Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (한국정보통신학회논문지)

The Korea Institute of Information and Commucation Engineering (한국정보통신학회)
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An Embedded Information Extraction of Color QR Code for Offline Applications

오프라인 응용을 위한 컬러 QR코드의 삽입 정보 추출 방법

  • Kim, Jin-soo (Department of Info. & Comm. Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • Received : 2020.05.10
  • Accepted : 2020.06.13
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

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%.

현재 QR 코드는 가장 흔히 사용되고 있는 2차원 바코드이다. QR코드는 작은 크기, 높은 부호화 및 에러 보정 능력, 손쉬운 생성 및 읽기 과정 등의 장점으로 인해 많은 응용에 활용되고 있다. 최근에는 인쇄된 컬러 QR코드 응용을 통하여 제한된 정보 저장 능력을 개선하려는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그러나 컬러 정보를 QR코드에 다중화함으로써, 정보 추출을 위한 색상 간의 간섭 왜곡뿐만 아니라 기하왜곡 등으로 인하여 삽입 정보를 제대로 추출하는데 어려움을 갖게 된다. 본 논문에서는 색상차 왜곡과 기하 왜곡을 극복하기 위한 강인하고 효과적인 정보 추출 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 CMYK 컬러 모델에 기반하여 컬러 QR코드를 생성함과 더불어 정보 읽기 과정에서 전역 공간 정합과 국부 공간 탐색을 적응적으로 사용함으로써 삽입 정보 인식률을 개선하는 것이다. 인쇄된 QR코드에 대한 다양한 실험을 통해 제안한 방법은 실제 삽입된 정보를 추출함에 있어서 3% ~ 5% 정도의 비트 인식률 개선효과를 보인다.

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