Device and method for authentication of a document

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9983410-B2
Application number	US-201514805369-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2015
Priority date	Jul 21, 2014
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device ( 1 ) for authenticating information contained in a document ( 6 ), said device including
at least one imager configured for acquiring at least one image of an acquisition field, at least one light source, computer processing means configured for processing the image and for extracting therefrom data relating to the document,

said device being adapted so as to be mounted on the head of a user ( 10 ) so that its acquisition field ( 11 ) covers at least one portion of the field of vision ( 12 ) of the user ( 10 ), the light source being configured so as to emit in the acquisition field ( 11 ) of the imager, a light of at least one non-visible wavelength, the imager being adapted for allowing acquisitions at said wavelength and thus allowing acquisition at this wavelength of an image of a document ( 6 ) presented to the user ( 10 ) in the acquisition field of the imager. The invention also relates to the corresponding method.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for authenticating a secured document for which authentication is requested, wherein the method is performed with a device for authentication of information contained in a secured document, said device including
at least one imager configured for acquiring at least one image of an acquisition field,
at least one light source,

the device being adapted so as to be mounted on the head of a user so that its acquisition field covers at least one portion of the field of vision of the user, the light source being configured so as to emit in the acquisition field of the imager a light of at least one non-visible wavelength, the imager being adapted for allowing acquisitions at said non-visible wavelength and thus allow acquisition at this non-visible wavelength of an image of the secured document Presented to the user in the acquisition field of the imager, the method comprising the steps according to which:
the secured document to be authenticated is Presented to the user in the acquisition field of the imager;
acquisition by the imager of an image of the secured document in the acquisition field,
detection of a visible machine-readable zone of the secured document image of the secured document acquired by the imager and extraction of the information contained in said visible machine readable zone;
the light source emits light in a non-visible spectrum containing said at least one non-visible wavelength into the acquisition field towards the secured document Presented to the user in the acquisition field, said security element sensitive to said non-visible wavelength;
the imager acquires at least one image of the secured document illuminated by the light source in said non-visible wavelength and sends the image to a processing computer configured for processing the image and for extracting data relating to the secured document having a predetermined configuration in the secured document,
the processing computer performs on the image of the secured document illuminated by the light source in said non-visible wavelength a detection of the security element in said at least one non-visible wavelength out of the visible spectrum,
the secured document is authenticated or not on the basis of the detection or not of the security element in said non-visible wavelength.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step for detecting a security element comprises the following sub-steps, from information contained in the machine-readable zone:
extracting a zone of the image which may contain a security element,
identifying in a database a reference element corresponding to said security element and comparing the zone of the image with the reference element.

3. The method according to claim 1 , comprising steps according to which:
the data are retrieved in a database depending on information contained in the machine-readable zone, and
these data are displayed in the field of vision of the user by head-up display means.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the emission of light in a non-visible wavelength by the light source is conditioned by the reading of the machine-readable zone.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission in a non-visible wavelength by the light source is conditioned by a command from the user.

6. A computer-readable non-transitory medium comprising program code instructions recorded thereon which may be used in a computer for executing steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 , 2 , 3 and 5 when said program is executed on a computer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the light source is configured for emitting in the infrared domain or ultraviolet domain, and the non-visible wavelength is in the infrared domain or ultraviolet domain.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the device comprises at least:
a first light source configured for emitting light in the ultraviolet range in the field of acquisition of the imager,
a second light source configured for emitting light in the infrared range in the field of acquisition of the imager; and

one of the first light source and the second light source emits light at a non-visible wavelength to illuminate the secured document, the imager acquiring a first image of the secured document illuminated by said light source, then the other one of the first light source and the second light source emits light at a non-visible wavelength to illuminate the secured document, the imager acquiring a second image of the secured document illuminated by said light source.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the device comprises at least:
a first light source configured for emitting light in the ultraviolet range in the field of acquisition of the imager,
a second light source configured for emitting light in the infrared range in the field of acquisition of the imager; and

the first and second light sources emit light at the same time to illuminate the secured document.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device further comprises a chip reader support adapted so as to be mounted on the hand of the user, and the method comprises:
placing the chip reader support in proximity to a chip of the secured document;
reading of information stored on the chip by the chip reader,
sending the information read on the chip to the processing computer.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein access to information of the chip of the secured document is restricted by a key or a code, and the information extracted from the machine-readable zone of the secured document are used by the processing computer to determine and send a key or code to the chip reader so that said chip reader access the information stored on the chip of the secured document.

12. An assembly for authentication of information contained in a secured document, said assembly including a processing computer and a device for authentication of information contained in a secured document for which authentication is requested, said device comprising
at least one imager configured for acquiring at least one image of an acquisition field,
at least one light source,

wherein said device is adapted so as to be mounted on the head of a user so that its acquisition field covers at least one portion of the field of vision of the user, the light source being configured so as to emit in the acquisition field of the imager a light of at least one non-visible wavelength, the imager being adapted for allowing acquisitions at said wavelength and thus allow acquisition at this non-visible wavelength of an image of a secured document Presented to the user in the acquisition field of the imager, and
wherein said assembly is configured for:
the light source to emit light in a non-visible spectrum containing said at least one non-visible wavelength into the acquisition field towards the secured document Presented to the user in the acquisition field, said security element sensitive to said non-visible wavelength,
the imager to acquire at least one image of the secured document illuminated by the light source in said non-visible wavelength and to send the image to the processing computer,
the processing computer configured to process the image and extracting data relating to the secured document having a predetermined configuration in the secured document, and to perform on the image of the secured document illuminated by the light source in said non-visible wavelength a detection of the security element in said at least one non-visible wavelength out of the visible spectrum,

the document being authenticated or not on the basis of the detection or no

Assignees

• Morpho

Inventors

• Nguyen Eric
• Rieul Francois
• Couturier Lauriane
• Jarlegan Marie
• Chastel Pierre
• Bouatou Vincent

Classifications

• H04W12/33 Primary

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• G02B27/0172 Primary

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• G06K7/10821

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• G06K9/00442

  Physics · mapped topic

• B42D25/00

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