FIELD OF INVENTION

[0001] The embodiment herein generally relates to the field of document originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment. More specifically, the invention provides an apparatus and a method for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or an existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document.

BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART

[0002] The document security is a perpetual requirement across platforms. The challenges are to establish ownership of the authority issuing any document, tracing of issuer identity and audit trails of document movements. The digital world though provides speed of transactions; it leaves gaps when the authentications of document are subjected to scrutiny in case of disputes. As an example, any document, product or commodities require proof of ownerships; the matter is subjected to prolonged legal procedures, and hence causes substantial losses.

[0003] The financial institutions use KYC norms (know your client), wherein multiple sets of client data are acquired and verified to be genuine. This applies to many fields of businesses, where the client is required to establish their Identity with referential information checksums. Further, an issuer issues say a certificate, Labels, ID cards, ID document etc. as part of ID establishment. There are many methods to establish Identification through security features of say a document or product in the world markets. These are achieved by way of inclusion of overt, covert and forensic levels of inks, graphical designs and marks to be read by multitude of devices, both mobile and standalone types. However, the proof of ownership is a contentious issue which needs to be established through prolonged legal procedures. There are instances where a fudged or forged document must be submitted to forensic labs for its authentication verification. So often, it is time consuming and non-conclusive due to several agencies involved, which cause delays and eventually judgment, is suspect.

[0004] Therefore, there is a need to develop an apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or an existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document within less time. Further, there is a need to develop a method for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or an existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document using the apparatus.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

[0005] Some of the objects of the present disclosure are described herein below:

[0006] A main object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document.

[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for issuing a certificate and verifying originality of the existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document. [0008] Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for issuing the new document and verifying originality of the new document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document using the apparatus.

[0009] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method for issuing the certificate and verifying originality of the existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document using the apparatus.

[00010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a paper embedded with plurality of security features.

[00011] Another object of the present invention is to provide plurality of security features for the paper that includes but not limited to an adhesive based retro- reflective film or multi-colored retro-reflective film, holograms, nano tag/micro dot, unique ID that contains alpha - numeric characters and customized security inks.

[00012] Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus that allows originality verification of the existing document and conclusive ownership establishment of the existing document through verification of QR code.

[00013] The other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated for illustration of preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope thereof.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[00014] In view of the foregoing, an embodiment herein provides an apparatus for issuing a new document or a certificate and verifying originality of the new document or an existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document. [00015] According to an embodiment, the apparatus for issuing a new document with plurality of security features; wherein the apparatus comprises of a base plate, a printing device, a biometric scanner, a camera, a light emitting diode (LED) lighting, a black light and a server. According to an embodiment, the base plate includes a placement marker. According to an embodiment, the printing device is configured for printing user data on a paper to get the new document; wherein the user data is received from the user or from the server. The paper provided with plurality of security features and format data. The base plate is configured for placing the new document on the placement maker. According to an embodiment, the biometric scanner is configured for recognizing biometric data of the issuer and/or the user. According to an embodiment, the camera is configured for capturing at least an image of the new document.

[00016] According to an embodiment, the LED lighting is configured for providing suitable illumination to the entire surface of the new document during image capturing of the new document. According to an embodiment, the black light is configured for enhancing the security features in the new document during image capturing of the new document. According to an embodiment, the server is configured for storing information of captured data, the user data, security features, biometric data of the user; and thereby issuing the new document to the user. According to an embodiment, the captured data includes captured image of the new document, time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer.

[00017] The originality and conclusive ownership of the issued new document is verified and established using the apparatus. The apparatus is configured for receiving information of the biometric data of the user, the security features, the user data and the captured data of the new document; and comparing the received information with stored information of the new document in the server and thereby the originality and conclusive ownership of the new document is verified and established. The apparatus further includes a display unit configured for displaying the user data, the biometric data of the user, the captured data of the existing document and the status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the new document. According to an embodiment, the plurality of security features includes an adhesive based retro-reflective film or multi-colored retro-reflective film, holograms, nano tag/micro dot, unique ID that contains alpha - numeric characters and customized security inks.

[00018] According to an embodiment, the apparatus for issuing a certificate for existing documents; wherein the apparatus comprises of the base plate, the printing device, the biometric scanner, the camera, the light emitting diode (LED) lighting, the black light, the quick response (QR) engine and the server. According to an embodiment, the base plate is configured for placing the existing documents on the placement maker. According to an embodiment, the camera is configured for capturing at least an image of the existing documents placed on the placement marker of the base plate. According to an embodiment, the LED lighting is configured for providing suitable illumination to the entire surface of the existing documents during image capturing of the existing documents. According to an embodiment, the black light is configured for enhancing features in the existing documents during image capturing of the existing documents. According to an embodiment, the server is configured for storing captured data of the existing documents; wherein the captured data includes time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer and the server is further configured for storing captured image of the existing documents, user data, the existing document features and biometric data of the user.

[00019] According to an embodiment, the QR engine is configured for receiving the captured image of the existing documents and converting the captured image of the existing documents into a captured image QR code. The QR engine is further configured for receiving the captured data of the existing document from the server and converting the image data of the existing document into captured data QR code. According to an embodiment, the printing device is configured for receiving the captured data QR code and the captured image QR code from the QR engine and printing the QR codes on a paper to get a certificate and thereby issuing the certificate with QR codes to the user by the issuer.

[00020] According to an embodiment, the originality and conclusive ownership of the existing document is verified and established using the apparatus. According to an embodiment, the camera further configured to retrieve data of the QR codes for verifying originality and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document. According to an embodiment, the apparatus configured for comparing the retrieved data with the stored information in the server; and thereby the originality and conclusive ownership of the existing document is verified and established. The apparatus for issuing the certificate further includes a display unit configured for displaying the user data, the biometric data of the user, the captured data of the existing document, the QR code and the status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the existing document.

[00021] According to an embodiment, a method for issuing a new document with plurality of security features using the apparatus; wherein the method comprising: allowing an issuer to print user data on a paper using the printing device to get the new document; wherein the user data received from an user or the server; wherein the paper is provided with plurality of security features and format data, allowing the issuer to place the new document on the placement marker of the base plate, allowing the user and/or issuer to provide the biometric data through the biometric scanner, capturing at least an image of the new document by the camera, allowing the issuer to upload captured data of the new document, the user data, the security features and biometric data of the user to the server after capturing the image of the new document, wherein the captured data includes captured image of the new document, time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer; and allowing the issuer to issue the new document to the user.

[00022] According to an embodiment, a method for verifying originality of the new document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document using the apparatus; wherein the method comprising of allowing an issuer to place the new document on the placement marker of the base plate; allowing the user and/or issuer to provide the biometric data through the biometric scanner; capturing at least an image of the new document by the camera; receiving information of the biometric data of the user, the security features, the user data and the captured data of the new document by the apparatus; comparing the received information with uploaded information of the new document in the server; and verifying originality of the new document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document using the apparatus. The method further includes displaying status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the new document on the display unit. [00023] According to an embodiment, a method for issuing a certificate for existing documents using an apparatus; wherein the method comprising allowing an issuer to place the existing documents on a placement marker of the base plate, allowing an user to provide user details, allowing an user and/or the issuer to provide the biometric data through the biometric scanner, capturing image of the existing documents by the camera; allowing the issuer to upload the user data, the captured image of the existing documents, the biometric data of the user, captured data of the existing documents to the server; wherein the captured data includes time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer; converting the captured data of the existing documents to a captured data quick response (QR) code by the QR engine; converting the captured image of the existing documents to a captured image QR code by the quick response engine; allowing the issuer to print the captured data QR code and captured image QR code on a paper using the printing device to get the certificate; and thereby issuing the certificate to the user by the issuer.

[00024] According to an embodiment, a method for verifying originality of a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document using the apparatus; wherein the method comprises of allowing an issuer to place the certificate on the placement marker of the base plate, wherein the certificate is the paper printed with captured data QR code and captured image QR code, allowing an user to provide user details, allowing an user and/or the issuer to provide a biometric data through a biometric scanner; retrieving data of the QR codes by the camera for verifying originality and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document; and comparing the retrieved data with the uploaded information in the server by the apparatus; and thereby verifying originality of a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document using the apparatus. The method further includes displaying a status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the existing document on a display unit. [00025] These and other aspects of the embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following descriptions, while indicating preferred embodiments and numerous specific details thereof, are given by way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the embodiments herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the embodiments herein include ah such modifications.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[00026] The detailed description is set forth with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The use of the same reference numbers in different figures indicates similar or identical items.

[00027] Fig .1(a) illustrates an outside front view of an apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document, according to an embodiment herein;

[00028] Fig .1(b) illustrates an inside top view of apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document, according to an embodiment herein; and

[00029] Fig. 2 illustrates an exemplary model of the apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document, according to an embodiment herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[00030] The embodiments herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodiments and detailed in the following description. Descriptions of well- known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.

[00031] As mentioned above, there is a need to develop an apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or an existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document within less time. The embodiments herein achieve this by providing a method for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or an existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document using the apparatus. Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to Fig.l through Fig. 3, where similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the figures, there are shown preferred embodiments.

[00032] Fig.1(a) illustrates an outside front view 100 of an apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or an existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document, according to an embodiment. According to an embodiment, the apparatus for issuing a new document with plurality of security features; wherein the apparatus comprises of a base plate 101, a printing device, a biometric scanner 103, a camera 104, a light emitting diode (LED) lighting 105, a black light 106 and a server. According to an embodiment, the base plate 101 includes a placement marker 102. According to an embodiment, the printing device is configured for printing user data on a paper to get the new document; wherein the user data is received from the user or from the server. The paper is provided with plurality of security features and format data. The base plate 101 is configured for placing the new document on the placement maker 102. According to an embodiment, the biometric scanner 103 is configured for recognizing biometric data of the issuer and/or the user. According to an embodiment, the camera 104 is configured for capturing at least an image of the new document.

[00033] According to an embodiment, the LED lighting 105 is configured for providing suitable illumination to the entire surface of the new document during image capturing of the new document. According to an embodiment, the black light 106 is configured for enhancing the security features in the new document during image capturing of the new document. According to an embodiment, the server is configured for storing information of captured data, the user data, security features, biometric data of the user; and thereby issuing the new document to the user. According to an embodiment, the captured data includes captured image of the new document, time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer.

[00034] The originality and conclusive ownership of the issued new document is verified and established using the apparatus. The apparatus is configured for receiving information of the biometric data of the user, the security features, the user data and the captured data of the new document; and comparing the received information with stored information of the new document in the server and thereby the originality and conclusive ownership of the new document is verified and established. The apparatus further includes a display unit 107 configured for displaying the user data, the biometric data of the user, the captured data of the existing document and the status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the new document. According to an embodiment, the plurality of security features includes an adhesive based retro -reflective film or multi-colored retro-reflective film, holograms, nano tag/micro dot, unique ID that contains alpha - numeric characters and customized security inks.

[00035] According to an embodiment, the apparatus for issuing a certificate for existing documents; wherein the apparatus comprises of the base plate 101, the printing device, the biometric scanner 103, the camera 104, the light emitting diode (LED) lighting 105, the black light 106, the quick response (QR) engine and the server. According to an embodiment, the base plate 101 is configured for placing the existing documents on the placement maker. According to an embodiment, the camera 104 is configured for capturing at least an image of the existing documents placed on the placement marker of the base plate. According to an embodiment, the LED lighting 105 is configured for providing suitable illumination to the entire surface of the existing documents during image capturing of the existing documents. According to an embodiment, the black light 106 is configured for enhancing features in the existing documents during image capturing of the existing documents. According to an embodiment, the server is configured for storing captured data of the existing documents; wherein the captured data includes time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer and the server is further configured for storing captured image of the existing documents, user data, the existing document features and biometric data of the user. [00036] According to an embodiment, the QR engine is configured for receiving the captured image of the existing documents and converting the captured image of the existing documents into a captured image QR code. The QR engine is further configured for receiving the captured data of the existing document from the server and converting the image data of the existing document into captured data QR code. According to an embodiment, the printing device is configured for receiving the captured data QR code and the captured image QR code from the QR engine and printing the QR codes on a paper to get a certificate and thereby issuing the certificate with QR codes to the user by the issuer.

[00037] According to an embodiment, the originality and conclusive ownership of the existing document is verified and established using the apparatus. According to an embodiment, the camera 104 further configured to retrieve data of the QR codes for verifying originality and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document. According to an embodiment, the apparatus configured for comparing the retrieved data with the stored information in the server; and thereby the originality and conclusive ownership of the existing document is verified and established. The apparatus for issuing the certificate further includes a display unit configured for displaying the user data, the biometric data of the user, the captured data of the existing document, the QR code and the status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the existing document. [00038] Fig. 1 (b) illustrates an inside top view of apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document. The black light, the LED lightening and the camera is placed inside top of the apparatus. That is opposite side of the base plate. [00039] According to an embodiment, a method for issuing a new document with plurality of security features using the apparatus; wherein the method comprising allowing an issuer to print user data on a paper using a printing device to get the new document; wherein the user data received from an user or a server; wherein the paper is provided with plurality of security features and format data, allowing the issuer to place the new document on a placement marker 102 of a base plate 101, allowing the user and/or issuer to provide a biometric data through a biometric scanner 103, capturing at least an image of the new document by a camera 104, allowing the issuer to upload captured data of the new document, the user data, the security features and biometric data of the user to the server after capturing the image of the new document, wherein the captured data includes captured image of the new document, time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer; and allowing the issuer to issue the new document to the user. [00040] According to an embodiment, a method for verifying originality of the new document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document using the apparatus; wherein the method comprising of allowing an issuer to place the new document on the placement marker 102 of the base plate 101; allowing the user and/or issuer to provide a biometric data through the biometric scanner 103; capturing at least an image of the new document by the camera 104; receiving information of the biometric data of the user, the security features, the user data and the captured data of the new document by the apparatus; comparing the received information with uploaded information of the new document in the server; and verifying originality of the new document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document using the apparatus. The method further includes displaying status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the new document on a display unit 107.

[00041] According to an embodiment, a method for issuing a certificate for existing documents using an apparatus; wherein the method comprising allowing an issuer to place the existing documents on a placement marker 102 of a base plate 101, allowing an user to provide user details, allowing an user and/or the issuer to provide a biometric data through a biometric scanner 103, capturing image of the existing documents by the camera 104; allowing the issuer to upload the user data, the captured image of the existing documents, the biometric data of the user, captured data of the existing documents to a server; wherein the captured data includes time of image capturing, location of image capturing and biometric data of the issuer; converting the captured data of the existing documents to a captured data quick response (QR) code by a QR engine; converting the captured image of the existing documents to a captured image QR code by the quick response engine; allowing the issuer to print the captured data QR code and captured image QR code on a paper using the printing device to get the certificate; and thereby issuing the certificate to the user by the issuer.

[00042] According to an embodiment, a method for verifying originality of a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document using the apparatus; wherein the method comprises of allowing an issuer to place the certificate on a placement marker 102 of the base plate 101, wherein the certificate is the paper printed with captured data QR code and captured image QR code, allowing an user to provide user details, allowing an user and/or the issuer to provide a biometric data through a biometric scanner 103; retrieving data of the QR codes by the camera 104 for verifying originality and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document; and comparing the retrieved data with the uploaded information in the server by the apparatus; and thereby verifying originality of a existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the existing document using the apparatus. The method further includes displaying a status of originality verification and conclusive ownership establishment of the existing document on a display unit 107.

[00043] Fig. 2 illustrates an exemplary model of the apparatus for issuing a new document and verifying originality of the new document or the existing document and establishing conclusive ownership of the new document or the existing document, according to an embodiment. The apparatus has several variants and sizes vary based on the applications. The applications includes but not limited to a education, Postal, Courier, pharmacy, revenue and land registrations, birth and death certifications, banks (collateral security), healthcare and inter-country exchange (similar to passport security). [00044] A main advantage of the present invention is that the apparatus allows issuing of new document with plurality of security features and certificate with QR codes.

[00045] Another advantage of the present invention is that the apparatus allows originality verification of the new document or an existing document and conclusive ownership establishment of the new document or the existing document.

[00046] Another advantage of the present invention is that the printed paper is embedded with plurality of security features.

[00047] Still another advantage of the present invention is that the security features for the paper includes but not limited to an adhesive based retro-reflective film or multi-colored retro-reflective film, holograms, nano tag/micro dot, unique ID that contains alpha - numeric characters and customized security inks.

[00048] Yet another advantage of the present invention is that the apparatus allows originality verification of the document and conclusive ownership establishment of the document through verification of QR code.

[00049] Another advantage of the present invention is that the time needed to verify the originality of the document is reduced by using the apparatus.

[00050] Another advantage of the present invention is that the fudged or forged documents are detected on spot, since the linked information are secured by way of encryption.

[00051] Another advantage of the present invention is that specialized substrates are used to ensure longevity of the document (water and tear resistant and thereby capable to withstand harsh environments). [00052] Another advantage of the present invention is that hierarchical flow are checked based on various factors that includes time stamps, location and biometric data of issuer and / or user.

[00053] Another advantage of the present invention is that rapid detection of fake documents is made possible using the apparatus.

[00054] Another advantage of the present invention is that the apparatus is easy to use.

[00055] Another advantage of the present invention is that the apparatus eliminates the need of a middleman for controlling authentication and attestation programs.

[00056] Another advantage of the present invention is that a customized variants of the apparatus are used for several verticals that includes but not limited to education, Postal, Courier, pharmacy, revenue and land registrations, birth and death certifications, banks (collateral security), healthcare and inter-country exchange (similar to passport security).

[00057] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the embodiments as described herein.