Release 5.9.1

5.9.1

• We've fixed NPM package which had obsolete UI component

Release 5.9.0

5.9.0

New additions to our supported documents list

• 53 documents added:

  • ALBANIA - DL (front)
  • BELGIUM - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • BOLIVIA - ID (front, back)
  • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - PASSPORT
  • CAMBODIA - PASSPORT
  • CANADA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • CANADA - MANITOBA - ID (front)
  • CANADA - ONTARIO - HEALTH INSURANCE CARD (front)
  • CHILE - ALIEN ID (front, back)
  • CHINA - ID (front, back)
  • COLOMBIA - MINORS ID (front, back)
  • CYPRUS - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • CZECHIA - PASSPORT
  • GREECE - ID (front)
  • HAITI - ID (front, back)
  • ITALY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • LATVIA - DL (front)
  • LATVIA - PASSPORT
  • LITHUANIA - PASSPORT
  • LUXEMBOURG - DL (front)
  • MONTENEGRO - DL (front)
  • MONTENEGRO - ID (front, back)
  • MONTENEGRO - PASSPORT
  • NETHERLANDS - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • NICARAGUA - ID (front, back)
  • NIGERIA - ID (front, back)
  • NORWAY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • OMAN - RESIDENT ID (front, back)
  • PARAGUAY - DL (front, back)
  • PERU - DL (front, back)
  • PHILIPPINES - SOCIAL SECURITY CARD (front)
  • ROMANIA - PASSPORT
  • RUSSIA - PASSPORT
  • SERBIA - PASSPORT
  • SLOVAKIA - PASSPORT
  • SLOVENIA - PASSPORT
  • SOUTH KOREA - DL (front)
  • SPAIN - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • SWEDEN - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • THAILAND - PASSPORT
  • UKRAINE - DL (front)
  • UKRAINE - PASSPORT
  • USA - ARKANSAS - ID (front, back)
  • USA - CONNECTICUT - ID (front, back)
  • USA - GREEN CARD (front, back)
  • USA - MARYLAND - ID (front, back)
  • USA - MINNESOTA - ID (front, back)
  • USA - NEVADA - ID (front, back)
  • USA - NEW YORK CITY - ID (front, back)
  • USA - TEXAS - WEAPON PERMIT (front)
  • USA - VIRGINIA - ID (front, back)
  • VENEZUELA - DL (front)
  • VENEZUELA - PASSPORT

• Beta support added for 46 documents:

  • ALBANIA - PASSPORT
  • BAHAMAS - DL (front)
  • BERMUDA - DL (front)
  • BOLIVIA - DL (front)
  • CHILE - DL (front)
  • COLOMBIA - ALIEN ID (front)
  • DENMARK - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - DL (front, back)
  • ECUADOR - DL (front)
  • EL SALVADOR - DL (front, back)
  • ESTONIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • GUATEMALA - DL (front, back)
  • HAITI - DL (front)
  • HONDURAS - DL (front, back)
  • HONDURAS - ID (front, back)
  • HUNGARY - ADDRESS CARD (front, back)
  • HUNGARY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • ICELAND - DL (front)
  • ISRAEL - ID (front, back)
  • JAPAN - DL (front)
  • JORDAN - DL (front)
  • LATVIA - ALIEN PASSPORT
  • LATVIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • LUXEMBOURG - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • MALTA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • MEXICO - BAJA CALIFORNIA - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - CHIHUAHUA - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - CIUDAD DE MEXICO - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - PROFESSIONAL DL (front)
  • MEXICO - GUANAJUATO - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - MICHOACAN - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - TAMAULIPAS - DL (front, back)
  • MEXICO - VERACRUZ - DL (front, back)
  • PHILIPPINES - TAX ID (front)
  • PHILIPPINES - VOTER ID (front)
  • POLAND - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • PORTUGAL - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • PUERTO RICO - VOTER ID (front)
  • SLOVAKIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • SOUTH KOREA - ID (front)
  • SWITZERLAND - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • TAIWAN - TEMPORARY RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • TURKEY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • USA - KANSAS - ID (front, back)
  • VENEZUELA - ID (front)
  • VIETNAM - DL (front)

• Added back side support for 7 documents:

  • ARGENTINA - ID
  • ECUADOR - ID
  • FINLAND - ID
  • NIGERIA - DL
  • QATAR - RESIDENCE PERMIT
  • URUGUAY - ID
  • USA - NEW YORK - DL

• 9 documents are no longer beta:

  • BRAZIL - DL
  • CANADA - ALBERTA - ID
  • MALAYSIA - MyKAS
  • MEXICO - NUEVO LEON - DL
  • PANAMA - DL
  • PORTUGAL - DL
  • SAUDI ARABIA - ID
  • SRI LANKA - ID
  • USA - IDAHO - ID

New features and updates to the BlinkId(Combined)Recognizer

• We’re now able to read partial MRZ formats (2.5 lines), like the ones found on Switzerland and Liechtenstein DLs.
• We’ve added **documentOptionalAdditionalNumber** to the main part of the result, as well as front and back side VIZ results.
• We’ve expanded the set of possible recognizer states with **StageValid**. This state fixes BlinkIDCombinedRecognizer timeout issues, and enables better control of the Combined scanning pipeline. It activates when the first side of a document has been successfully scanned and scanning of the second side is required.

Camera management updates

• We've enabled camera image flipping
  • Method flipCamera has been added to VideoRecognizer.
  • You can now let your users mirror the camera image vertically.
  • By default, the UI component will display a flip icon in the top left corner once the camera is live.
• We've improved camera management on devices with multiple cameras
  • Method createVideoRecognizerFromCameraStream has been extended in VideoRecognizer class.
  • Attribute [camera-id] has been added to the UI component so that your users can preselect their desired camera.

Fixes

• We’ve fixed an uncommon bug where you’d get incomplete results upon scanning of the MRZ with the allowUnparsed setting enabled.
• We've fixed a problem where the UI component would interfere with navigation strategy in SPA frameworks.
  • Value of the href attribute in button elements has been changed to javascript:void(0).

Release 5.8.1

• Fixed NPM package to include UI component.

Release 5.8.0

New additions to our supported documents list

Plastic page passports

We added support for scanning the visual inspection zone - VIZ includes everything except MRZ or barcode. Keep in mind that BlinkID scans and extracts data only from the VIZ that is on the first plastic page found in the passport list below:

• Chile Passport (BETA)
• Colombia Passport
• Croatia Passport
• Denmark Passport
• Finland Passport (BETA)
• Germany Passport
• Hong Kong Passport (BETA)
• Ireland Passport (BETA)
• Malaysia Passport
• Netherlands Passport
• New Zealand Passport
• Norway Passport
• Singapore Passport
• South Africa Passport
• Sweden Passport
• Turkey Passport (BETA)
  ​

Vertical US documents

• California ID
• Illinois ID
• New York ID
• North Carolina ID
• Texas ID
  ​

Other documents

• Canada Newfoundland and Labrador DL
• Croatia Residence Permit (BETA)
• Guatemala Consular ID
• Malaysia MyKAS (BETA)
• Mexico Jalisco DL / front side only
• Mexico Nuevo Leon DL (BETA)
• Peru ID (BETA)
• Singapore S Pass (BETA)
• Uruguay ID / front side only
• USA Missouri ID
• USA Texas ID

European DLs with a single line MRZ

BlinkID extracts data from driver’s licenses that contain single line MRZ:

• Croatia DL
• Estonia DL
• France DL
• Ireland DL
• Netherlands DL
• Slovakia DL

Back side supported on:

• Azerbaijan ID
• Singapore DL
• Singapore Employment Pass

No longer BETA

• Slovakia DL

New features and updates in BlinkID(Combined)Recognizer

• We added signatureImage to the result. Extract signature image from the documents below:

  • Australia Victoria DL
  • Austria ID
  • Austria DL
  • Brunei Military ID
  • Colombia ID
  • Croatia ID (on 2013 and 2015 versions)
  • Cyprus ID
  • Czechia ID (on the 2012 version)
  • Germany ID (2010 version)
  • Germany DL (2013 version)
  • Indonesia ID
  • Ireland DL
  • Italy DL
  • Mexico Voter ID
  • New Zealand DL
  • Slovenia ID
  • Spain DL
  • Sweden DL
  • Switzerland ID
  • UAE ID
  • UAE Resident ID

• We enabled extraction of the date of birth from the NRIC from Malaysian documents:

  • MyKad
  • MyKas
  • MyKid
  • MyPR
  • MyTentera

• We added anonymization support for:

  • MRZ (OPT2 containing the ID number) on China Mainland Travel Permit Hong Kong
  • MRZ (Document number) on Germany Alien Passport
  • Document number, MRZ (Document number) on Germany ID
  • MRZ (Document number) on Germany Minors Passport
  • MRZ (Document number) on Germany Passport
  • Document number on Hong Kong ID
  • MRZ (Document number, OPT1 containing the passport or ID number) on Hong Kong Passport
  • Personal ID number on Netherlands DL
  • Personal ID number, MRZ (OPT1 containing the BSN) on Netherlands ID
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the BSN) on Netherlands Passport
  • Document number on Singapore DL
  • Personal ID number on Singapore Employment Pass
  • Document number on Singapore FIN Card
  • Document number on Singapore ID
  • MRZ (Document number, OPT1 containing the NRIC) on Singapore Passport
  • Document number on Singapore Resident ID
  • Document number on Singapore S Pass
  • Personal ID number on Singapore Work Permit
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Diplomatic Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Residence Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Service Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Temporary Passport

• We improved MRZ data extraction on:

  • Russia Passport

• Added additional recognizer options:

  • BarcodeScanningStartedCallback callback that is invoked when barcode recognition is started.
  • ClassifierCallback callback that is invoked when document classification is completed.
  • allowedDocumentClasses property which indicates whether the given document is supported or not.

• Added support for filtering only specific document classes.

UI component

• We added a UI component in the format of a custom web element to use BlinkID on your web in an effortless way.
• Check out the README file for instructions on how to use UI component, or check the ui directory for complete source code.

Other features and updates

• We added the field middleName to BlinkID(Combined)Recognizer, IDBarcodeRecognizer and USDL(Combined)Recognizer results. This field is extracted from AAMVA standard compliant barcodes, whenever available.

Minor API changes

• We removed workerLocation property from WasmSDKLoadSettings.
  • Web worker is now inlined into the source code, which simplifies the SDK deployment and usage.
  • Property engineLocation in WasmSDKLoadSettings must be an absolute path.
  • Removed useWebWorker property from WasmSDKLoadSettings, since web worker is now always used as it provides much better user experience
    and does not block the UI browser thread.

Fixes

• We improved the data match logic for Guatemala Consular ID in BlinkID(Combined)Recognizer.
• We fixed the initialization promise chain so that you can handle all initialization errors with a single error handler (Issue #13).

Release 5.7.0

New features:

• IDBarcodeRecognizer now returns:
  • Street, postal code, city and jurisdiction.
• In BlinkIDRecognizer and BlinkIDCombinedRecognizer, we added:
  • Support for US driver licenses with vertical orientations:
    • Alabama
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • Georgia
    • Illinois
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Kentucky
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Minnesota
    • Missouri
    • New Jersey
    • Ohio
    • Pennsylvania
    • South Carolina
    • Tennessee
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • Washington
    • Wisconsin
  • Support for new document types:
    • Croatia Health Insurance Card / front side / BETA
    • Ecuador ID / front side
    • El Salvador ID / BETA
    • Sri Lanka ID / BETA
  • Driver licenses no longer in BETA:
    • Canada Nova Scotia
    • Canada Yukon
    • Norway
  • Back side support:
    • Kenya ID
  • We added support for new MRZ formats on:
    • Guatemala ID
    • Kenya ID
    • Mexico consular ID
    • Northern Cyprus ID
    • Chinese Mainland Travel Permits (Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
• Added result anonymization. With this option enabled, results are not returned for protected fields on documents listed here. The full document image will also have this data blacked out.
  • Protected fields are:
    • Document number on Hong Kong ID
    • MRZ on Hong Kong passports and Chinese mainland travel permits for Hong Kong
    • Personal ID number on Netherlands driver licence
    • Personal ID number and MRZ on Netherlands ID
    • MRZ on Netherlands passports
    • Document number on Singapore driver license, ID, Fin Card, Resident ID
    • Personal ID number on Singapore Employment Pass
    • Document number and personal ID number on Singapore Work Permit
    • MRZ on Singapore passports
  • By using setAnonymizationMode method, you can choose the AnonymizationMode: ImageOnly, ResultFieldsOnly, FullResult or None.
  • FullResult anonymization (both images and data) is set by default.

Improvements to existing features:

• We made changes to the result structure of BlinkIdCombinedRecognizer and BlinkIdRecognizer:
  • Barcode data is now encapsulated in its own result structure: BarcodeResult.
  • Data from all OCR-ed fields, without MRZ data, is now encapsulated in a VIZResult structure, representing the "Visual Inspection Zone" data. In BlinkIdCombinedRecognizer, front side data is available in its own structure (frontVizResult), back side data in its own (backVizResult), so you can now access data from each side separately.
  • The main part of the result, outside these structures, is filled according to these rules:
    • The document number is filled with MRZ data, if present.
    • The remaining data is then filled from the barcode.
    • The remaining data is filled from back side visual inspection zone (OCR data outside of MRZ).
    • The remaining data is filled from the front side visual inspection zone.
    • The remaining data is filled from the MRZ.
• Members colorStatus and moireStatus can now be found in the result's imageAnalysisResult (frontImageAnalysisResult and backImageAnalysisResult in BlinkIDCombinedRecognizer).
• We added blur detection status to imageAnalysisResult.
  • We extended ImageAnalysisResult with information on whether the document contains a photo, MRZ and/or barcode.
    • We renamed DocumentImageMoireStatus to ImageAnalysisDetectionStatus so it can be reused for other status information.
  • We added a RecognitionModeFilter setting. This makes it possible to control for which group of documents (MrzId, MrzVisa, MrzPassport, PhotoId, FullRecognition) recognition is enabled or disabled.
  • We added a RecognitionMode result member detailing which of the aforementioned recognition modes was used to obtain the result.
  • We added a fallback method that extracts ‘sex’ and ‘nationality’ fields from the MRZ in case they aren’t present in the VIZ or the barcode. Previously, only ‘dates’, ‘names’ and ‘document numbers’ had the fallback method.
  • Unsuccessfully parsed dates now preserve original string instead of returning empty string.

Bug fixes:

• We fixed US driver's license address extraction (Oregon, Mississippi, Rhode Island).
• Added ProcessingStatus enumeration detailing why the result state was empty or uncertain.
• Improved barcode error detection and correction.
• Tweaked document detection feedback thresholds (that let the user know when the document is too close or too far away). This allows for a more natural scanning experience of passports in landscape mode, as the document can now be closer to the camera.

Release 5.5.1

• Removed alert() from VideoRecognizer and added allowManualVideoPlayout to constructor of VideoRecognizer class
• Added locateFile method to MicroblinkSDK to fix problem when SDK is not using web worker
• File package.json
  • Added field engines to explicitly specify Node version which was used during development
  • Fixed typo in repository field so NPM package can be used with yarn, closes #5
• Documentation
  • Added more information and renamed section "Optimal deployment of your web app" to "Deployment guidelines"
  • Added links to Codepen examples and official demo app

Release 5.5.0

• Change of available recognizers
  • Removed MRTDRecognizer
  • Added BlinkIdGenericRecognizer and BlinkIdCombinedRecoginzer, with list of supported documents available in docs/BlinkIdRecognizer.md
• Standardization of NPM package
  • NPM package can be used in environments with module bundlers
  • Added ES and UMD bundles for the SDK
  • Types are now exposed and accessible in standard manner for NPM environment
  • Extended package.json with project information and scripts for building and publishing
  • Added Rollup build system to provide developers with infrastructure for easier customization of SDK
• Extension of examples
  • Examples now cover more functionalities of the SDK
  • Provided examples for integration in TS, ES and UMD environment
• Configuration options for WASM engine and WebWorker locations
  • Configurations engineLocation and workerLocation are defined in the WasmSDKLoadSettings class
• Improved stability and readability of SDK TypeScript source code
  • Added ESLint for automatic check of unsecure language constructs
  • Added Babel for safe transpiling to ES6 and better browser support

v1.0.0-beta.1

• decreased WASM binary size from 3.8 MB to 2.5 MB
• fixed vulnerability in license check
• added support for disabling hello message after license key gets validated
  • by default this is still enabled, to disable it, set allowHelloMessage property in WasmSDKLoadSettings to false
• updates to IdBarcodeRecognizer:
  • added endorsements, restrictions and vehicleClass fields to its result
    • those fields are available only when scanning barcode from driver license
  • added support for returning raw barcode data in case data parsing fails
    • this requires a permission within a license key
  • changed the behaviour of firstName field:
    • now it contains both first name, middle name and name suffix

1.0.0-beta.0

• initial beta release of the BlinkID In-browser SDK
• supported recognizers:
  • ID Barcode recognizer for scanning barcodes from various ID documents
  • MRTD recognizer for scanning Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) from Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs), such as IDs and passports