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EHIC Scanner​

ScanbotSdk.UI.startEHICScanner(configuration: HealthInsuranceCardScannerConfiguration)​

Opens a Scanner for European Health Insurance Cards

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The EHIC Scanner is based on the OCR feature and thus requires the proper installation of the OCR language files deu.traineddata and eng.traineddata (aka. blob files). For more details on how to set up OCR language files please refer to the OCR section.

Use the API method ScanbotSdk.UI.startEHICScanner(configuration: HealthInsuranceCardScannerConfiguration) to start the EHIC Scanner UI.

Options:​
export interface HealthInsuranceCardScannerConfiguration {
  /** The preferred camera module (default - BACK) */
  cameraModule?: CameraModule;

  /** Background color outside of the finder window. */
  cameraOverlayColor?: string;

  /** Title of the cancel button. */
  cancelButtonTitle?: string;

  /** Whether the cancel button is hidden or not. iOS only. */
  cancelButtonHidden?: boolean;

  /** String being displayed when health insurance card was not found. */
  detectionStatusFailedDetectionText?: string;

  /** String being displayed when health insurance card was found but not recognized. */
  detectionStatusFailedValidationText?: string;

  /** String being displayed when health insurance card was found and recognized. */
  detectionStatusSuccessText?: string;

  /** Title of the button that opens the screen where the user can allow the usage of the camera by the app. */
  enableCameraButtonTitle?: string;

  /** Text that will be displayed when the app is not allowed to use the camera, prompting the user to enable the usage of the camera. */
  enableCameraExplanationText?: string;

  /** Foreground color of the detection overlay. */
  finderLineColor?: string;

  /** Width of finder frame border. Default is 2. */
  finderLineWidth?: number;

  /** String being displayed as description. */
  finderTextHint?: string;

  /** Foreground color of the description label. */
  finderTextHintColor?: string;

  /** Controls whether the flash toggle button is hidden or not. iOS only. */
  flashButtonHidden?: boolean;

  /** Title of the flash toggle button. iOS only. */
  flashButtonTitle?: string;

  /** Controls whether the flash should be initially enabled. The default value is FALSE. */
  flashEnabled?: boolean;

  /** UI Interface orientation lock mode */
  orientationLockMode?: OrientationLockMode;

  /** The background color of the top toolbar. */
  topBarBackgroundColor?: string;

  /** The color of all active toggle buttons in the toolbar. */
  topBarButtonsActiveColor?: string;

  /** The color of all inactive toggle buttons in the toolbar. */
  topBarButtonsInactiveColor?: string;

  /** Controls whether buttons should use all capitals style, as defined by the Android Material Design. Defaults to TRUE. Android only. */
  useButtonsAllCaps?: boolean;

  /** If `true`, replaces the cancel button in the top bar with a back arrow icon. The default value is FALSE. Android only. */
  replaceCancelButtonWithIcon?: boolean;

  /** Preview mode of the camera. FILL_IN or FIT_IN. Default is FILL_IN. Android only */
  cameraPreviewMode?: CameraPreviewMode;

  /** Whether touch-to-focus is enabled on camera preview. Enabled by default. Android only. */
  touchToFocusEnabled?: boolean;
}

Returns​

The promise resolves to an object with the following properties:

  • status - 'OK' if EHIC data was scanned, 'CANCELED' if the user canceled the scanner UI.
  • fields - an array of EHIC data fields. Each field is an object with the following properties:
    • field.type - the field type
    • field.value - the value of the field
    • field.confidence - confidence in the accuracy of value

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