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2-D barcodes (QR codes) and their applications
Rick ShunUBC eHealth Strategy Office
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What are those strange looking squares?
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What are those strange looking squares?
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What are those strange looking squares?
They are 2-D barcodes (also known as QR code). The QR is derived from “Quick Response” as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.
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QR code History
• Created by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994
• Originally used to track vehicles during the manufacturing process
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Before 2-D barcode
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Advantages of QR code
Advantages of QR code
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What can a QR code contain?
• Contact information like business card
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What can a QR code contain?
• Calendar events
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What can a QR code contain?
• URLs
• eg http://ehealth.med.ubc.ca/, www.ilovemusic.com
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What can a QR code contain?
• Google maps locations
• SMS message
• Text
• Wifi login (Android only) include SSID and password of wifi connection
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Demo: How to create a QR code
• http://www.qrstuff.com/
• Use http://goo.gl/ to create QR code for website by shortening a URL, and adding .qr
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QR code Reader for Java phone
• Kaywa Reader
• Bee Tagg
• NeoReader
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QR code Reader for iPhone
• i-nigma 4
• QR Reader for iPhone
• QR Scanner
• Tap Reader
• QR App
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QR code Reader for Android
• QR Droid
• BeeTag QR Reader
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QR code Reader for Blackberry
• Mobiletag
• I-nigma
• ScanLife
• BeeTagg
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Applications: electronic business card
It includes my name, office phone number office address and email address.
QR code for my info
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Applications: electronic business card
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Applications: electronic business card
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Application: books
Jules Verne “Around the world in eighty days” publish by ubitour
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Application: books
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Application: books
• Multimedia book and add some fun to reader
• 2D barcode contains links to photos, audios, videos, maps, historical insights and travel journals.
• We can do the same for medical documents.
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Application: Restaurant
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Application: Restaurant
• Restaurants publish their foods nutrition facts on the web.
• They can add QR code at the end of their menus
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Application: Restaurant
• QR code bring customers to that nutrition facts tables and keep their menus same as original
• Help customers to make their food orders decision.
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Q&A time
• Any questions?