reading of the information saved in the chip, verifying the identity of the authorised user.
7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the said method further comprises triggering, by the authorised user, of the operation for the transfer of verification information, by means of a device to verify the display of the information integrated into the electronic reading equipment.
8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the said method further comprises pairing up the electronic reading equipment and the viewing device.
9. The device according to claim 8 wherein the electronic reading equipment comprises means to verify the display of the information on the viewing device.
10. The device according to claim 8 wherein the means for verifying the display of information on the viewing device comprise a capacitive scrolling bar, particularly placed on an accessible side of the electronic reading equipment.
11. The device according to claim 8 , further comprising means for the identification, particularly placed on an accessible side of the electronic reading equipment, of the authorised user.
12. A device, with which an authorised user is equipped, for the verification of a document having a chip, the said device comprising:
electronic equipment to read verification information saved in the chip of the document to allow verification based on the information, the verification information being related to the identity, such as information encoding an image of a photograph, of the person undergoing the check;
a transparent viewing device placed in front of the eyes of the authorised user in normal conditions of use;
means to transfer verification information established from the information saved in the chip from the electronic reading equipment to the transparent viewing device of the authorised user, thereby allowing the authorized user to keep eyes on the person undergoing the check, while visually accessing the verification information generated from the data contained in the verified document.
13. The device according to claim 12 wherein the viewing device is integrated in a pair of spectacles.
14. The device according to claim 12 wherein the transfer means comprise a shielded wired connection between the viewing device and the electronic reading equipment.