- Instructions: Enter the data to be encoded and change options as necessary. Choose 'Update Barcode' or 'Generate in new Window'. The barcode may be saved or copied with a right click when generated in a new window.
- I am given a task to develop a small library which needs to be able to read PDF417 barcode located on the back of the Driver's License card and parse the data out to our custom object. However I need to know what data types are these Data types denoting? 4/ANS, 10/ANS, 5/ANS, etc.
- License Number (including dashes and spaces): Rules for generating driver's license numbers were figured out and published by Alan De Smet The suggestion to create this form came from Fred Apel.
- Florida’s new driver license and ID card incorporates nearly double the fraud protection measures compared to the previous design and is the most secure over-the-counter driver license and ID card available today. The new security features make it highly difficult for criminals to alter or counterfeit credentials.
@ravi, which library you used to scan driving license? Right now i'm using zxing lib for scanning pdf417 barcode, but i think driving license barcode is in encoded format so that its not working via zxing lib. – Rajan Jun 12 '15 at 7:55.
If you’ve renewed your driver’s license any time in the last few years, you have likely noticed an increase in its visual complexity. Many governing bodies have made significant strides towards making forgery more difficult. The unfortunate side-effect from that positive change is that traditional recognition algorithms are more difficult with the many colors, backgrounds, holograms, and layouts.
Thankfully, new driver’s licenses also have PDF417 barcodes on them, and in North America, follow specifications laid out by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). These barcodes are small, error resistant, and can encode a lot of information.
This tutorial will introduce you to the classes and methods for both reading and writing AAMVA-compliant barcodes from Driver’s Licenses.
Reading AAMVA Barcodes
Since Driver’s Licenses are so broadly accepted as forms of identification, there are a wealth of opportunities for reading the information from them. We covered those concepts in an earlier white paper on Capturing Customer Information from Driver’s Licenses, so we won’t repeat them here. That paper also discussed using the PDF417 barcodes before they were regulated by AAMVA. Since then, LEADTOOLS has added a new AAMVAID class which does all the field parsing for you.
What’s the big deal? Take a look at the raw data for an AAMVA barcode:
Where’s the name? Or the birthdate? Do you need to calculate if this person is over 21 and legally allowed to make a purchase? With LEADTOOLS, you can get that kind of information in beautiful, strongly typed properties:
Writing AAMVA Barcodes
There may be fewer reasons for generating AAMVA barcodes, but every motor vehicle agency in every state or province in the United States, Canada, and Mexico needs the ability to print them on the licenses they issue. Naturally, you can’t just print any old barcode onto licenses and IDs. As with most specifications, they are hard to follow and can cause a significant development roadblock due to the R&D requirements. LEADTOOLS simplifies this in two ways: generating the AAMVA string and creating the PDF417 barcode.
First, you need to convert your customer data into a valid AAMVA string value. To aid in this process, LEADTOOLS provides the AAMVAIDBuilder class. The builder will help organize the data and output it conforming to the 2016 AAMVA CDS. Here we initialize the AAMVAIDBuilder, add some information and then use the Build function to generate the AAMVAID object:
Now that our customer’s information is correctly encoded for AAMVA, we will create the PDF417 barcode. Thanks to LEAD’s nearly three decades of experience in with raster and document imaging technologies, this process is even simpler than writing the AAMVA string despite the barcode’s greater complexity. Here we generate the BarcodeEngine, set a few options to help the proportions make AAMVA happy, and LEADTOOLS takes care of the rest. In this simple case, we simply created a blank image using the calculated bounds of the barcode:
As a check, we’ll load the image back into the Main Barcode demo like before and read the data.
Change the World! (or at least your DMV...)
credit: Giphy and Walt Disney Animation StudiosReading is actually the easy part. Most of you on this blog are pretty keen and might've picked up on how the raw data in that string worked and thought, 'I could parse that!' As mentioned previously, the biggest catch out there is adoption. It's one thing to figure out how to parse some values from a long text string, but writing them out correctly and following the AAMVA spec is what's really holding states and countries back. LEADTOOLS makes it incredibly easy to make sure your data follows the specifications, AND can write the barcode. So get out there and code something that's so easy, even a sloth can do it!
Conclusion
LEADTOOLS has a history of staying on the forefront of document imaging and recognition technologies like OCR, Forms, Barcode, and PDF. Driver’s licenses and IDs have become far more complex, yet better regulated with the adoption of AAMVA barcodes. LEADTOOLS will stay a viable option for developers wanting to quickly and easily create software to read and write identification data stored in AAMVA barcodes.
Download the Full AAMVA Barcode Example
You can download the fully functional demo which includes the features discussed above. To run this example you will need the following:
- LEADTOOLS free evaluation
- Visual Studio 2010 or later
- Browse to the LEADTOOLS Examples folder (e.g. C:∖LEADTOOLS 20∖Examples∖) where you can find example projects for this and many more technologies in LEADTOOLS.
Need help getting this sample up and going? Contact our support team for free technical support! For pricing or licensing questions, you can contact our sales team (sales@leadtools.com) or call us at 704-332-5532.
ClearImage Driver License Reader SDK
Extract personal identification and reference data from US and Canada Driver Licenses and ID cards. Read the PDF417 and 1D barcodes from identification documents around the world using optimized image enhancement algorithms.
Just a few code lines extract driver license data C#VBC++PHPVBScript See more examples ...- Read PDF417 barcodes from poor quality US and International ID documents
- Extract personal information from US/Canada Driver Licenses and ID Card
- Extract personal information from US Military CAC cards
- Uniformly represent data from various formats of Driver Licenses/ID Cards
- Respond timely to Driver License standards changes and individual state's practices
US/Canada Driver License / ID Information
- Name: First, Middle, Last, Suffix
- User Address
- Date of birth
- Physical data: weight, height, eye and hair color
- License data: id, date issue, date expires
- ANSI data in XML output
Image source
- PDF and TIF single/multi-page
- PDF Data/Image/MRC content
- JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, etc.
- Windows and .NET Bitmap, .NET Stream
- Base64-encoded image
- Bi-tonal, grayscale or color
Runtime Environment
- Windows Workstation: 7, 8, 10
- Windows Server: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019
- Virtual Machine, Cloud Deployment (including Amazon EC2, Azure VM and Azure Web Apps)
- Web Server. Works with Web API Barcode Reader
Free for developers
- No charge for Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Support for any number of developers
- Zero-cost before production deployment
Languages and Environment
- API: COM, .NET.
- Projects: 32-bit or 64-bit or AnyCPU.
- Languages: C#, VB, Java, C++, VB6, Delphi, PHP, VBScript, Java Script, Python, Perl, Ruby etc.
Easy Evaluation
- Download SDK to load your images in ClearImage Demo. Read barcodes. See Driver License data immediately.
- Or just submit your images to Online Barcode Reader
Rapid Development
- Create your own working project in couple of hours using :
- The example projects in Visual Studio C#, C++.
- Code examples for C#, VB, C++, Delphi, PHP, VB Script
- Intuitive API requires no knowledge of barcodes or imaging. No obscure parameters to specify.
Unattended Production Operations
Fully automated and reliable barcode data extraction from high volume of images is essential for real-life IT environment. ClearImage Barcode Recognition SDK is a result of Inlite's 20 years experience to address requirements of thousands production installations. This resulted in achieving:
High Recognition Rate
Multiple recognition algorithms compensate for damages introduced during document handling and scanning/faxing. Engine takes full advantage of grayscale and color scanning. Inlite's design methodology is a continuous algorithm improvement toward 100% recognition rate of customer images.
High Performance
High volume image-based system demands optimum recognition speed. Barcode recognition often performed within 30 mSec. Multi-threading supports full utilisation of multi-core server processing.
Reliable operations
Non-stop unattended operations demand the highest level of reliability. ClearImage Barcode recognition is proven in thousands of high-volume production installations around the world.
Why choose Inlite for your imaging technology?- 22 years addressing mission critical imaging needs for OEM and enterprise customers
- Continuing algorithm improvements deliver up to date, reliable technology.
- Thousands of installations, and millions of images processed daily at the largest enterprises attest to the quality and performance of the technology
- Inlite's personal attention and dedicated engineering support enable your developers to rapidly deliver successful solutions
Read how our customers describe the relationship with Inlite...
Inlite Research has been a tremendous partner to work with. Our new application required some special functionality related to barcode capture and the Inlite team walked us through the entire process and allowed us to deliver a solution ahead of schedule.Jason Case, VP-Sales, Ambir Technology, USA
All Star ID develops advanced visitor management applications for enterprises and government institutions. Our solution performance depends on the ClearImage DL/ID Reader, which provides us with a unified presentation of data fields from the various driver licenses that we encounter. We were able to quickly integrate the software and get it working. Inlite has helped us understand how to architect our software for maximum performance. They have responded quickly to all of the issues that we raised.
Rodney Newton,All-Star Identification Systems, Inc., USA
To identify product you need see ClearImage Barcode Readers Comparison or contact Inlite sales.Reader 2D | Driver License |
|---|---|
| Barcode types | |
| Code 39, 128 and other popular 1D | |
| PDF417 | |
| DataMatrix | |
| QR | |
| Postal barcodes | |
| Patch document separator | |
| Operational features | |
| Targeted Barcode Reader™ support | |
| Optimized for typical DL/ID damages | |
| Decode Driver Licenses data |
| DL/ID Reader SDK | Server / VM Runtime | ||||
| ClearImage Driver License Reader |
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Reader 2D | Driver License |
|---|---|
| Barcode types | |
| Code 39, 128 and other popular 1D | |
| PDF417 | |
| DataMatrix | |
| QR | |
| Postal barcodes | |
| Patch document separator | |
| Operational features | |
| Targeted Barcode Reader™ support | |
| Optimized for typical DL/ID damages | |
| Decode Driver Licenses data |
Licenses are perpetual and never expire.
A license is required for production use on each physical computer,
each instance of virtual machine, and each cloud VM instance.
Drivers Licence Barcode Format Codes Code
All licenses include one year of support (including software updates)
Maximum processing speed:
| Deployment Environment | Workstation License |
|---|---|
| Windows 7, 8, 10 | 25 pages-per-minute |
| Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 | 5 pages-per-minute |
| Virtual Machine and Cloud VM | 5 pages-per-minute |
Licenses are perpetual and never expire.
A license is required for production use on each physical computer,
each instance of virtual machine, and each cloud VM instance.
Barcode On Back Of License
All licenses include one year of support (including software updates)
Licenses are perpetual and never expire.
A license is required for production use on each physical computer,
each instance of virtual machine, and each cloud VM instance.
All licenses include one year of support (including software updates)
Each WABR license requires at least one of the following:
- • ClearImage Reader 1D Server license
- • ClearImage Reader 2D Server license
- • ClearImage Reader 1D + 2D Server license
- • ClearImage Driver License Reader Server license
Barcode Generator
Licensing Policy highlights:
- One Runtime License enables the production software to operate on one workstation or one physical server, or one virtual machine, or one cloud VM instance
- Server Licenses can be operated on any Windows physical or virtual computer.
- Workstation Licenses are intended for Windows 7, 8, 10 running on one computer; they are limited to 25 pages per minute. Unlimited pages per minute require the Server License. Operating Workstation License on a Windows Server, VM or Cloud VM processing will limit processing to 5 pages per minute. A page is an image in a single-image file (JPG, BMP, PNG, etc.) or a single page in a TIFF or PDF file.
- The number of users, images or cores are not limited by the license.
- Unless otherwise arranged with Inlite, the licenses are perpetual and the fees are paid one time in advance.
- The license includes support and software updates for one (1) year. Support for additional years is available.
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