v6.12.0

What's New

• Beta Feature: Second Page Passport Scanning
  • We’ve launched support for scanning and extracting data from the second page of passports for select countries - Slovenia, Ireland, and New Zealand. When BlinkID detects one of these passports, a UI message will guide the user to the second page. By default, this feature is disabled but can be enabled via the scanPassportDataPageOnly setting in BlinkIdMultiSideRecognizer. This feature is in beta, and your feedback is appreciated.
• USA Green Card - Enabled Data Match for the Document Number field, matching values from the VIZ (Visual Inspection Zone) and MRZ to further enhance extraction reliability.

Bug Fixes

• Spain ID: Fixed an issue with indefinite expiry dates, ensuring consistent values between the MRZ and Visual Inspection Zone (VIZ).
• Bulgaria ID: Improved parsing for indefinite expiry dates in the MRZ for better accuracy.
• Netherlands ID & Norway Passport: Resolved issues with the Personal ID number field that were causing the data match feature to fail.
• Chinese Passport: Enhanced reliability of extracted data with additional logic for the Document Number field.
• German ID & Luxembourg ID: Adjusted name extraction logic to resolve issues with name separation, ensuring more consistent results.

v6.11.1

• Bug fix:
• NYC Municipal ID & USA Border Crossing Card - Resolved an issue where the scanning process could get stuck on the back side during multi-side scanning.

v6.11.0

Expanded Document Coverage

New Documents Support

• Armenia - Paper Passport
• Bahamas - Temporary Residence Permit
• Bahamas - Work Permit
• Bangladesh - Polycarbonate Passport
• Comoros - Paper Passport
• Dominican Republic - Non Voter ID
• Greece - Polycarbonate Passport
• Jamaica - Voter ID
• Kazakhstan - Paper Passport
• Kyrgyzstan - Paper Passport
• Kyrgyzstan - Polycarbonate Passport
• Lebanon - Driver's License
• Tajikistan - Identity Card
• Turkmenistan - Polycarbonate Passport
• Uzbekistan - Identity Card

New Document Versions for Supported Documents

• Argentina - Alien ID
• Bulgaria - Identity Card
• Canada, British Columbia - Identity Card
• Canada, British Columbia - Minors Public Services Card
• Croatia - Driver's License
• Jamaica - Paper Passport
• Malaysia - i-Kad
• Mexico, Coahuila - Driver's License
• Montenegro - Driver's License
• Namibia - Identity Card
• Norway - Driver's License
• Pakistan - Proof of Registration
• Panama - Identity Card
• Panama - Residence Permit
• Peru - Minors ID
• Portugal - Identity Card
• Romania - Identity Card
• Trinidad and Tobago - Driver's License
• Turkey - Identity Card
• USA, Arizona - Identity Card
• USA, Colorado - Identity Card
• USA, Michigan - Identity Card
• USA, Mississippi - Driver's License
• USA, Mississippi - Identity Card
• USA, Montana - Identity Card
• USA, North Carolina - Identity Card
• USA, North Carolina - Driver's License
• USA, North Dakota - Driver's License
• USA, Vermont - Identity Card
• USA, Virginia - Identity Card
• USA, Wyoming - Driver's License
• USA, Wyoming - Identity Card
• Uzbekistan - Paper Passport

New Beta Documents Support

• Andorra - Paper Passport
• Andorra - Polycarbonate Passport
• Philippines - Driver's License
• Armenia - Work Permit
• Australia - Asic Card
• Azerbaijan - Driver's License
• Bahamas - Paper Passport
• Bahamas - Polycarbonate Passport
• Cayman Islands - Paper Passport
• Cayman Islands - Polycarbonate Passport
• Cayman Islands - Voter ID
• Gibraltar - Driver's License
• Gibraltar - Identity Card
• Gibraltar - Paper Passport
• Gibraltar - Polycarbonate Passport
• Guyana - Paper Passport
• Kuwait - Bidoon Card
• Kyrgyzstan - Driver's License
• Monaco - Paper Passport
• Pakistan - Afghan Citizen Card
• Philippines, Bangsamoro - Driver's License
• Saint Lucia - Driver's License
• Saint Lucia - Paper Passport
• San Marino - Polycarbonate Passport
• Turks and Caicos Islands - Driver's License
• Turks and Caicos Islands - Identity Card
• Turks and Caicos Islands - Paper Passport
• Australia - Interim Health Insurance Card
• Australia - Reciprocal Health Insurance Card
• UAE - Vehicle Registration

New Document Versions for Beta-Supported Documents

• Barbados - Identity Card
• Brazil - Paper Passport
• Dominican Republic - Driver's License
• India, Gujarat - Driver's License
• Mexico, Puebla - Driver's License
• Philippines - Tax ID
• Philippines - Health Insurance Card
• Australia - Health Insurance Card

New Segments Supported on Documents

• USA - Green Card - eligibilityCategory
• USA - Work Permit - eligibilityCategory
• Greece - Driver's License - placeOfBirth (greek and latin)
• Saudi Arabia - Resident ID - nationality (arabic)
• Bahrain - dateOfExpiry
• USA - Driver's license & ID card - specificDocumentValidity
• Pakistan - Proof of Registration - DependentDateOfBirth, DependentSex, DependentDocumentNumber & DependentFullName

Renamed segments

• Barbados - Identity Card - personalIdNumber -> documentNumber
• Panama - Identity Card - personalIdNumber -> documentNumber
• Panama - Residence Permit - personalIdNumber -> documentNumber

New Features

• Greek Alphabet Support
  • We’ve added support for extracting Place of Birth in both Greek and Latin scripts.

v6.10.1

6.10.1

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that would cause a crash on older iOS versions

v6.10.0

6.10.0

New features

• Improved reliability and first-time successful scanning experience
  • Avoiding Double Scans of the Front Side: For a more reliable scanning process, BlinkID now prompts users to flip the document when they scan the front side twice. This improves the overall experience and reduces the chance of mistakes.
  • Starting with the Right Side: If users attempt to scan the back side of a document first, BlinkID will prompt them to begin with the front side. This feature ensures that users follow the correct order, leading to a more reliable and user-friendly experience.

Expanded document coverage

New document versions for supported documents

• Sweden - Social Security Card - Back side
• Bolivia - Driver's License - Back side
• Brazil, Distrito Federal - Identity Card - Back side

Out of beta

• Colombia - Temporary Protection Permit

New beta documents support

• France - Professional ID
• Mexico - Tax ID

New document versions for beta-supported documents

• Brazil, Parana - Identity Card - Back side
• Brazil, Santa Catarina - Identity Card - Back side

New segments supported on documents

• Peru - Alien ID - MRZ

Accessibility improvements

• Accessible button names: Added accessible names to the help and flashlight buttons, enabling TalkBack to read them correctly.
• Glare warning toast: The toast is now correctly detected and read by VoiceOver.

Bug fixes

• Fallback for barcode scanning - Barcode ID recognition mode will now extract information from any supported barcode if full document recognition fails. Initially available only for US and Canadian documents, this feature is now available to all documents.
• MRZ field on US documents - Set to optional by default and currently refers to: Minnesota (DL & ID), New York (DL & ID), Vermont (DL) and Washington (DL & ID).
• AdditionalProcessingInfo - In cases of an empty result, this field now provides details about the reasons why scanning failed.
• Improved handling of face photo occlusion - The UI message is slightly changed to prompt users to keep the face photo fully visible when there is a finger occlusion.

v6.9.2

6.9.2

New features

• Added new experimental bool forceUsingPixelFormatTypeBiPlanarFullRange to cameraSettings in BlinkIdOverlaySettings.
  • As kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarFullRange is an experimental feature, no support will be provided while this flag is active.

v6.9.1

6.9.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where in some cases scanning the back side of the document was not working properly.

v6.9.0

6.9.0

New Features

• Custom mandatory fields
  • We’re introducing the option for customers to define their own set of mandatory fields. This feature allows greater flexibility in the scanning process by enabling the extraction of only the necessary information from identity documents. Now you can customize the process and focus on only those fields that are relevant to your use case.
  • Custom mandatory fields can be set at the document level or applied universally to all document types.
• Face detector improvements
  • We made significant enhancements to our face detector model.
• Added new values to ClassInfo enum:
  • Region: `
    • ALAGOAS` for Brazilian documents
  • Type:
    • AFGHAN_CITIZEN_CARD
    • EID
    • PASS
    • SIS_ID

Expanded Document Coverage

New Documents Support

• Austria - Polycarbonate Passport
• Canada - Polycarbonate Passport
• Ecuador - Paper Passport
• Germany - eID
• Guatemala - Alien ID
• Iraq - Polycarbonate Passport
• Namibia - Identity Card
• Nepal - Polycarbonate Passport
• Sweden - SIS ID
• USA, Delaware - Identity Card
• USA, Louisiana - Identity Card
• USA, Vermont - Identity Card

New Document Versions for Supported Documents

• Bolivia - Identity Card
• Canada, British Columbia - Public Services Card
• Finland - Identity Card
• Greece - Identity Card
• Malaysia - iKAD
• Mexico, Nuevo Leon - Driver's License
• Mexico, Tlaxcala - Driver's License
• Morocco - Driver's License
• Thailand - Polycarbonate Passport
• USA - Alaska - Driver's License
• USA - Alaska - Identity Card
• USA - Connecticut - Identity Card
• USA - Delaware - Driver's License
• USA - District of Columbia - Driver's License
• USA - Hawaii - Identity Card
• USA - Idaho - Driver's License
• USA - Indiana - Driver's License
• USA - Indiana - Identity Card
• USA - Iowa - Identity Card
• USA - Kansas - Identity Card
• USA - Kentucky - Identity Card
• USA - Kentucky - Driver's License
• USA - Maine - Identity Card
• USA - Maine - Driver's License
• USA - Michigan - Driver's License
• USA - Minnesota - Driver's License
• USA - Minnesota - Identity Card
• USA - Montana - Identity Card
• USA - Montana - Driver's License
• USA - New Hampshire - Identity Card
• USA - New Mexico - Driver's License
• USA - New Mexico - Identity Card
• USA - New York - Identity Card
• USA - North Dakota - Identity Card
• USA - Oregon - Identity Card
• USA - Pennsylvania - Driver's License
• USA - Rhode Island - Identity Card
• USA - South Carolina - Identity Card
• USA - Vermont - Driver's License
• USA - Washington - Identity Card
• USA - Wyoming - Driver's License
• USA - Wyoming - Identity Card

Out of Beta

• European Union - Health Insurance Card

New Beta Documents Support

• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Voter ID
• Philippines - Alien ID
• Philippines - Postal ID
• Philippines - Work Permit
• Philippines - Health Insurance Card

New Document Versions for Beta-Supported Documents

• Honduras - Paper Passport
• Mexico, Sonora - Driver's License
• Peru - Alien ID
• Philippines - Alien ID

New Segments Supported on Documents

• China Exit Entry Permit - MRZ
• China Mainland Travel Permit Taiwan - MRZ
• France Residence permit - Remarks & ResidencePermitType
• Philippines Alien ID - VisaType

Bug Fixes

• German ID - Fixed issues in cases when documents contain multiple surnames
• Paraguay ID - Added support for parsing the smaller barcode found on the back side of the ID
• Bulgaria Driver’s License - The Address field is set to optional, improving the extraction process
• Improved MRZ parsing for the back side of the following identity documents:
  • Brazil Alien ID
  • Kenya ID
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina ID
  • Ivory Coast ID
  • Paraguay ID
• Added missing ParaguayID to IdBarcodeDocumentType

Other changes

• Set defineSpecificMissingMandatoryFields in MBBlinkIdOverlaySettings default value to false. If you want detailed UI messages about missing mandatory fields, set it to true
• Added CustomClassRules setting to BlinkIdSingleSideRecognizer and BlinkIdMultiSideRecognizer to support above mentioned custom mandatory fields

API breaking change

• Additional anonymization
  • The ClassAnonymizationSettings class used for additional anonymization now includes a ClassFilter for filtering classes by Country, Region, and Type.

v6.8.0

6.8.0

New Features

• Glare detection
  • We’ve introduced glare detection to BlinkID, which removes occlusion on document images caused by glare. You can control the strictness of glare detection with three options (relaxed, normal, and strict) to suit your use case.
  • Real-time feedback during scanning includes a new UI message to help users position the document correctly and reduce glare.
• Improved blur detection
  • We’ve raised the threshold for our blur model, making it stricter. This improvement ensures that sharper images are accepted for processing. You can now control the strictness of blur detection with three options (relaxed, normal, and strict).
  • Real-time feedback during scanning includes a new UI message to help users position the document optimally for a clear image.
• Support for extracting the subtypes of US driver’s licenses & ID cards
  • BlinkID now extracts precise information about subtypes of driver’s licenses and ID cards (e.g., conditional driver’s license, learner’s permit, provision, enhanced, etc.). This information is included in the scanning results, allowing you to tailor workflows or processes based on document limitations.
• Classifier improvements
  • We upgraded our classifier model to prevent double-capturing of the front side of a document, ensuring the front and the back sides are captured correctly. If the back side of a document is not detected, the processing status will return UnsupportedClass.
• Option to anonymize barcode data
  • You can now anonymize specific fields in the barcode results from an identity document, in addition to the anonymized fields already supported in the Visual Inspection Zone (VIZ).

Breaking API changes

• Changes to the BlinkIdSingleSideRecognizer and BlinkIdMultiSideRecognizer settings:
  • renamed allowBlurFilter to enableBlurFilter

Minor API changes

• Added a new result member documentSubtype in BlinkIdSingleSideRecognizerResult, BlinkIdMultiSideRecognizerResult, and VIZResult to include subtype information for US driver’s licenses or ID cards (commercial, provisional, etc.)
• Changes to the BlinkIdSingleSideRecognizer and BlinkIdMultiSideRecognizer settings:
  • added enableGlareFilter which is set to true by default
  • added blurStrictnessLevel which is set to Normal by default (Strict, Normal, or Relaxed)
  • added glareStrictnessLevel which is set to Normal by default (Strict, Normal, or Relaxed)
• Changes to the ImageAnalysisResult:
  • renamed glare to glareDetected
  • renamed blurred to blurDetected

v6.7.1

6.7.1

• Add file timestamp API required reason to the privacy manifest