Towards fraud-proof ID documents using multiple data hiding technologies and biometrics

Justin Picard; Claus Vielhauer D.D.S.; Niels Thorwirth

doi:10.1117/12.525446

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22 June 2004 Towards fraud-proof ID documents using multiple data hiding technologies and biometrics

Justin Picard; Claus Vielhauer D.D.S.; Niels Thorwirth

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Proceedings Volume 5306, Security, Steganography, and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents VI; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.525446
Event: Electronic Imaging 2004, 2004, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Identity documents, such as ID cards, passports, and driver's licenses, contain textual information, a portrait of the legitimate holder, and eventually some other biometric characteristics such as a fingerprint or handwritten signature. As prices for digital imaging technologies fall, making them more widely available, we have seen an exponential increase in the ease and the number of counterfeiters that can effectively forge documents. Today, with only limited knowledge of technology and a small amount of money, a counterfeiter can effortlessly replace a photo or modify identity information on a legitimate document to the extent that it is very diffcult to differentiate from the original. This paper proposes a virtually fraud-proof ID document based on a combination of three different data hiding technologies: digital watermarking, 2-D bar codes, and Copy Detection Pattern, plus additional biometric protection. As will be shown, that combination of data hiding technologies protects the document against any forgery, in principle without any requirement for other security features. To prevent a genuine document to be used by an illegitimate user,biometric information is also covertly stored in the ID document, to be used for identification at the detector.

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Justin Picard, Claus Vielhauer D.D.S., and Niels Thorwirth "Towards fraud-proof ID documents using multiple data hiding technologies and biometrics", Proc. SPIE 5306, Security, Steganography, and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents VI, (22 June 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.525446

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