Two-dimensional code output value hundreds of millions of

Abstract: Sweep can save on the phone on the cumbersome input process, two-dimensional code by virtue of easy to operate, easy to produce and quickly fly into ordinary people home. At the same time also led to the related scanning, printing, identification and other upstream and downstream industry chain. According to experts, the current

"Sweep" can save on the phone on the cumbersome input process, "two-dimensional code" by virtue of easy operation, production simple and quickly "fly into ordinary people home." At the same time also led to the relevant scanning, printing, identification and other upstream and downstream industry chain "popular."

According to experts, at present, China's two-dimensional code upstream and downstream industry scale forecast has reached hundreds of millions of yuan. But because the two-dimensional code is mainly the "QR" code developed by Japanese enterprises, there is a certain patent risk. If not in time to avoid, is the rapid development of two-dimensional code industry, or will become the next "DVD" industry.

The two-dimensional code is a barcode technology that was invented by Japanese companies in the 70 's to record data in graphics. Relatively widely used in one-dimensional barcode, two-dimensional code information storage more large, scanning more convenient, it is widely used in commodity traceability, logistics tracking, identity authentication, data security and many other fields.

With the explosion of mobile internet users in China, two-dimensional code technology has been a simple graphic storage technology, rapidly spread to information inquiries, cultural communication, business applications and so on, become an important access to the Internet.

Wuhan Hankou A company young staff Xiang Kang said, sweep two-dimensional code, do not need to enter the Web address on the mobile phone alphabet, so that "bow a clan" online more convenient. "I am now almost suffering from ' two-dimensional code obsessive-compulsive disorder ', and I want to scan the two-dimensional code to see if there is a discount coupon for the mall." ”

Lijian, Deputy chief engineer of China Institute of Electronic Technology Standardization, said that the domestic two-dimensional code industry has developed rapidly in recent years, a rough estimate of the current domestic two-dimensional code production, distribution, recognition and other upstream and downstream related industries has been more than 200 billion yuan. But with Japan, the United States and other countries and regions in the two-dimensional code over 90% of the high penetration rate, China's two-dimensional code industry still has a large growth space.

Two-dimensional code in the domestic rapid popularization of new industrial cakes, but also derived a more prominent patent risk. Lijian said that the current international use of two-dimensional code technology standards, mainly Japanese QR code, the United States PDF417 code and so on; China also has enterprises independently developed GM code standards, but not popular at the moment. The day-to-day use of QR code is still the main.

Zhang Deyu, a senior engineer of China Aviation Comprehensive Technology Research institute in two-dimensional Code field, said two-dimensional code as a core technology of the development of the Internet of things, the future development trend will be "a bright." QR codes, as an international standard, are protected by patents. Although the QR Code patent has the enterprise to declare will not carry out the patent protection, "but in the promotion period free, once the formation scale or the technology renewal, immediately collects the high expense, has become the foreign technical standard research and development giant's habitual method." ”

Zhang Deyu said the two-dimensional code faces patent risks like the DVD industry. When China's DVD production accounted for 90% of the world, the world's DVD patented technology owners have jointly levied high royalties on our production enterprises, resulting in the rapid contraction of China's booming DVD industry, "similar to the mobile phone GMS standards, these patent traps have let us pay a lot of tuition." ”

In addition to the patent risk, technology monopoly or will become a constraint on the development of China's two-dimensional code industry another major factor. Wuhan Information Industry Office director Huangchangqing said that the Japanese QR code has three points, if any one of the points were defaced, in addition to Japanese-related enterprise production of reading equipment, can not accurately read information.

"In the logistics, retail and other industries, barcode fouling is extremely common, which means that a large number of two-dimensional code use enterprises will be forced to buy expensive imported patented equipment." "These patent risks and technology monopolies are obviously not conducive to the healthy development of China's two-dimensional code-related industries," Huangchangqing said.