Release notes.md

Release notes

9.1.3

• ensure scanningRecognizerRunnerDelegate gets invoked for string processing even when using fully offline license keys

9.1.2

• fixed a crash when using Direct API on iOS 15.8 or older
  • the crash was introduced with introducing of HDR image processing support in v9.1.0

9.1.1

• fixed broken links in documentation
• removed documentation parts that were specific to BlinkID, BlinkCard, and BlinkInput
  • since v8.0.0 these are not part of PhotoPay SDK anymore

9.1.0

Minor Breaking Changes

• removed support for Mac Catalyst
  • PhotoPay.xcframework now contains only slices for iOS devices and iOS simulators
  • keep in mind that scanning on iOS simulator is supported only on a "best effort" basis

New Features

• added PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy to the framework
• added support for license keys that can cover multiple NSBundleIDs
• added support for processing UIImages created from HDR images
  • on newer iOS devices, taking screenshots creates a HDR PNG image

Bug fixes

• MBPCzechiaQrCodeRecognizer can now correctly scan inverted QR codes
• removed surplus headers from the framework

Behavior changes

• in DirectAPI, log if scanning delegate is nil
  • this can happen if the object defined as the delegate gets deleted while recognition is being performed
  • for example, if SwiftUI coordinator is used also as delegate and not deliberately kept alive, it can get deleted, which makes it very difficult to debug without knowing why callback is then not invoked

9.0.0

API changes

• We have added back MBPBarcodeRecognizer and MBPRegexParser to the PhotoPay SDK.

Recognizer changes

• Added lastDateOfTheStandingOrder result to MBPCzechiaQrCodeRecognizerResult
• Added url result to MBPHungaryQrCodeRecognizerResult

Breaking changes

Minimum supported iOS version

• Minimum supported iOS version has been updated from iOS 11 to iOS 13. This means that the devices that have an iOS version lower than iOS 13 will no longer support PhotoPay SDK

8.1.0

Major API changes

• Updates for CroatiaPdf417PaymentRecognizer and CroatiaQrCodePaymentRecognizer to enable conversion from HRK to EUR.
  • We've added new result members: amountHRK, amountEUR andconversionToEurPerformed.
  • We've added new setting member called conversionRate with the default value of 7,53540.
    • We will make conversion to EUR only in the case when the currency in the barcode is HRK; conversionToEurPerformed will be true in that case, and false otherwise. Conversion from EUR to HRK will never be performed.
• We have removed HUB1 payment slip support from the CroatiaPdf417PaymentRecognizer and CroatiaQrCodePaymentRecognizer where these result members are no longer available:
  • amount,
  • currency,
  • payerAccountNumber,
  • payerBankCode,
  • payerIban,
  • payerReferenceModel,
  • payerReference.
• We have removed HUB1 payment slip support from the CroatiaSlipRecognizer.

Visual identity update

• We've updated Microblink logo and colors

8.0.0

Changes to the SDK

• We renamed the SDK from Microblink to PhotoPay.
• The prefix for SDK classes changed from MB to MBP.
• The SDK now includes only PhotoPay and BlinkInput recognizers. For BlinkID recognizers, please import BlinkID SDK.
• The SDK now supports iOS 11 or higher.

Changes to the PhotoPayRecognizer

• We’ve added support for 3 new fields to HungaryQRCodePaymentRecognizer:
  • idCode, versionNumber, characterSet
• We’ve added 2 new fields to CzQRCodePaymentRecognizer
  • paymentSituation, orderFrequency

7.13.0

Newly supported identity documents:

We’ve added 174 new documents:

Europe

• Albania - Driver Card (front only)
• Albania - Professional Driver License (front only)
• Belarus - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Belgium - Minors ID (beta)
• Czechia - Residence Permit
• Finland - Alien ID
• Finland - Residence Permit (beta)
• Georgia - Driver License (front only)
• Greece - Residence Permit
• Ireland - Passport Card
• Ireland - Public Services Card (beta)
• Kosovo - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Latvia - Alien ID
• Luxembourg - ID Card
• Moldova - ID Card (beta)
• North Macedonia - Driver License (front only)
• North Macedonia - ID Card
• Poland - Passport (beta)
• Slovenia - Residence Permit (beta)
• Spain - Alien ID
• UK - Passport (beta)
• North Macedonia - Polycarbonate Passport
• Austria - Paper Passport
• Belarus - Paper Passport
• Belgium - Paper Passport (beta)
• Bulgaria - Paper Passport
• Estonia - Paper Passport
• France - Paper Passport (beta)
• Georgia - Paper Passport (beta)
• Germany - Paper Passport
• Greece - Paper Passport
• Hungary- Paper Passport
• Italy - Paper Passport (beta)
• Kosovo - Paper Passport
• Moldova - Paper Passport (beta)
• Poland - Paper Passport
• Portugal - Paper Passport
• Spain - Paper Passport
• Switzerland - Paper Passport
• UK - Paper Passport

Middle East and Africa

• Algeria - Driver License
• Burkina Faso - ID Card
• Cameroon - ID Card
• Democratic Republic Of The Congo - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Egypt - Driver License (beta)
• Ghana - ID Card
• Iraq - ID Card
• Ivory Coast - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Ivory Coast - ID Card
• Lebanon - ID Card (beta)
• Morocco - Driver License
• Mozambique - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Oman - Driver License (beta)
• Rwanda - ID Card (front only)
• Senegal - ID Card
• Tanzania - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Tunisia - Driver License (front only)
• Uganda - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Botswana - ID Card
• Sudan - Polycarbonate Passport
• Algeria - Paper Passport (beta)
• Egypt - Paper Passport (beta)
• Eswatini - Paper Passport
• Ghana - Paper Passport
• Iran - Paper Passport (beta)
• Iraq - Paper Passport (beta)
• Israel - Paper Passport (beta)
• Jordan - Paper Passport (beta)
• Kenya - Polycarbonate Passport
• Libya - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Morocco - Paper Passport (beta)
• Nigeria - Paper Passport
• Nigeria - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Qatar - ID Card (front only, beta)
• Saudi Arabia - Paper Passport
• Syria - Paper Passport
• Tanzania - ID Card (beta)
• Tanzania - Voter ID (front only, beta)
• Tunisia - Paper Passport
• Turkey - Paper Passport
• Zimbabwe - Paper Passport

Latin America & the Caribbean

• Argentina - Alien ID
• Bahamas - ID Card (front only, beta)
• Bolivia - Minors ID
• Jamaica - Driver License
• Mexico - Residence Permit (beta)
• Mexico - Chiapas - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Coahuila - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Durango - Driver License(front only, beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-cocula - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-juchitan - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-tepecoacuilco - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-tlacoapa - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Hidalgo - Driver License
• Mexico - Mexico - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Morelos - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Oaxaca - Driver License
• Mexico - Puebla - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - San Luis Potosi - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Sinaloa - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Sonora - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Tabasco - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Yucatan - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Zacatecas - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Baja California Sur - Driving License (beta)
• Mexico - Campeche - Driving License (beta)
• Mexico - Colima - Driving License (beta)
• Panama - Temporary Residence Permit (beta)
• Peru - Minors ID (beta)
• Trinidad And Tobago - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Trinidad And Tobago - ID Card
• Argentina - Paper Passport
• Brazil - Paper Passport (beta)
• Guatemala - Paper Passport
• Haiti - Paper Passport
• Honduras - Paper Passport (beta)
• Mexico - Paper Passport (beta)
• Mexico - Nayarit - Driving Licence (beta)

Oceania

• Australia - South Australia - Proof Of Age Card (front only, beta)
• Australia - Health Insurance Card (front only, beta)
• Australia - Paper Passport

Asia

• Armenia - ID Card
• Bangladesh - Driver License (beta)
• Cambodia - Driver License (front only, beta)
• India - Gujarat - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Karnataka - Driving Licence (front only)
• India - Kerala - Driving Licence (beta)
• India - Madhya Pradesh - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Punjab - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Tamil Nadu - Driving Licence (beta)
• Kyrgyzstan - ID Card
• Malaysia - Mypolis (beta)
• Malaysia - Refugee ID (front only)
• Myanmar - Driver License (beta)
• Pakistan - Punjab - Driving Licence (front only)
• Sri Lanka - Driving Licence (front only)
• Thailand - Alien ID (front only)
• Thailand - Driver License (beta)
• Uzbekistan - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Azerbaijan - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Tajikistan - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Bangladesh - Paper Passport
• China - Paper Passport (beta)
• India - Paper Passport
• Indonesia - Paper Passport
• Japan - Paper Passport
• Nepal - Paper Passport
• Pakistan - Paper Passport
• Philippines - Paper Passport
• South Korea - Paper Passport (beta)
• Sri Lanka - Paper Passport
• Uzbekistan - Paper Passport

Northern America

• Canada - Tribal ID (beta)
• Canada - Nova Scotia - ID Card (beta)
• Canada - Saskatchewan - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Border Crossing Card (front only)
• USA - Global Entry Card
• USA - Nexus Card (beta)
• USA - Veteran ID (front only)
• USA - Work Permit
• USA - Mississippi - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Montana - ID Card
• USA - New Mexico - ID Card
• USA - Wisconsin - ID Card
• Canada - Citizenship Certificate (beta)
• Canada - Ontario - Health Insurance Card (front only)
• Canada - Quebec - Health Insurance Card (front only, beta)
• USA - Military ID Card
• USA - Rhode Island - ID Card
• USA - South Carolina - ID Card
• Canada - Paper Passport
• Canada - Weapon Permit (front only, beta)
• USA - Paper Passport (beta)

Back side support added:

• Hungary - Residence Permit
• Luxembourg - Residence Permit (no longer beta)
• Mauritius - ID Card
• Colombia - Alien ID (no longer beta)
• Mexico - Baja California - Driver License
• Mexico - Chihuahua - Driver License
• Mexico - Guanajuato - Driver License
• Mexico - Michoacan - Driver License
• Malaysia - MyKid
• Malaysia - MyPR
• Mexico - Puebla - Driving License
• Singapore - S PASS
• Greece - ID Card
• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Driving Licence
• Mexico - Veracruz - Driving Licence

No longer beta:

• Albania - Passport
• Malta - Residence Permit
• Switzerland - Residence Permit
• Bolivia - Driver License
• Chile - Passport
• El Salvador - ID Card
• Peru - ID Card
• Singapore - S Pass
• Finland - Polycarbonate Passport
• Ireland - Polycarbonate Passport
• Kosovo - Driving License
• Latvia - Polycarbonate Alien Passport
• Latvia - Polycarbonate Passport
• Poland - Polycarbonate Passport
• Cameroon - ID Card
• Ghana - ID Card
• Iraq - ID Card
• Tanzania - Driving Licence
• Turkey - Polycarbonate Passport
• Uganda - Driving Licence
• Chile - Driving Licence
• Ecuador - Driving Licence
• Haiti - Driving Licence
• Belarus - Driving Licence
• UK - Polycarbonate Passport
• Bahamas - Driving Licence
• Mexico - Durango - Driving Licence
• Venezuela - ID Card
• USA - Kansas - ID Card

Changes to the BlinkId(Combined)Recognizer

• You can now retrieve an image of the document owner along with cropped images of the document itself whenever you’re scanning an AAMVA-compliant ID:

  • Using BarcodeId as a RecognitionMode lets you scan US driver licenses and IDs that BlinkID can’t read from the Visual Inspection Zone (VIZ) alone. Use it to extract:
    • A face image from the front side
    • Barcode data from the back side
    • Cropped document images of both sides
  • You can disable this RecognitionMode by setting enableBarcodeId to false in the RecognitionModeFilter.

• We've improved data extraction through the MRZ:

  • We now allow standard M/F values for gender on Mexican documents (along with localized H/M values)

• We're now converting dates to the Gregorian calendar for:

  • Taiwan documents with Republic of China (ROC) calendar dates
  • Saudi documents with Islamic calendar dates

• We're now auto-filling all ‘partial’ dates found on identity documents (showing year or month-year only):

  • Date of issue will be converted to the first day of the (first) month
    • E.g. '1999' will be converted to '01.01.1999.'
    • E.g. '03.1999.' will be converted to '01.03.1999.'
  • Date of expiry will be converted to the last day of the (last) month
    • E.g. '1999' will be converted to '31.12.1999.'
    • E.g. '03.1999.' will be converted to '31.03.1999.'

• We've added the parameter maxAllowedMismatchesPerField to settings. When this is set to a non-zero value, DataMatch will pass as long as the number of mismatched characters doesn't exceed the specified value.

• We've enabled the return of image and back-side data results, even when the State is Uncertain. Keep in mind that returned images, in this case, might be blurry or low quality.

  • This applies to all images: face image, full document image, and signature image.

• We’ve renamed the Swaziland country to Eswatini in results and ClassInfo

• Improved result validation

  • FieldIdentificationFailed processing status is used to indicate if unexpected fields are present on the document. Those fields are then deleted from the result

• We are filling out COUNTRY and REGION fields in ClassInfo, without the field TYPE of document, when using BarcodeID mode for scanning documents where the Front side is not supported, and back side results are extracted from AAMVA compliant barcodes

  • This applies only if ClassInfo isn’t already prepopulated in some other way and when you’re not in FullRecognition mode

Changes to the BlinkCardRecognizer

• We've added support for new horizontal card layouts
• We've added a new feature that lets you anonymize extracted results, images or both:
  • Choose which fields you want to mask:
    • Card number
    • Card number prefix
    • CVV
    • Owner
    • IBAN
  • Choose a BlinkCardAnonymizationMode for each field:
    • None
    • ImageOnly - Black boxes will cover chosen data on the extracted image, results are not anonymized
    • ResultFieldsOnly - String data is redacted from the result, images are not anonymized
    • FullResult - Both images and string data (results) are anonymized
  • You can customize the way you anonymize the card number through CardNumberAnonymizationSettings:
    • prefixDigitsVisible - Defines how many digits at the beginning of the card number remain visible after anonymization
    • suffixDigitsVisible - Defines how many digits at the end of the card number remain visible after anonymization

ImageCapture

• Added support for including or excluding groups of documents supported by the current license with the captureModeFilter setting
  • Scanning of documents with AAMVA compliant barcodes with BarcodeID mode
  • Scanning of all licensed documents in BlinkID FullRecognition mode

Improvements

• We can now extract information from NRIC numbers on Malaysian documents that have the asterisk (*) character in it.
• While using FullRecognitionMode for scanning unsupported Passports, we are now taking ClassInfo from MRZ
• We are now correctly handling fully cropped vertical images
• Fix for correct parsing of Bermuda Driving Licence AAMVA-compliant barcode dates
• Fix for correct calculation of check digit for Saudi Arabia ID Card MRZ
• We can now extract the date of birth from the document number on the South Korean identity card and from the personal identification number on the driving licence

Postprocess improvement

• We are splitting names and descriptors into two different results (e.g., Nom d’ usage, Epouse, Geb. etc.), where descriptors are in their separate field name_additional_info, for these documents:
  • France
    • ID Card
    • Residence Permit
  • Germany
    • ID Card
  • Luxembourg
    • ID Card
  • Netherlands
    • Driving Licence
    • Polycarbonate Passport ​

Sanitization of names

• We are removing title prefixes (e.g., Mrs., Mr., Ing., etc.) from full_name, first_name and last_name for these documents:
  • Austria
    • Driving Licence
    • ID Card
  • Czechia
    • Driving Licence
  • Germany
    • ID Card
  • Thailand
    • ID Card
  • UK
    • Driving Licence

Anonymization

• We've added anonymization support for new documents:
  • Document number on Germany Polycarbonate Passport
  • Document number on Hong Kong Polycarbonate Passport
  • Document number, personal ID number on Singapore Polycarbonate Passport
  • Document number on Germany paper bio-data page Passport
  • Document number on South Korea Identity Card
  • Personal identification number on South Korea driving licence
  • Personal identification number on South Korea paper bio-data page Passport

Minor API changes:

• We've deprecated Pdf417Recognizer — use BarcodeRecognizer instead.
• Renamed MicroblinkApp instance to sharedInstance (Objective C) / shared (Swift)

Fixes

• We've fixed missing CFBundleVersion and CFBundleVersionShort from frameworks Info.plist
• We've fixed a crash when switching to the front camera
• We've fixed the orientation of an image obtained via captureHighResImage
• We've fixed minor UI/layout issues on phones with the notch

BlinkCard improvements and fixes:

• We've added support for vertical payment cards
• As of this release, BlinkCard supports the Visa Quick Read format (the one where the card number spans through four lines)
• We've changed the threshold for "Camera too far" and "Camera too near" callbacks. From now on, the card needs to be closer to the camera
• We've fixed the landscape orientation of the BlinkCard scanning screen (BlinkCardOverlayViewController)
• From now on, BlinkCard reads and extracts the expiry date in MM/YYYY format
• We now support landscape orientation on BlinkCardEditViewController screen

7.12.0

New features:

• We have full support for Apple Silicon!

Framework formats and architectures:

• Use .xcframework as we now have full Apple Silicon and Intel support.
• We are still supporting fat binary .framework format, but we’ve removed simulator slices from it.

Improvements:

• Newly supported identity documents

  • Saudi Arabia - DL (front)
  • Saudi Arabia - Resident ID (front)

Changes to the MBBlinkId(Combined)Recognizer:

• We're now able to extract the additional address on Hungary Address Cards
• We've improved data extraction through the MRZ:
  • We now return the document type through MBClassInfo, regardless of the MBRecognitionMode you're using (MrzId, MrzPassport or MrzVisa).
  • This means you can now use MBClassFilter to filter these documents by their type.
  • We now return the document number on Nigeria IDs complete with its check digit.
  • We now support Italy Residence Permits with a CR document code.
• We've extended the MBClassInfo structure with helper methods so you can filter documents by country more easily:
  • Use countryName, isoNumericCountryCode, isoAlpha2CountryCode and isoAlpha3CountryCode to get the full country names or their representative codes defined by ISO.
• We've extended the MBBarcodeResult structure with extendedElements
  • You can find all data from AAMVA-compliant barcodes under their respective MBBarcodeElementKey in the BarcodeElements structure
  • For a full list of keys please see MBBarcodeElementKey enum
• We've added another ProcessingStatus called AwaitingOtherSide
  • This status is triggered once BlinkID has finished with the first side of a document and expects the other side, too.
• We're now able to extract the date of birth from the CURP field on Mexico Voter IDs
• Direct API:
  • We've added a new recognition mode for recognizing still images of documents that have already been cropped:
    • Set the scanCroppedDocumentImage to true when you're feeding BlinkID images of documents that have already been cropped and don't require detection.
    • Keep in mind that this setting won't work on document images that haven't been properly cropped.

Changes to the MBIdBarcodeRecognizer:

• We've extended the results with extendedElements
  • You can find all data from AAMVA-compliant barcodes under their respective MBBarcodeElementKey in the MBBarcodeElements structure
  • For a full list of keys please see MBBarcodeElementKey enum

BlinkCard improvements and fixes:

• We’ve updated our default UI with new error messages that appear when a user doesn’t place the card within a frame.
• We’re no longer hiding the security code on the edit results screen.
• We’re now displaying whatever data we manage to extract before a user chooses to enter card details by hand.

7.11.0

New features

• We’ve added a new feedback message to users, prompting them to keep a document fully visible in cases when they accidentally cover a part of it with their finger or an object:
  • It appears while scanning the document using MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController
  • It will display an error message "Keep the document fully visible".
  • It is displayed only if you’re using MBBlinkIdRecognizer or MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer for scanning.

Note on ARM Macs

• We are supporting ARM64 Device slice through our .xcframework format.
• We are still working on supporting the ARM64 Simulator slice for newly released ARM Macs. We will update our SDK with ARM64 Simulator support as soon as it’s out.

Newly supported identity documents

• 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 MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer 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.

Improvements to existing features

• MBCroatiaReferenceParser
  • We’ve improved parsing of Croatian reference strings by adding additional validation of the model and reference fields. You can disable these validations by setting allowUnverifiedReferences to YES/true.

Major API changes:

• We've added an error callback when setting license keys on MBMicroblinkSDK
  • You will be getting error callback containing the reason why you could not unlock the SDK - see MBLicenseError

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 some camera session issues
• We are now handling camera session interruption

7.10.0

New features:

• In the latest release, PhotoPay extracts data from:
  • Hungary QR code
    • New MBHungaryQrCodePaymentRecognizer
    • Support for the Hungary QR code payment standard
• And has improved parsing of:
  • Serbia Barcode
    • We improved parsing for the recipient and sender’s name and address fields
• We have translated complete SDK to following languages: Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Malay, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Arabic(UAE), Romanian, Chinese traditional, Chinese simplified, Thai, Hewbrew and Vietnamese.
• We added user feedback when turning on the flashlight on MBBlinkIdOverlayViewcontroller:
  • It prompts user to watch out for flashlight glare
  • It can be disabled by setting showFlashlightWarning property to NO/false on MBBlinkIdOverlaySettings
• We added MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController customization:
  • Set font, text color, corner radius and custom images
  • Use MBBlinkIdOverlayTheme
• MBBlinkIdRecognizer and MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer:
  • Please check out BlinkIDRecognizer.md and BlinkIDRecognizerResult.md for all new supported documents.

iOS version support change:

• From now on, we are not supporting iOS 8 version.

Major API change:

• We added errorCallback on MBMicroblinkSDK methods which needs to be implemented for properly setting up the license key.

Minor API changes:

• We have made some changes to the MBBlinkIdRecognizer and MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer:
  • We renamed MBDocumentImageMoireStatus to MBImageAnalysisDetectionStatus.
  • We grouped the conditions member from the results with the MBDriverLicenseDetailedInfo structure.
• We renamed MBRecogitionMode to MBRecognitionDebugMode in MBRecognizerCollection.
• Swift:
  • We renamed all sharedInstance to shared.
  • All enums are now Int.
  • All unsigned integers are now Int.

Deprecated recognizers

• We have deprecated following recognizers:
  • MBPassportRecognizer, MBVisaRecognizer, MBAustraliaDlFrontRecognizer, MBAustriaDlFrontRecognizer, MBAustriaIdFrontRecognizer, MBBelgiumIdFrontRecognizer, MBBruneiIdFrontRecognizer, MBColombiaDlFrontRecognizer, MBColombiaIdFrontRecognizer, MBCyprusIdFrontRecognizer, MBCyprusOldIdFrontRecognizer, MBEgyptIdFrontRecognizer, MBEudlRecognizer, MBHongKongIdFrontRecognizer, MBIndonesiaIdFrontRecognizer, MBIrelandDlFrontRecognizer, MBItalyDlFrontRecognizer, MBJordanIdFrontRecognizer, MBKuwaitIdFrontRecognizer, MBMalaysiaDlFrontRecognizer, MBMalaysiaIkadFrontRecognizer, MBMalaysiaMyKadFrontRecognizer, MBMalaysiaMyPrFrontRecognizer, MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizer, MBMexicoVoterIdFrontRecognizer, MBMoroccoIdFrontRecognizer, MBNewZealandDlFrontRecognizer, MBRomaniaIdFrontRecognizer, MBSingaporeDlFrontRecognizer, MBSingaporeIdFrontRecognizer, MBSloveniaIdFrontRecognizer, MBSpainDlFrontRecognizer, MBSwedenDlFrontRecognizer, MBSwitzerlandIdFrontRecognizer, MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdFrontRecognizer, MBUnitedArabEmiratesDlFrontRecognizer
    • use BlinkIdCombinedRecognizer or BlinkIdRecognizer instead
  • MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer, MBAustraliaDlBackRecognizer, MBAustriaCombinedRecognizer, MBAustriaIdBackRecognizer, MBBelgiumCombinedRecognizer, MBBelgiumIdBackRecognizer, MBBruneiIdBackRecognizer, MBColombiaIdBackRecognizer, MBCyprusIdBackRecognizer, MBCyprusOldIdBackRecognizer, MBJordanCombinedRecognizer, MBJordanIdBackRecognizer, MBKuwaitIdBackRecognizer, MBMalaysiaMyKadBackRecognizer, MBMoroccoIdBackRecognizer, MBNigeriaVoterIdBackRecognizer, MBPolandIdBackRecognizer, MBSingaporeCombinedRecognizer, MBSingaporeIdBackRecognizer, MBSloveniaCombinedRecognizer, MBSloveniaIdBackRecognizer, MBSwitzerlandIdBackRecognizer, MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdBackRecognizer, MBPolandCombinedRecognizer, MBNigeriaCombinedRecognizer
    • use BlinkIdCombinedRecognizer instead
  • MBDocumentFaceRecognizer
  • MBMrtdRecognizer
    • Use MBBlinkIdRecognizer instead
  • MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer
  • MBPassportRecognizer
  • MBVisaRecognizer
    • Use MBBlinkIdRecognizer or MBBlinkIdCombinedRecongizer instead

Improvements to existing features:

• We have improved parsing of MRZ formats deviating from the ISO/IEC 7501 standard:
  • Document discriminator was in place of the document number on driver licenses and IDs from:
    • New York
    • Michigan
    • Canada
  • Different check digit calculation for Mexico (Consular) ID
  • Recognition of the unofficial XCT country code for Northern Cyprus ID
  • Recognition of different country codes and check digit calculation on China Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
• We added anonymization support for:
  • MRZ on the Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
• We have made some changes to the MBBlinkIdRecognizer and MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer
  • You can now see MBProcessingStatus in the results to inspect potential processing errors, such as when barcode detection fails, a mandatory field is missing, etc.
  • You can now also see a more detailed MBImageAnalysisResult showing you when:
    • Face image is detected
    • MRZ is detected
    • Barcode is detected
  • We added a MBRecognitionModeFilter settings group. You can toggle flags on this object to control the recognition mode of the recognizer:
    • enableMrzId lets you scan MRZ on all identity documents except visas and passports.
    • enableMrzVisa lets you scan MRZ on visa documents.
    • enableMrzPassport lets you scan MRZ on passports.
    • enablePhotoId lets you scan photo IDs. Use it to enable or disable document and face image extraction on unsupported documents.
    • enableFullRecognition lets you scan all data from our documents.
    • Your license key still controls which of the above recognition modes are allowed.
  • We have added a MBRecognitionMode result member describing which recognition mode was used to produce the results.
  • We are now retrieving sex and nationality fields from the MRZ in cases where those two fields cannot be found in the document’s VIZ. Previously, we only used to do this for dates, name fields and document numbers.
  • We are now preserving the original string (raw data) of the dates we couldn’t parse.
• We have improved the thresholds for card detection feedback messages ("move closer" and "move farther"). This will improve the UX when scanning in landscape mode as the document can now be closer to the camera.
• We added disableMicroblinkLogging method to MBLogger for easier implementation
  • This also enables disabling Microblink logging in Swift.
• We updated MBUsdlRecognizerResult and MBIdBarcodeRecognizer.Result with additional address fields:
  • street, postalCode, city and jurisdiction
• We added expired (in Swift isExpired) property to MBBlinkIdRecognizerResult, MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizerResult and MBIdBarcodeRecognizerResult.
  • It compares the current time on the device with the date of expiry and checks whether the document has expired or not.

Bug fixes:

• We added a nullable attribute to the recognizerRunnerViewControllerWithOverlayViewController to fix a force unwrapping issue in Swift that could occur if the camera is broken or not working.
• We improved the data match logic for Guatemala Consular ID in MBBlinkID(Combined)Recognizer.
• We fixed race conditions and camera asserts that could sometimes cause crashes.
• We fixed camera reticle animation on MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController when user would go to the background.

7.9.0

New features:

• In MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer and MBBlinkIdRecognizer we added:

  • Support for obtaining full document image for IDs with barcodes. Now you can capture document image and extract barcode data with a single scan.

  • Scanning & data extraction for travel visas and passports.

  • Field validation - we validate if the results from certain fields match predefined character sets.

    • If validation fails, the recognizer's state is MBRecognizerResultStateUncertain.
    • Use validateResultCharactersto enable or disable validation.

  • Support for US documents with vertical orientations:

    • Alabama DL
    • Arizona DL
    • California DL
    • Colorado DL
    • Connecticut DL
    • Georgia DL
    • Illinois DL
    • Iowa DL
    • Kansas DL
    • Kentucky DL
    • Maryland DL
    • Massachusetts DL
    • Minnesota DL
    • Missouri DL
    • New Jersey DL
    • Ohio DL
    • Pennsylvania DL
    • South Carolina DL
    • Tennessee DL
    • Texas DL
    • Utah DL
    • Washington DL
    • Wisconsin DL

  • Support for new document types:

    • Australia New South Wales - ID Card / Front only / BETA
    • Brazil - Driver License / BETA
    • Brunei - Military ID / BETA
    • Brunei - Residence Permit / BETA
    • Brunei - Temporary Residence Permit / BETA
    • Croatia Health Insurance Card / front side / BETA
    • Ecuador ID / front side
    • El Salvador ID / BETA
    • Ghana - Driver License / Front only
    • Latvia - ID Card
    • Norway - Driving Licence / Front only / BETA
    • Oman - ID Card
    • Saudi Arabia - ID Card / BETA
    • Sri Lanka ID / BETA
    • Sweden - Social Security Card / Front only
    • USA - Social Security Card / BETA
    • Back side supported:
      • Malaysia - MyTentera

  • No longer BETA:

    • Australia Tasmania - Driving Licence
    • Canada British Columbia - ID Card
    • Canada Nova Scotia DL
    • Canada Yukon DL - Germany - Residence Permit
    • Morocco - ID Card
    • Nigeria - Voter ID
    • Norway DL
    • Singapore - Work Permit
    • USA Alaska - ID Card
    • USA District Of Columbia - Driver License
    • USA Indiana - ID Card
    • USA Kentucky - ID Card

  • Back side support:

    • Kenya ID

  • Barcode scanning on the following documents:

    • Argentina ID
    • Colombia ID
    • Nigeria Voter ID
    • South Africa ID

  • 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
      • Personal ID number on Netherlands DL
      • Personal ID number and MRZ on Netherlands ID
      • MRZ on Netherlands passports
      • Document number on Singapore DL, 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 anonymizationMode method, you can choose the MBAnonymizationMode : ImageOnly, ResultFieldsOnly, FullResult or None.
    • FullResult anonymization (both images and data) is set by default.

• We added support for new MRZ formats:

  • Guatemala ID
  • Kenya ID

Improvements for existing features:

• Improvements in MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer and MBBlinkIdRecognizer:

  • Documents discarded with the class filter are now reported as not supported
    • onDocumentSupportStatus will be called if a documents is filtered out by the MBClassFilter
  • For Malaysian MyKad we are now returning if a Moire pattern is present on the scanned document (detected or not detected).
    • use imageAnalysisResult.documentImageMoireStatus in MBBlinkIdRecognizer.
    • use frontImageAnalysisResult.documentImageMoireStatus and backImageAnalysisResult.documentImageMoireStatus in MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer .

• We made changes to the result structure of MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer and MBBlinkIdRecognizer:

  • Barcode data is now encapsulated in its own result structure: MBBarcodeResult.
  • Data from all OCR-ed fields, without MRZ data, is now encapsulated in a MBVizResult structure, representing the "Visual Inspection Zone" data. In MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer, 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:
    • Document number is filled with data from the MRZ, if present.
    • Remaining data is then filled with barcode data.
    • Remaining data is filled from the back side's visual inspection zone (OCR data outside of MRZ).
    • Remaining data is filled from the front side's visual inspection zone.
    • Remaining data is filled with data from the MRZ.

• We added digital signature support to MBPassportRecognizer.

• We updated MBIdBarcodeRecognizerResult with specific driving license info.

  • Use restrictions, endorsements and vehicleClass.

• We updated MBUsdlRecognizerResult and MBIdBarcodeRecognizerResult with additional address fields:

  • street, postalCode, city and jurisdiction

• We added expired method to MBBlinkIdRecognizerResult, MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizerResult and MBIdBarcodeRecognizerResult.

  • It compares the current time on the device with the date of expiry and checks whether the document has expired or not.

Minor API changes:

• We moved MBBlinkIdRecognizerResult member colorStatus to the result's imageAnalysisResult (frontImageAnalysisResult and backImageAnalysisResult in MBBlinkIDCombinedRecognize.Result).
• We moved all resources inside framework, we are not shipping Microblink.bundle anymore

Bug fixes:

• We fixed bug in IBAN parsing which caused that reference number was sometimes read as part of the IBAN number.
• We fixed amount extraction in MBSerbiaQrCodePaymentRecognizer and MBSerbiaPdf417PaymentRecognizer.
• We fixed bug in MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer and MBBlinkIdRecognizer which caused that dates on Belgian ID cards are not parsed correctly in cases when month is July.
• We fixed US driver's license address extraction (Oregon, Mississippi, Rhode Island).
• Fixed check mark confirmation image and flip animation image appearing sometimes one over another on back side scanning on MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController
• Fixed immediately back side scanning on MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController which sometimes caused not getting full document back side image.
• We removed OpenGL entirely which was causing unexpected crashes.

7.8.0

New features:

• Introducing support for new framework format - XCFramework:
  • it contains all the necessary device and simulator architecture slices
  • no neeed to remove simulator slices before distributing your app to the App Store as described here
• We added a new recognizer specialized for scanning and parsing barcodes on various identity cards - IdBarcodeRecognizer. Supported document types are:
  • AAMVA compliant (US DL, Canada DL, etc.)
  • Argentina ID
  • Panama ID
  • Colombia ID
  • South Africa ID
  • Nigeria Voter ID and driver license
• We added age verification feature:
  • Now you can more easily obtain the age of the document owner in years and check whether it is above some age limit
  • available on MBMrzResult, MBBlinkIdRecognizerResult, MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizerResult, MBUsdlRecognizerResult, MBUsdlCombinedRecognizerResult and MBIdBarcodeRecognizerResult
• Added presets for camera - Preset1080p, and 4K; Optimal always chooses the highest quality
• We added the option to disable Microblink logs in the console output. Use MBLogger class and conform to MBLoggerDelegate in AppDelegate. To disable logs, implement delegate method - (void)log:(MBLogLevel)level format:(const char *)format arguments:(va_list)arguments. Be careful with this option. We need full log outputs from the application for support purposes. In case of having problems with scanning certain items, undesired behavior on the specific device(s), crashes inside SDK or anything unmentioned, we will need a full log from your side. If you disable Microblink logging, you won't be able to provide us this information. Hence support might be limited.

Improvements for existing features:

• We added support for new document types in MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer and MBBlinkIdRecognizer:

  • Australia - Australian Capital Territory - Driving Licence / front only
  • Australia - Northern Territory - Driving Licence / BETA
  • Australia - Tasmania - Driving Licence / front only / BETA
  • Canada - Alberta - ID Card / BETA
  • Canada - British Columbia - Driver License/Public Services Card (Combined)
  • Canada - British Columbia - ID Card / BETA
  • Canada - British Columbia - Public Services Card
  • Canada - New Brunswick - Driving Licence
  • Canada - Nova Scotia - Driving Licence / BETA
  • Canada - Yukon - Driving Licence / BETA
  • Panama - Driving Licence / front only / BETA
  • Panama - ID Card / front only
  • Singapore - Work Permit / BETA
  • Taiwan - ID Card / front only / BETA
  • USA - Alabama - ID Card
  • USA - Alaska - ID Card / BETA
  • USA - District Of Columbia - Driver License / BETA
  • USA - Idaho - ID Card / BETA
  • USA - Indiana - ID Card / BETA
  • USA - Kentucky - ID Card / BETA
  • USA - Massachusetts - ID Card
  • USA - Oregon - ID Card
  • USA - Washington - ID Card
  • Back side supported:
    • Australia - Western Australia - Driving Licence
    • Mexico - Voter ID
    • Netherlands - Driving Licence

• Additional improvements in BlinkIdCombinedRecognizer and BlinkIdRecognizer:

  • When the back side of the document is not fully supported by the MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer, we will capture and return the back side image without performing data extraction. You can disable this behaviour by using skipUnsupportedBack.
  • We are now returning color status for the scanned document (black and white or color) in the following result fields:
    • documentImageColorStatus in MBBlinkIdRecognizerResult.
    • documentFrontImageColorStatus and documentBackImageColorStatus in MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizerResult
  • We are now returning ClassInfo which holds the following information about the scanned document: Country, Region, and Type of the document. Use classInfo
  • We introduced ClassFilter which determines whether a document should be processed or is filtered out, based on its ClassInfo. Use classFilter
  • To improve the scanning performance, we added additional feedback for users that ensures a detected document is entirely inside the frame. When a document is too close to the edge of the camera frame, we will display an appropriate message to the user in MBBlinkIdOverlayController. You can configure the minimum distance from the edge of the frame by using the paddingEdge settings method
  • New recognizer options: allowUnparsedMrzResults and allowUnverifiedMrzResults
  • New result field: dateOfExpiryPermanent

• Improvements in MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController :

  • When a document is too close to the edge of the camera frame, we display Move the document from the edge message.
  • We added better user instructions when barcodes are being scanned in MBUsdlCombinedRecognizer. We display Scan the barcode message.

• We are now delivering the complete list of open source dependencies used in the SDK. Please check the open-source-software-used directory

• We improved document detection with MBDocumentCaptureRecognizer

• Better scanning experience with MBDocumentCaptureOverlayController:

  • Added capture button animation which shows that automatic capture is in progress
  • More precise messages which guide the user through the scanning process

• MBBlinkCardRecognizer now extracts IBAN from the Payment / Debit card

• We added new result fields in MBMrzResult, returned by all recognizers which scan MRZ (Machine Readable Zone):

  • issuerName
  • nationalityName

• Enabled reading ITF barcodes with length 4

• Support for non-standard (floating point) amounts in QR code

Bug fixes:

• Fixed animation on back side scanning on MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController when recognizer is wrapped in MBSuccessFrameGrabberRecognizer
• Large memory consumption introduced in v5.3.0 is due to 4K video session on all 4K eligible iPhones; we introduced new camera presets 1080p and 4K, so to reduce your app memory consumption set camera preset on 1080p or 720p
• Fixed Torch activation for all iOS versions
• Fixed OpenGL code which was fragile and sensitive to crashes if used from multiple threads

7.7.0

• Major API changes:

  • Swift Module has been renamed from MicroBlink to Microblink

• New features:

  • added support for capturing cropped images (without data extraction) of documents of any format:
    • use MBDocumentCaptureRecognizer and MBDocumentCaptureOverlaySettings
    • use MBDocumentCaptureOverlayViewController, which is designed for taking high resolution document images and guides the user through the image capturing process. It can be used only with MBDocumentCaptureRecognizer
  • MBBlinkIdRecognizer and MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer now support new document types from different countries, all supported document types are listed in documentation/BlinkIDRecognizer.md
  • Updated MBBelgiumCombinedRecognizer:
    • added nationalRegisterNumber to result
  • added support for reading front and back side of Nigerian Voter ID card - use MBNigeriaCombinedRecognizer
  • new options in MBBlinkIdOverlaySettings:
    • option to disable displaying of "Document Not Supported" dialog when MBBlinkIdRecognizer or MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer is used in combination with other recognizers - use method showNotSupportedDialog
    • option to configure back side scanning timeout - use backSideScanningTimeout

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • overall size impact on application reduced for almost 4 MB when PhotoPay SDK v7.7 is used, relative to size impact of the previous v7.5
  • improved MBSwitzerlandSlipRecognizer:
    • new result member ocrLineResult which returns raw OCR line
  • improved MBBelgiumSlipRecognizer:
    • better amount and reference extraction
    • now it is possible to enable/disable reading of free form, unstructured references - use freeFormReferenceEnabled
  • improved MBBlinkCardRecognizer:
    • now extracts IBAN from the Payment / Debit card
  • added option to anonymize Netherlands MRZ area in document image returned by the MBPassportRecognizer - use anonymizeNetherlandsMrz
  • enabled setting MBMrzFilter on MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer:
    • determines whether document should be processed or it is filtered out, based on its MRZ (Machine Readable Zone)
    • this feature is also available for MBMrtdRecognizer
  • added property localizedName to MBBlinkIdRecognizerResult, MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizerResult and MBHongKongIdFrontRecognizerResult (CCC to chinese alphabet conversion for Hong Kong ID)
  • enabled digital signing of MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer.Result
  • improved MBVinParser:
    • added support for Renewal Identification Number (RIN) - DMV California format
  • added new fields in MBMrzResult:
    • sanitizedDocumentCode
    • sanitizedDocumentNumber
  • improved MBlinkIdRecognizer and MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer:
    • introduced blur filter that discards blurred frames and prevents reading data from them. This option is enabled by default, it can be disabled by using allowBlurFilter

• Minor API changes:

  • in combined recognizers results, documentDataMatch value is now returned as MBDataMatchResult enum with three possible values: NotPerformed, Failed and Success
  • methods pauseScanning and resumeScanningAndResetState in MBRecognizerRunnerViewController do not return anymore BOOL
    • use isScanningPaused to check if scanning is paused

• Bugfixes:

  • fixed issue with utf8 encoding in MBSloveniaQrCodePaymentRecognizer
  • fixed bug in MBBlinkCardRecognizer:
    • anonymizeCvv now works independently of any other anonymization setting
  • MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer - fixed issue when the front side of a document was returned as a back side
  • fixed memory leaks that could cause crashes in some cases
  • fixed turning on/off flashlight on iOS 13.1.3

7.5.0

• Updates and additions:

  • added MBBlinkIdRecognizer for scanning front side of ID cards and MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer for combined scanning of front and back side of ID cards
    • for now, these recognizers classify and extract data from 87 different classes of United States driver's licenses (front and back side)
    • in the upcoming releases, we are planning to add support for more document types from different countries
  • completely new UX for scanning ID cards with scan overlay view controller: MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController:
    • best suited for scanning with MBBlinkIdRecognizer and MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer
    • other single side and combined document recognizers are also supported
  • added support for reading back side of Nigerian Voter ID card - use MBNigeriaVoterIdBackRecognizer
  • added support for reading front and back side of Belgium ID - use MBBelgiumIdFrontRecognizer, MBBelgiumIdBackRecognizer and MBelgiumCombinedRecognizer
  • added support for reading all visa documents containing Machine Readable Zone - use MBVisaRecognizer

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • improved MBRomaniaIdFrontRecognizer
    • now extracts CNP number
  • improved MBSloveniaIdFrontRecognizer and MBloveniaCombinedRecognizer:
    • return boolean flag which indicates whether date of expiry is permanent - use dateOfExpiryPermanent
  • improved MBGermanyPassportRecognizer:
    • better passport classification
  • improved MBColombiaIdFrontRecognizer:
    • support for document number in format 1-3-3
  • improved MBSlovakiaIdFrontRecognizer:
    • support for German letters
  • Malaysia:
    • MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizer supports 6-digit army number
    • MBMalaysiaIkadFrontRecognizer - better extraction of the following fields (DeepOCR support): date of birth, sector, employer, address and date of expiry
  • United Arab Emirates:
    • glare detection is disabled by default for MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdFrontRecognizer and MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdBackRecognizer
    • MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdBackRecognizer - optimized detection for black backgrounds
    • improved MBMrtdRecognizer:
    • added support for documents with non-binary gender specification (symbol X)
  • improved MBDocumentFaceRecognizer:
    • improved scanning time (faster scan)
    • added support for vertical IDs
    • removed the tryBothOrientations option (improved scan in all directions is enabled by default)
  • improved scanning time (faster scan) for MBPassportRecognizer

• Minor API changes:

  • renamed following recognizers:
    • MBCroatiaPdf417Recognizer to MBCroatiaPdf417PaymentRecognizer
    • MBCroatiaQrCodeRecognizer to MBCroatiaQrCodePaymentRecognizer
    • MBSepaQrCodeRecognizer to MBSepaQrCodePaymentRecognizer
    • MBSlovakiaCode128Recognizer to MBSlovakiaCode128PaymentRecognizer
    • MBSlovakiaDataMatrixRecognizer to MBSlovakiaDataMatrixPaymentRecognizer
    • MBSlovakiaQrCodeRecognizer to MBSlovakiaQrCodePaymentRecognizer
    • MBSloveniaQrCodeRecognizer to MBSloveniaQrCodePaymentRecognizer
    • MBSwitzerlandQrCodeRecognizer to MBSwitzerlandQrCodePaymentRecognizer
    • MBUnitedKingdomQrCodeRecognizer to MBUnitedKingdomQrCodePaymentRecognizer

• Bugfixes:

  • fixed bug in MBDocumentFaceRecognizer which caused that DPI settings has not been applied to dewarped image
  • fixed bug in MBBlinkCardOverlayViewController which caused memory issues
  • fixed bug in MBSloveniaQrCodeRecognizer which caused invalid parsing

7.4.0

This release fixes issues with Xcode 10.2

• Updates and additions:

  • added support for reading all passports with MRZ - use MBPassportRecognizer
  • added setting on MBDocumentFaceRecognizer for control over face image processor - use tryBothOrientations
  • added result property on MBGermanyCombinedRecognizerResult to get full mrz string result - use rawMrzString

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • added support for reading commercial code in two rows for MBHongKongIdFrontRecognizer
  • added support for MBHongKongIdFrontRecognizer 2018 version
  • improved reading accuracy for the following recognizers (DeepOCR support):
  • MBMalaysiaIKadFrontRecognizer
  • improved scanning time of all Malaysian ID front recognizers: MyKad, MyKAS, MyPR, MyTentera

• Minor API changes:

  • partialRecognitionTimeout in MBRecognizerCollection default value has been changed to 0 which means no timeout will be reported in which partial scanning results will be returned to the user

• Bugfixes:

  • fixed issue with combining surnames in MBGermanyCombinedRecognizer's logic
  • fixed a validation issue for the gender field in MBSloveniaCombinedRecognizer
  • fixed DPI options on images are now correctly applied to dewarped image results in MBDocumentFaceRecognizer
  • fixed bug in MBDocumentFaceRecognizer which caused that DPI settings has not been applied to dewarped image
  • fixed bug in MBBlinkCardOverlayViewController which caused memory issues

7.3.0

Important notice on MRTD recognizer in the latest PhotoPay SDK release (v7.3.0)

Please note that we have significantly improved accuracy for MRZ/MRTD scanning because now we switched to the newest OCR technology based on machine learning. To be more precise, we measured and compared existing vs. new MRTD scanning. The new OCR system based on machine learning achieves 99.9% accuracy on the character level, which results with a 50% reduction in the error rate in MRZ extraction.

In order to use new MrtdRecognizer or MrtdCombinedRecognizer or to continue using any additional Recognizer for scanning any ID with the MRZ (machine readable zone) within the latest PhotoPay SDK update, you must have a new license key. Before updating to the SDK version 7.3.0, please contact your account manager or send an email to [email protected] to obtain the new production license key.

Important notes:

• The MRTD scanning with the older PhotoPay SDK versions (v7.2.0 and below) will continue to work without any problems - until you decide to update.
• If you upgrade to the SDK version 7.3.0 without a new license key scanning of MRTD/MRZ documents will not work.
• Contact us at [email protected] to obtain a new license key if you plan to update your app with the latest release.

For any questions, you might have, we stand at your service.

• Updated and additions

  • added support for reading front and back side of Brunei Military ID - use MBBruneiMilitaryIdFrontRecognizer and MBBruneiMilitaryIdBackRecognizer
  • added support for reading front and back side of Brunei Temporary Residence Permit - use MBBruneiTemporaryResidencePermitFrontRecognizer and MBBruneiTemporaryResidencePermitBackRecognizer
  • added MBBlinkCardOverlayViewController to be used with BlinkCard recognizers

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • improved reading accuracy for all MRZ recognizers
  • enabled reading year-only dates of birth on Kuwait IDs
  • improved MBSingaporeIdBackRecognizer:
    • better reading of documents with sticker
  • improved MBMrtdRecognizer:
    • added allowSpecialCharacters option which is required for parsing Malaysian Passport IMM13P MRZ type
  • all recognizers now reset their results on shake, except Combined recognizers
  • MBBlinkCardRecognizer returns card issuer

• Minor API changes

  • renamed MBAustriaQrCodeRecognizer to MBAustriaQrCodePaymentRecognizer and fields in its Result:
    • IBAN to iban
    • BIC to bic
    • referenceNumber to reference
  • renamed MBGermanyQrCodeRecognizer to MBGermanyQrCodePaymentRecognizer and updated fields in its Result:
    • authority is returned as String
    • renamed fields:
      • IBAN to iban
      • BIC to bic
      • paymentReference to reference
      • BLZ to bankCode
    • added fields:
      • creditorId
      • dateOfSignature
      • displayData
      • formFunction
      • formType
      • formVersion
      • mandateId
      • periodicFirstExecutionDate
      • periodicLastExecutionDate
      • periodicTimeUnit
      • periodicTimeUnitRotation
      • postingKey
  • renamed MBKosovoCode128Recognizer to MBKosovoCode128PaymentRecognizer and updated fields in its Result:
    • removed currency field
    • renamed fields:
      • payerAccount to payerAccountNumber
      • referenceNumber to reference
      • slipID to slipId
  • removed MBSerbiaIdFrontRecognizer, MBSerbiaIdBackRecognizer and MBSerbiaCombinedRecognizer
  • fields that are not deprecated anymore:
    • Sweden DL - reference number
    • Ireland DL - driver number
    • Malaysia iKad - passport number
    • Hong Kong ID - commercial code
  • deprecated the following methods in MBUsdlRecognizerResult and MBUsdlCombinedRecognizerResult: (they have been replaced with new getters):
    • getField(UsdlKeys)
    • optionalElements
  • added new getters to following results:
    • MBUsdlRecognizerResult and MBUsdlCombinedRecognizerResult:
      • firstName
      • lastName
      • fullName
      • address
      • documentNumber
      • sex
      • restrictions
      • endorsements
      • vehicleClass
      • dateOfBirth
      • dateOfIssue
      • dateOfExpiry
    • MBMrzResult:
      • sanitizedOpt1
      • sanitizedOpt2
      • sanitizedNationality
      • sanitizedIssuer
  • renamed methods in the following recognizers and its results:
    • MBCzechiaCombinedRecognizer:
      • lastName to surname
      • firstName to givenNames
      • identityCardNumber to documentNumber
      • address to permanentStay
      • issuingAuthority to authority
      • personalIdentificationNumber to personalNumber
    • MBGermanyCombinedRecognizer:
      • lastName to surname
      • firstName to givenNames
      • identityCardNumber to documentNumber
      • issuingAuthority to authority
      • eyeColor to colourOfEyes
    • MBJordanCombinedRecognizer:
      • issuer to issuedBy
    • MBPolandCombinedRecognizer:
      • issuer to issuedBy
    • MBRomaniaIdFrontRecognizer:
      • lastName to surname
      • cardNumber to documentNumber from MrzResult
      • parentNames to parentName
      • nonMRZNationality to nationality
      • nonMRZSex to sex
      • validFrom to dateOfIssue
      • validUntil to dateOfExpiry
      • removed field idSeries
      • removed field cnp
      • MRZ fields are available through MBMrzResult which can be obtained by using mrzResult property
    • MBSlovakiaCombinedRecognizer:
      • issuingAuthority to issuedBy
      • personalIdentificationNumber to personalNumber
    • MBSloveniaIdFrontRecognizer:
      • lastName to surname
      • firstName to givenNames
    • MBSloveniaIdBackRecognizer:
      • authority to administrativeUnit
      • MRZ fields are available through MBMrzResult which can be obtained by using mrzResult property
    • MBSloveniaCombinedRecognizer:
      • lastName to surname
      • firstName to givenNames
      • identityCardNumber to documentNumber
      • citizenship to nationality
      • issuingAuthority to administrativeUnit
      • personalIdentificationNumber to pin
  • MBMrtdRecognizer and MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer do not return MRZ image any more
  • MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer does not have glare detection options (it does not detect glare anymore)
  • replaced MBPaymentCardFrontRecognizer, MBPaymentCardBackRecognizer and MBPaymentCardCombinedRecognizer with single recognizer - MBBlinkCardRecognizer
  • replaced MBElitePaymentCardFrontRecognizer, MBElitePaymentCardBackRecognizer and MBElitePaymentCardCombinedRecognizer with single recognizer - MBBlinkCardEliteRecognizer

• Bugfixes

  • fixed bug in MBSlovakiaQrCodeRecognizer
  • fixed bug in MBIbanParser for Romanian IBANs
  • MBMrtdRecognizer result state is now properly invalidated after detection fails
  • templating recognizers no longer execute callbacks with valid state once they are valid on every frame even if nothing is 'detected'
  • various other bug fixes and improvements

7.2.0

• Updated 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Added support for reading front side of German Driver's License - use MBGermanyDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading back side of Brunei ID - use MBBruneiIdBackRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Brunei Residence Permit - use MBBruneiResidencePermitFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading back side of Brunei Residence Permit - use MBBruneiResidencePermitBackRecognizer
  • Updated overlay view controllers with new icons for close and torch buttons

• 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
  • 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
  • improved reading accuracy for the following recognizers (DeepOCR support):
    • MBHongKongIdFrontRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaMyKadFrontRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaMyKadBackRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaMyTenteraFrontRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaDlFrontRecognizer
    • MBNewZealandDlFrontRecognizer
    • MBMalaysiaMyKadBackRecognizer
  • 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
  • updated MBSerbiaQrCodeRecognizer with support for new Serbia QR code standard
    • renamed MBSerbiaBarcodePaymentResult result member: accountNumber to recipientAccountNumber
      • added result members: identificationCode, payerAccountNumber, paymentCode, merchantCodeCategory, oneTimePaymentCode, merchantReference and rawBarcodeData
  • improved Swiss payment slip scanning
  • improved QR code scanning for images
  • updated MBCzechiaQrCodeRecognizer with support for default currency

• 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • removed sex and signatureImage properties from MBMalaysiaMyKadBackRecognizer
  • renamed properties in MBCroatiaCombinedRecognizerResult:
    • identityCardNumber to documentNumber
    • address to residence
    • issuingAuthority to issuedBy
    • personalIdentificationNumber to oib
    • nonResident to documentForNonResident
  • removed mrzImage from MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer and MBMrtdCombinedRecognizerResult
  • renamed properties in MBAustraliaDlFrontRecognizerResult:
    • name to fullName
    • dateOfExpiry to licenceExpiry
  • renamed eyeColour to colourOfEyes in MBGermanyIdBackRecognizerResult
  • recognizers that are deprecated:
    • MBSerbiaIdBackRecognizer and MBSerbiaIdBackRecognizerResult
    • MBSerbiaIdFrontRecognizer and MBSerbiaIdFrontRecognizerResult
    • MBSerbiaCombinedRecognizer and MBSerbiaCombinedRecognizerResult
  • all properties that are deprecated for recognizers:
    • MBHongKongIdFrontRecognizerResult:
      • commercialCode
    • MBIndonesiaIdFrontRecognizerResult:
      • bloodType
      • district
      • kelDesa
      • rt
      • rw
    • MBNewZealandDlFrontRecognizerResult:
      • donorIndicator
      • cardVersion
    • MBMalaysiaMyKadBackRecognizerResult:
      • extendedNric
    • MBMexicoVoterIdFrontRecognizerResult:
      • electorKey
    • MBIrelandDlFrontRecognizerResult:
      • driverNumber
    • MBSwedenDlFrontRecognizerResult:
      • referenceNumber
    • MBMalaysiaIkadFrontRecognizerResult:
      • passportNumber
    • MBAustriaIdBackRecognizerResult:
      • principalResidence
      • height
      • eyeColour
    • MBAustriaPassportRecognizerResult:
      • height
    • MBGermanyIdBackRecognizerResult:
      • colourOfEyes
      • height
    • MBSwitzerlandIdBackRecognizerResult:
      • height
    • MBSwitzerlandPassportRecognizerResult:
      • height
    • MBSingaporeIdBackRecognizerResult:
      • bloodGroup
    • MBColombiaIdBackRecognizerResult:
      • bloodGroup
    • MBSwitzerlandPassportRecognizerResult:
      • height
    • MBPolandIdFrontRecognizerResult:
      • familyName
      • parentsGivenNames
    • MBMoroccoIdBackRecognizerResult:
      • fathersName
      • mothersName
    • MBRomaniaIdFrontRecognizerResult:
      • parentNames

• 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
  • 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
  • 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

7.1.2

• Updated and additions

  • Added method photopayOverlayViewControllerDidTapHelp: on delegate MBPhotopayOverlayViewControllerDelegate
  • Added missing support for reading Slovenian QR Payment Codes - use MBSloveniaQrCodeRecognizer

• Bugfixes

  • Fixed issue when orientation changed notification recevied before creating preview layer on iOS 12

7.1.1

• Updated and additions
  • Added support for hiding help button on MBPhotoPayOverlayViewController with displayHelpButton proeprty on MBPhotopayOverlaySettings

7.1.0

• 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:
  • 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 front side of Irish Driver's License - use MBIrelandDlFrontRecognizer
  • Added support for reading front side of Colombian Driver's License - use MBColombiaDlFrontRecognizer
  • 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
  • Added missing currencyCode property on MBSwitzerlandSlipRecognizerResult
  • Added allowUnparsedResults and allowUnverifiedResults properties on MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer
  • Added required property on MBParser which defines whether the parser configured with this parser settings object will be required or optional

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • Added support for reading sticker with new address on back side of Singapore ID card with MBSingaporeCombinedRecognizer
  • Performance improvements
  • Improved reading of New Zealeand Driver's License
  • Improved reading of Malaysian Driver's License
  • Improved reading of Croatian PDF417 payment codes
  • Better name and nationality extraction on MBUnitedArabEmiratesIdFrontRecognizer

• 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
  • Renamed properties in MBCroatiaIdFrontRecognizerResult:
    • identityCardNumber to documentNumber
  • Renamed properties in MBMalaysiaDlFrontRecognizer:
    • state to ownerState
    • zipCode to zipcode
  • Renamed properties in MBIndonesiaIdFrontRecognizer:
    • validUntil to dateOfExpiry
    • validUntilPermanent to dateOfExpiryPermanent
  • isScanningUnsupportedForCameraType: is now class method of MBMicroblinkSDK

• Bugfixes

  • Fixed bug where SDK crashed with exception when the user wanted to use custom resource bundle
  • Fixed memory leak when image is created using CMSampleBuffer
  • Fixed signing identifier when creating custom builds
  • Various other bug fixes and improvements

7.0.0

• 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

5.15.0

• 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
  • when PPDocumentFaceRecognizer is activated at the same time with another more specific recognizer(s) (e.g. EUDL Recognizer), preference is given to the more specific recognizer which means that it will get a chance to extract additional data from the concrete document type

• Bugfixes

  • Added support for nonstandard pdf417 barcodes which wrongly encode number of data codewords
  • coordinatorDidDealloc method in PPCoordinatorDelegate is now correctly called when all resources are released
  • fixed reading of IBAN and BIC numbers in payment CzechQRCodeRecognizer

5.14.1

• Bugfixes
  • Fixed errors related to fetching document number from Egyptian ID
  • Fixed errors related to fetching validFrom and validUntil dates from Malaysian DL
  • Fixed errors related to returning and encoding face and full document images when using PPJordanIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Fixed dateOfExpiry property type from NSString to NSDate on PPJordanIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Fixed crashes that happened when trying to activate the torch while video input hasn't loaded
  • Fixed rare OpenGL crash that happened on resigning VC activities
  • Fixed error where app upload to the store would be rejected because of missing bitcode
  • Fixed document number fetching from Egyptian ID result
  • Fixed return types of date field on Malaysian DL

5.14.0

• Updates and additions

  • added support for reading front and back side of Jordan ID - use PPJordanIDFrontRecognizerSettings and PPJordanIDBackRecognizerSettings
  • added Jordan Combined Recognizer - use PPJordanIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading Egyptian ID Front - use PPEgyptIDFrontRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading Malaysian DL Front - use PPMalaysianDLFrontRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading Malaysian Passport IMM13P MRTD - be sure to set allowSpecialCharacters to true when creating PPMrtdRecognizerSettings

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • Improved reading Malaysian MyKad and MyTentera
  • Improved reading VINs
  • Improved parsing of USDL

• Bugfixes

  • Fixed reading amount, reference and bic on Slovenian payment slip
  • Fixed expiry date for magnetic stripe USDL subtype - using day of birth not last day of the month for license expiry day
  • Fixed rare crashes that sometimes happened when trying to fetch unparsed dates

5.13.0

• Updates and additions

  • added support for reading front side of Hong Kong ID - use PPHongKongIDFrontRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading front and back side of Colombian ID - use PPColombiaIDFrontRecognizerSettings and PPColombiaIDBackRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading front and back side of United Arab Emirates ID - use PPUnitedArabEmiratesIDFrontRecognizerSettings and PPUnitedArabEmiratesIDBackRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading front side of New Zealand drivers license - use PPNewZealandDLFrontRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading back side of Malaysian MyKad - use PPMyKadBackRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading Malaysian MyTentera documents - use PPMyTenteraRecognizerSettings
  • added support for reading Malaysian MyTentera documents with MyKad recognizer - use PPMyKadFrontRecognizerSettings and enable reading of army number
  • added support for setting DPI for full document images returned by PPMyKadFrontRecognizerSettings, PPMyKadBackRecognizerSettings, PPMyKadFrontRecognizerSettings and PPIKadRecognizerSettings:
  • use fullDocumentImageDPI on the corresponding recognizer settings
  • added full support for iPhone X layout for all SDK's overlay views

• Minor API changes

  • renamed PPMyKadRecognizerSettings and PPMyKadRecognizerResult to PPMyKadFrontRecognizerSettings and PPMyKadFrontRecognizerResult

• Improvements in ID scanning performance

  • Improved reading of Belgium ID BRZ OPT2 field
  • added support for reading Belgium MRZ with partial date of birth - PPMrtdRecognizerSettings.allowUnverifiedResults must be set to true
  • added support for reading Kenya MRZ - PPMrtdRecognizerSettings.allowUnverifiedResults must be set to true
  • improved MyKadFrontSideRecognizer and MyTenteraRecognizer:
    • better reading of name field
    • better reading of address field
  • improved PPAustraliaDLFrontRecognizer:
    • improved reading of names and addresses
    • added support for reading first names with more words
  • improved PPSingaporeIDFrontRecognizer:
    • tuned ID card data extraction positions
  • improved Malaysian IKadRecognizer:
    • better reading of date of expiry and employer fields

• Bugfixes

  • fixed incorrect setting of missing dates to current date in MRTD recognizers. If date is not present in MRTD, the corresponding getter will now return nil
  • fixed an error where application would sometimes crash because of PPModernToastOverlaySubview constraints
  • when setting DPI for full document image in concrete recognizer settings that has property fullDocumentImageDPI, exception is thrown if DPI value is not in the expected range [100, 400]
  • fixed a crash in Templating API caused by using a MultiDetector with DetectorRecognizer
    • fixed returning of face image when using PPUnitedArabEmiratesIDFrontRecognizer:
      • fixed face image position
  • fixed crash in PPDocumentFaceRecognizer

5.12.1

• Bugfixes:
  • fixed an issue where toast messages were not displayed when set
  • fixed reading of Czech QR codes which contain encoded URLs
  • fixed reading of Croatian HUB3 payment PDF417 barcodes:
  • added support for reading barcodes whose encoding is not explicitly defined and encoding is cp1250

5.12.0

• Updates and additions

  • added support for reading back side of new Australian Driver's licence for state Victoria - use PPAustraliaDLBackRecognizerSettings and PPAustraliaDLBackRecognizerResult
  • added support for reading front side of Indonesian ID - use PPIndonesianIDFrontRecognizerSettings and PPIndonesianIDFrontRecognizerSettings
  • added support for Malaysian visa with document code TS - use PPMrtdRecognizerSettings and PPMrtdRecognizerResult
  • added support for setting DPI for full document images returned by PPMrtdRecognizerSettings, PPAustraliaDLBackRecognizerSettings, PPAustraliaDLFrontRecognizerSettings and PPEudlRecognizerSettings:
    • use fullDocumentImageDPI on the corresponding recognizer settings
  • added full support for iPhone X layout for all SDK's overlay views

• Minor API changes

  • removed imageDPI property on PPTemplatingRecognizerSettings

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • PPCroSlipRecognizer: added support for Croatian references with models 64, 26, 35, 40, 69
  • improved parsing of payment QR codes
  • improved reading of Malaysian MyKad address

• Bugfixes:

  • added missing document classifier property documentClassifier to PPTemplatingRecognizerSettings

5.11.0

• Updates and additions

  • Added Polish ID Back Recognizer PPPolishIDBackRecognizerResult and PPPolishIDBackRecognizerSettings
  • Added Polish ID Front Recognizer PPPolishIDFrontRecognizerResult and PPPolishIDFrontRecognizerSettings
  • Added Polish ID Combined Recognizer PPPolishIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPPolishIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added Australian Driver Licence Recognizer PPAustraliaDLFrontRecognizerResult and PPAustraliaDLFrontRecognizerSettings for state Victoria
  • Added Swiss ID Front Recognizer PPSwissIDFrontRecognizerResult and PPSwissIDFrontRecognizerSettings
  • Added Swiss QR Payment PPChQrCodeRecognizerResult and PPChQrCodeRecognizerSettings
  • Added option extractRecipient on PPNedSlipRecognizerSettings to enable or disable reading of recipient name. By default, this is turned off and recipient name will not be returned
  • Added reading of mirrored QR codes
  • Added PPMrzFilter protocol and delegate mrzFilter on PPMrtdRecognizerSettings
    • Determines whether document should be processed or it is filtered out, based on its MRZ (Machine Readable Zone)
  • Introduced GlareDetector which is by default used in all recognizers whose settings implement GlareDetectorOptions:
    • When glare is detected, OCR will not be performed on the affected document position to prevent errors in the extracted data
    • If the glare detector is used and obtaining of glare metadata is enabled in MetadataSettings
    • Glare detector can be disabled by using detectGlare property on the recognizer settings
  • Added PPQuadDetectorResultWithSize which inherits existing PPQuadDetectorResult
    • It's subclasses are PPDocumentDetectorResult and PPMrtdDetectorResult
    • Returns information about physical size (height) in inches of the detected location when physical size is known
    • added support for scanning front and back side of Polish ID - use PPPolishIDFrontRecognizerSettings, PolishIDBackRecognizerSettings and PPPolishIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • New document specification presets in PPDocumentPreset enum: PPDocumentPresetId1VerticalCard and PPDocumentPresetId2VerticalCard - use [PPDocumentSpecification newFromPreset] method to create document specification for detector
  • PPEudlRecognizer can return face image from the driver's license
  • Warning for time limited license keys when using provided activities, custom UI integration or Direct API:
    • the goal is to prevent unintentional publishing of application to production with the demo license key that will expire
    • warning toast can be disabled by using showLicenseKeyTimeLimitedWarning property on PPUiSettings
  • Added PPMrtdSpecification and method setMrtdSpecifications on PPMrtdDetectorSettings
    • setting PPMrtdSpecification on PPMrtdDetectorSettings will return results only for specified MRTD Documents
    • PPMrtdSpecification can be created using PPMrtdPreset: PPMrtdPresetTd1, PPMrtdPresetTd2, PPMrtdPresetTd3

• Minor API changes

  • PPDocumentDetectorResult does not contain information about screen orientation any more

• Bugfixes:

  • Fixed crash which sometimes happened while scanning MRTD documents
  • Fixed scanning return result type of PPDetectorRecognizerSettings when initialized with PPMrtdDetectorSettings - returning PPMrtdDetectorResult
  • Fixed race condition crash when initialising and getting videoPreviewLayer

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • Date parsing improvements
  • Better extraction of fields on back side of the Croatian ID card
  • Improved reading of issuing authority on Croatian ID back side
  • Improved face detection in DocumentFaceRecognizer: stable detection is required to prevent returning of blurred images
  • Improved reading of Malaysian MyKad documents:
    • Improved reading and parsing of address fields; previously recognizer was unable to read some documents because of the expected address format
  • Improved reading of Malaysian visas and work permits
  • Better reading of dates on Australian Driver's Licence
  • Improved parsing of variable symbol on Czech payment slips
  • Allowed scanning of Czech QR codes which have colon (:) in payment description field
  • Italian IBAN parsing now validates the BBAN check digit

5.10.2

• Bug fixes
  • fixed amount parsing from German BezahlCode
    • 0.8 is now parsed as 80 cents, not as 8 cents anymore
  • fixed autorotation of overlay view controller

5.10.1

• Bug fixes

  • fixed crash in QR code which happened periodically in all recognizers

• Minor API changes

  • removed option to scan 1D Code39 and Code128 barcodes on US Driver's licenses that contain those barcodes alongside PDF417 barcode

• Improvements for existing features

  • better extraction of fields on back side of the Croatian ID card
  • improved USDLRecognizer - added support for new USDL standard
  • KosovoCode128Recognizer returns reference number for new barcode type

5.10.0

• Updates and additions

  • PPBlinkOcrRecognizerResult and PPBlinkOcrRecognizerSettings are now deprecated. Use PPDetectorRecognizerResult and PPDetectorRecognizerSettings for templating or PPBlinkInputRecognizerResult and PPBlinkInputRecognizerSettings for segment scan
  • PPSerbianPdf417RecognizerResult and PPSerbianPdf417RecognizerSettings are renamed to PPSerbianBarcodeRecognizerResult and PPSerbianBarcodeRecognizerSettings
  • Added Austrian Passport Recognizer PPAusPassportRecognizerResult and PPAusPassportRecognizerSettings
  • Added Swiss Passport Recognizer PPSwissPassportRecognizerResult and PPSwissPassportRecognizerSettings
  • Added Swiss ID Back Recognizer PPSwissIDBackRecognizerResult and PPSwissIDBackRecognizerSettings
  • Added support for scanning MRZ on Mexican voters card
  • Added support for reading Croatian ID with permanent DateOfExpiry in PPCroIDFrontRecognizerResult and PPCroIDCombinedRecognizerResult with BOOL property isDocumentDateOfExpiryPermanent
  • Added combining data from MRZ and fields in Austrian passport through PPAusIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPAusIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added support for reading Serbian payment QR codes with PPSerbianBarcodeRecognizerResult and PPSerbianBarcodeRecognizerSettings
  • Added reading of mirrored QR codes

• Bugfixes:

  • Fixed crash which sometimes happened while scanning MRTD documents
  • Fixed returning valid data for MRZ based recognizers when not all fields outside MRZ have been scanned

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • Improved scanning of IKad addresses
  • Improved reading of Croatian ID Address field
  • Improved reading of Croatian ID IssuedBy field
  • Date parsing improvements
  • Improved parsing of amounts with less than 2 decimals

5.9.4

• Updates and additions

  • Added nonMRZNationality and nonMRZSex properties to Romanian ID Recognizer for getting sex and nationality outside MRZ
  • Added support for long addresses and employer names for iKad
  • extractAddress property in PPSlovakIDBackRecognizerSettings is now removed since previously wasn't used
  • Added extractDocumentNumber property in PPSlovakIDFrontRecognizerSettings for defining if issuing document number should be extracted from Slovakian ID
  • Removed PPAztecRecognizerSettings and PPAztecRecognizerResult
  • Added to Slovakian ID Combined Settings options properties:
    • extractSex
    • extractNationality
    • extractDateOfBirth
    • extractDateOfExpiry
    • extractDateOfIssue
    • extractIssuedBy
    • extractDocumentNumber
    • extractSurnameAtBirth
    • extractPlaceOfBirth
    • extractSpecialRemarks

• Bugfixes:

  • Fixed crash while scanning QR Code
  • Fixed reading positions of ID elements on Slovakian ID card
  • Fixed reading positions of ID elements on Singapore ID card

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • Always read personal number field on front side of Slovakian ID card
  • Improved reading precision of address, place of birth, last name and issuing authority on Slovakian ID card
  • Improved reading of name and blood type on Singapore ID card

5.9.3

• Updates and additions

  • Added Barcode Recognizer PPBarcodeRecognizerResult and PPBarcodeRecognizerSettings
  • Deprecated PPAztecRecognizerResult and PPAztecRecognizerSettings. Use Barcode Recognizer
  • Deprecated PPBarDecoderRecognizerResult and PPBarDecoderRecognizerSettings. Use Barcode Recognizer
  • Deprecated PPZXingRecognizerResult and PPZXingRecognizerSettings. Use Barcode Recognizer

• Bugfixes:

  • Fixed Czech QR Code amount scanning - improved parsing of amounts with less than 2 decimals
  • Fixed support for Slovenian references without prefix

5.9.2

• Updates and additions

  • Added creation of customized build of framework. If your final app size is too large, you can create a customised build of MicroBlink.framework and MicroBlink.bundle which will contain only features and resources that you really need. You can see detailed explanation at Creating customized build of PhotoPay SDK
  • Added Serbian PDF417 Barcode PPSerbianPdf417RecognizerResult and PPSerbianPdf417RecognizerSettings
  • Added US Driver's license Combined Recognizer PPUsdlCombinedRecognizerResult and PPUsdlCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added Austrian ID Combined Recognizer PPAusIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPAusIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added Czech ID Combined Recognizer PPCzIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPCzIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added Serbian ID Combined Recognizer PPSerbianIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPSerbianIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added Singapore ID Combined Recognizer PPSingaporeIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPSingaporeIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added Slovakian ID Combined Recognizer PPSlovakIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPSlovakIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added Slovenian ID Combined Recognizer PPSlovenianIDCombinedRecognizerResult and PPSlovenianIDCombinedRecognizerSettings
  • Added VIN Recognizer PPVinRecognizerResult and PPVinRecognizerSettings
  • Updated Kosovo Code128 Barcode with new data: district, dueDate, customerID, serviceCode

• Bugfixes:

  • Fixed Czech translation

• Improvements in PhotoPay scanning:

  • Improved reading of French IBANs
  • Added support for all IBANs return always with prefix
  • Improved reading of pdf417 barcodes having width:height bar aspect ratio less than 2:1

5.9.1

• Fixed crash which sometimes happened when presenting help screens (if PPHelpDisplayModeAlways or PPHelpDisplayModeFirstRun were used)

5.9.0

• Updates and additions:

  • Microblink.framework is now a dynamic framework. The change is introduced because of the following reasons:
    • isolation of code
    • smaller binary size - roughly 16%
    • better interop with third party libraries (such as Asseco SEE Mobile Token)
  • Improved Screen shown when Camera permission is not granted:
    • fixed crash which happened on tap anywhere on screen
    • close button can now be removed (for example, if the scanning screen is inside UINavigationController instance)
    • Header is now public so you can instantiate that class if needed
  • Updated PPUiSettings with new features:
    • flag showStatusBar which you can use to show or hide status bar on camera screen
    • flag showCloseButton which you can use to show or hide close button on camera screen. By default it's presented, but when inside UINavigationController it should be hidden
    • flat showTorchButton which you can use to show or hide torch button on camera screen.
  • Deprecated PPHelpDisplayMode. You should replace it with a custom logic for presenting help inside the application using the SDK.
  • Renamed internal extension method with namespace so that they don't interfere with third party libraries
  • Added standard tap to focus overlay subview in all default OverlayViewControllers. Also added it as a public header.
  • PPScanningViewController now has a simple method to turn on torch
  • Simplified PPOcrLayout class (removed properties which were not used)

• Bugfixes:

  • Fixed bug which caused didOutputResults: not to get called in DirectAPI Fixed case sensitivity in class & file naming
  • Fixed issue which sometimes caused scanning not to be started when the user is asked for camera permission (first run of the app)
  • Fixed rare crash which Camera paused label UI being updated on background thread
  • Fixed incorrect handling of camera mirror when using front facing camera

• Improvements in PhotoPay scanning:

  • Improved reading of the receiver field on Austrian payslips
  • Improved recipient name and address extraction in Slovakian slips (recipient name is not returned when second line of address is empty)
  • Added support for polish IBAN without PL prefix

• Improvements in ID scanning performance:

  • ID result classes which have Date fields now return both parsed NSDate and raw NSString
  • Restructured German ID recognizers into:
    • GermanIDFrontRecognizer, for scanning front side of the new German ID
    • GermanIDBackRecognizer, for scanning back side of the new German ID
    • GermanOldIDRecognizer, for scanning front side of the old German ID
    • GermanPassportRecognizer, for scanning front side of the German Passport
    • added PPGermanIDCombinedRecognizer which enables reading of all data contained on German passports, old and new IDs
  • Splitting address on new German IDs to ZIP code, city, street and house number
  • Added name and surname dictionaries for the German ID front side recognizer which improves the scanning performance
  • MyKadRecognizer now knows how to split address to street, ZIP code, city and state
  • Improved CroIDCombinedRecognizer, which can scan both sides of the ID consecutively
  • Improvements in CroID scanning, use multiple scans to boost confidence
    • croID combined bugfix - now always showing DocumentBilingual flag
  • Improvements in MRTD scanning:
    • WSA (World Goverment of World Citizens) added as valid country code when parsing MRZ
  • Added option of encoding images of MRZ and full document in Machine readable travel documents and encoding of images in DocumentFaceRecognizer
  • Handling names containing dashes and extra long names inside combined recognizers
  • Added AztecRecognizer for state of the art scanning of Aztec barcodes
  • Added RomanianIDFrontRecognizer for scanning Romanian IDs

• Sim & TopUp scanning improvements:

  • Added suport for 14 digits long sim numbers in addition to existing lengths (12, 19, 20)
  • TopUp scanning improvements

• Changes in Samples:

  • Added libz to all samples to prevent linker errors (caused by slimming down the SDK)
  • Samples updated to use new dynamic framework
  • Added a build phase in each sample which removes unused architectures from the dynamic framework

5.8.0

• added designated initializers to all PPOcrParserFactory objects
• added play success sound method to PPScanningViewController protocol
• improved TopUpParser: added option to enable all prefixes at the same time (generic prefix)
• improved MRTDRecognizer with better support for Arab MRZ
• updated CroatianIDFrontSideRecognizer: returning sex as written on front side of a document
• fixed issue with Direct API which disabled processing
• fixed crash when multiple QR code-based recognizers were used together
• fixed crash in Slovenian QR Code Recognizer
• Internal switch to new build system using cmake. This allows faster deployments and easier updates in the future

5.7.2

• Fixed issue with blurred camera display when PPCoordinator instance was reused between consecutive scanning sessions
• Fixed crashed which happened when multiple instances of PPCoordinator were used simultaneously (one being terminated and one starting recognition). This most commonly happened when after scanning session, a new view controller was pushed to a Navigation View Controller, when the user repeated the procedure a number of times (five or more).
• Added SimCardRecognizer
• Added Generic parsing in TopUpOcrParser

5.7.1

• Updated Slovakian Payment slip results. Now they don't have redundant property for account number, instead of that all results now have iban property.
• Updated Slovenian QR code scanning results. We now split street and place information from payer and recipient address. Instead of using payerAddress, please use payerStreet and payerPlace, and instead of recipientAddress, please use recipientStreet and recipientPlace properties.
• Updated getters for obtaining names of images returned when scanning ID documents. You can now use static properties in PPRecognizerSettings to obtain names of the images. Previously an instance of PPRecognizerSettings subclass was needed.
• Improved Croatian Reference number parsing in Croatian PhotoPay
  • references in form HRXX-XXXX... are not returned if model is not valid, for example HR22-2360 is not a valid reference because model 22 does not exist
  • trailing whitespace is removed from result when using Segment scanning
• Fixed an issue which caused camera settings to be reset each time PPCoordinator's applySettings method was called. This issue manifested, for example, by automatically turning off torch after successful scan in SegmentScan.
• Fixed redundant log warnings in setting language ("Trying to set language to nil, returning") and CameraManager ("hould not have been observing autofocus")
• Fixed issue with resuming camera when user is first asked for camera permission. This manifested as sometimes camera going black.
• Fixed encoding issue in Slovenian QR code result - rawResult property. We now return UTF8 string.

5.7.0

• Added support for new UPN format in Slo payment slip recognizer (works out of the box)
• Added support for Slovak Code128 scanning on payment slips
• Added CroIDCombined recognizer which can scan both sides consecutively
• Added DocumentFace recognizer which can be used to get the image of the ID document which contains a face
• Added FaceDetector feature which can now be used in DetectorRecognizer.
• Added support for extracting place of birth on old German IDs
• Added property allowResultForEveryFrame in PPScanSettings which can be used when using Direct API to force calling didOutputResults: callback for every frame
• Added feature to enable frame quality estimation when using Direct API (by exposing property estimateFrameQuality)
• Added support for scanning IBAN from Georgia in Segment Scan
• Added logging of the SDK name when the license key is invalid for easier troubleshooting
• Added Belgian account number check to IBAN parser
• Added scaling of the default viewfinder in ID scanning overlay view
• Added a property which you can use to set a custom location for resources. For example, if you would like to avoid using Microblink.bundle as resources bundle, you can set a different one in PPSettings object.
• Improved quality of German ID address recognition
• Updated - Singapore ID recognizer has now split in two recognizers - one for front and one for back side
• Fixed Date of Birth scanning issue in MyKad Recognizer
• Fixed MRTD returning payment data with verified = false when mrtdSettings.allowUnverified(false)
• Fixed bug in MRTD recognizer where mrtd image were not returned although scanning was successful
• Fixed crash when Single dispatch queue was used for processing
• Fixed frame quality issue in PPimageMetadata. Previously it was always nan if used after image getter.
• Fixed Torch button on default camera overlays. Previously it never changed state after it was turned on.
• Fixed help display mode "First run", which previously didn't work
• Fixed crash when the user tapped anywhere on the view controller presented when camera permission wasn't allowed
• Fixed warning message when language is set to something other than @en, @de and @fr and @cro
• Fixed crash on start in swift if custom UI was used to handle detector results
• Fixed a problem which caused internal recognizer state not to be reset when using the scanner for the second time with the same PPCoordinator instance
• Fixed ocrLayout getter in PPBlinkOcrRecognizer which previously returned nil

5.6.0

• Added support for scanning IBAN from Georgia in Segment Scan
• Added Belgian account number check to IBAN parser
• Added PhotoPay support for scanning Slovak payslips and Slovak Data Matrix codes
• Fixed MRTD returning payment data with verified = false when mrtdSettings.allowUnverified(false)
• Singapore ID recognizer has now split in two recognizers - one for front and one for back side

5.5.0

• updated SepaQRRecognizer to process image frames in the same way as ZXingRecognizer. Now, useSlowerThoroughScan is enabled by default.
• improved quality of german ID address recognition
• added support for extracting place of birth on old German IDs

5.4.1

• added support for scanning IBANs that contain spaces and dashes
• support for scanning Croatian slips that have no amount, but have currency in amount field

5.4.0

• added support for scanning front and back side of Serbian ID cards
• improved IBAN parser
• PPMrtdRecognizerResult now returns date of expiry and date of birth as NSDate instead of NSString
• all recognizer results (classes that derive PPRecognizerResult) now have annotated nullability for their getters. Some of them used to assume non-null, while still returning nil sometimes. This has now been corrected and all getters are _Nullable
• Czech account number is now separated into first (prefix) and second part. First part is not mandatory on czech payslips.
• improved amount parser
• added support for returning optional data beyond the end of SEPA payment QR code

5.3.0

• added support for scanning Beneficiary name in slovenian payslips
• added support for scanning PayerID from slip (if missing in OCR line) in hungarian payslips
• improved czech code and symbol parsing
• added support for recognizing SEPA payment QR codes

5.2.0

• iOS updates:
  • added support for hungarian parsers in segment scan
    • account number parser
    • payer ID parser
  • added support for slovenian parsers in segment scan
    • reference parser
  • improved Croatian ID recognition
    • address parsing improved with dictionary
    • first and last name parsing improved with dictionary

5.1.0

• iOS updates:

  • Added support for Slovakian and German ID cards
  • Added support for Austrian driver's license
  • Improved scanning performance of Croatian ID cards

• iOS bugfixes: -Fixed localization issues

5.0.3

• iOS fixes:
  • Fixed issue where scanning didn't work when user first accepted camera permission

5.0.2

• iOS fixes:
  • CFBundleSUpportedPlatforms removed from Info.plist files
  • Applying affine transformation to PPQuadrangle now correctly assigns points.
  • When using both Direct API and PPCameraCoordinator, scanning results will now be correctly outputted to PPCoordinatorDelegate and PPScanningDelegate respectively
  • Fixed crashes related to camera permissions and added dummy view when camera permission is disabled
  • Fixed issues related to topLayoutGuide on iOS6
  • Improved performance of CroID recognizers
  • USDL elements can now be separated by \r
  • Improved performance of Date parser
  • Improved Macedonian reference and account parsers

5.0.1

• iOS updated:
  • exposed new features of PPPriceOcrParserFactory

5.0.0

• iOS updates:

  • Implemented PPCameraCoordinator. PPCameraCoordinator assumes the role of PPCoordinator from previous versions while new PPCoordinator is used for Direct API (image processing without camera out management).
  • Increased speed of scanning for barcode type recognizers.
  • Implemented PPImage. When using Direct API you can wrap UIImage and CMSampleBufferRef into PPImage to ensure optimal performance.
  • Improved performance of Direct API. In addition, you can now use Direct API with your own camera management without any performance drawbacks.
  • Added method isCameraPaused to PPScanningViewController.
  • Added option to fllip input images upside down for processing with cameraFlipped property of PPCameraSettings.
  • Implemented PPViewControllerFactory for managing creation of PPScanningViewController objects.
  • PPImageMetadata now contains PPImageMetadataType property, which describes which image type was outputted
  • Added option to mirror camera frames in 'PPCameraSettings'
  • Added recognizer for Singapore ID
  • Added recognizer for Austrian ID
  • Added recognizer for Czech ID
  • Improved Macedonian parsers

• iOS bugfixes:

  • PPOcrEngineOptions are now applyed correctly when set

4.6.4

• Improved Parsing of Croatian reference number parser

4.6.2

• iOS bugfixes:

• Fixed issue with presentation of some overlay subviews

• Fixed issue with parsing amount on Swedish payment slips

• Implemented templating API

• Templating API allows implementing custom document scanners, linking specific parsers to specific locations on detected documents

• Added license plate parser

4.6.1

• iOS bugfixes:

  • Fixed issue with starting camera after first help display.
  • Fixed possible deadlock in some cases when MRTD documents are scanned.

• PhotoPay improvements

  • Fixed issue with IBAN scanning on Slovenian UPN-s when 1D barcode is located on the slip
  • Fixed Belgian reading of amounts on Belgian slips which are less than 1.00 EUR
  • Added support for scanning Receiver name on Dutch Acceptgiros
  • Added support for Scanning Slovakian and Czech QR codes
  • SweGiroParser can now parse both BankGiro and PlusGiro
  • fixed missing last digit (check digit) in SweReferenceParser

• ID scanning improvements

  • Added EUDL recognizer (replaced UKDL recognizer). EUDL is capable of automatically detecting various EU Drivers licenses. Currently it works only on German and UK DLs.
  • Fixed issue with 0 and O misclassifications in MRTD recognition
  • Added support for Austrian MRTD ID documents

• Internal changes:

  • Implementeded Templating API for easier implementation of new document types
  • Implemented Face detection
  • Implemented support for Eastern Arabic numeral characters

4.6.0

• PPOverlayViewController changed the way Overlay Subviews are added to the view hierarchy. Instead of calling addOverlaySubview: (which automatically added a view to view hierarachy), you now need to call registerOverlaySubview: (which registers subview for scanning events), and manually add subview to view hierarchy using addSubview: method. This change gives you more flexibility for adding views and managing autolayout and autoresizing masks.

• Localization Macros MB_LOCALIZED and MB_LOCALIZED_FORMAT can now be overriden in your app to provide completely custom localization mechanisms.

• PPPhotoPayUiSettings now has an option to display dots UI effect, when QR code is scanned. To enable it, use:

PPSettings* settings = [[PPSettings alloc] init];

PPPhotoPayUiSettings *ppUiSettings = [[PPPhotoPayUiSettings alloc] init];
ppUiSettings.displayBarcodeDots = YES;

settings.uiSettings = ppUiSettings;

• Fixed issue with OCR speed on arm7 devices when Accelerate framework was used.

• Improvements in Slovenian slip recognition

  • fixed hang that occurred in slovenian PhotoPay on some poor quality slips
  • improved quality and robustness of slovenian reference number parsing
  • improved OCR quality of slovenian slip containing courier condensed font

• Improvements in Croatian slip recognition

  • Fixed crash which happened when device was pointed something other than a payment slip
  • Added scanning of Payer information from HUB1 and HUB3 barcodes

• Improvements in Segment scan

  • Added Montenegro parsers
  • Added Regex parser

• Improved detection of German payslips

• Dramatically increased OCR engine initialization speed

• Increased speed of scanning cancellation when Cancel button is pressed.

4.5.1

• Improved recognition of Slovenian payment slips

  • Added support for RF references
  • Reference is no longer required field for scanning, meaning payment slips which don't have reference number are now scanned much faster

4.5.0

• Improvements in Hungarian payslip scanning

  • Fixed issue which caused dictionary not to be used while scanning beneficiary name
  • Added reading of Amount from the upper part of the payslip

• Library format updated

  • Smaller library size using link time optimizations
  • Fewer exported symbols.
  • Library is now static instead of Relocatable Object File

• Resource bundle updated

  • Fixed issue with MicroBlinkResources.bundle while archiving application (Invalid CFBundleExecutable key)
  • Renamed MicroBlinkResoucres.bundle to MicroBlink.bundle

• Better Swift interoperability

  • Support for modules
  • Added nullability annotations

• Bugfixes and tweaks in camera management code

  • fixed potential deadlock when multiple instances of PPCoordinator objects are instantiated.
  • exiting from the scanning when user presses "cancel" button is now faster

• Refactored PPMetadataSettings

  • Added debug metadata settings for debugging payslip detection and image processing
  • successfulScanFrame renamed to successfulFrame
  • currentVideoFrame renamed to currentFrame

4.4.1

• Improvements in Hungarian payslips scanning:

  • Added dictionary postprocessing of recipient names
  • fixed issue where payer ID was parsed as an account number
  • small improvements in payslip detection

• New Stuzza QR format supported in German recognition. Also, QR codes without BIC are now allowed.

• Fixed race condition which potentially crashed the scanner when user exited and entered camera screen consecutively very fast.

• Data extraction now exits immediately when user cancels scanning.

4.4.0

• Framework is now distributed as a .framework + .bundle, instead of .embeddedframework. This helps keep resources in a separate "namespace", and avoids mistakes

• The library inside the framework is now static library. This makes it easier to include the library inside other libraries.

• PhotoPay on boarding is moved outside the library itself. The intention is to make it easier to modify and extend to the users of the library.

• Improvements in the recognition process:

  • Added support for Hungarian White payslips
  • Improved support for scanning Recipient name in Hungarian Yellow payslips.
  • Improved support for scanning Reference numbers in Slovenina payslips
  • Added Stuzza 2.0 QR code format in AusQRRecognizer

• Bugfixes and tweaks in camera management code

4.3.0

• Added support for scanning recipient name in Hungarian payslips
• Added bitcode support for Xcode 7

4.2.0

• iOS 9 introduced new app multitasking features Split View and Slide Over. When the scanner is on screen and one of those features are used, iOS automatically pauses the Camera (this behaviour is default as of iOS 9 beta 5). This SDK version introduces new setting in PPUISettings class, called cameraPausedView, where you can define the UIView which is presented centered on screen when this happens.

• Frame quality estimation can now be enabled using PPScanSettings frameQualityEstimationMode property:

  • when set to PPFrameQualityEstimationModeOn, frame quality estimation is always enabled
  • when set to PPFrameQualityEstimationModeOff, frame quality estimation is always disabled
  • when set to PPFrameQualityEstimationModeDefault, frame quality estimation is enabled internally, if the SDK determines it makes sense

• Better frame quality estimation: only the sharpest and the most focused frames now go to OCR processing

• PPScanningViewController methods pauseScanning, isScanningPaused, and resumeScanningAndResetState: should now be called only from Main thread, and they are effective immediately. E.g., if pauseScanning is called and there is a video frame being processed, result of processing of that frame will be discarded, if resumeScanningAndResetState: isn't called in the meantime.

• Added support for PPCameraPresetPhoto camera preset. Use this if you need the same zoom level as in iOS Camera app. The resolution for video feed when using this preset is the same as devices screen resolution.

• Known issue: if you use Autorotate overlay feature, present PPScanningViewController as a modal view controller, and support Split View iOS 9 feature, then autorotation of camera overlays isn't correct. The best way is to opt-out of Split View feature (which Apple suggests for camera-centric apps), and wait for PhotoPay fix when iOS 9 comes out of beta.

4.1.1

• Worked around Apple bug in [NSString stringEncodingForData], which resulted with non-deterministic Croatian slip QR code scanning

4.1.0

• Internal refactoring and cleanup
• PPImageMetadata now correctly handles image rotation.
• Direct API and regular camera management API can now be used simultaneously.
• Added feature for using native iOS orientation handling methods in PPScanningViewController

4.0.3

• Bugfixes and improvements in OCR engine and payslip scanning

4.0.2

• Improved BIC extraction
• Bugfixes in Slovenian scanning

4.0.1

• Peformance improvements in OCR engine
• Added Direct processing API
• Added scanning of Optional data in croatian payment QR codes

4.0.0

• New API

3.5.0

• Tweaks in text parsing methods (Sieve algorithm)
• PhotoPay.h renamed to PPScanner.h
• PPPhotoPayDelegate renamed to PPScanDelegate
• methods of the delegate renamed
• These updates are performed for upcoming 4.0 version

3.4.0

• Added callback method for handling case when user doesn't authorise Camera access. In this method you have the chance to update the CameraViewController (or OverlayViewController) UI so that user knows why scanning won't work.
• Removed ViewfinderMoveable property

3.3.0

• Bug fixes and performance improvements
• Added support for Swiss payslips

3.2.1

• Updated icons and launch images in Sample app

3.2.0

• Status bar is no longer set with [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:statusBarStyle animated:animated], because this caused problems with FormSheet and PageSheet presentation styles.
• Users of the library are now responsible for proper handling of status bar on pre iOS7 devices.
• Help view fix for FormSheet and PageSheet modes

3.1.1

• Added OCR line support for new fonts for UK
• Fixed amount reuse bug with consecutive scans when UINavigationController is used for presenting camera
• Sample app converted to ARC
• Documentation is split into two parts - README describing general PhotoPay integration, and CustomUI describing API for creating custom Camera Overlays.

3.1.0

• Default camera overlay is now improved for a better user experience

• Added support for SEPA payslips in german scanner

• Improved detection of German payslips

• Fixed internal bugs and API inconsistencies

• 3.1.0 includes changes to resource files in the framework. Some resource files were added, some were changed, and some were deleted. To avoid erros in building your app, it's best to remove the old PhotoPay.embeddedframework from your project, and add it again by drag-and-droping the new one to the Frameworks group.

After that, clean-build your application.

3.0.6

• Fix for crashing on pre iOS 7 devices

3.0.5

• Utility ID in Kosovo now returned without check digit
• Fixed status bar style in camera view on fist app run

3.0.4

• Fixed scanning for Croatian Reference model 11

3.0.3

• Fixed problems with autorotation callbacks in overlay view not being called when autorotation is disabled
• Camera can now be presented on UIPageViewController

3.0.2

• Removed unnecessary log outputs in run-time
• Fixed whitespace handling in Austrian scanner

3.0.1

• Removed status bar properties from PPScanningViewController protocol. Replaced with preferredStatusBarStyle and prefersStatusBarHidden in PPOverlayViewController
• Default PhotoPay Overlay for Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovenia and Belgium is now rotation independent.
• kPPHudOrientation replaced with kPPOverlayShouldAutorotate.
  • HUD orientation is now determined optimally inside PhotoPay library
  • Autorotation can now be explicitly disallowed, e.g when presenting camera on NavigationController or when presenting as FormSheet or PageSheet
• Removed deprecated methods from PPOverlayViewController
• Fixed crash when Overlay those orientations which are not supported by the app. Now overlay works in that situations.
• Fixes in Austrian Amount and Bank Account number scanning
• Added additonal scanning fields in German QR code scanning

3.0.0

• By Semantic versioning, since this version is not completely backwards compatible with previous versions, we increased the Major version number.
• Tweaks to OCR engine and text recognition
• Bugfixes in Austrian OCR recognition
• PPRecognitionResult object no longer has convenience properties for, e.g., account number, iban, reference number, etc. You can access that values using fields dictionary.
• Changes to API method for retrieving recognition results:

instead of using

- (void)cameraViewController:(UIViewController<PPScanningViewController>*)cameraViewController
     	 didFinishWithResult:(PPRecognitionResult*)result;

Use:

- (void)cameraViewController:(UIViewController<PPScanningViewController>*)cameraViewController
        	didOutputResults:(NSArray*)results;

New method adds an additional layers of abstraction to result obtaining. It makes possible several new features, most importantly, returning more than one recognition result, and returning results other than payslip scanning results (for example, pure OCR or barcode scanning results).

Objects passed in NSArray* results are always of type PPBaseResult. PPRecognitionResult (object passed in the all callback method) is now a subclass of PPBaseResult.

How to implement the new API?

1. Rename cameraViewController:didFinishWithResult to, i.e. processRecognitionResult

2. Implement cameraViewController:didOutputResults. Commonly, it can be implemented in the following way:

    - (void)cameraViewController:(UIViewController<PPScanningViewController> *)cameraViewController
        		didOutputResults:(NSArray *)results {
    	// find the first recognition result and present it.
    	// you can have more complex logic here, which can, for example compare fields in multiple results
   
    	[results enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
    		PPBaseResult* result = (PPBaseResult*)obj;
    		if ([result resultType] == PPBaseResultTypePhotoPay) {
        		PPRecognitionResult* recognitionResult = (PPRecognitionResult*)result;
        		[self processRecognitionResult:recognitionResult];
        		*stop = YES;
    		}
    	}];
   
    	[self dismissCameraViewControllerModal:useModalCameraView];
    }
   

3. Test to see if it works.

2.5.1

• Fixed model and reference parsing when there was no whitespace between the fields on Croatian payslips
• Improved reading on Kosovo slips with Generalized OCR Line detector
• Fixed check digit inclusion on Kosovo data
• Added ROI for scanning Kosovo slips
• Fixed drawing of OCR results when ROI is used

2.5.0

• support for reading Payer name in Croatia
• support for turning reading of Payer name and Payment description on or off on Croatian slips
• added branding for HSBC app
• added a feature for customising camera view status bar appearance and visibility

2.4.0

• Added HUB3 QR Code for Croatian scanning
• Enabled use of integrated barcode scanner
• Code 39 and Code 128 are now handled by a completely new and improved algorithm
• Fixed autofocus problem on iPod Touch 4th Gen
• Improved scanning on iPod Touch 5th gen by enforcing 720p resolution
• Added OCR result drawing for countries which have OCR line scanning (Dutch, UK, Kosovo...)
• Package now contains additional file (buildCommit.txt) for easier point version bugfixes
• Fixed issue with scanning Account number on German SEPA QR code
• Implemented initial scanning of payslips for Kosovo

2.3.5

• Added full support for UK Bank Giro Credit scanning
• Updated demo app effect when the bill is paid

2.3.4

• Support for Xcode 5.1. Updated project settings

2.3.3

• Support for basic UK Giro slip scanning

2.3.2

• Croatian reference model now returns HR prefix if it exists on the payslip
• All strings returned by PhotoPay now have ASCII encoding fallback. This means no more "Error in encoding!" messages should appear in scanning results.

2.3.1

• fixed Austrian STUZZA QR code parsing - now supports both LF and CRLF line endings and does not confuse reference number and payment description

2.3.0

• improved croatian reference extraction
• determining croatian refernence status
• several bugfixes in detection algorithm

2.2.2

• Added simple OCR result drawing in camera overlay
• Improved payment description reading for Croatian payslips
• Fixed issue with Austrian QR codes containing ECI encoding

2.2.1

• Updated Hungarian build for old and legendary yellow payslips

2.2.0

• Improved OCR for Croatian payslips
• Added new field for Croatian scanning "Reference number insecure"
• Fixed issue with returning completely empty results in some cases when scanning timeout occurs

2.1.0

• Added data sanitization for Croatian payslips
• Additional bugfixes and improvements
• Fixed Barcodes with LF chars on Austrian payslips
• Fixed issue with visible status bar when using View controller-based status bar appearance

2.0.5

• Improvements to Slovenian slip scanning
• Fixed issue with presenting camera view on navigation view controller.

2.0.4

• Support for setting custom language via API
• Optimization for Sieve algorithm for OCR result aligning

2.0.3

• Fix to UIStatusBarStyle change issue when returning from CameraViewController
• OverlayViewController appearance callback are now correctly forwarded

2.0.2

• Orientation of payment slip detection can now be specified according to OverlayViewController orientation.
• Dutch payslip scanning now supports scanning in all orientations specified by Overlay View Controller.

2.0.1

• Fixes to duplicate class names in Demo app in this SDK

2.0.0

• Simplifications to UI overlay concept
• Support for form/page sheet modal styles on iPad
• New options for setting the position of viewfinder for Dutch builds
• Improved PDF417 barcode scanning
• More advanced API - added support for pausing/resuming scanning which can be used to scan multiple payslips/barcodes before proceeding to checkout
• Issue with isPhotoPayUnsupported method resolved, now recognizes devices without camera
• Devices with high camera resolution can now be held much higher than before when scanning Dutch payslips. This solves some of the scanning issues.
• Status bar style is now set only for iOS 6 and older devices. Also, tests performed with status bar style, since the old style is popped from a stack in viewWillDissapear of CameraViewController, it shouldn't interfere with style of the caller

1.8.5

• Minimum iOS deployment target is now set to 5.0
• Added support for armv7s architectures
• Chanaged standard c++ library from libstdc++ to libc++

1.8.4

• Improved image processing with smarter threshold calculation
• Payment description scanning in croatian slips now more reliable
• Added scanning of recipient address for barcodes on croatian slips
• Faster frame quality estimation and image initialization
• New ABBYY version
• Other stability improvements and bugfixes
• Support for unlimited text lengths in help screens

1.8.3

• Major refactor of UI layer
• Quicker camera load
• Improved focus management, meaning now frames that are coming to OCR are less blurred which results with faster and more reliable scanning
• New localization files (Slovenian, French)

1.8.2

• new QR code features for Austria
• Hardware accelerated viewfinder

1.8.1

• Slovenian version now scans payment description
• Bugfix for scanning with sudden movements of the phone
• Updated strings
• Support for Austrian payslips with nonstandard amount printed on the bottom
• Support for arbitrary length austrian reference numbers

1.8.0

• More advanced algorithm for Dictionary
• Focused frame selection bugfix

1.7.9

• Added Dictionary checking for tokens returned by Ocr Engine

1.7.8

• Added sound on successful scan
• Fix for Austrian amounts in format like ==3.600,--
• Whitespace fix for text recognition
• More improvements to Sieve boosting algorithm
• Added help screen with a message to check results

1.7.7

• Sieve algorithm improved, results are not boosted between results
• Belegart recognition in Austria improved, detection algorithm for non SEPA slips improved
• Positioning of some elements fixed, especially on wide screen phones
• In Austria, detection frame is now unmovable.

1.7.6

• Multiple recognitions of receiver name in Austrian slips
• Implemented basic Sieve method for video OCR algorithm

1.7.5

• Autoupdate functionality made more reliable
• Testing app more robust, serial dispatch queue used for saving of usage data
• PDF417 update for Croatian payslips

1.7.4

• Added autoupdate functionality

1.7.3

• Reading of Prufziffer and Belegnr. for Austrian slips
• Slightly modified status text on camera view (larger text, darker background)
• Kundendaten is returned on non-Sepa slips. Otherwise reference number is returned.

1.7.1

• Implemented Slovenian check digit calculators
• Slovenian recognition updated to new image processing algorithm and processing by regions
• Austrian recognition handles tax slips
• Fixed problem with recognition of Austrian BLZs
• Payment description recognized if reference is not present on Austrian slips

1.7.0

• Added polishers which fix some obvious gramatical errors in recognition results
• Fixed german localization
• Additional stability and bug fixes

1.6.8

• Framework is now ARC ready.
• Viewfinder color can now be modified externally
• Fixed to some german localisation strings
• Added formatting of IBANs in groups of 4 chars in demo app
• Some stability issues solved
• Added DataType property in RecognitionResult, this enables users of the library to know what was scanned (QR code or some slip type)

1.6.7

• modifications for iPad

1.6.6

• Tweaks to Austrian recognition, especially TextBlock extractor
• Toast messages now have minimum duration - fixed problem on too fast devices which caused messages to be unreadable
• Camera management improvements

1.6.4

• Changed internal structure of recognition result - now fields are stored inside NSDictionary object
• Existing properties are not changed
• Updated documentation to for new result obtaining method
• Numerous bugfixes in austrian recognition
• Removed alert view for partial recognition - now after timeout you receive the data on `cameraViewController:didFinishWithResult delegate method.

1.6.3

• Simplified distribution method for iphone
• Fixed problem with new help view which was not displayed on viewWillAppear
• Sample app uses modal camera view controller
• Language checks are now performed. If language is not set, or set to unsupported language, language is set to phone's default language.
• Fixed autorotation problem on iOS 6

1.6.1

• Added kontocheck - collection of algorithms for checking validity of german and austrian bank account numbers

1.6.0

• New image processing algorithm
• Payment forms are now recognized field by field instead all fields at once
• New UI, supports all orientations, depending on the payment slip dimensions
• Added QR code support for Austrian BDT format
• Improved detection algorithm with robust thresholding and new scan line generation strategy

1.5.2

• Faster image preprocessing for QR codes
• Fix for hangs in BIC recognition

1.5.0

• QR Code recognition made more robust in combination with OCR
• Tweaked Austrian recognition
• Fixed bug in recognition of empty elements

1.4.5

• Fixed a problem with autofocus
• Added support for high res video frames
• Increased resolution of processed frames before OCR
• Tweaked postprocessing for germany

1.4.3

• Added device specific recognition parameters and camera options
• Improved recognition confidence with reusing subsequent recognition results
• Accelerometer control changes - now high pass filter to get more accurate measurements

1.4.0

• Improved detection algorithm generation with internal tools
• Fixed image deformation problem with GPU dewarping

1.3.8

• Fixed bug with pre iOS 5 video orientation
• Fixed bug with ROI in image preprocessing

1.3.7

• Updated to Xcode 4.5
• Updated to new version of Ocr engine
• License file for ocr engine now needed to initialize Ocr engine

1.3.6

• Added support for reading QR codes

1.3.5

• Using single OpenGL context which additionally speeds up the processing and fixes the hanging bug
• Added arbitrary text block extractor
• Updated ACS algorithm

1.3.1

• Further improvements to adaptive contrast stretching
• Detection algorithm allows more flexibility

1.3.0

• Added adaptive contrast stretching for improving recognition in bad light conditions
• Improved recognition speed with doing ocr by regions
• Fixed a memory leak with patterns file
• Improved postprocessing of croatian amounts

1.2.7

• Added automatic white balance detection for improving detection
• Small corrections to contrast stretching method
• Rectangle sent to recognition now stretched to allow errors in slip printing
• Improved speed of detection algorithm witch non constant number of iterations

1.2.5

• Fixed a problem with detection of croatian slips

1.2.4

• Added options for disabling toast messages and setting the partial recognition time interval

1.2.3

• Fixed bug which disabled OpenGL support
• Added additional checks for OpenGL geometry operations which fallback to CPU on special events
• Log.h now private header
• Localization macros now defined only if not defined before so users can provide their own localization methods
• Disabled sound that marked successful detection because it became too fast on faster phones

1.2.2

• Added croatian localization for "photopay_camera_too_high" string
• Timer for recognition timeout now starts on first failed recognition and lasts for 15 seconds
• Fixed toast message lifecycle in some situations (weird behavior on partial recognition followed by camera too high)

1.2.1

• Fixes to alert view showing partial recognition results

1.2.0

• Improved recognition speed with geometry transformation moved to GPU
• Detection algorithm made more robust
• OCR speed increase

1.1.2

• Fixed errors in iPhone simulator builds

1.1.1

• Improvements to detection algorithm
• Improvements to OCR postprocessing algorithm for recognition of slovenian reference numbers

1.1.0

• HUB3, UPN standard support
• Added detection of payment form and perspective correction
• Added UI animation
• Added tap to focus support
• Library now distributed as a framework

1.0.0

• Basic functionality