Document Reader AT10K User Guide Introduction
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Common applications
Typical uses of the Gemalto Document Reader AT10K include:
Border control eDocument data capture
ePassport and other travel document reading and document verification/authentication
Airline check-in and bag-drop
Boarding checks including reading boarding passes including from cellphones and home-print
Electronic manifests with traveler photo images for API data collection by airlines, cruise lines and
ferries
Hotel check-in and reporting and to meet governement regulation
ID checks for residency, right to work, employee on-boarding, right to rent and money laundering
regulations in banks, real estate agents, recruitment consultants, etc
Car rental ID checks on driving licences (requires additional software module for non-AAMVA
barcoded documents)
Scanning full-colour or grey-scale images of travel documents
Travel document quality assurance during document issuance
Security features
The Gemalto Document Reader AT10K can help authentication software detect forged or counterfeit
documents. Using Infra-Red light reveals security patterns and features such as Anti-Stokes inks and can
highlight some MRZ substitutions.
Reading the UV features printed in fluorescent inks on a document provides identity verification software
with colour images of covert document security features.
The following images show the different light sources supported by the document reader.
Ultraviolet Image