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. 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 Support

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 information on PDF417 driver licenses format.

Driver's License Status. Driving Record Abstract. Duplicate Driver's License or ID Card. Renew a Driver's License or ID Card. Safe Driver Renewal. Acceptable Identification. Application Information. Automated I-94 Stamp in Foreign Passports. DRIVER’S LICENSE SAMPLE DONOR Barcode Reader Calibration Sheet - 2011 AAMVA Standard Revision Date: This sheet may be printed on a standard desktop laser printer at 600dpi resolution or better. The printed barcode on this sheet should be readable by most 2D barcode (PDF 417) capable optical readers using either laser or CCD technology.

Scan documents and read driver’s license synchronously

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 barcode.

Decode PDF417 from cameras in a web application on mobile and desktop devices

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

Read driver’s licenses in Android and iOS native applications

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.

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.

A snippet 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

• 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.

What Type Of Barcode Is On A Driver's License

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.