Smart Engines

October 4, 2024

Smart Code Engine v2.4.2 * Added the ability to obtain coordinates on an image of undecodable QR codes and Aztec codes. Smart Document Engine v2.4.2 * Minor fixes and improvements Smart ID Engine v2.4.2 * Now 2790 document types and 4472 unique templates * Other fixes and improvements

July 25, 2024

Smart Code Engine v2.4.1 * Added the ability to obtain coordinates on an image of undecodable QR codes and Aztec codes. Smart Document Engine v2.4.1 * Minor fixes and improvements Smart ID Engine v2.4.1 * Now 2790(+3) document types and 4472(+5) unique templates * Other fixes and improvements

June 21, 2024

Smart Engines 2.4.0: Smart Code Engine 2.4.0: * Added support for mirrored Aztec code reading * Added support for CVC/CVV code recognition for free-form bank cards * Added smart decoding for GOST R 56042-2014 payment barcodes * Improved embossed and free-form bank card recognition quality * Improved codified text lines recognition (phone and card numbers) * Accelerated text detection by 20% * Accelerated real, 8-bit and 4.6-bit convolutional neural networks on x86_64 processors with AVX by 1.8 times * Major speed-up of barcode ROI detection in anywhere mode (up to two times on iPhone XS) Smart Document Engine 2.4.0 * Improved recognition of Urdu, Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew languages * Accelerated text detection by 20%, as well as real, 8-bit, and 4.6-bit convolutional neural networks * Improved Extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate Smart ID Engine 2.4.0 * Improved recognition of Urdu, Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew languages * Improved faces comparison quality * Improved Russian national passport registration stamp recognition, as well as Russian handwritten national passports recognition, and stamps detection * Accelerated text detection by 20%, as well as real, 8-bit, and 4.6-bit convolutional neural networks * Improved recognition of documents of over 50 countries * New ID document types added, which were not supported previously: - Iran (Islamic Republic of): Residence permit - Russian Federation: foreigner ID card, stateless person ID, Large family certificate - Türkiye: military ID card - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Seafarers identity document, Voter card - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo: Driving license, ID Card - United Nations: Passport - UNHCR: Driving license, ID card - United States of America: transportation ID - Uruguay: diplomatic ID card * New document subtypes added for documents of more than 20 countries * Now 2787(+78) document types supported in total with 4467(+162) unique templates * Other fixes and improvements

March 11, 2024

Smart Code Engine: * Added Personal Account recognition to Payment Details * Universal Pay now can recognize phone and card numbers simultaneously Smart Document Engine: * Russian power of attorney added and recognition of several document types improved Smart ID Engine: * Improved the ‘any’ modes for mobile cases * Improved recognition of documents of 44 countries * Now 2709(+142) document types supported in total with 4305(+258) unique templates * Other fixes and improvements

November 15, 2023

Smart Engines 2.2.0 Smart Code Engine: * Added Universal Pay and Payment Details engines * Faster and better barcode detection * Added rMQR symbology decoding Smart Document Engine: * 3 new document types added and several improved Smart ID Engine: * Improved Korean language recognition * Improved face matching * Improved recognition of documents of 58 countries * New documents added, now 2567(+19) types supported with 4047(+40) unique templates * Other minor fixes and improvements

October 10, 2023

Smart Code Engine 2.1.2 * Improved phone and card number recognition * Significantly reduced false detections of the phone numbers * Speeded up bank cards recognition in video stream mode * Slightly speeded up QR scanning Smart Document Engine 2.1.2 * Improved text detection for full text recognition * Improved recognition of various document types Smart ID Engine 2.1.2 * Improved session stopping decision making for cases when all document fields are optional * Improved document detection for ‘any’ modes * Improved recognition of documents of 20 countries * New document types added, now 2548(+17) document types supported in total with 4007(+69) unique templates * Other minor fixes and improvements

August 11, 2023

Smart ID Engine 2.1.1 * Added ability to invert input image in the SDK * Significantly improved OCR for documents of 36 countries and moderately improved for 16 countries * New ID document types added, which were not supported previously: medical card of Kenya, voter card of Liberia, U.S. firearm permit for 9 states * New document subtypes added for 10 document types * Now 2531(+20) document types supported in total with 3938(+31) unique templates Smart Code Engine 2.1.1 * Added recognition of two-line phone numbers and bank card numbers * Increased accuracy (10% fewer potential errors) and speed (5% faster) of barcode detection in focused mode * Significantly improved detection of divided two-dimensional codes in focused mode * Increased accuracy of partially cropped QR codes reading with effortLevel=High option enabled * Minor speed up of DataMatrix symbols reading Smart Document Engine 2.1.1 * Improved recognition accuracy for TORG-12 form (18% fewer potential errors) * Improved recognition accuracy for Invoice Tax (7% fewer potential errors) * Added ability to recognize filled checkboxes * Dictionary-based post-processing speedup * Other minor fixes and improvements

July 21, 2023

Smart Code Engine: * Improved coverage of mobile phone numbers formats and regions * Reduced false-positive reading of barcodes Smart Document Engine: * Faster full text recognition (5% faster) * Faster recognition of personal tax form on x86 CPUs (1.4 times faster) * Added new fields and improved recognition quality for the real estate registration form * Added support for two-column universal transfer document Smart ID Engine: * Added RFID chip presence info for passports * Improved MRZ recognition on all passports * Faster Russian passport recognition (15% faster on x86, 10% faster on ARM) * Improved and faster document detection for 'any' modes * Improved recognition accuracy for documents of: - Albania - Armenia - Australia - Bangladesh - Brazil - Cameroon - Czechia - Eswatini - France - Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan - Luxembourg - Moldova - Moldova - Monaco - North - Russia - Singapore - Spain - Sweden - Ukraine - Venezuela * New ID document types added, which were not supported previously: - Bhutan: Voter card - Central African Republic: ID card - Kazakhstan: Birth certificate, Death certificate, Marriage certificate - Kyrgyzstan: Adoption certificate, Birth certificate, Death certificate, Marriage certificate, Divorce certificate, Name change certificate, Paternity certificate - Moldova: Birth certificate, Divorce certificate, Marriage certificate - Mozambique: Voter card - United States of America: Firearm permit (North Dakota) - Vanuatu: Residence permit * New document subtypes added: - Australia: Driving license (Victoria) - Bangladesh: Driving license - Belize: Passport - Switzerland: Driving license - China: Passport - Finland: ID card - Kyrgyzstan: Driving license - Korea: Residence permit - Moldova: Passport - Mongolia: Driving license - United States of America: Driving license (Utah) * Other fixes and improvements

June 12, 2023

Smart ID Engine: * New system of document templates description that allows to detect the document type faster with higher precision * Package size reduced by 15% * RAM consumption was reduced by 30% in ‘any’ mode, which includes all identity documents * Added delayed initialization that allows to minimize RAM consumption when the target set of documents known in advance, works for lazy and non-lazy initialization. * New ID document types added, which were not supported previously: - Armenia: Birth certificate, Marriage certificate - Azerbaijan: Death certificate, Divorce certificate - Burundi: ID card - Belarus: Death certificate, Marriage certificate - Brazil: police ID card - China: Residence permit - German: military ID card - Georgia: Birth certificate - Israel: military ID card - Mexico: military ID card - Niger: ID card * New document subtypes added: - Belgium: Driving license, Passport - Barbados: ID card - Switzerland: ID card - Costa Rica: Residence permit - Algeria: Driving license, ID card - Ecuador: ID card - Ethiopia: Driving license - Finland: ID card - France: Residence permit - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Driving license - Georgia: Driving license - Hungary: ID card, Passport, Residence permit - Cambodia: Driving license, Passport - Mexico: ID card, Driving license (Guerrero) - Mongolia: Driving license - Mozambique: Driving license - Pakistan: Driving license - Panama: ID card - Philippines: ID card - Romania: Residence permit - Russian Federation: Refugee ID - Sierra Leone: Driving license - San Marino: Passport - Suriname: Driving license - Slovakia: ID card - Tajikistan: Passport - Turkey: Driving license, Passport, Work permit - United States of America: Driving license (California, Washington) - Viet Nam: Driving license * Now 2484(+57) document types supported in total with 3862(+159) unique templates Smart Code Engine: * New independent SDK Smart Code Engine with optimized library size, for instance, barcode library size reduced by 35%. * Added "text in the wild" bank card number recognition * Improved two-dimensional codes recognition: Aztec, DataMatrix, QR * Improved PDF417 recognition * Improved recognition quality and faster performance of barcodes * The default detection mode of codes changed from ‘anywhere’ to ‘focused’ * Improved freeform cards recognition Smart Document Engine: * 2.5 times faster text detection for full text recognition and for flexible forms recognition * Showcase of full text recognition from documents written in 20+ languages * Improved text recognition results post-processing * Added new text fields, attributes and table fields to various types of previously supported documents * Other fixes and improvements

June 9, 2023

Smart ID Engine: * New system of document templates description that allows to detect the document type faster with higher precision * Package size reduced by 15% * RAM consumption was reduced by 30% in ‘any’ mode, which includes all identity documents * Added delayed initialization that allows to minimize RAM consumption when the target set of documents known in advance, works for lazy and non-lazy initialization. * New ID document types added, which were not supported previously: - Armenia: Birth certificate, Marriage certificate - Azerbaijan: Death certificate, Divorce certificate - Burundi: ID card - Belarus: Death certificate, Marriage certificate - Brazil: police ID card - China: Residence permit - German: military ID card - Georgia: Birth certificate - Israel: military ID card - Mexico: military ID card - Niger: ID card * New document subtypes added: - Belgium: Driving license, Passport - Barbados: ID card - Switzerland: ID card - Costa Rica: Residence permit - Algeria: Driving license, ID card - Ecuador: ID card - Ethiopia: Driving license - Finland: ID card - France: Residence permit - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Driving license - Georgia: Driving license - Hungary: ID card, Passport, Residence permit - Cambodia: Driving license, Passport - Mexico: ID card, Driving license (Guerrero) - Mongolia: Driving license - Mozambique: Driving license - Pakistan: Driving license - Panama: ID card - Philippines: ID card - Romania: Residence permit - Russian Federation: Refugee ID - Sierra Leone: Driving license - San Marino: Passport - Suriname: Driving license - Slovakia: ID card - Tajikistan: Passport - Turkey: Driving license, Passport, Work permit - United States of America: Driving license (California, Washington) - Viet Nam: Driving license * Now 2484(+57) document types supported in total with 3862(+159) unique templates Smart Code Engine: * New independent SDK Smart Code Engine with optimized library size, for instance, barcode library size reduced by 35%. * Added "text in the wild" bank card number recognition * Improved two-dimensional codes recognition: Aztec, DataMatrix, QR * Improved PDF417 recognition * Improved recognition quality and faster performance of barcodes * The default detection mode of codes changed from ‘anywhere’ to ‘focused’ * Improved freeform cards recognition Smart Document Engine: * 2.5 times faster text detection for full text recognition and for flexible forms recognition * Showcase of full text recognition from documents written in 20+ languages * Improved text recognition results post-processing * Added new text fields, attributes and table fields to various types of previously supported documents * Other fixes and improvements