High Capacity Color Barcode
The High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB) is a barcode developed by Microsoft . It is not intended to replace existing barcode processes, but rather to supplement them with a higher storage capacity.
On April 16, 2007, it was announced that the International Standard Audiovisual Number International Agency (ISAN-IA) had licensed the technology.
particularities
By using several colors, around twice as much information can be accommodated in the same space as with previous black and white barcode systems: around 3500 characters per square inch (≈ 6.5 square centimeters). In addition, a Reed-Solomon coding is used for the purpose of channel coding in order to be able to compensate for a certain number of read errors. For this reason, HCCB barcodes can be printed much smaller with the same storage capacity and the same readability. In return, the effort for production and scanning is much higher and the aging resistance is lower than with black and white barcodes.
application
The Microsoft Tag App gives users the option of taking a picture of an HCCB code via a camera in order to process information in any form. Purpose: Print advertising, posters, packaging and merchandising in stores, linked URLs, V-Cards and much more. The Microsoft HCCB reader app is currently available as a free download.
Individual evidence
- ^ Microsoft Research: High Capacity Color Barcode Technology . Retrieved January 8, 2009.
- ↑ International Organization Licenses Microsoft's New Multicolor Bar Code Technology for Identifying Audiovisual Works . Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ↑ Color barcode system to hit DVDs . Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ↑ "HBCC FAQs and Downloads" HBCC FAQs and Downloads