User Manual
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ID station User Manual
Chapter 4. Check!
Before we
Print, Email or Save
the passport photo we should make sure the passport
photo is OK and meets all requirements for official passport photos. It is very
important to do this while the customer is still here, preferably still sitting in front of the
camera.
The requirements for passport photos and ID photos are strict. You should check each
and every passport photo before you print it. The software will help you do this.
The software checks every photo on:
•
ICAO (ISO/IEC 19794-5) requirements
•
Local requirements depending in the selected country
•
Face size and position
•
Background
Image Quality:
means that this passport photo passes all tests related to exposure,
contrast, sharpness, resolution as well as all tests related to biometric data in the photo.
Click on this button the see the results of all tests! You can use these results to fine-
tune your camera and lighting setup.
Face size and position
means that the size and position of the face in the passport
photo is OK. You should verify this using the overlay that is drawn over the photo.
Usually the face size is from chin to crown and the overlay will help you to make sure
that is correct. You can manually improve this using the up,
down
, left, right and “
-
“ and
“+” buttons around the preview. If you
click on this button you will see a few more
buttons for rotating the image.
Background
means the background color in the passport photo is OK and there are
no shadows or objects in the background. There are countries that require a white
background, but there are also countries that require a light-grey or blue background.
This test will verify the background is OK. Click on this button to see details of this and
to EDIT the background. This is an advanced feature described in detail in chapter 11.
What to do when a test has failed?
Image Quality
:
if the Image Quality test fails click on the button to investigate. Usually
the picture needs to be re-taken.
Face size and position : if the Face size and position test failed most likely the picture
you just took is not OK. Sometime users try to get the face size and position right when
