Drivers License Barcode Generator

Illinois Driver's License Barcode Generator

All of this is fairly straight forward.
1. Scan the back of your license / permit using a medium - high resolution. The resolution should be set so that the 2d barcode is about 2000 pixels long.
2. Open up the image in Photoshop and cut out the 2d barcode. The 2d barcode is the one on the bottom in the picture. Most states use the PDF-417 (Portable Data File, with 17 modules each containing 4 bars and spaces, thus 417). Edit the barcode so that it is exactly 2000 or less pixels long because that is the maximum the program will allow, and save it.
3. Open swipe toolkit pdf417 barcode reader, available to download in the last step, and load your barcode into it. Click decode image, and a window with all your information should pop up. The picture shows the window that I got ( I removed thinks I should probably care about). As you can see, you can view the information processed, in raw bytes, or in hex. An interesting thing to note is if your card contains your social security number, some states put it on and some states don't.

ClearImage Driver License Reader SDK Extract personal identification and reference data from US and Canada Driver Licenses and ID cards. Read the PDF417 and 1D barcodes from identification documents around the world. Barcode Generator is a fast and easy to use generator that creates custom barcodes in seconds. Generate unlimited 1D and 2D Barcodes for free!

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Comments

commented Feb 21, 2014

Hi,
We are integrate pdf417 in our project to scan US driving license but it is not scanning though it is in pdf417 format. any lead or should we purchase license for it ?

Thanks,
Bhavin

Member

commented Feb 21, 2014

Hello Bhavin,
can you please tell us more about the conditions, device and barcode? Are lighting conditions good? Which device are you using? Is PDF417 barcode large (i.e. contains more than 10 columns). For scanning large barcodes, device with high quality camera is required (at least 720p, preferably 1080p video resolution).

Can you please send us the high resolution images/scans of barcode you are trying to scan so we can identify the problem.

Thank you for your report,
Nenad

Author

commented Feb 21, 2014

Tamil video songs free download. Hi DoDoENT,
This is condition,device information:
https://gist.github.com/lanetteam-bhavin/9134696

and I am trying to scan image is below:

It is scanning successfully in iphone using same image and I am getting data like this:
https://gist.github.com/lanetteam-bhavin/9134757

Is anyway to decode this data ?

Thanks,
Bhavin.

Member

commented Feb 21, 2014

Hi Bhavin,

the image you have sent to us has got too low resolution to be successfully read. Based on data you've sent us, we regenerated the high resolution image of the same barcode (available here).

This high resolution image can be read with device that has got 480p video preview (Samsung Galaxy Ace). If a device does not support video preview of at least 640x480 resolution (preferably 1280x720), device will not be able to read such large barcodes. In order to successfully read the PDF417 barcode, each dot in barcode must be at least 1.5 pixels large in image.

Best regards,
Nenad

Author

commented Feb 22, 2014

Hi Nenad,

I am able to scan with the barcode you regenerated.
And I got the data like this:
https://gist.github.com/lanetteam-bhavin/9134757

Is there any way to decode this data?

Thanks,
Bhavin

Member

commented Feb 22, 2014

Hello Bhavin,

if I understood correctly you were able to scan the barcode and obtain a string that is written inside barcode? Our library just scans the barcode and returns its contents. The user of the library is responsible to interpret/decode the barcode data as they wish.

Please note that we are currently preparing a parser for US driver's license PDF417 format and it should be available for purchase in the following months. Our free non-commercial version of the library just returns the data that is contained inside the barcode - it does not perform any additional parsing logic on the data. For more information about our library, please visit http://pdf417.mobi/

Best regards,
Nenad

Author

commented Feb 24, 2014

Hello Nenad,

Thank you very much for your help and let me know once the parser is being available to purchase.

Best regards,
Bhavin

commented Mar 29, 2015

@DoDoENT can you explain how it is you regenerated the same barcode for @lanetteam-bhavin? Was it through any sort of image manipulation (sharpening, etc?)

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commented Mar 29, 2015

Illinois Driver's License Barcode Generator

@rmhrisk I used this barcode generator