Open Source Drivers License Scanner

Question

Hello everyone and thanks for the help in advance. I am interested in developing an application that scans a drivers license and returns the information, including photo. I know nothing about this topic and wondered if someone can point me in a direction to get started.

Answer 1

Hi @Kmcnet ,
If you wanted to develop a program that recognized a driver's license and returned information, including photos, you would need to use a combination of machine learning algorithms and optical character recognition (OCR) technology. The first step would be to train a machine learning model on a large dataset of driver's license images, along with the corresponding information (e.g. name, date of birth, etc.) that you want the program to recognize and return. This would allow the model to learn the visual characteristics of different driver's licenses and the information they contain.

Once the model is trained, you can use OCR technology to extract the relevant information from the driver's license image. This typically involves preprocessing the image to remove any noise or distortion, and then using an OCR engine to recognize the characters in the image and convert them into machine-readable text.

Once you have extracted the information from the driver's license, you can use the trained machine learning model to identify the individual and return their photo and other relevant information. To improve the accuracy of the program, you may want to include additional features in the machine learning model, such as facial recognition technology, to verify the identity of the individual.

Overall, developing a program that recognizes a driver's license and returns information, including photos, would require a combination of machine learning and OCR technology, as well as a large dataset of driver's license images to train the model on.
Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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