Mobile SDK Web SDK and Cloud API Product Update – April 2023
Lukas Moshuber
Product Manager at Anyline
We are excited to share another long list of updates for the Anyline Mobile SDK, Web SDK and Cloud API products. This blog contains some important news for customers looking to expand and improve their scanning for mobile apps and web-based solutions.
What’s New with Anyline Mobile SDK
Tire DOT/TIN Improvements
Users of our DOT/TIN scanner will notice that the age of the tire is now also returned along with the result. This will make it easier for integrators to show what different parts of the tire size specifications mean. There have also been improvements in overall accuracy for DOT/TIN recognition and detection. In addition to a retraining, the detection method has been changed from character to word-based (as we already do for Tire Size), meaning that the user does not need to place the cut-out perfectly over the image to receive a fast, accurate result.
A new config feature is also available for customers that want to deactivate the production data check for the DOT/TIN scans.
New Parallel Scanning Mode
There is a new mode available called ParallelFirstScan. This mode enables integrators to set up their application so that when two or more scanners work in parallel looking for similar data, the first one to detect correctly provides a result. For example, when identifying a vehicle where the VIN and Barcode are side by side, ParallelFirstScan will identify the vehicle with whichever returns the fastest result. Similarly, with meter identification, ParallelFirstScan will return the result of the Barcode or the Meter Serial Number depending on which is first to detect and scan.
New US ID Templates and Performance Improvements
We also added new IDs to the long list of identification documents we are already able to scan. You can now use any smartphone to scan:
- Colorado Driver’s License
- Nevada Driver’s License
- Oklahoma Driver’s License
- Nevada ID Card
In addition, there have been improvements made to the accuracy of Turkish ID scanning, as well as general improvements made to the Universal ID Scanning capability.
Haven’t yet taken it for a test drive? Try Anyline’s SDK for Mobile Data Capture today!
What’s new with Anyline Cloud API
Meter Parallel Scanning Now Possible on Cloud API
Wouldn’t it be great if you could send an image of a utility meter via a messaging service like WhatsApp and have it read and identify your meter at the same time? Look no further! In addition to performing parallel scanning on our Mobile SDK, parallel scanning is now also possible on our Cloud API!
This means that when an image of a meter is submitted, results of the meter reading and the meter serial number/barcode will be returned. One of our newest clients, Israel Electricity Corporation, has already begun implementing this feature, and will be reading their meters via Whatsapp with our Cloud API product.
Feel free to try it out on https://scan.anyline.com/ under the “Meter + SNR + Barcode” tab. You can also find the documentation here.
Pro Tip: if you don’t see the “scan” button after uploading your image, adjust the zoom settings of your window.
ID Scanning on Cloud API
Our high performance ID Scanner is also now available for use cases that require an image to be uploaded by users and processed in the cloud. That means that ID cards, driver’s licenses, health insurance cards and residence permits from a wide range of countries and states around the world can be read using our Anyline Cloud API product.
You can try our ID scanning via Cloud API for yourself here on https://scan.anyline.com/. Once you load the page, simply click on “Identity Document” and start uploading images of your IDs to test it out.
What’s new with Anyline Web SDK
All Tire Scanning Modules
Anyline’s Tire DOT/TIN and Tire Commercial ID scanners are now available for integration into websites. Added to Tire Size that means we have the full range of our tire scanning capabilities supported in JavaScript on the Anyline Web SDK. You can also find all of these great data capture solutions in our web demo at js.anyline.com.
Performance Improvements
Users of the Web SDK will also notice improvements in speed and responsiveness when scanning. In preliminary tests we have seen up to 70% scanning speed improvements for some modules (dependent also on device and environment).
