Traveling has become immensely popular in recent years, increasing the importance of examining and managing travelers’ IDs. Therefore, Plustek has launched dedicated passport recognition solutions that can scan the passports of various countries to help vendors effectively convert travelers’ passports into digital files for archiving and management.

Currently, the commonly used recognition method is to read the MRZ on passports directly. However, most MRTD/MRZ hardware suppliers only offer API and demo programs to facilitate system integration vendors to integrate MRZ modules into existing systems. Moreover, the majority of applications and software either do not offer both scan and recognition functions or users have to pay for these functions. These limitations have forced the majority of vendors to photocopy images for later manual entry, a method that is labor intensive.