Graphic Code: A New Machine Readable Approach

Abstract

Machine Readable Codes have been used for severalpurposes. Approaches like UPC and QR Code can beseen everywhere. Recently, it has emerged a new MRC able to combine the communication power of classical methodsto a meaningful improvement on aesthetics and data capacity.This method is named Graphic Code1. Although it has beenused in previous researches, this name was firstly used publiclyat Security Document World Conference and Exhibition, 2018. Graphic Code has two major advantages over classical MRCs: aesthetics and larger coding capacity. It opens new possibilitiesfor several purposes such as identification, tracking (using aspecific border), and transferring of content to the application.This paper focuses on presenting how graphic code can be usedfor industry applications, emphasizing its uses on Augmented Reality (AR). In the first context, it is still being used for creatinglabels and validation stamps. In the second one, it can be used asa marker (identification and tracking), and to code parametersfor an AR application such as large texts, meshes of a 3D model, an image, a drawing, or other complex controls.