Release 5.13.0

5.13.0

New additions to our supported document list

We’ve added 61 new documents:

Europe

• Austria - Paper Passport
• Belarus - Paper Passport
• Belgium - Paper Passport (beta)
• Bulgaria - Paper Passport
• Estonia - Paper Passport
• France - Paper Passport (beta)
• Georgia - Paper Passport (beta)
• Germany - Paper Passport
• Greece - Paper Passport
• Hungary- Paper Passport
• Italy - Paper Passport (beta)
• Kosovo - Paper Passport
• Moldova - Paper Passport (beta)
• Poland - Paper Passport
• Portugal - Paper Passport
• Spain - Paper Passport
• Switzerland - Paper Passport
• UK - Paper Passport

Middle East and Africa

• Algeria - Paper Passport (beta)
• Egypt - Paper Passport (beta)
• Eswatini - Paper Passport
• Ghana - Paper Passport
• Iran - Paper Passport (beta)
• Iraq - Paper Passport (beta)
• Israel - Paper Passport (beta)
• Jordan - Paper Passport (beta)
• Kenya - Polycarbonate Passport
• Libya - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Morocco - Paper Passport (beta)
• Nigeria - Paper Passport
• Nigeria - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Qatar - ID Card (front only, beta)
• Saudi Arabia - Paper Passport
• Syria - Paper Passport
• Tanzania - ID Card (beta)
• Tanzania - Voter ID (front only, beta)
• Tunisia - Paper Passport
• Turkey - Paper Passport
• Zimbabwe - Paper Passport

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Argentina - Paper Passport
• Brazil - Paper Passport (beta)
• Guatemala - Paper Passport
• Haiti - Paper Passport
• Honduras - Paper Passport (beta)
• Mexico - Paper Passport (beta)
• Mexico - Nayarit - Driving Licence (beta)

Asia

• Bangladesh - Paper Passport
• China - Paper Passport (beta)
• India - Paper Passport
• Indonesia - Paper Passport
• Japan - Paper Passport
• Nepal - Paper Passport
• Pakistan - Paper Passport
• Philippines - Paper Passport
• South Korea - Paper Passport (beta)
• Sri Lanka - Paper Passport
• Uzbekistan - Paper Passport

Oceania

• Australia - Paper Passport

Northern America

• Canada - Paper Passport
• Canada - Weapon Permit (front only, beta)
• USA - Paper Passport (beta)

Back side support added:

• Greece - ID Card
• Burkina Faso - ID Card
• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Driving Licence
• Mexico - Veracruz - Driving Licence
• Canada - Citizenship Certificate

No longer BETA:

• Belarus - Driving Licence
• UK - Polycarbonate Passport
• Argentina - Alien ID
• Bahamas - Driving Licence
• Mexico - Durango - Driving Licence
• Venezuela - ID Card
• USA - Kansas - ID Card

Changes to the BlinkId(Combined)Recognizer:

• We’ve renamed the Swaziland country to Eswatini in results and ClassInfo structure
• We are filling out COUNTRY and REGION fields in ClassInfo, without the field TYPE of document, when using BarcodeID mode for scanning documents where the Front side is not supported, and back side results are extracted from AAMVA compliant barcodes
  • This applies only if ClassInfo isn’t already prepopulated in some other way and when you’re not in FullRecognition mode
• We've added support for including or excluding groups of documents supported by the current license with the captureModeFilter setting
  • Scanning of documents with AAMVA compliant barcodes with BarcodeID mode
  • Scanning of all licensed documents in BlinkID FullRecognition mode

Platform-related SDK changes

• We've fixed a bug where some users were not able to scan passports, even though all document types were allowed by the license key.
• We've improved the performance of the SDK by adding support for WebAssembly SIMD.
  • This increases the scanning performance on compatible browsers up to 77% and up to 94% in cases when WebAssembly threads are also supported.
  • Keep in mind that this feature requires a compatible browser (Chrome 91 and Firefox 90 or newer versions). Only advanced and advanced-threads binaries are using SIMD. In case that the browser doesn't support this feature, basic binary will be used.
• We've reduced the memory fragmentation during video processing, resulting in a smaller memory footprint.
• We've added a mechanism to automatically delete an instance of worker script in case of unsuccessful SDK initialization.
  • New method WasmSDK.delete() was added for this purpose and is available on every instance of the SDK.
• We've changed improper error handling in the VideoRecognizer class.
  • From now on, it's possible to catch all errors that happen during the video recognition.

Release 5.11.3

5.11.3

• We've fixed a broken client-library which resulted as empty folder and unusable development bundle

Release 5.11.2

5.11.2

SDK changes

• We've exposed a couple of functions that are used by the SDK to determine which WebAssembly bundle to load and from which location
  • Function detectWasmType() returns the best possible WebAssembly bundle based on the features a browser supports.
  • Function wasmFolder( WasmType ) returns the name of the resources subfolder of the provided WebAssembly bundle type.
  • For more information on how to implement these functions, see WasmLoadUtils.ts file.

Bugfixes

• Container width size on UI component for action label (Scan or choose from gallery) and action buttons (Device camera and From gallery) are now responsive on Safari.

Release 5.11.1

5.11.1

• We've fixed a broken rollup.config.js which resulted in an unusable UMD development bundle

Release 5.11.0

5.11.0

Breaking changes

• We've changed the way how recognizer options are set up when using the UI component
  • You can now specify how a recognizer should behave by using the new recognizerOptions property.
  • To see the full list of available recognizer options, as well as examples on how to use them, check out the relevant source code.

Newly supported identity documents:

We’ve added 98 new documents:

Europe

• Albania - Driver Card (front only)
• Albania - Professional Driver License (front only)
• Belarus - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Belgium - Minors ID (beta)
• Czechia - Residence Permit
• Finland - Alien ID
• Finland - Residence Permit (beta)
• Georgia - Driver License (front only)
• Greece - Residence Permit
• Ireland - Passport Card (beta)
• Ireland - Public Services Card (beta)
• Kosovo - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Latvia - Alien ID
• Luxembourg - ID Card
• Moldova - ID Card (beta)
• North Macedonia - Driver License (front only)
• North Macedonia - ID Card
• Poland - Passport (beta)
• Slovenia - Residence Permit (beta)
• Spain - Alien ID
• UK - Passport (beta)

Middle East and Africa

• Algeria - Driver License
• Burkina Faso - ID Card (front only)
• Cameroon - ID Card (beta)
• Democratic Republic Of The Congo - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Egypt - Driver License (beta)
• Ghana - ID Card (beta)
• Iraq - ID Card (beta)
• Ivory Coast - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Ivory Coast - ID Card
• Lebanon - ID Card (beta)
• Morocco - Driver License
• Mozambique - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Oman - Driver License (beta)
• Rwanda - ID Card (front only)
• Senegal - ID Card
• Tanzania - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Tunisia - Driver License (front only)
• Uganda - Driver License (front only, beta)

Latin America & the Caribbean

• Argentina - Alien ID (beta)
• Bahamas - ID Card (front only, beta)
• Bolivia - Minors ID (beta)
• Jamaica - Driver License
• Mexico - Residence Permit (beta)
• Mexico - Chiapas - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Coahuila - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Durango - Driver License(front only, beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-cocula - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-juchitan - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-tepecoacuilco - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-tlacoapa - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Hidalgo - Driver License
• Mexico - Mexico - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Morelos - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Oaxaca - Driver License
• Mexico - Puebla - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - San Luis Potosi - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Sinaloa - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Sonora - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Tabasco - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Yucatan - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Zacatecas - Driver License (beta)
• Panama - Temporary Residence Permit (beta)
• Peru - Minors ID (beta)
• Trinidad And Tobago - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Trinidad And Tobago - ID Card

Oceania

• Australia - South Australia - Proof Of Age Card (front only, beta)

Asia

• Armenia - ID Card
• Bangladesh - Driver License (beta)
• Cambodia - Driver License (front only, beta)
• India - Gujarat - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Karnataka - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Kerala - Driving Licence (beta)
• India - Madhya Pradesh - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Maharashtra - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Punjab - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Tamil Nadu - Driving Licence (beta)
• Kyrgyzstan - ID Card
• Malaysia - Mypolis (beta)
• Malaysia - Refugee ID (front only)
• Myanmar - Driver License (beta)
• Pakistan - Punjab - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• Sri Lanka - Driving Licence (front only)
• Thailand - Alien ID (front only)
• Thailand - Driver License (beta)
• Uzbekistan - Driver License (front only, beta)

Northern America

• Canada - Tribal ID (beta)
• Canada - Nova Scotia - ID Card (beta)
• Canada - Saskatchewan - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Border Crossing Card (front only)
• USA - Global Entry Card (beta)
• USA - Nexus Card (beta)
• USA - Veteran ID (front only)
• USA - Work Permit
• USA - Mississippi - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Montana - ID Card
• USA - New Mexico - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Wisconsin - ID Card (beta)

Back side support added:

• Hungary - Residence Permit
• Luxembourg - Residence Permit (no longer beta)
• Mauritius - ID Card
• Colombia - Alien ID (no longer beta)
• Mexico - Baja California - Driver License
• Mexico - Chihuahua - Driver License
• Mexico - Guanajuato - Driver License
• Mexico - Michoacan - Driver License
• Malaysia - MyKid
• Malaysia - MyPR

No longer beta:

• Albania - Passport
• Malta - Residence Permit
• Switzerland - Residence Permit
• Bolivia - Driver License
• Chile - Passport
• El Salvador - ID Card
• Peru - ID Card
• Singapore - S Pass (front only)

Performance improvements

• We've added three different flavors of WebAssembly builds to the SDK, to provide better performance across all browsers
  • Unless defined otherwise, the SDK will load the best possible bundle during initialization:
    • Basic Same as the existing WebAssembly build, most compatible, but least performant.
    • Advanced WebAssembly build that provides better performance but requires a browser with advanced features.
    • AdvancedWithThreads Most performant WebAssembly build which requires a proper setup of COOP and COEP headers on the server-side.
  • For more information about different WebAssembly builds and how to use them properly, check out the relevant section in our official documentation

Bugfixes

• We fixed the initialization problem that prevented the SDK from loading on iOS 13 and older versions

Release 5.10.0

5.10.0

Newly supported identity documents

• Saudi Arabia - DL (front)
• Saudi Arabia - Resident ID (front)

Changes to the BlinkId(Combined)Recognizer:

• We've improved data extraction through the MRZ:
  • We now return the document type through ClassInfo.
• We've extended the ClassInfo structure with helper methods so you can filter documents by country more easily:
  • Use countryName, isoNumericCountryCode, isoAlpha2CountryCode and isoAlpha3CountryCode to get the full country names or their representative codes defined by ISO.
• We've added another ProcessingStatus called AwaitingOtherSide
  • This status is triggered once BlinkID has finished with the first side of a document and expects the other side, too.
• We've added a new recognition mode for recognizing still images of documents that have already been cropped:
  • Set the scanCroppedDocumentImage to true when you're feeding BlinkID images of documents that have already been cropped and don't require detection.
  • Keep in mind that this setting won't work on document images that haven't been properly cropped.

Changes to the UI component:

• We’ve added new ways you can configure the UI component to better fit the way your app looks and behaves.
  • For a full list of attributes, properties and events you can modify, please see the API documentation.
  • For a full list of CSS variables please see _globals.scss file.

Changes to RecognizerRunner class:

• Invoking RecognizerRunner.processImage on multiple still images will no longer implicitly reset the recognizer chain.
  • This means you can now use BlinkIdImageCaptureRecognizer with the flag captureBothDocumentSides to scan both sides of a document by giving it two still images.
  • If you still need to reset the recognizers, you can do that manually by invoking the RecognizerRunner.resetRecognizers function.
  • A complete example of how to use BlinkIdImageCaptureRecognizer with the flag captureBothDocumentSides with still images has been added here.

Release 5.9.0

5.9.0

New additions to our supported documents list

• 53 documents added:

  • ALBANIA - DL (front)
  • BELGIUM - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • BOLIVIA - ID (front, back)
  • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - PASSPORT
  • CAMBODIA - PASSPORT
  • CANADA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • CANADA - MANITOBA - ID (front)
  • CANADA - ONTARIO - HEALTH INSURANCE CARD (front)
  • CHILE - ALIEN ID (front, back)
  • CHINA - ID (front, back)
  • COLOMBIA - MINORS ID (front, back)
  • CYPRUS - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • CZECHIA - PASSPORT
  • GREECE - ID (front)
  • HAITI - ID (front, back)
  • ITALY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • LATVIA - DL (front)
  • LATVIA - PASSPORT
  • LITHUANIA - PASSPORT
  • LUXEMBOURG - DL (front)
  • MONTENEGRO - DL (front)
  • MONTENEGRO - ID (front, back)
  • MONTENEGRO - PASSPORT
  • NETHERLANDS - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • NICARAGUA - ID (front, back)
  • NIGERIA - ID (front, back)
  • NORWAY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • OMAN - RESIDENT ID (front, back)
  • PARAGUAY - DL (front, back)
  • PERU - DL (front, back)
  • PHILIPPINES - SOCIAL SECURITY CARD (front)
  • ROMANIA - PASSPORT
  • RUSSIA - PASSPORT
  • SERBIA - PASSPORT
  • SLOVAKIA - PASSPORT
  • SLOVENIA - PASSPORT
  • SOUTH KOREA - DL (front)
  • SPAIN - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • SWEDEN - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • THAILAND - PASSPORT
  • UKRAINE - DL (front)
  • UKRAINE - PASSPORT
  • USA - ARKANSAS - ID (front, back)
  • USA - CONNECTICUT - ID (front, back)
  • USA - GREEN CARD (front, back)
  • USA - MARYLAND - ID (front, back)
  • USA - MINNESOTA - ID (front, back)
  • USA - NEVADA - ID (front, back)
  • USA - NEW YORK CITY - ID (front, back)
  • USA - TEXAS - WEAPON PERMIT (front)
  • USA - VIRGINIA - ID (front, back)
  • VENEZUELA - DL (front)
  • VENEZUELA - PASSPORT

• Beta support added for 46 documents:

  • ALBANIA - PASSPORT
  • BAHAMAS - DL (front)
  • BERMUDA - DL (front)
  • BOLIVIA - DL (front)
  • CHILE - DL (front)
  • COLOMBIA - ALIEN ID (front)
  • DENMARK - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - DL (front, back)
  • ECUADOR - DL (front)
  • EL SALVADOR - DL (front, back)
  • ESTONIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • GUATEMALA - DL (front, back)
  • HAITI - DL (front)
  • HONDURAS - DL (front, back)
  • HONDURAS - ID (front, back)
  • HUNGARY - ADDRESS CARD (front, back)
  • HUNGARY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • ICELAND - DL (front)
  • ISRAEL - ID (front, back)
  • JAPAN - DL (front)
  • JORDAN - DL (front)
  • LATVIA - ALIEN PASSPORT
  • LATVIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • LUXEMBOURG - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • MALTA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • MEXICO - BAJA CALIFORNIA - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - CHIHUAHUA - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - CIUDAD DE MEXICO - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - PROFESSIONAL DL (front)
  • MEXICO - GUANAJUATO - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - MICHOACAN - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - TAMAULIPAS - DL (front, back)
  • MEXICO - VERACRUZ - DL (front, back)
  • PHILIPPINES - TAX ID (front)
  • PHILIPPINES - VOTER ID (front)
  • POLAND - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • PORTUGAL - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • PUERTO RICO - VOTER ID (front)
  • SLOVAKIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • SOUTH KOREA - ID (front)
  • SWITZERLAND - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • TAIWAN - TEMPORARY RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • TURKEY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • USA - KANSAS - ID (front, back)
  • VENEZUELA - ID (front)
  • VIETNAM - DL (front)

• Added back side support for 7 documents:

  • ARGENTINA - ID
  • ECUADOR - ID
  • FINLAND - ID
  • NIGERIA - DL
  • QATAR - RESIDENCE PERMIT
  • URUGUAY - ID
  • USA - NEW YORK - DL

• 9 documents are no longer beta:

  • BRAZIL - DL
  • CANADA - ALBERTA - ID
  • MALAYSIA - MyKAS
  • MEXICO - NUEVO LEON - DL
  • PANAMA - DL
  • PORTUGAL - DL
  • SAUDI ARABIA - ID
  • SRI LANKA - ID
  • USA - IDAHO - ID

New features and updates

• We've expanded the set of possible recognizer states with **StageValid**. This state fixes BlinkIDCombinedRecognizer timeout issues, and enables better control of the Combined scanning pipeline. It activates when the first side of a document has been successfully scanned and scanning of the second side is required.

Camera management updates

• We've enabled camera image flipping
  • Method flipCamera has been added to VideoRecognizer.
  • You can now let your users mirror the camera image vertically.
  • By default, the UI component will display a flip icon in the top left corner once the camera is live.
• We've improved camera management on devices with multiple cameras
  • Method createVideoRecognizerFromCameraStream has been extended in VideoRecognizer class.
  • Attribute [camera-id] has been added to the UI component so that your users can preselect their desired camera.

Licensing

• We've enabled creation of trial licenses through our Developer Dashboard
  • You can now generate a trial license key yourself to try BlinkID ImageCapture In-browser SDK in your web app

Fixes

• We've fixed a problem where the UI component would interfere with navigation strategy in SPA frameworks.
  • Value of the href attribute in button elements has been changed to javascript:void(0).

Release 5.8.0

5.8.0

• initial release of the BlinkID ImageCapture In-browser SDK
• first version is 5.8.0 due to better connection with other BlinkID products