v4.5.0

• Updates and additions

  • added support for reading front side of Brunei ID - use MBBruneiIdFrontRecognizer
  • added support for reading front and back side of Cyprus ID, issued after 2015. - use MBCyprusIdFrontRecognizer and MByprusIdBackRecognizer
  • added support for reading front side of Malaysian MyKAS - use MBMalaysiaMyKasFrontRecognizer
  • added support for reading front side of Malaysian MyPR - use MBMalaysiaMyPrFrontRecognizer
  • enabled capturing high resolution camera frames:
    • When custom UI integration is performed, use - (void)captureHighResImage:(MBCaptureHighResImage)highResoulutionImageCaptured on MBRecognizerRunnerViewController
    • When using provided scan overlay view controllers, high resolution full camera frames taken at the moment of successful scan are returned if this option is enabled through MBOverlaySettings. Concrete MBDocumentOverlaySettings and MBDocumentVerificationOverlaySettings have property captureHighResImage to support this feature and new optional delegate on respective delegates

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • improved reading accuracy for the following recognizers (DeepOCR support):
    • MBHongKongIdFrontRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaMyKadFrontRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaMyKadBackRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaDlFrontRecognizer
    • MBNewZealandDlFrontRecognizer
  • improved MBPaymentCard recognizers:
    • better OCR and data extraction
    • added support for reading payment card numbers in 4x6x4 and 4x6x5 format
  • improveed UAE recognizers:
    • glare detection is enabled for all images returned from MBUnitedArabEmiratesDlFrontRecognizer, MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdBackRecognizer and MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdFrontRecognizer recognizers
  • improved MBMrtdRecognizer:
    • added option to set extension factors for full document image: use method fullDocumentImageExtensionFactors
    • added option to encode fullDocumentImage and mrzImage to JPEG and save them to MBMrtdRecognizerResult: use encodeMrzImage and encodeFullDocumentImage to enable encoding

• Minor API changes

  • renamed MBIkadRecognizer to MBMalaysiaIkadFrontRecognizer and methods in recognizer and its Result:

    • expiryDate to dateOfExpiry
    • sex to gender

  • renamed MBMyKadFrontRecogniezer to MBMalaysiaMyKadFrontRecognizer and methods in recognizer and its Result:

    • ownerFullName to fullName
    • ownerAddress to fullAddress
    • addressStreet to street
    • ownerAddressZipCode to zipcode
    • ownerAddressCity to city
    • ownerAddressState to ownerState
    • ownerBirthDate to birthDate
    • ownerSex to sex
    • ownerReligion to religion
    • nricNumber to nric

  • MBMalaysiaMyKadFrontRecognizer does not extract armyNumber anymore, use MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizer for scanning MyTentera

  • MBMrtdRecognizer:

    • method saveImageDPI which has been used to set DPI for full document and MRZ image is replaced with methods fullDocumentImageDpi and mrzImageDpi

  • renamed methods in MBSwitzerlandIdBackRecognizer and its Result:

    • nonMrzDateOfExpiry to dateOfExpiry
    • nonMrzSex to sex

  • renamed methods in MBSwitzerlandPassportRecognizer and its Result:

    • placeOfBirth to placeOfOrigin
    • nonMrzDateOfBirth to dateOfBirth
    • nonMrzDateOfExpiry to dateOfExpiry
    • nonMrzSex to sex

• Bugfixes

  • MBDocumentFaceRecognizer now correctly applies DPI settings to returned face and full document images
  • fixed a crash which happened when scanning region was set before overlay view controller loaded, but after it was initialized
  • fixed missing init in MBDotsResultSubview for Swift

v4.4.0

• Updates and additions

  • added support for reading back side of German Driver's License with B10 support - use MBGermanyDlBackRecognizer
  • added support for reading front side of Mexican Voter Id card - use MBMexicoVoterIdFrontRecognizer
  • added support for reading ExpiresOn date on MBCyprusIdBackRecognizer
  • added support for image(s) anonymization on MBPaymentCardFrontRecognizer
    • use anonymizeCardNumber and anonymizeOwner
  • added support for image(s) anonymization on MBPaymentCardBackRecognizer
    • use anonymizeCvv
  • added support for image(s) anonymization on MBPaymentCardCombinedRecognizer
    • use anonymizeCardNumber, anonymizeOwner and anonymizeCvv
  • added support for image(s) anonymization on MBElitePaymentCardFrontRecognizer
    • use anonymizeOwner
  • added support for image(s) anonymization on MBElitePaymentCardBackRecognizer
    • use anonymizeCvv and anonymizeCardNumber
  • added support for image(s) anonymization on MBElitePaymentCardCombinedRecognizer
    • use anonymizeCardNumber, anonymizeOwner and anonymizeCvv
  • added support for full document image extension factors on MBUsdlCombinedRecognizer

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • improved reading of Swiss front side ID cards
  • improved reading of German front side ID cards
  • improved MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizer with DeepOcr support
  • improved reading of Singapore front side Driver's Licenses with DeepOcr support
  • improved reading of Croatian front side ID cards
  • improved personal number extraction on Slovakian ID cards
  • improved reading of Indonesian front side ID cards with DeepOcr support
  • updated image return processor
    • the processor now estimates detected (dewarped) document image quality and returns the best quality dewarped image from the best quality detection

• Minor API changes

  • renamed MBMyTenteraRecognizer to MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizer
  • renamed MBMyTenteraRecognizerResult to MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizerResult and properties
    • nricNumber to nric
    • ownerAddress to fullAddress
    • ownerAddressCity to city
    • ownerAddressState to ownerState
    • ownerAddressZipCode to zipcode
    • ownerAddressStreet to street
    • ownerBirthDate to birthDate and it is now of type MBDateResult
    • ownerFullName to fullName
    • ownerReligion to religion
    • ownerSex to sex
  • renamed properties in MBGermanyIdFrontRecognizerResult
    • firstName to givenNames
    • lastName to surname
    • dateOfBirth adn dateOfExpiry are now of type MBDateResult

• Bugfixes

  • fix memory issue while using current frame grabber
  • fix UI bug on MBDocumentVerificationOverlayViewController - now showing Document scanning done when scanning finish
  • all combined recognizers are not optional any more in Swift

v4.3.0

• Updates and additions

  • Added support for reading front side of Ireland Driver's License - use MBIrelandDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Colombia Driver's License - use MBColombiaDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Italy Driver's License - use MBItalyDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added standalone recognizer for reading front side of Austria Driver's License - use MBAustriaDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front and back side of elite Payment / Debit cards - use MBElitePaymentCardFrontRecognizer, MBElitePaymentCardBackRecognizer and MBElitePaymentCardCombinedRecognizer

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • improved MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer:
    • added option to allow unparsed and unverified MRZ results - use allowUnparsedResults and allowUnverifiedResults
  • improved MBMalaysiaDlFrontRecognizer:
    • added support for reading Malaysia Dl for foreigners
  • improved MBUsdlRecogniezr:
    • added support for reading dates on Nigerian Driver's licenses
  • added support for setting full document image extension factors for almost all ID document recognizers, they implement interface MBFullDocumentImageExtensionFactors
  • added support for setting the number of stable detections threshold on MBDocumentFaceRecognizer and recognizers which use it internally: MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer and MBUsdlCombinedRecognizer - use numStableDetectionsThreshold. This can help to avoid returning of blurry images.
  • improved MBEudlRecognizer:
    • better reading accuracy for UK Driver's license
  • moved these recognizers to DeepOCR engine (improved reading accuracy): MBSingaporeIdFrontRecognizer, MBSingaporeIdBackRecognizer, MBCroatiaIdFrontRecognizer, MBCroatiaIdBackRecognizer
  • improved DeepOCR accuracy

• Minor API changes

  • renamed properties in MBMalaysiaDlFrontRecognizerResult:
    • state to ownerState
    • zipCode to zipcode
  • renamed properties in MBIndonesiaIdFrontRecognizerResult:
    • validUntil to dateOfExpiry
    • validUntilPermanent to dateOfExpiryPermanent
  • renamed property in MBSingaporeIdFrontRecognizerResult:
    • bloodType to bloodGroup
  • renamed property in MBSingaporeCombinedRecognizerREsult:
    • bloodType to bloodGroup

• Bugfixes

  • enabled wrapping of combined recogniezrs with MBSuccessFrameGrabberRecognizer
  • fixed bug in MBEudlRecognizer which caused that sometimes face image is not returned, even if the recognition was successful
  • updated overlay view controllers for iPhone X Series
  • various other bug fixes and improvements

v4.2.0

• Updates and additions

  • Added support for reading front side of Spain Driver's License - use MBSpainDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of UAE Driver's License - use MBUnitedArabEmiratesDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Cyprus ID card - use MBCyprusIdFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading back side of Cyprus ID card - use MBCyprusIdBackRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Kuwait ID card - use MBKuwaitIdFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading back side of Kuwait ID card - use MBKuwaitIdBackRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Payment Card - use MBPaymentCardFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading back side of Payment Card - use MBPaymentCardBackRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front and back side of Payment Card - use MBPaymentCardCombinedRecognizer
  • Added support for optional protocol method implementation in MBDocumentVerificationOverlayViewControllerDelegate - documentVerificationOverlayViewControllerDidFinishScanningFirstSide:

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • Added support for reading sticker with new address on back side of Singapore ID card with MBSingaporeCombinedRecognizer
  • Performance improvements

• Minor API changes

  • Renamed properties in MBCroatiaIdBackRecognizerResult:
    • address to residence
    • documentForNonResident to isDocumentForNonResident
    • issuingAuthority to issuedBy
    • MRZ fields are available through MBMrzResult which can be obtained by using property mrzResult
  • Renamed properties in MBSingaporeIdFrontRecognizerResult:
    • cardNumber to identityCardNumber
  • Renamed properties in MBSingaporeCombinedRecognizerResult:
    • cardNumber to identityCardNumber
    • bloodGroup to bloodType
  • isScanningUnsupportedForCameraType: is now class method of MBMicroblinkSDK

• Bugfixes

  • Fixed bug where SDK crashed with exception when the user wanted to use custom resource bundle
  • Various other bug fixes and improvements

v4.1.0

• Updates and additions

  • Added support for reading front side of Swiss Driver's License - use MBSwitzerlandDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Singapore Driver's License - use MBSingaporeDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Morocco ID card - use MBMoroccoIdFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading back side of Morocco ID card - use MBMoroccoIdBackRecognizer
  • Added support for reading Singapore Changi Employee ID card - use MBSingaporeChangiEmployeeIdRecognizer
  • Added support for reading residential status on front side of Hong Kong ID Card
  • Added support for reading partial dates on all MRTD documents
  • Added support for returning encoded images on all recognizers that support image return
  • Added support for checking if scanning is unsupported for camera type on MBRecognizerRunnerViewController
  • Added support for reading sticker with new address on back side of Singapore ID card
  • Added missing oldNric property on MBMyKadBackRecognizerResult
  • Removed manatee

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • Improved reading of New Zealeand Driver's License
  • Better name and nationality extraction on MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdFrontRecognizer

• Minor API changes

  • identityCardNumber property has been renamed to documentNumber on MBCroatiaIdFrontRecognizerResult

v4.0.1

4.0.1

• Bugfixes

  • Calling reconfigureRecognizers before showing camera now correctly applies supplied recognizers
  • Fixed autorotation of overlays and MBRecognizerRunnerViewController
  • Fixed localization issues with some overlays
  • Fixed constraint errors on MBDocumentVerificationOverlayViewController

• Updates and additions

  • Added reconfigureRecognizers method to MBBaseOverlayViewController, enabling it on all it's subclasses

v4.0.0

• new API, which is not backward compatible. Please check README and updated demo applications for more information, but the gist of it is:
  • PPScanningViewController has been renamed to MBRecognizerRunnerViewController and MBCoordinator to MBRecognizerRunner
  • PPBarcodeOverlayViewController has been renamed to MBBarcodeOverlayViewController
  • previously internal MBRecognizer objects are not internal anymore - instead of having opaque MBRecognizerSettings and MBRecognizerResult objects, you now have stateful MBRecognizer object that contains its MBResult within and mutates it while performing recognition. For more information, see README and updated demo applications
  • introduced MBFieldByFieldOverlayViewController that can be used for easy integration of the field-by-field scanning feature (previously known as segment scan)
  • introduced MBDocumentVerificationController that can be used for easy integration of ID verification scanning feature (previously available only in BlinkID AppStore app
  • introduced MBProcessor concept. For more information, check updated code samples, README and this blog post
• new licence format, which is not backward compatible. Full details are given in README and in updated applications, but the gist of it is:
  • licence can now be provided with either file, byte array or base64-encoded bytes

v2.18.2

• Bugfixes
  • fixed UnitedArabEmiratesIDBackRecognizer:
    • enabled reading of UAE back side where MRZ starts with IR

v2.18.1

• Bugfixes
  • coordinatorDidDealloc method in PPCoordinatorDelegate is now correctly called when all resources are released

v2.18.0

• Updates and additions

  • Added support for reading front side of Swedish Driver's License- use PPSwedenDLFrontRecognizerSettings
  • Added ability to extend full document cropping zone on PPGermanIDFrontRecognizerSettings
  • Added support for CAN number extraction on German ID Front
  • Added support for iKAD MM55 ID's

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • Improved reading of document number on Hong Kong ID
  • Improvements when returning partial data in Document Face Recognizer
  • Improvements in USDL data parsing