The N504iS also has OCR, but it does not work very well,
and I doubt anyone uses it.
The 2D bar codes are not only used in the direction
paper -> phone but also in the direction
phone -> bar code reader in payment systems,
membership systems, entry tickets etc.
Gerhard
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Gerhard Fasol, PhD Eurotechnology Japan K. K.
fasol_at_eurotechnology.com http://www.eurotechnology.com/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Find us in "IBM developerWorks" and in "Chemical & Engineering News":
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/wireless/library/wi-elite8.html
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8049/8049bus1.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Sydenham wrote:
>
> Here is a direct link to a page with a picture of the QR barcode. It is
> characterised by 3 registration squares in top & bottom left, top right
> corners.
>
> http://www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/qrfeature.html
>
> I think only DoCoMo SH505 & F505 have the in-built reader. SH is native,
> F505 is a Java appli. The F is better since it captures a mono image,
> unlike the Sharp - sometimes colour surround confounds the reader. From
> Vodafone, I think only SH-53 has the reader (might be others), but to me
> it is a bit braindead since you cannot read & open URLs encoded in the
> barcode directly in Vodafone unlike DoCoMo (I think Vodafone ought to
> correct this). I believe all 505iS's will have the barcode reader as
> standard. In my mind, avoiding typing URLs & mail addresses is probably
> the most useful mobile applications of these barcodes. However I wonder
> how long barcodes will be used for these purposes, since already the
> SH505 has shown excellent OCR of typed web/mail addresses, so perhaps
> OCR will just be easier (no need to create/print the barcode).
>
> Michael.
>
>> From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
>> Reply-To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: QP? mobile-camera-readable barcode-type thing
>> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:41:08 +0900 (JST)
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Florian Goersdorf wrote:
>>
>> > i am just curious, but could you provide a photo of that QP thing to
>> > see how it looks?
>>
>> If you can't get a picture, just order something shipped to you via UPS,
>> and look at the 2-D bar code on the package when you receive it. 2-D bar
>> codes have been in use for many years now, actually.
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*.
> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
>
>
> This mail was sent to address fasol@eurotechnology.com
> Need archives? How to unsubscribe? http://www.appelsiini.net/keitai-l/
>
>
--
Received on Sun Sep 28 15:29:38 2003