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US 11,283,956 · App. 16/891,913 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Methods, systems, and storage media for issuing and verifying a secondary cryptographic photo ID

Inventors: Oleg Y. Zakharov (Walnut Creek, CA); Jeffrey Li (Concord, CA)
Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
H04N1/0087H04N1/32144H04N1/32149H04N1/32272G06T1/0085H04N1/32101
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Patent No.
US 11,283,956
App. No.
16/891,913
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and storage media for issuing and verifying a secondary cryptographic photo ID are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: capture, using a scanning component of a printing device, a primary digital image of a primary photo ID; recognize, using a processing component of the printing device, alphanumeric information in the captured primary digital image; encrypt, using the processing component of the printing device, the recognized alphanumeric information; generate, using the processing component of the printing device, a digital watermark comprising the encrypted recognized alphanumeric information; recognize, using the processing component of the printing device, a photograph in the primary digital image; generate, using the processing component of the printing device, a secondary digital image comprising the recognized photograph and the generated digital watermark; and print, using a printing component of the printing device, a secondary photo ID comprising the secondary digital image.

Claims (51)

1. A method for issuing and verifying a secondary cryptographic photo ID, comprising:

capturing, using a scanning component of a printing device, a primary digital image of a primary photo ID, wherein the printing device is authorized on a trusted network;

recognizing, using a processing component of the printing device, alphanumeric information in the captured primary digital image, wherein the recognized alphanumeric information includes biographical information related to a person associated with the primary photo ID;

encrypting, using the processing component of the printing device, the recognized alphanumeric information;

generating, using the processing component of the printing device, a digital watermark comprising the encrypted recognized alphanumeric information;

recognizing, using the processing component of the printing device, a photograph in the primary digital image, wherein the photograph is of the person associated with the primary photo ID;

generating, using the processing component of the printing device, a secondary digital image comprising the recognized photograph and the generated digital watermark, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized photograph in the secondary digital image; and

printing, using a printing component of the printing device, a secondary photo ID comprising the secondary digital image, wherein the secondary photo ID does not include the biographical information related to the person associated with the primary photo ID, and wherein the secondary photo ID has associated expiration date and/or time, after which the secondary photo ID is no longer valid.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

capturing, using a digital camera of a reading device, the digital watermark from the secondary digital image of the secondary photo ID;

decrypting, using a processor of the reading device, the recognized alphanumeric information; and

rendering, on a display of the reading device, the decrypted recognized alphanumeric information.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recognizing in the photograph at least a portion of an image of the person associated with the primary photo ID, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized at least the portion of the image of the person associated with the primary photo ID.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recognizing in the photograph an image of a face of the person associated with the primary photo ID, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized image of the face of the person associated with the primary photo ID.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generated digital watermark is unique to the printing device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generated digital watermark includes an identifier associated with the printing device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the identifier is selected from the group consisting of a serial number, a unique code, a date and time of manufacturing of the printing device, or a unique image.

8. A system configured for issuing and verifying a secondary cryptographic photo ID, the system comprising:

one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

capture, using a scanning component of a printing device, a primary digital image of a primary photo ID, wherein the printing device is authorized on a trusted network;

recognize, using a processing component of the printing device, alphanumeric information in the captured primary digital image, wherein the recognized alphanumeric information includes biographical information related to a person associated with the primary photo ID;

encrypt, using the processing component of the printing device, the recognized alphanumeric information;

generate, using the processing component of the printing device, a digital watermark comprising the encrypted recognized alphanumeric information;

recognize, using the processing component of the printing device, a photograph in the primary digital image, wherein the photograph is of the person associated with the primary photo ID;

generate, using the processing component of the printing device, a secondary digital image comprising the recognized photograph and the generated digital watermark, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized photograph in the secondary digital image; and

print, using a printing component of the printing device, a secondary photo ID comprising the secondary digital image, wherein the secondary photo ID does not include the biographical information related to the person associated with the primary photo ID, and wherein the secondary photo ID has associated expiration date and/or time, after which the secondary photo ID is no longer valid.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:

capture, using a digital camera of a reading device, the digital watermark from the secondary digital image of the secondary photo ID;

decrypt, using a processor of the reading device, the recognized alphanumeric information;

render, on a display of the reading device, the decrypted recognized alphanumeric information.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to recognize in the photograph at least a portion of an image of the person associated with the primary photo ID, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized at least the portion of the image of the person associated with the primary photo ID.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to recognize in the photograph an image of a face of the person associated with the primary photo ID, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized image of the face of the person associated with the primary photo ID.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the generated digital watermark is unique to the printing device.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the generated digital watermark includes an identifier associated with the printing device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the identifier is selected from the group consisting of a serial number, a unique code, a date and time of manufacturing of the printing device, or a unique image.

15. A non-transient computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform a method for issuing and verifying a secondary cryptographic photo ID, the method comprising:

capturing, using a scanning component of a printing device, a primary digital image of a primary photo ID, wherein the printing device is authorized on a trusted network;

recognizing, using a processing component of the printing device, alphanumeric information in the captured primary digital image, wherein the recognized alphanumeric information includes biographical information related to a person associated with the primary photo ID;

encrypting, using the processing component of the printing device, the recognized alphanumeric information;

generating, using the processing component of the printing device, a digital watermark comprising the encrypted recognized alphanumeric information;

recognizing, using the processing component of the printing device, a photograph in the primary digital image, wherein the photograph is of the person associated with the primary photo ID;

generating, using the processing component of the printing device, a secondary digital image comprising the recognized photograph and the generated digital watermark, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized photograph in the secondary digital image; and

printing, using a printing component of the printing device, a secondary photo ID comprising the secondary digital image, wherein the secondary photo ID does not include the biographical information related to the person associated with the primary photo ID, and wherein the secondary photo ID has associated expiration date and/or time, after which the secondary photo ID is no longer valid.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

capturing, using a digital camera of a reading device, the digital watermark from the secondary digital image of the secondary photo ID;

decrypting, using a processor of the reading device, the recognized alphanumeric information; and

rendering, on a display of the reading device, the decrypted recognized alphanumeric information.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises recognizing in the photograph at least a portion of an image of the person associated with the primary photo ID, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized at least the portion of the image of the person associated with the primary photo ID.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises recognizing in the photograph an image of a face of the person associated with the primary photo ID, wherein the generated digital watermark at least partially spatially overlaps the recognized image of the face of the person associated with the primary photo ID.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the generated digital watermark is unique to the printing device.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the generated digital watermark includes an identifier associated with the printing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2020
From: ZAKHAROV, OLEG Y.; LI, JEFFREY
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
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