• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1187-1192
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• 2012

This paper describes a method to detect QR-code finders by four-direction scanning. The finder recognition is the first step in the QR-code recognition. If the finder is missing, QR-code recognition fails. The existing QR-code recognition method has a problem that the recognition performance decreases for perspectively distored images. To overcome the problem, we introduce four-direction scanning and a candidate set image to accurately detect QR-code finders. Using morphological operations detect the QR-code finder in the candidate set image robustly. To show the effectiveness of our method, we compared our method with the well-known existing method. The experimental result indicates that the proposed method is superior to the existing method in terms of the finder recognition performance.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.267-275
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• 2019

Currently, due to the widespread use of a smartphone, QR codes allow users to access a variety of added services. However, the QR codes posted on curved surfaces tend to be non-uniformly illuminated and bring about the decline of recognition rate. So, in this paper, the block-adaptive binarization policy is adopted to find an optimal threshold appropriate for bimodal image like QR codes. For a large block, its histogram distribution is found to get an initial threshold and then the block is partitioned to reflect the local characteristics of small blocks. Also, morphological operation is applied to their neighboring boundary at the discontinuous at the QR code junction. This paper proposes an authentication method based on the color code, uniquely painted within QR code. Through a variety of practical experiments, it is shown that the proposed algorithm outperforms the conventional method in detecting QR code and also maintains good recognition rate up to 40 degrees on curved surfaces.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.11-20
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• 2022

Currently, the black-white QR (Quick Response) codes have been used widely in consumer advertising fields and the study of color QR codes have received a growing demand because of much higher data encoding capacity. Color QR codes can be reproduced by the printing and scanning processes, however, these encounter colors distortion caused by insufficient lighting, low resolution of camera and geometric deformation during the capturing processes. In order to overcome these problems, this paper proposes an efficient decoding algorithm for color QR codes with inserted patterns, which are dealt with conventional studies. These are evaluated in view of the recognition rate under different noise conditions, for example, Gaussian noises/blurring and geometric deformation. Experimental results demonstrate that the color QR codes with simple pattern can resist the distortion of Gaussian noises/blurrings.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.251-255
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• 2019

The QR codes are printed in sticker form and have many advantages in terms of location recognition accuracy or installation cost compared to the location recognition method, which attaches artificial indicators to ceilings or walls for low-cost location recognition, and the way in which the location is recognized by vision, to create robots that are generally applicable to all industries. In this study, it is shown that the two-dimensional square bar code applied to the robot within 3 mm of error allows the robot to be made with high accuracy and accurate location control. In particular, the fusion research, combined with various engineering technologies, describes QR code-aware indoor mobile robot control research centered on the construction of the system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2021.01a
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• pp.145-146
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• 2021

본 논문은 최근 이슈가 되고 있는 코로나19 시대에서 확진자 동선을 파악하기 위해 매장 등 시설에 방문했다는 기록을 남기는 과정 중 방문자가 QR 코드를 생성하고 관리자가 방문자의 QR 코드를 인식하는 방식과 반대로 방문자가 매장의 QR 코드를 직접 인식하게 하여 방문자와 매장 관리자가 겪을 수 있는 불편함을 덜어주기 위한 논문이다. App은 방문자와 매장 관리자 App이 따로 나눠져 있으며 사용자 App은 관리자의 QR을 스캔하여 방문기록을 남기고 관리자 App은 QR 코드를 생성만 하고 출입문에 비치하기만 하면 된다. Web도 관리자와 사용자로 나눠지는데 사용자는 자신의 방문기록과 감염 위험 경로 목록을 확인할 수 있으며 관리자는 매장에 다녀간 방문자의 목록과 확진자가 다녀갈 경우 감염 위험 경로 목록에 해당 사용자 정보가 나타나게 설계하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.172-174
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• 2022

Logistics processing companies in Korea are mostly handling various types of products in and out. In order to process various types of products, the sorting business is performed by hand. In this paper, we propose a real-time QR code detection method using a vision sensor to achieve high efficiency with a small amount of manpower. The limiting system uses a vision sensor to process QR code recognition of logistics in real time. The proposed system can quickly identify a large number of QR codes through multiple recognition rather than QR code recognition, which is a single part of logistics. In the study, the system was actually implemented and verified, and multiple QR recognition was confirmed in the image through the vision center.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.26-38
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• 2023

This paper is a study on a transport robot capable of autonomously driving to a destination using a QR code in an indoor environment. The transport robot was designed and manufactured by attaching a lidar sensor so that the robot can maintain a certain distance during movement by detecting the distance between the camera for recognizing the QR code and the left and right walls. For the location information of the delivery robot, the QR code image was enlarged with Lanczos resampling interpolation, then binarized with Otsu Algorithm, and detection and analysis were performed using the Zbar library. The QR code recognition experiment was performed while changing the size of the QR code and the traveling speed of the transport robot while the camera position of the transport robot and the height of the QR code were fixed at 192cm. When the QR code size was 9cm × 9cm The recognition rate was 99.7% and almost 100% when the traveling speed of the transport robot was less than about 0.5m/s. Based on the QR code recognition rate, an experiment was conducted on the case where the destination is only going straight and the destination is going straight and turning in the absence of obstacles for autonomous driving to the destination. When the destination was only going straight, it was possible to reach the destination quickly because there was little need for position correction. However, when the destination included a turn, the time to arrive at the destination was relatively delayed due to the need for position correction. As a result of the experiment, it was found that the delivery robot arrived at the destination relatively accurately, although a slight positional error occurred while driving, and the applicability of the QR code-based destination self-driving delivery robot was confirmed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1435-1435
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• 2015

광고 및 홍보의 마케팅 수단의 일환으로써 점포별로 QR코드를 사용하는 사례가 급격히 늘고 있다. 정보도트의 일종인 QR코드의 경우는 스마트폰과 더불어 홍보수단의 일환으로 활용되는 사례가 증가하고 있는 반면 QR코드는 정보를 표현할 수 있는 디자인의 범위가 좁고, 전송할 수 있는 Data의 용량이 적으며, 어두운 환경에서의 인식률이 저하되는 단점이 있다. 이에 기존의 QR코드 보다 다양한 디자인이 가능하고 대용량의 Data 전송이 가능한 컬러코드가 대두되고 있다. 컬러코드란 4가지 색상(빨강, 파랑, 초록, 검정)을 이용한 매트릭스 형태의 코드로 각종 디지털 정보를 저장하는 새로운 개념의 데이터 표현 기술이며, 이는 각 컬러에 디지털 정보를 매핑(mapping)하여 콘텐츠나 URL 등의 실제 정보들을 제공하는 역할을 하도록 설계되어 있다. 8MP CMOS센서기반 Colored LED Patch 인식 기법은 VLC에 포함되는 하나의 기술로서 차세대 조명 및 정보 디스플레이 장치로 각광을 받고 있는 반도체 조명 기술인 광원 정보 인식 기법이다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 8MP CMOS센서 기반 컬러코드 LED Patch 인식 기법에 대해 제안하였다. 8MP CMOS 센서를 이용한 Colored LED Patch 인식 기법 중 하나로서 위치 정보 서비스 등 다양한 정보 획득이 가능하도록 연구하였으며, 동영상, 웹사이트 링크 등 여러 형식에 적용이 가능하도록 하였다. 본 연구에서 사용되는 8MP CMOS센서를 기반 Colored LED Patch 인식 기법을 통해 컬러코드는 코드 플랫폼으로 연결되어 콘텐츠의 위치를 파악하고 이용자에게 콘텐츠 및 정보가 전송된다. 이는 QR코드보다 높은 인식률로 빠르고 편리하게 정보를 제공할 수 있었다. 본 논문에서는 상기 제안 기술을 통하여 LED Patch의 높은 주목성과 가시성을 확보하여 보다 효과적인 광고 및 홍보의 시인성을 확보할 수 있다. 향후 본 제안기술을 통하여 사회 안전망을 위한 위치 및 정보 서비스 제공이 가능하며, 효과적인 광고 효과를 도출할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.9
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• pp.1123-1131
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• 2020

The quick-response (QR) code is a two-dimensional barcode which is widely being used. Due to several interesting features such as small code size, high error correction capabilities, easy code generation and reading process, the QR codes are used in many applications. Nowadays, a printed color QR code for offline applications is being studied to improve the information storage capacity. By multiplexing color information into the conventional black-white QR code, the storage capacity is increased, however, it is hard to extract the embedded information due to the color crosstalk and geometrical distortion. In this paper, to overcome these problems, a new type of QR code is designed based on the CMYK color model and the local spatial searching as well as the global spatial matching is introduced in the reading process. These results in the recognition rate increase. Through practical experiments, it is shown that the proposed algorithm can perform the bit recognition rate improvement of about 3% to 5%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06d
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• pp.102-104
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• 2011

최근 스마트폰 사용자가 빠른 속도로 늘어나면서 'QR(Quick Response)코드가 새로운 마케팅 및 정보의 전달 수단으로 크게 각광받고 있다. 또한, QR코드는 인터넷 주소(URL), 사진 및 동영상 정보, 지도 정보, 명함 정보 등을 제공하는 매우 효율적인 수단으로 작용하고 있다. 하지만 스마트폰으로 무심코 인식한 QR 코드로 인해 악성코드에 감염될 가능성이 높아 사용자 주의가 필요하다. 로그인된 웹 사이트에서 QR 코드를 읽어 웹 브라우저로 접근할 때 XSS(Cross Site Scripting)을 통해 해당 웹사이트의 로그인 정보를 획득하거나 게시판 회원정보와 같은 데이터를 수정할 수도 있기 때문이다. 이에 본 논문에서는 QR 코드의 XSS 공격에 대한 대응방안을 상세히 기술하여 QR 코드를 사용하는 유저들에게 도움이 되고자 한다.