These phones make it possible for people to access a website or obtain a coupon by just scanning a strange, eye-catching pattern. The sheer convenience helped to rapidly heighten the popularity of the code among the general public. And now, it is an indispensable tool for businesses and in people's daily lives, used in all sorts of ways including for issuing name cards and electronic tickets and in flight ticket issuing systems implemented at airports.
Since the QR Code is an open code that anyone is allowed to use, it is used not only in Japan, but also in countries all over the world. As rules for its use were stipulated and the code was standardized, its use spread further. At present, the use of the QR Code is so widespread that it is no exaggeration to say that it is used everywhere in the world.
While use of the QR Code spread globally, new types of QR Code to meet more sophisticated needs were created one after another. A micro QR Code was created to meet the need for smaller codes. This is so small that it can be printed in a small space and it was made a JIS standard in In , the iQR Code , which has a small footprint despite its large coding capacity and which allows the use of rectangular code modules, was released. The code also evolved into use of rectangular code modules, was released.
Also, a type of QR Code that implements reading restrictions was developed to meet users' demands for an enhanced level of privacy and the like as the times changed. FrameQR can enhance the design of your code by freely combining illustrations and photos. As has been described, evolutionary improvements have constantly been made to QR Codes, based on the technological expertise accumulated at DENSO WAVE, so that any of a wide range of varieties can be chosen to meet a specific need.
I just want to let a lot of people use the code, come up with new ways of using it with them, and put these ideas into practice. How has it come to be used so widely? And what is its future? Section 1 : Untold story of QR Code development. QR Code as a response to the needs of the times. With the advent of the mobile phone equipped with cameras, QR codes began to come into their own.
Using a built-in camera, the ATM is able to determine whether the person operating the ATM is in fact the account holder, and will not dispense cash until a positive identification is made. A camera mounted on the platform scans the codes, allowing the gates on the platform to be opened in sync with the train doors. In the past, automating platform gates in this way would have meant tens of millions of yen in modifications.
However, with the QR code system, the cost to the operator is significantly less, amounting to only a few tens of thousands of yen. This Aichi-born technology is also utilized by firms overseas. At Amazon Go, an unmanned convenience store in Seattle, QR codes are used to identify shoppers entering the premises.
The low-cost of implementing QR Code technology has also made the codes an affordable choice for companies in developing countries. Hara is glad to see his idea has caught on and is driving an increasingly wide array of state-of-the-art services.
However, he insists there are still boundless potential for the codes. Translated and edited by Nippon. In comparison to traditional one-dimensional barcodes, QR codes hold times more data using the same amount of space. Naturally, with time, businesses, especially marketers saw the potential of QR codes and quickly jumped on the opportunity to implement them in various industries. But, ten years ago, QR codes were before their time. In other words, QR codes were promising to a marketer but the consumers were not welcoming to the acceptance of the technology.
That was the state of QR codes, a decade ago. If you were to ask industries about QR codes today, their opinions are drastically different. Today in , over 5 billion people have mobile devices, with half of them being smartphones. Our access to global information and the ability to communicate is unprecedented. And with all these components, it means one thing: QR codes are making a global comeback.
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