Release notes

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 support@microblink.com 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 support@microblink.com 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?

Rename cameraViewController:didFinishWithResult to, i.e. processRecognitionResult

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];
 }

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

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