Barcode Scanner (application)
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| [[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Sean Owen, Daniel Switkin, ZXing Team |
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| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Android |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | Main site Google Play |
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The application Barcode Scanner is an Android app, from the open-source project ZXing (short for Zebra Crossing), that allows an Android device with imaging hardware (a built-in camera) to scan barcodes or 2D barcodes and retrieve the data encoded.[2] Information encoded often includes web addresses, geographical coordinates, and small pieces of text, in addition to commercial product codes. This Android-based system has similar functionality to a hardware barcode reader.
This application supports many different types of barcodes, including those used to identify products in commerce. The Barcode Scanner can automatically search the Web to identify a product with a barcode and use, for example, price-comparison information between vendors.
The application can decode several 2D barcodes including the widely used QR Code and Data Matrix. QR codes are often embedded in websites; Barcode Scanner can open a browser at the encoded site, for example, facilitating the download of an application.
As of May 2016[update], this is one of the most downloaded Android applications as listed by Google Play, with over 600,000 ratings and over 126 million user installs.[3][4]
Detection performance of ZXing was assessed on close to 2 million synthetic images for three types of barcodes: QR Code, MaxiCode, and EAN-13 1D barcode. Problematic angles where decoding often fails were found, for example 45, 135, 225 and 315 degrees for QR Codes.[5]
See also
- Automated identification and data capture (AIDC)
- Barcode printer
- Code (disambiguation)
- European Article Numbering-Uniform Code Council
- Global Trade Item Number
- Identifier
- Inventory control system
- List of most downloaded Android applications
- Object hyperlinking
- Semacode
- SMS barcode
- SPARQCode
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Releases - zxing/zxing". 11 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via GitHub.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Francis, William (2014-02-19). "Generate scannable barcodes in Android apps by using ZXing". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BarcodeScanner". Zxing org.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Barcode Scanner App Ranking and Store Data". AppAnnie.
- ^ Scheuermann, C., Werner, M., Kessel, M., Linnhoff-Popien, C., & Verclas, S. A. W. (2012). Evaluation of Barcode Decoding Performance using ZXING Library. In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Smart Mobile Applications (SmartApps’12)
External links
- Barcode Scanner Android package at the F-Droid repositoryTemplate:Edit at Wikidata