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Código QR
- Date
- 1994 · confidence high
- Place
- Denso Wave, Kariya, Aichi, Japan
- Credited to
- Masahiro Hara (Denso Wave)
- People
- 👤 Masahiro Hara1957–
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A fast-reading two-dimensional code with error correction, released royalty-free, devised to track car parts. With the phone camera it became the universal bridge between the physical and digital worlds.
What it led to
- Mobile payments in China (Alipay, WeChat Pay) and India (UPI)
- Digital menus, tickets and health certificates after the pandemic
- Industrial traceability
Built on
Made possible
- Mobile money (M-Pesa) and mobile payments (Apple Pay, Alipay)2007
- QR code payments
- digital COVID certificate
- electronic tickets