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The application Barcode Scanner is an Android app, from the
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* * {{F-Droid, com.google.zxing.client.android, Barcode Scanner Automatic identification and data capture Barcodes Free and open-source Android software
The application Barcode Scanner is an Android app, from the open-source
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project ZXing (short for Zebra Crossing), that allows an Android device with imaging
Imaging is the representation or reproduction of an object's form; especially a visual representation (i.e., the formation of an image).
Imaging technology is the application of materials and methods to create, preserve, or duplicate images.
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hardware (a built-in camera) to scan barcodes or 2D barcodes and retrieve the data encoded. 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
A barcode reader or barcode scanner is an optical scanner that can read printed barcodes and send the data they contain to computer. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens, and a light sensor for translating optical impul ...
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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.
, this is one of the most downloaded Android applications as listed by Google Play
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, with over 600,000 ratings and over 126 million user installs.
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.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)''
See also
* Automated identification and data capture (AIDC) * Barcode printer * Code (disambiguation) * European Article Numbering-Uniform Code Council * Global Trade Item Number *Identifier
An identifier is a name that identifies (that is, labels the identity of) either a unique object or a unique ''class'' of objects, where the "object" or class may be an idea, person, physical countable object (or class thereof), or physical mass ...
* Inventory control system
* List of most downloaded Android applications
* Object hyperlinking
* Semacode
* SMS barcode
* SPARQCode
References
External links
Development Site
* * {{F-Droid, com.google.zxing.client.android, Barcode Scanner Automatic identification and data capture Barcodes Free and open-source Android software