Barcode Generator Driver''s License

According to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) specification, PDF417 symbology is used for storing personal information on US driver licenses. It comprises critical information about the cardholder, such as their name, gender, date of birth, height, etc. Many organizations, both government and private, use the driver’s license for identification purposes and age verification.

Pdf417 Barcode Generator Driver's License There may be fewer reasons for generating AAMVA barcodes, but every motor vehicle agency in every state or province in the United States, Canada, and Mexico needs the ability to print them on the licenses they issue.

BarCode Generator SDK - all-in-one solution for your barcodes generation needs. Barcode Label Workshop Enterprise 6.0. These parameters allow you to select and output a subset of data elements from a USA Driver License PDF417 barcode. The data output order can be configured, together with a string.
I am trying to generate US DL barcode. I've tried to read the original barcode with barcode parser, convert it to ASCII string, and re-generate a new PDF417 barcode with that string. The result barcode image was different with the original one. I've also tried to parse it and many online parsing tools worked well.
Free Online Barcode Generator. This generator uses the ABarcode technology to create barcode images that you can easily copy / download for free. Enter the data to be encoded and select one of the available symbologies. Right click the image to copy/save, or click the image to open it on a new window. As a free service, the Barcode Generator.
Generating & Printing PDF 417 2D Barcode Images Online. Online PDF-417 Generator is developed based on OnBarcode Barcode for.NET controls. OnBarcode also provides the following libraries and components for generating and reading PDF-417 barcodes.

Barcode recognition technology is considered more accurate and cost-effective than OCR for extracting data. Because the driver’s license is widely accepted as a form of identification in different areas and is considered the primary method of identification in countries like the US, it is imperative to use a barcode reader that accurately reads and extracts the data.

Cross-platform and Cross-device ID Barcode Scanner

Dynamsoft Barcode SDK is designed to read barcodes from a variety of platforms and devices. Below are some of the ways you can use the barcode SDK for reading the PDF417 and extracting information on driver licenses.

Read from document scanners: decode driver’s licenses in web

Working together with Dynamic Web TWAIN, the barcode reader add-on allows you to scan a picture of a US driver’s license from a document scanner and extract data from PDF417.

Read from cameras: decode driver’s licenses in web

Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode SDK provides high-performance barcode scanning functionality for web developers. It also offers built-in camera module APIs, making the process of creating an HTML5 barcode reader with cameras extremely convenient.

Read from cameras: decode driver’s licenses in mobile native apps

With Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK for iOS and Android, developers can easily create a barcode reader app to extract information from PDF417 codes on driver’s licenses.

PDF417 Driver's License Parser

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK is capable of quickly parsing PDF417 barcode symbology. Once decoded, a parser is required to convert the information contained in the barcode into human-readable formats.

The parser breaks down the decoded PDF417 values into field-value pairs, such as cardholder’s name, eye color, height, date of birth, etc.

An example of parsed PDF417 values is shown below:

First Name: HEIDIFIRSTNAMEUPTO40CHARACTERSXYWXYWXYWX
Given Name: HEIDIFIRSTNAMEUPTO40CHARACTERSXYWXYWXYWX
Middle Name or Initial: MIDDLENAMEUPTO40CHARACTERSXYWXYWXYWXYWXY
Middle Name: MIDDLENAMEUPTO40CHARACTERSXYWXYWXYWXYWXY
Mailing Street Address1: 123 SAMPLE DRIVE
Mailing Street Address2: APT B
Mailing City: INDIANAPOLIS
Mailing Jurisdiction Code: IN
Mailing Postal Code: 462040000

Case Studies

Aamva Pdf417 Barcode Generator Drivers License

Millennial Vision, Inc.
VALID USA, Inc

Millennial Vision, Inc. (MVi) is known for providing enterprise content management and document management solutions to credit unions and various financial institutions across the United States and the Caribbean. While looking for a robust barcode reader SDK, MVi tried Dynamsoft Barcode SDK and selected it for its simplicity, power, and cost-effectiveness.

Our barcode reader SDK helps MVi scan PDF417 barcodes from driver’s licenses and further use the extracted data to auto-populate metadata fields for financial institution forms and applications.

Another essential factor in MVi’s decision to choose Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK was the time to market. With DBR, they saved a lot of time that would have been required to develop a barcode reader solution in-house.

VALID USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of its Brazilian parent company VALID S.A, was looking for an image capture software development kit (SDK) for its popular product, WebLink ID. WebLink ID is an enrolment, credentials, and application management web app. The application is used for issuing mass student IDs, transit cards, access control cards, ID documents, and state driver’s licenses. Thus, document scanning/image capture capabilities were a requirement for the software. But, VALID did not want to build this capability from scratch in order to focus on its core expertise.

After trying and testing many products, VALID chose Dynamsoft's ImageCapture Suite SDK, which helped them shorten time to market and build better software.

Today, the application is used by thousands of workers to capture millions of images annually in diverse environments. Some of these are K-12 and higher education institutions, US state governments, the public transit industry, and many other vertical markets that require photo identification.

FAQ on Dynamsoft's Driver's License Reader

What is the barcode format on the back of the driving licenses?

According to the 2020 AAMVA DL/ID Card Design Standard, the PDF417 two dimensional bar code symbology is the minimum mandatory machine-readable technology that must be present on compliant DL/ID documents.

What information is included in the driver’s license pdf417 code?

Mandatory data elements:

Family name
Given names
Date of birth
Date of Issue
Date of expiry
Customer identifier
Document discriminator
Portrait
Signature
Cardholder
Vehicle classifications
Endorsements
Restrictions
Cardholder sex
Height
Eye color

Does the driver’s license SDK need an internet connection to work?

No. The SDK works completely offline.

Is the driver’s license SDK secure?

Yes, it is GDPR-Compliant as the processing of the driver’s license data is on-device. All the captured user information stays in your closed system.

Does Dynamsoft have any other ID scanner SDKs?

Yes. Dynamsoft also provides an MRZ scanner SDK for passports.