Graphic Code: A New Machine Readable Approach

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