The document discusses 2-D barcodes, specifically QR codes, which were created by Denso Wave in 1994 for vehicle tracking and are now used for various applications including contact information, calendar events, and URLs. It highlights how QR codes facilitate easy access to multimedia content, nutrition facts, and medical documents. The document also provides examples of QR code readers and its applications in electronic business cards and restaurants.

2. 2-D barcodes (QR codes) and their applications Rick Shun UBC eHealth Strategy Office

3. What are those strange looking squares?

4. What are those strange looking squares?

5. What are those strange looking squares?

6. They are 2-D barcodes (also known as QR code). The QR is derived from “Quick Response” as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.

7. QR code History Created by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 Originally used to track vehicles during the manufacturing process

8. Before 2-D barcode

9. Advantages of QR code

10. Advantages of QR code

11. What can a QR code contain? Contact information like business card

12. What can a QR code contain? Calendar events

13. What can a QR code contain? URLs eg http://ehealth.med.ubc.ca/, www.ilovemusic.com

14. What can a QR code contain? Google maps locations SMS message Text Wifi login (Android only) include SSID and password of wifi connection

15. Demo: How to create a QR code http://www.qrstuff.com/ Use http://goo.gl/ to create QR code for website by shortening a URL, and adding .qr

16. QR code Reader for Java phone Kaywa Reader Bee Tagg NeoReader

17. QR code Reader for iPhone i-nigma 4 QR Reader for iPhone QR Scanner Tap Reader QR App

18. QR code Reader for Android QR Droid BeeTag QR Reader

19. QR code Reader for Blackberry Mobiletag I-nigma ScanLife BeeTagg

20. Applications: electronic business card It includes my name, office phone number office address and email address. QR code for my info

21. Applications: electronic business card

22. Applications: electronic business card

23. Application: books Jules Verne “Around the world in eighty days” publish by ubitour

24. Application: books

25. Application: books Multimedia book and add some fun to reader 2D barcode contains links to photos, audios, videos, maps, historical insights and travel journals. We can do the same for medical documents.

26. Application: Restaurant

27. Application: Restaurant Restaurants publish their foods nutrition facts on the web. They can add QR code at the end of their menus

28. Application: Restaurant QR code bring customers to that nutrition facts tables and keep their menus same as original Help customers to make their food orders decision.

29. Q&A time Any questions?