This topic describes the features, advantages, and application scenarios of Alibaba Cloud's OCR products for personal certificate recognition. It also provides quick access to the product APIs.
Product introduction
Based on the deep learning algorithms of Duguang OCR, the personal certificate recognition service provides structured recognition for various certificates, such as ID cards, international passports, household registers, bank cards, real estate certificates, and social security cards.
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Product features
ID card recognition
Duguang OCR ID card recognition supports the recognition of both the front and back of second-generation ID cards from the Chinese mainland. It provides structured recognition for fields such as name, gender, ethnicity, address, date of birth, ID number, issuing authority, and validity period. The API also supports all fields on ID cards for ethnic minorities, such as Zhuang, Uyghur, Mongol, Manchu, and Tibetan. It recognizes the main fields of temporary ID cards. The service can also determine if an image is an original photo or a photocopy and detect the location of the face.
International passport recognition
Duguang OCR international passport recognition uses industry-leading deep learning technology. It recognizes passports from many major countries and regions, such as the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and South Korea. It supports the recognition of fields such as nationality, passport number, date of birth, and name. You can use this feature in scenarios that require passport information extraction, such as immigration clearance and identity verification.
Household register recognition
Duguang OCR household register recognition performs structured recognition of the content on the permanent resident registration card page and the head of household page. It effectively recognizes household registration information.
Real estate certificate recognition
Duguang OCR real estate certificate recognition accurately recognizes key information from real estate certificates. This includes head of household information, property address, area, and land right type. The feature works for different real estate certificates from all regions of the Chinese mainland.
Bank card recognition
Duguang OCR bank card recognition accurately recognizes the card number and expiration date from various types of bank cards. It supports recognition and extraction from horizontal and vertical cards, and from cards skewed at any angle. The service supports most banks in the Chinese mainland and recognizes cards with different digit counts, embossed characters, and flat surfaces. This provides a fast and convenient way for users to enter card information.
Birth certificate recognition
Duguang OCR birth certificate recognition accurately recognizes key information from birth certificates, including date of birth, birth weight, and place of birth.

Chinese passport recognition
Duguang OCR Chinese passport recognition uses industry-leading deep learning technology. It supports structured content detection and recognition for passports of the People's Republic of China. It recognizes passports from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), and Taiwan (China). Recognized fields include place of birth, date of birth, nationality, gender, passport number, expiration date, country of issue, and place of issue. You can use this feature in scenarios such as immigration clearance, identity verification, and business processing.

Recognition of Exit-Entry Permits for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan
Duguang OCR provides highly robust recognition for Exit-Entry Permits for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. It accurately recognizes key information from the permits, including name, date of birth, and certificate number.
Mainland Travel Permit recognition
Duguang OCR provides highly robust recognition for Mainland Travel Permits. It accurately recognizes key information from the permits, including name, date of birth, and certificate number. This includes Mainland Travel Permits for Hong Kong and Macao Residents and Mainland Travel Permits for Taiwan Residents.

Hong Kong (China) ID card recognition
Duguang OCR Hong Kong (China) ID card recognition supports two types of certificates: Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card and Hong Kong Identity Card. It supports full-field recognition, including Chinese name (if any), English name, Chinese commercial code for name (if any), date of birth, gender, symbol mark, and ID card number.

Social security card recognition
Duguang OCR social security card recognition supports full-field recognition. This includes the title, name, social security number, social security card number, bank account number, and date of issue.
International ID card recognition
Duguang OCR international ID card recognition performs structured recognition on various types of international ID cards. It currently supports resident ID cards from Vietnam, South Korea, India, and Bangladesh. Recognizable fields include name, date of birth, and certificate number.

Key advantages
High accuracy: The model is trained on a massive number of image samples to achieve industry-leading accuracy. For example, the accuracy of ID card recognition exceeds 99%.
Low latency: The service relies on Alibaba Cloud's self-built Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) online service clusters and highly optimized inference technology to provide an elastically scalable service with low latency.
Advanced technology: The service is based on Alibaba Cloud Platform for AI. It uses Alibaba Cloud's highly optimized deep learning framework, PAI-TensorFlow, to train advanced text detection and recognition models.
Stable service: The service provides elastic scaling based on call volume and is highly extensible. Continuous algorithm iteration and optimization do not affect service stability.
Scenarios
Identity authentication: You can automatically recognize key information from user certificates, such as ID cards, passports, and household register pages, to authenticate users. This feature is widely used in finance, government services, travel, and E-commerce scenarios. It reduces the need for manual data entry and helps control business threats.
Online payment: You can link bank cards in applications and remotely authenticate users to ensure fast and secure payments. This reduces the need for manual data entry and significantly improves the user experience.
API quick access
Alibaba Cloud Marketplace API quick access (legacy) |
Official website API quick access (new) |
Hong Kong (China) ID card recognition |
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Social security card recognition |
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International ID card recognition |