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In the News (Sun 15 Nov 09)

  
  All about Mobile Life
Chu's basic idea is to have QR Codes posted around the campus to help people unfamiliar with the environment find their way around.
A QR Code is on each bottle label for sale in Japan, consumers scan the QR Code using their mobile phone and are able to read wine reviews, see images and read tasting notes for all the Woollaston range.
The bar code becomes the passenger’s boarding pass and it is read directly from the screen of the mobile device, eliminating paper completely from the check-in process.
mobile.kaywa.com   (1913 words)

  
 QR code an color codes for for mobile phones and CRM (pdf files)
QR codes have become a major tool to facilitate the usage of mobile data services, and QR codes help to overcome one of the most important barriers to mobile commerce and mobile content sales.
Initially developed for logistics and car parts supply chain management by Denso Corporation, applications for QR codes have recently found explosive growth with the advent of camera phones.
QR codes are a very important information input and output tool, and are facilitating the growth of the mobile economy.
www.eurotechnology.com /store/qr-code   (427 words)

  
 engadgeted.net » Matrix Codes & Visual Code Recognition on Cellphones
QR Code (wikipedia) was developed by denso wave and released in 1994.
QR code symbols comprise of three position detection patterns located at corners of the symbol, a data area and a quiet zone outside of the symbol.
QR codes can store up to 7089 numeric characters, 4296 alphanumeric characters or 2953 bytes, a comprehensive table showing maximum data capacity for each version & error correction level is available here.
www.engadgeted.net /archives/2005/09/18/matrix-codes-visual-code-recognition-on-cellphones   (2338 words)

  
 mobile codeatron | 1.04 | pukupi
Mobiles only support QR codes up to version 10 so if you intend to include all sections in your QR code, you may need to be frugal with phone book note and mail message fields.
You can learn more about QR codes and what you can do with them in my blog.
QR code capable mobiles will add links to any email address or URL they find in unformatted QR code text.
pukupi.com /tools/codeatron   (402 words)

  
 QR Code - The Best DAMN Symbology Ever, Really! :: Symblogogy | The News is NowPublic.com
The code that was originally proprietary has been an open source solution for years (first standard approval by AIM in 1997) and has found great favor in many application quarters, but the most widely used application is found in the confirmation of cellphone-purchase transaction-verification and entry security.
The QR Code uses a true two-dimension (2D) digital matrix pattern symbology as opposed to a high-density or stacked barcode image approach.
This code is read by image reading digital cameras as opposed to a single beam of light reading back upon itself in order to sense the reflectivity of an image through a "wave pattern" (laser).
www.nowpublic.com /qr_code_the_best_damn_symbology_ever_really_symblogogy   (385 words)

  
 QR Code Barcode SDK Modules - Barcode Programming Tools - Barcode APIs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
LEADTOOLS QR Code barcode is available as an add-on module to any of the LEADTOOLS Document, Raster, Vector and Medical toolkits.
QR Code barcodes are used for inventory management in a wide variety of industries.
A QR Code barcode symbol with encrypted user data prevents tampering and is more reliable than OCR.
www.leadtools.com /SDK/document/Document-Addon-BarcodeQRCode.htm   (519 words)

  
 QR codes: In Japan, Billboards Take Code-Crazy Ads to New Heights GEOFFREY A. FOWLER / Wall Street Journal 10oct2005
QR codes have grown in popularity in Japan over the past year, showing up thumbnail size on magazine and newspaper ads as a quick automatic link between print and online media that doesn't require the customer to type in an Internet address or remember a special code.
QR Codes are most common in Japan, and are currently the most popular type of two dimensional code in Japan.
Micro QR Code is a smaller version of the QR Code standard for applications with less ability to handle large scans.
www.mindfully.org /Technology/2005/QR-Codes-Japan10oct05.htm   (1045 words)

  
 Michael panda: QR Codes
The wide spread availabilty of devices capable of scanning QR codes (Japan has a cell phone penetration rate of some 75%) along with the ease of input (just wave the phone in front of the code and you're all set) have resulted in a resounding success for the QR code standard here.
I'd like mine to be like this one day), Psytech QR code generator (freely downloadable and runs on your computer.
Features live updating of the QR code as you input data which is neat), Swetake QR code generator (Freely downloadable in either php or perl versions.
www.michaelpanda.com /features/qrcode.htm   (1181 words)

  
 www.veritecinc.com — Code Comparisons
And because Veritec's Codes have four solid borders, it can be printed as close as 0.175mm to active elements and still be distinguished from the element and be decoded.
In contrast, Data Matrix in the SEMI specification required the symbol to be placed in a 10mm viewing zone, at least 4.5mm away from the active area of the LCD panel in order for the symbol to be decoded.
QR code has three large "locator patterns" that reduce the usable space of the symbol.
www.veritecinc.com /code_comparisons.html   (1243 words)

  
 What is QR Code?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
QR Code was manufactured with the intent of decoding it at very high speeds, so the third dimension wasn't deemed necessary.
QR Code is easily digested by scanning equipment, and because it has potentially twice the amount of data as bar code, it can increase the effectiveness of such scanning.
QR Code also has an error-correction capability, whereby the data can be brought back to full life even if the symbol has been trashed.
www.wisegeek.com /what-is-qr-code.htm   (407 words)

  
 Feature Article - Denso's Clever New Code - 02/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The company does, however, offer QR Code hardware and software on the market, so there is the possibility that people might source their QR Code resources from Denso, but that is not a requirement.
One of the reasons why QR Code is quicker than alternatives is because of the three position-detection patterns at the top upper right and left and bottom left of the design.
The QR Code, because it makes use of both horizontal and vertical axes for information, is said to be 100 times more info-packed than a barcode label of the same size.
www.autofieldguide.com /articles/029803.html   (652 words)

  
 QR Code Generator - Winksite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A QR Code is a bar code that can be scanned using your camera phone and a QR Code Reader.
In many parts of the world the scanning of a QR Code has become the door to the mobile Internet for the average mobile user.
Learn more about the use of QR Codes by reading,"Mainstream America is Ready for Bar Codes - Converging “Realspace” and “Mobilespace".
winksite.com /site/section2b.cfm?article_level2_category_id=15&article_level2a_id=316&article_level2b_id=704   (114 words)

  
 QR Code added to PDF Library ...
Phenomenal growth in QR Code technology is being experienced in Japan, and is becoming increasingly popular with both business and consumers on a global level.
QR Code or Quick Response Code is a two-dimensional bar code containing detailed information that can be decoded at high speed by hand held scanners and cellular phones with built in cameras.
More recently, QR Codes are being used by savvy marketing companies on business cards, magazines and documents to include website addresses and details of current promotions.
www.javalobby.org /java/forums/t19831.html   (331 words)

  
 QRCODE barcode recognition SDK, .NET, DLL, OCX + embedded systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As this QR Code barcode recognition SDK reads color, gray and B/W images, it is not necessary to convert or otherwise pre-process images.
For the purpose of this document, the three frames in the Position Finding Pattern of a QR Code symbol are defined as having the width of one print element.
QR Code specifications are in the public domain.
www.axtel.com /QRCode.htm   (1371 words)

  
 QR Codes and Japanese Cellular Phones
QR Codes are basically 2-dimensional UPC or barcodes.
These codes are quite common in Japan and are often seen on flyers and magazine ads.
These codes are reportedly quite durable, allowing up to 30% of the code to be obscured or removed by dirt, marks or damage and still be completely readable.
nfggames.com /games/jphonegames/v601shqrcode.shtm   (316 words)

  
 Engadget Mobile
On the broad side of an under-construction apartment in Hiroshima City resides what appears to be the "world's largest" QR code to date, and considering that most of these 2D codes make their appearances in magazines or on business cards, we'd bet that claim is legitimate.
QR codes may be slow to catch on here in North America but they are, like so much other cellphone-based goodness, big in Japan.
To read the info, you simply scan the QR code with your cellphone camera, which should automagically recognize it and direct you to a mobile website with the lowdown on the contents of your McFood, including any potential allergy warnings.
www.engadgetmobile.com /search/?q=qr   (1784 words)

  
 Japanese Use Cell Phone QR Bar Code Readers to Check Food Safety by Wireless Watch Japan
Belly up to the Bar Code: QR codes are reducing the fear factor for foodstuffs in Japan as agricultural associations embrace the new wireless technology tagging fresh produce for quick access to mobile information Web sites.
The code links to a mobile website detailing origin, soil composition, organic fertilizer content percentage (as opposed to chemical), use of pesticides and herbicides and even the name of the farm it was grown on.
New QR codes can be programmed with self-correcting error capabilities so that even if the code is dirty or slightly damaged –- a common side effect of supermarket labeling — it can still be scanned.
wirelesswatch.jp /2005/05/14/japanese-use-cell-phone-qr-bar-code-readers-to-check-food-safety   (631 words)

  
 anti-mega: QR codes update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This time it was prompted by going to Japan a few weeks ago, and seeing how QR codes have really become part of life there: business cards, adverts, magazines, any printed media will have a QR code, either for the URL, address, phone number, or even little pieces of content themselves (ringtones, pictures).
A good set of QR code generator programs in all sorts of languages (plus how to encode it, in Japanese, natch).
Colourcodes is a new rival to QR codes - however, with the need to be online (their server does the lookup from code to URL - a business model that fails), and the lack of carrier acceptance, it's unlikely to dent QR code's dominance in Japan.
www.anti-mega.com /antimega/archives/001214.html   (542 words)

  
 Mobile Learning » Semapedia adopts QR Code   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
There are a number of 2D barcode “formats,” each with various strengths and weaknesses, (the major three being Semacode/Datamatrix, QR Code, and ShotCode).
Going with QR codes from here inherits the promise to have more people being able to use Semapedia Tags much faster than if they were based on the Datamatrix standard.
With its obvious educational value, this move by Semapedia brings QR Code closer to becoming a de-facto standard for 2D Barcodes in education.
mlearning.edublogs.org /2006/12/08/semapedia-adopts-qr-code   (339 words)

  
 QR Code.com
"QR Code.com" is a homepage about QR Code
Download Trial edition of QR Code/Bar code generation software...
Welcome to our new QR Code web site!
www.denso-wave.com /qrcode/index-e.html   (53 words)

  
 windows live barcode: QR code at last? | gotomobile
the QR code - and it seems at least within a certain target group (enterprise) we might have a winner at last.
5 Responses to “windows live barcode: QR code at last?”
To get from the QR code to the web site or content for that code using a mobile device would be treading on a technology ready to hit the masses.
www.gotomobile.com /archives/windows-live-barcode-qr-code-at-last   (359 words)

  
 Mobiletag Has European Version of QR Code - SlashPhone.com
While QR codes in Japan is still fresh in other part of the world, mobiletag has set up their website and demonstrate their similar technology.
From Denso Corporation, QR Code is capable of handling all types of data, such as numeric and alphabetic characters, Kanji, Kana, Hiragana, symbols, binary, and control codes.
For example, capcom.co.jp is displaying QR code on their mobile phone game page, you could just capture the QR Code on your compatibile phones, and it will start the purchasing process without any complicated steps.
www.slashphone.com /64/3472.html   (417 words)

  
 King Jim QR Code Timeclock - Gizmodo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I didn't quite understand what was up with this King Jim QR Code Clock until I read the description on Dottocomu, but I should have known to go with my gut instinct: that it had some use in entwining the otherwise free-floating souls of contract workers.
QR codes are those fancy bar codes that are en vogue, and the Clock On CLQ1 uses them, in conjunction with a QR-reading cellphone (somewhat common in Asia), to serve as a punch-in timeclock.
While it might be possible to reverse engineer the QR codes, you can't just set back the clock—it sets its time via radio signal.
www.gizmodo.com /gadgets/gadgets/watches/king-jim-qr-code-timeclock-034635.php   (178 words)

  
 QR Code Barcode (Quick Response Barcode)
Designed by Denso in Japan, QR (Quick Response) Code barcode is a 2 dimensional general-purpose matrix designed for fast scanning of information.
As QR efficiently encodes Kanji characters, it is a popular symbology in Japan.
QR Code Barcode symbols are square in shape and can easily be identified by their finder pattern of nested alternating dark and light squares at three corners of the symbol.
www.technoriversoft.com /QRCODEBarcode.html   (179 words)

  
 Windows Live Barcode services: create your QR code
The QR code is a bi-dimensional bar code capable of storing up to 7089 characters.
QR Code carries information both horizontally and vertically, capable of encoding the same amount of data of a standard bar code in approximately one-tenth the space of a traditional bar code.
An example of business application for this code, as shown in the demo, is having the business card information encoded and printed on the top of the card or on its back.
www.geekzone.co.nz /freitasm/1671   (723 words)

  
 Orchestrating Winning Performance - QR Code page
QR stands for “quick response”, and that is exactly what its creator Denso Wave had in mind.
QR codes now appear in magazines, advertisements, product wrappings, passports, business cards and on billboards in Japan.
QR codes are part of daily life there: McDonalds uses codes to inform users about the nutritious value of its cheeseburgers, Apple advertised the new I-Pod on billboards with QR codes.
www.imd.ch /qr_code   (416 words)

  
 tag: qr code | gotomobile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Although I’m a yonsai (4th generation 100% Japanese, which is a feat these days with the hapa hauli world at large) I still eat rice and sushi whenever possible and have a house filled with Zojirushi electronics (which are worthy of another post).
This is the promise of ConnexTo, the creators of mCode, a 2D visual code that can be customized to ‘pass information from print to the digital world.’ The concept is to easily create the graphic containing customized information - or what they call ‘digital graffiti’ - and share it with others quickly and easily.
I posted QR code revisted explaining how behind the US was and that these ‘mobile bar codes’ have been popular in other parts of the world (namely Japan) for several years now.
www.gotomobile.com /tags/qr-code   (370 words)

  
 QR Code barcodes
QR Code is a matrix symbology consisting of a square array of modules with a finder pattern located at three corners.
A wide range of symbol sizes is supported along with four levels of error correction, and the symbology is noted for its high data density.
The dLSoft libraries support QR Code Version 2 in Numeric, Alphanumeric and Byte modes.
www.dlsoft.com /support/barcode_types/qr_code.htm   (108 words)

  
 Anthony Wong » Blog Archive » QR code WordPress plugin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I used to show QR codes in my old theme (not in the current theme as they don’t blend very well) and my friends think that’s intriguing, so I had been working on releasing a WordPress plugin to do that for quite some time.
It’s not difficult because WordPress documentation is quite clear, and I’ve finally brushed up the code and released it under an open source license.
If you want to get your hands dirty to embed some wierd codes in your blog to scare your visitors away, or you want to show off your technical savviness, you have come to the right place.
blog.anthonywong.net /2006/11/02/qr-code-wordpress-plugin   (274 words)

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