DE102004056007A1 - Mobile verification device for checking the authenticity of travel documents - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile verification device for checking the authenticity of travel documents, which weighs less than 1000 g, in particular less than 700 g. The verification device comprises an identification device for identifying an authorized user, a release device which releases the use of the mobile verification device for use on the basis of a signal of the identification device, an optical reading unit for reading image and / or alpine numerical information contained on the pages of the travel document, a data processing unit for processing the signals supplied by the optical reading unit according to a predetermined algorithm, a graphic display unit for displaying the read-out pictorial and / or alphanumeric data and the verification result determined by the data processing unit, as well as a communication unit for the encrypted transmission of the data read out and / or from the Data processing unit determined Verification result to at least one central point and to receive relevant data from the mi At least one central point via a communication network.

Description

The The invention relates to a mobile verification device for checking the authenticity of Travel documents according to the characteristics of claim 1.

in the Train reinforced Security efforts passports and identity cards more and more equipped with security features that a machine Identification of the holder permit the misuse of such Stop documents and their security against counterfeiting increase. Such machine-readable IDs are below under the Summarized term travel documents. You have at least the standardized ICAO line, which is machine-readable with an OCR reading system is.

Future machine-readable Travel documents are in accordance with the ICAO standard ISO 9303, for example, in the Personalisierseite or in the book cover on a Transponder contactless readable memory element in the form of a Radio chips, an RFID (radio frequency identification) memory element. As an RFID system becomes ISO 14443A and B a system at 13.56 MHz with an EPROM Storage volume greater than 32 kBit, especially larger 72 kBit used a plurality of biometric personal Data, such as the face and / or fingerprints up to ten-finger-rolled fire and / or iris-related data in JPEG format can.

at Verification systems installed at access control points or are integrated into these, the power consumption, the contactless play Communication with a parent Data network as well as weight problems do not matter, because they are stationary at one be operated firm place. completely the situation is different for outpatient use, where these topics are a very important criterion.

With The invention provides a mobile verification device, the account of the equipment of modern machine-readable travel documents wears and by authorized persons in mobile use at border posts the entry and exit control and the verification of persons at any Places can be used.

According to the invention, the verification device is provided for checking the authenticity of travel documents for mobile use, wherein mobile means that the device can be worn on the body and weighs less than 1000 g, in particular less than 700 g. It comprises an identification device for identifying an authorized user, a release device which releases the use of the mobile verification device for use on the basis of a signal of the identification device, an optical reading unit for reading image and / or alphanumeric information contained on the pages of the travel document, a data processing unit for Processing of the signals supplied by the optical reading unit according to a predetermined algorithm, a graphic display unit for displaying the read-out pictorial and / or alphanumeric data and the verification result determined by the data processing unit and a communication unit ( 20 ) for the encrypted transmission of the read-out data and / or of the verification result determined by the data processing unit to at least one central point and for the reception of relevant data from the at least one central point via a communication network.

In A preferred embodiment of the invention includes the mobile verification device a contactless RFID reading unit based on the optical reading unit determined alphanumeric personal data Data of the travel document holder from a travel document contained in the travel document Read out RFID memory element. The RFID reading unit can be fixed in the verification device However, it can also be used as a modular extension of a simpler device be provided in the basic basic equipment without RFID gets along.

The Read module leads For example, a read only if certain predetermined ICAO data has been read on the personalization page and this match certain data of the electronic memory of the RFID system. By using special cryptographic measures will be changes and fakes the electronically stored data as well as the replica extremely difficult; A possible abuse can be caused by appropriate security measures can be quickly visualized and localized during read-out.

Preferably, the verification device comprises a mobile telephone and / or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and a modulatable, in particular pulse-operated illumination device and as an optical reading unit, a camera module, with a personalization page and / or machine-readable characters are recorded, which are then subjected to the verification , For example, the image from the memory of the RFID element and / or the scanned or with the camera module is placed on the screen of the mobile phone / PDA picture of the travel document holder. Two or three of these images are displayed side by side for visual comparison or superimposed to detect any deviations. In addition, these images can be transmitted immediately to a competent body via a communications and data network. It is particularly advantageous for the graphical display unit, data processing unit and communication unit to be formed by a mobile telephone in which these functional units are already combined.

The RFID reader module is preferably integrated in the mobile phone. It On the mobile phone but also an RFID reader module as an adapter or replacement part to be appropriate. It is supplemented through a safety-supported wireless communication module with which communication to one external data network possible is. Depending on the application, the wireless communication module has a range of a maximum of 100 m, in particular a maximum of 30 m, in particular maximum 10 m. It can be used as Blue-tooth, Wireless LAN or Be formed IR module. Of particular advantage is when the wireless Communication module based on a mobile phone module and with encryption facilities for secured data transmission via public Mobile networks or the police radio network or over the Digital radio is provided.

The Optical reading unit preferably comprises an OCR module for reading the standardized ICAO line in passports and badges, for example a small field scanner of at least the length and / or height of one ICAO line of a passport. In further embodiments, the Optical reading unit constructed of raster elements line-shaped Scanner, preferably based on a contact image sensor line (CIS) with CMOS or CCD elements, with which very small-scale scanners are feasible. If necessary, it will scan the ICAO line a relative movement between device parts and the passport be necessary, in principle in either direction, but for cost reasons and because of the space requirement preferred the shorter route is selected. It is particularly advantageous if the optical reading unit of the mobile Verification device by the camera module of a mobile communication device, in particular a mobile phone or PDA is formed.

Mobile phones and PDA's with integrated Camera module in the form of matrix-like CCD or CMOS elements belong to the State of the art. At the moment, blocks with up to 3 million pixels and color resolution offered, which is also for Use verification tasks. Mobile phones and PDAs with camera systems usually work without flash, However, in comparison with digital cameras already have one relatively high-security wireless data transmission device in the form a mobile network. In this embodiment can be thus a low-cost mobile phone or a cost-effective PDA with camera module not only for recording the personalization page of travel documents but with a suitable lighting device also to recognize encoded or hidden information.

Prefers if the optical reading unit is provided with a lighting device, the modulatable, in particular pulsable light sources, in particular LEDs and / or laser diodes comprises. Because on the one hand LED elements in the UV and in the IR range very cost-effective and with high performance, especially high pulse power, are available and on the other hand Flash lamps also a relatively high proportion of non-visible Have light, can in integrating such lighting systems into pigments Security elements contained in printing inks, for example Stokes or Antistokes security elements of the printed image are stimulated. With appropriate timing then the respective Response signals recorded in the visible but also in the non-visible Wavelength range, for example, in the NIR range can lie. The matrix-like photoelements of camera modules of modern mobile phones as well as the sensors are based grid-like constructed scanner consistently on circuits on silicon substrates; their wavelength sensitivity is sufficient from the UV to the NIR range at about 1100 nm after design of the security elements a broadband or several narrowband emissions are used. It can, however, instead or additionally the temporal behavior of the security element for verification be used. As usual Stokes and Antistokes elements have a relatively different approach and decay behavior, can this temporal behavior by stimulating with a temporal correspondingly modulated or pulsed light system with advantage used for authenticity verification become.

In a specific embodiment of the invention, the transparency of printing inks and opaque plastic films for the NIR region can be used for the authenticity verification of hidden information. For example. For example, NIR-active pigments can be incorporated below a print layer or below an opaque film. These security elements can then be activated by means of NIR irradiation. The response signal is detected by means of the integrated camera. It can then be forwarded wirelessly to the higher-level data processing system and evaluated in the device or be pre-evaluated.

The Data processing unit of the verification device can be designed according to the invention that they are autonomous and off-line the verification of travel documents performs, without having to communicate with an external data network, she can but also be designed so that the verification of travel documents on-line or partially online in communication with an external Data network performed becomes. In particular, the verification of travel documents is initially off-line, performed without communication with an external data network, wherein in the case of an unclear verification result for limited Time on-line operation is switched.

Preferably is in the verification device according to the invention a device is provided which is verifiable at predetermined intervals Data about the communication device receives and a data match performs This can be done in particular by means of a docking station with the mobile verification device at least temporarily is connectable. The docking station in turn receives in predetermined Intervals verification-relevant data and the data comparison by. In this way, the mobile verification device is constantly on the current state of relevant information held, and can, for example. the data of the travel document compared with an updated one Verify the wanted list.

Prefers is the verification device with a biometric sensor equipped, for example, can be implemented by the camera module. With such a biometric sensor, an iris scan can be performed, wherein the iris data are fed to the verification process. It is particularly advantageous if the biometric sensor as a fingerprint sensor is trained. The data processing device is for Comparison and verification of a mobile biometric Feature with one on the travel document or identity card, designed in particular in a RFID chip stored biometric feature. Alternatively or in addition can be the verification of a mobile recorded biometric feature also over the communication device on-line at a central location respectively. In a development of the invention, the data processing device for comparison and verification of a mobile facial image with on the travel document or identity card, in particular in designed an RFID chip stored facial image.

Of the Biometric sensor of the verification device according to the invention can advantageously in several functions, namely for Release of the device for the authorized user to encrypt and secure the data transfer over the Communication network and the above verification used become.

In Further development of the invention, a camera module is provided with the current facial image of the document holder from two different Viewing angles is recorded. This can be a visual comparison with much greater security carried out become. The verification device can for this purpose in particular with two camera modules be equipped.

Around possible different magnifications and scale distortions when shooting in mobile use, is in camera modules, which is to record the entire personalization page of the travel document are formed, in the data processing device, a distortion correction on the basis of the ICAO line.

Around prevent unauthorized operation or unauthorized use the operator of a mobile verification device has to Identify commissioning. This can not according to the invention only over a biometric sensor but also by doing that the user logs in with an electronic identification element, So for example. With a smart card, a USB token or a contactless RFID element.

Further Features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following Description of exemplary embodiments.

It demonstrate:

1 A first embodiment of a mobile verification device;

2 : the optical reader of the mobile verification device with 90 ° rotated arrangement of the contact image sensor line (CIS);

3 : an enlarged section of the contact image sensor line (CIS);

4 a second embodiment based on an optical reader with an OCR module;

5 a further embodiment based on a mobile phone with an integrated camera module.

1 shows a first embodiment of a mobile verification device 1 based on a contact image sensor (CIS) with about half the size of a notebook. The optical reading unit 22 uses a grid-shaped CIS line 13 , in which lighting elements, optics and sensors are integrated. The CIS line is then with a length of about 86 mm in the direction of the long side of a Personalisierseite 3 a machine-readable travel document 2 emotional. Alternatively, the relative movement between CIS line 13 and travel document 2 also be realized by the CIS line 13 is stationary and the personalization page 3 Hand pulled past it.

In the example shown, a transparent support plate is used 12 , For example, made of glass, as a support of the Personalisierseite 3 and for the exact guidance of the CIS sensor 13 , The machine-readable travel document 2 gets involved with the personalization page 3 together with one of the cover lids in a slot-like receiving opening 11 the mobile verification device 1 pushed. The book seam or fold 8th comes here at the front edge of the receiving opening 11 to lie, leaving the remaining passport pages 9 and the second cover left outside. Preferably, the receiving opening 11 rounded at the front to facilitate the insertion of the travel document. In addition, a slight springing is provided, with the Personalisierseite 3 to the support plate 12 is pressed.

The Electronic 15 for control and signal processing for the operation of the CIS line 13 is on a circuit board 14 in the housing of the optical reader 22 , The CIS line 13 is built on the basis of CMOS and LED lighting elements, the latter lighting the personalization page 3 are formed with white light or RGB light, or UV and / or NIR light. The CMOS CIS lines may also be provided with selective filters which limit the sensitivity of the sensors to predetermined wavelength ranges. The sensitivity limit in the NIR wavelength range is limited by the use of silicon for the CMOS circuit and is usually 1050 nm.

On the optical reader 22 is a reading module 16 (RFID module) for reading out a transponder or radio chip contained in the travel document 25 (RFID element) as well as a mobile communication device 17 with a display 18 and a keyboard 19 arranged. These device parts can communicate with each other via appropriate interfaces, such as USB, or wirelessly.

Instead of such a modularly arranged RFID module 16 It is also possible to use an RFID pen with, for example, a blue-tooth transmission module for inputting RFID data. In the example shown, the arrangement is made, an RFID radio chip, in the Personalisierseite 3 or integrated into the travel document cover, can be read easily and reliably and the entire reading system is compact and narrowly accommodated. Basically, the RFID reader 16 but also in the communication device 17 be integrated.

In 1 is also schematically a wireless communication module 20 shown. It corresponds in its function to a standard mobile phone or the police radio and serves for communication in a correspondingly established radio network. It can also be designed as a Bluetooth, W-LAN or IR module that meets the security requirements and requirements required for such a system, and can be operated online, offline or partially online.

In 2 is the optical reading part 22 the mobile verification unit with 90 ° rotated contact image sensor line (CIS) 13 shown. The length of the CIS line is approximately 127 mm in this case and is over the shorter dimension of the personalization page 3 a passport 2 emotional. The verification scanner 22 Again, in a small portable housing, which is slightly larger than a travel document and several inches thick, on the front of a receiving opening 11 for at least the travel document cover and the personalization page 3 , a transparent plate 12 to which the travel document is pressed, a CIS line and a printed circuit board 14 with the appropriate electronics.

3 schematically shows an enlarged section of the optical reading unit. The rice document 2 lies with the personalization site 3 on a transparent plate 12 immediately below is the contact image sensor line 13 arranged a CMOS sensor line 29 includes, in turn, on a circuit board 28 is arranged. Such sensor lines typically have a resolution of a few hundred dpi up to about 600 dpi. The picture of the personalization page 3 is done by scanning line by line due to a linear relative motion between CIS line 13 and template to be scanned by means of a Rod-Lens array 30 , which consists of rod-shaped optical fibers, which are arranged in rows with a certain filling factor. The lighting is provided by LED rows ( 31 . 32 . 33 ), which are on the same circuit board as the sensors 29 are arranged. Alternatively, these light sources can also be arranged on a separate board, with their light via mirrors and optionally via associated optics, mirrors and light-guiding elements directed to the personalization page. The light from the LEDs illuminates the focus area 34 from the rod-lens array to the sensors 29 is shown. One of the lines 31 consists of LEDs that emit in the UV wavelength range from 350 to 420 nm, a second line 32 contains LEDs whose light is in the NIR wavelength range between 780 nm and 1050 nm, typically 950 nm or 980 nm. The third line 33 is equipped with white light LEDs.

In further embodiments can also be provided more than three LED rows. Besides that is also the use of laser diodes possible, in particular special Security features of the travel document such as diffractive structures or to verify optically variable elements

4 shows a second embodiment of a mobile verification device 1 based on a mobile communication device 17 with display 18 and keyboard 19 and with an OCR reader module 1 which is for reading the ICAO line 4 of the travel document 2 is used. The arrangement of the receiving opening 11 is at the top of the mobile communication device 17 chosen, but may also be provided in the lower or lateral area. Into the receiving opening 11 is the travel document 2 with the personalization page 3 and the ICAO line thereon 4 insertable. The travel document 2 can continue the photo 5 the owner, his personal data 6 , a radio chip (RFID element) 25 and a security element in the form of a diffractive structure 10 contain. With the personalization page 3 are over the fold 8th (Book seam) further sheets with the perforated number 7 connected As a mobile communication device 17 PDA ^S (Personal Digital Assistant) or mobile phones can be used in which the OCR reading device 28 and an RFID reader 16 integrated or modular grown, for example, be plugged.

In another embodiment, for example, as an OCR reading device 28 a CIS line can be used, which is integrated, for example, in the back, preferably in the battery module. Now if the mobile communication device with the rear-mounted CIS line on the Personalisierseite 3 , in particular via the ICAO line 4 is moved, then in a very simple way, the scanned data in the mobile communication device 17 an evaluation and / or display are supplied. The scanned data can be sent directly or after internal processing via the communication module 20 be transmitted wirelessly to a higher-level data network for verification. The answer information is directly or after prior processing in the mobile verification device 1 displayed on the display.

With Such a mobile verification device can travel documents be checked on-site in mobile use. In the simplest case, the ICAO line is read out. if the travel document equipped with an RFID element, this is also read out. The determined data are then in the o.gen. Way of verification subjected.

When using a CIS line in the surface area of the mobile communication device 17 , especially on its back, can be the entire data page 3 with the ICAO line 4 , the passport photo 5 the travel document holder, the personalization data 6 , a diffractive structure 10 and further, in 4 not plotted data, in particular security elements are scanned and submitted to the verification process. This verification process can be wholly or partially online in wireless communication via a data network, for example, be processed with a database system or done offline directly in the device.

To the mobile verification device 1 to protect against unauthorized use is an electronic means of identification 26 provided that a user must identify himself as authorized. For this purpose, a slot is provided in the device, in which a chip module can be inserted. The identification means can also be realized by a fingerprint sensor and / or a USB plug for a USB token. In particular, the identification means 26 designed so that it is not visible from the outside. The identification is effected without contact by means of a corresponding transponder chip or RFID element, which the user carries on the body.

5 shows a further embodiment of a mobile verifying device 1 on the basis of a mobile phone 17 with integrated camera module 21 , Today's mobile communication devices already have high-resolution camera modules 21 which are color capable and have a few million pixel resolution as well as image-wise display 18 in the form of TFT or OLED displays and an input keyboard 19 have. With 20 is again the communication module called for data transmission. The verification device designed on this basis also has an RFID reading unit on the back 16 appropriate.

Furthermore, optionally a docking station 23 be provided, which can be connected to an electrical supply network, in particular to the electrical system of a motor vehicle and optionally with a data network 24 is connectable.

To ensure the exclusive use by authorized personnel, an electroni nice means of identification 26 , For example, a smart card provided, which can be inserted into a corresponding slot in the housing of the mobile phone. Likewise, the release of the device can also be made without contact and / or biometric data of the claimant. For example, the camera module can be used to record the facial image, the fingerprints or the iris. Optionally, it may be advantageous if appropriate adapters are used for this, the camera module 21 be preset.

In an extended version For example, the camera part of the verification device can be twofold Beam path or equipped with two camera modules. These can for spatial Recordings or for the verification of diffractive security structures and used to record interference phenomena.

In machine-readable travel documents are not only a plurality of personal data but also a variety of security features, which can be detected in particular only when lighting in the UV or IR range. This is on the verification device 1 a lighting unit 27 provided which these features in conjunction with the camera module 21 makes verifiable. The lighting unit 27 is integrated into the device in the example shown. But it can also be designed as an attachable module or adapter as well as a front optics. The camera / lighting part 21 . 27 may be designed in particular as a pivoting part to accommodate both the document and biometric data can.

As a lighting unit 27 In the first place, modulatable and pulsable light sources come into consideration, in particular white-light flash lamps, LED elements and laser diodes. In particular, LED elements are extremely durable and can be modulated up to high frequencies or operated with short pulses and are available from a wavelength of about 350 nm to the sensitivity range typical for silicon CMOS or CCD sensors up to about 1050 nm. Optionally Weißlich LED elements with a high power spectrum and laser diodes come into consideration. Although the latter do not offer such a broad selection and require a corresponding electrical voltage supply, they are especially suitable for evaluating diffractive structures.

With the in 5 embodiment shown is with the at least one camera module 21 the entire personalization page 3 with the ICAO line 4 , the photo of the passport holder 5 , the personal information 6 and the diffractive structure 10 of the travel document 2 added. Optionally, also the other, on the book seam 8th Document pages associated with the personalization page with the hole numbering 7 be recorded. If the travel document also has an RFID element 25 , having the stored personal and biometric data of the holder, so its data are fed via the RFID reader of the verification device. In the case of insufficient ambient lighting, the picture is taken using the exposure unit 27 , Wavelengths in the UV and NIR range are used for the fast and reliable determination of special security features, and the temporal response and decay behavior of the luminescence of security dyes and pigments is investigated. Since the images can be taken from different viewing angles and distances, the images are normalized and equalized to uniform size. The exactly defined ICAO line is used for this. For the same purpose, the known dimensions of the boundary of the passport can be used.

The operation of the verification device according to the invention presupposes, first, that the user identifies himself, for example, as authorized by a chip card and his personal code or by his biometric data. In function then reads first the optical reader 22 the standardized machine-readable line (ICAO line) of the travel document. Their data are processed in the data processing unit according to a predetermined algorithm, on the basis of which data the RFID reading module reads out the electronically stored data of the machine-readable travel document including the holder's biometric data, in particular its photo, and forwards it to the data processing unit. The data processing unit performs verification on predefined test guidelines and can access data of a database network online or partially on-line by means of wireless communication via a mobile radio network, police radio network, via W-LAN, Bluetooth, IR communication interface or via a docking station. Insofar as the mobile verification device does not carry out the authenticity check autonomously, the verification can also be partially or completely transferred to a central location. The data of the travel document, the photo and the verification result are displayed on the graphic display unit. Thereafter, the authorized auditor concludes the verification process.

When Optical Read Unit uses camera modules, OCR reader modules and CIS-lines. For verification of security printing and lamination properties become UV, IR, RGB and white light exposure sources, in particular based on modulatable LED and laser elements with low power consumption used.

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Claims (36)

Mobile verification device for checking the authenticity of travel documents which weighs less than 1000 g, in particular less than 700 g, and which comprises: an identification device ( 26 ) for identifying an authorized user, - a release device which releases the use of the mobile verification device for use on the basis of a signal of the identification device, - an optical reading unit ( 22 ), to be read on the pages of the travel document ( 2 ) contained image-wise and / or alphanumeric information ( 4 . 5 . 6 ), - a data processing unit for processing the optical reading unit ( 22 ) according to a predetermined algorithm - a graphical display unit ( 18 ) for displaying the read-out pictorial and / or alphanumeric data and the verification result determined by the data processing unit - a communication unit ( 20 ) for the encrypted transmission of the read-out data and / or of the verification result determined by the data processing unit to at least one central point and for the reception of relevant data from the at least one central point via a communication network. Mobile verification device according to claim 1, with a contactless RFID reader unit ( 16 ) based on the optical reading unit ( 22 ) the personal data of the travel document holder from one in the travel document ( 2 ) RFID memory element ( 25 ). Mobile verification device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mobile verification device ( 1 ) a mobile phone and / or PDA, ( 17 ) a modulable illumination device ( 27 . 31 . 32 . 33 ) and as an optical reading unit a camera module ( 21 ) with which a personalization page ( 3 ) and / or machine-readable characters ( 4 ), which are then subjected to verification. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the graphic display unit ( 18 ), the data processing unit and the communication unit by a mobile phone ( 17 ) are formed. Mobile verification device according to claim 4, wherein in the mobile phone ( 17 ) an RFID reader module ( 16 ) is integrated. Mobile verification device according to claim 4, wherein on the mobile telephone ( 17 ) an RFID reader module ( 16 ) is attachable as an adapter or replacement part. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a security-enhanced wireless communication module ( 20 ) is provided to an external data network. Mobile verification device according to claim 7, wherein the wireless communication module ( 20 ) has a range of a maximum of 100 m, in particular a maximum of 30 m, in particular a maximum of 10 m. Mobile verification device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the wireless communication module is a blue-tooth, wireless LAN or IR module is. Mobile verification device according to claim 7, wherein the wireless communication module based on a mobile phone module and constructed with encryption devices for secure data transmission via public mobile networks or the police radio network or provided via the digital radio. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the optical reading unit ( 22 ) an OCR module for reading the ICAO line ( 4 ) in passports and ID cards. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the optical reading unit ( 22 ) comprises a raster of raster elements constructed scanner. The mobile verification device according to claim 12, wherein the optical reading unit has a contact image sensor line (CIS) (CIS). 13 ). Mobile verification device according to claim 13, wherein the contact image sensor line ( 13 ) Has CMOS or CCD elements. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the optical reading unit ( 22 ) a lighting device ( 27 . 31 . 32 . 33 ) with modulatable, in particular pulsable light sources, in particular LEDs and / or laser diodes. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the optical reading unit ( 22 ) a small field scanner of at least the length and / or height of an ICAO line ( 4 ) of a passport. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the optical reading unit by the camera module ( 21 ) of a mobile communication device, in particular a mobile telephone or PDA ( 17 ) is formed. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the data processing unit designed so autonomous is that the verification of travel documents off-line, without communication with an external data network is executable. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the data processing unit is designed so that the Verification of travel documents on-line, in communication with one external data network feasible is. Mobile verification device according to claim 18 or 19, wherein the data processing unit is configured so that They first verify the travel documents off-line, without communicating with them an external data network and in the case of an unclear verification result for limited Time switches to on-line operation. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 20, wherein means are provided which at predetermined intervals verification-relevant data about the communication device receives and a data match performs. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 20, wherein the verification device with a docking station ( 23 ), which receives verification-relevant data at predetermined intervals and carries out a data comparison. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 22, where the data of the travel document compared with a wanted list be verified. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 23, wherein the verification device with a biometric sensor Is provided. The mobile verification device of claim 24, wherein the biometric sensor is a camera module ( 21 ). Mobile verification device according to claim 25, wherein with the camera module ( 21 ) an iris scan is feasible and the iris data can be supplied to the verification process. Mobile verification device according to claim 24 or 25, wherein the biometric sensor is a fingerprint sensor. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 24 to 27, wherein the data processing device for comparison and the Verification of a mobile recorded biometric feature with one stored on the travel document, in particular in an RFID chip biometric feature is designed. Mobile verification device according to claim 28, wherein the verification of a biometric feature taken over the mobile Communication device on-line at a central location takes place. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 28, wherein the data processing device for comparison and the Verification of a mobile recorded facial image on the travel document, especially designed in a RFID chip stored facial image is. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 30, wherein a camera module ( 21 ) is provided, with the current face image of the document holder from two different viewing angles can be accommodated. Mobile verification device according to claim 31, wherein two camera modules are provided. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 32, wherein a camera module is provided, which for receiving the the entire personalization page of the travel document is and wherein with the data processing means a distortion correction is feasible on the basis of the ICAO line. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 33, wherein the identification means for identifying a Authorized user a reader for a smart card or for a contactless Includes RFID element. Mobile verification device according to one of claims 1 to 34, wherein the identification means for identifying a authorized user a sensor for a biometric identification element includes. The mobile verification device according to claim 35, wherein the biometric identification feature sensor is provided by the optical reading unit (14). 22 ), in particular by the camera module ( 21 ) is formed.