QR Code and 1D/2D Barcodes

 

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QR Code

Inventor: Denso-Wave in 1994

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 18004:2006

Error Correction: L(7%), M(15%), Q(25%), H(30%)

Area of Applications: Mobile

 

DataMatrix

Inventor: RVSI/Acuity CiMatrix (acquired by Siemens AG in October 2005 and Microscan in September 2008)

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC16022

Error Correction: About 30%

Area of Applications: Parts

 

PDF417

Inventor: Dr. Ynjiun P. Wang at Symbol Technologies in 1991

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 15438:2001

Error Correction: 7%~ 55%

Area of Applications: Document

 

Maxicode

Inventor: United Parcel Service (UPS)

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 16023

Error Correction: SEC(23%), EEC(38%)

Area of Applications: Shipment of Packages

 

Aztec

Inventor: Andrew Longacre, Jr. and Robert Hussey

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 24778

Error Correction: 23% (Recommended)

Area of Applications: Transport

 

Chinese Sensible Code

Inventor:

ISO Standard: China National Standard

Error Correction:

Area of Applications: Unknown

 

AR Code

Inventor: Funcode Technology

ISO Standard: In-House

Error Correction: 25%

Area of Applications: Augmented Reality

 

S2D

Inventor: Taiwan NCTU AIP Lab

ISO Standard: In-House 2D barcode

Error Correction: 25%

Area of Applications: Security

 

EAN-13

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 15420

Area of Applications: Retail

Example Index: 4710088630223

 

EAN-8

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 15420

Area of Applications: Retail

Example Index: 12345670

 

ISBN

Area of Applications: Book

Example Index: 9789867299369

 

Code 11

Area of Applications: Telephones

Example Index: 654321

 

Code 39

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 16388

Area of Applications: Various

Example Index: ABC12

 

Code 93

Area of Applications: Various

Example Index: CODE93

 

Code 128

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 15417

Area of Applications: Various

Example Index: Code 128

 

Interleaved 2 of 5

ISO Standard: ISO/IEC 16390

Area of Applications: WholeSales

Example Index: 1234567895

 

Industrial 2 of 5

Area of Applications: Industry

Example Index: 0123

 

MSI

Area of Applications: Warehouse and Inventory

Example Index: 12345

 

Codabar

Area of Applications: Blood Banks

Example Index: A123456A

 

Plessey

Area of Applications: Catalogs

Example Index: 1230C