Progressive Barcodes

Vans, Marie ; Simske, Steven ; Loucks, Brad

HP Development Company

关键词: Progressive Barcodes;    Color Barcodes;    Time-variant barcodes;    Track and Trace;    Workflow tools;   

RP-ID  :  HPL-2012-182

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: HP Labs

【 摘 要 】

Barcodes are a familiar data-carrying mark printed onto physical items such as packaging, labels, magazines, etc. Many consumers, retailers, and distributors are routinely reading them with their mobile devices. We introduce the four-dimensional Progressive Barcode which is a printed mark that does not take up more real estate as it is used to advance a workflow. Adding progressive information to a barcode allows it to change through time*supporting many different information lifecycles.