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QR-JAM MAKER ver.1.02

By Roger ⋅ April 22, 2010 ⋅ Email this post ⋅ Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Dr. Manabu Hagiwara, a mathematician at the Japanese Research Center for Information Security (RCIS), which is a part of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), has released a free downloadable QR Code generator called QR-JAM MAKER ver.1.02 (screenshots below). It produces distinctive QR Codes with an image down a bar in the middle of the code. Different images can be selected from a menu and output can be small, medium or large, in .bmp or .jpg format. Color can also be selected although there are some limitations on the encoded string. I download and played with this for a while and had some difficulty reading the QR Codes.

I contacted Dr. Hagiwara and sent him an example of a code that would not scan with some readers. He told me that he had no difficulty in scanning the code and that the fault must be with the scanning software. I have reproduced that particular code below, please try to scan it and then leave a comment saying what you used and if the scan was succesful (or not).

A screenshot of the program in use

 

Can you scan this QR Code

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38 comments for “QR-JAM MAKER ver.1.02”

  1. I got it to scan on my Iphone with I-nigma, Neo and MobileTag. However, iCandy and Scanlife were unable to pick it up.

    Posted by Nick Ford | April 22, 2010, 1:20 pm

  2. Using QuickMark for iPhone (3GS) it decodes, so that’s one that works. No problem at all…

    Posted by Wilfred Ketelaar | April 22, 2010, 1:28 pm

  3. Successful on iPhone 3GS with both i-nigma and QuickMark

    Posted by Jeremy Griffin | April 22, 2010, 2:24 pm

  4. Scanned quickly and easily using the native barcode reader on my Nokia N95.

    Posted by josh909 | April 22, 2010, 4:00 pm

  5. I can read it on an Android (Hero) using Barcode Scanner.

    Posted by chucky egg | April 22, 2010, 4:58 pm

  6. Scans correctly on iPhone 3G with QuickMark

    Posted by Paul | April 22, 2010, 5:00 pm

  7. Scans fine with Barcode Scanner for Android on my Motorola Droid (2.1, Verizon, USA)

    Posted by Sean Helling | April 22, 2010, 5:06 pm

  8. I successfully scanned it on my Blackberry with NeoReader.

    Posted by Rose Ehrecke | April 22, 2010, 5:31 pm

  9. ixMAT on android …works
    NeoReader on android works

    shopsavvy on android works…

    thanks Roger…

    can you get the fine Dr. to make
    the api/sdk zip in english/ascii ?
    thx.

    Steve

    Posted by steve epstein | April 22, 2010, 9:41 pm

  10. Blackberry:

    NeoReader: Nope
    BeeTagg: Nope

    Posted by Dale | April 22, 2010, 9:55 pm

  11. Using QuickMark, it works on Windows Mobile cell phone without any problem.

    Posted by vaiofav | April 23, 2010, 3:23 am

  12. Nokia E71:
    “Barcode” application: Yes
    BeeTagg: Yes

    Both were slow however.

    Posted by Johann | April 24, 2010, 10:45 pm

  13. Does anyone know if Hagiwara-san will offer an English version of QR-JAM MAKER?

    Posted by Pete Wassell | April 25, 2010, 2:29 pm

  14. Hero + Google Barcode Scanner = Success

    Posted by whitt | April 25, 2010, 10:45 pm

  15. Scanned just fine using Blackberry contact manager app.

    Posted by Lindsay Gray | April 26, 2010, 12:29 am

  16. This is interesting. It worked on my Windows Mobile using i-nigma and beetagg. I will check out more tomorrow when I get in the studio.

    Posted by Philip Warbasse | April 26, 2010, 2:00 am

  17. @steve epstein @Pete Wassell Dr. Hagiwara tells me that he would like to provide an English version with an API/SDK but is unable to do so at the moment. He also said that he hopes that corporations will contact his institute for cooperative research and development.

    Posted by Roger | April 26, 2010, 4:52 am

  18. @pete @phillip @steve epstein

    I was able to run it in Japanese. I was getting a lot of strange dingbats and squares, but it runs fine.

    Let me know if you have any questions. I am running the exe file in parallels.

    Best,
    Patrick Donnelly
    www.qrarts.com

    ps. this is very exciting!

    Posted by Patrick Donnelly | April 28, 2010, 5:03 am

  19. Worked on and QR app for me as well.

    Posted by Danica Medeiros | April 28, 2010, 11:47 pm

  20. Avec i-nigma, c’est super rapide….j’adore le design
    jack

    Posted by jacques pecate | May 2, 2010, 7:07 pm

  21. I am still so impressed by this approach to the QR encoding algorithm. In a past life, I must have loved math.
    -pd

    Posted by Patrick Donnelly | May 3, 2010, 6:58 am

  22. Using my iPhone 3GS I scanned it with Lynkee and Mobiletag. Love QR Tags!

    Posted by Andrea Hackett | May 3, 2010, 6:28 pm

  23. Couldnt scan it using Upcode reader on iphone but worked with same reader on a Nokia 5800 (but this is a great handset for 2D codes)
    Tried with inigma and worked very well.

    has anyone got experience of the Upcode reader platform??

    Posted by Simon Jobling | May 4, 2010, 12:01 pm

  24. Interesting, my DROID scanned ok with Barcode reader, IxMAT, ShopSavvy, Mobiletag and NeoReader. But Scanlife and iNigma failed.

    On my PC using a webcam, Quickmark read it just fine, but failed using the onscreen reader. EZCodes webcam reader worked as well.

    Posted by Charles King | May 4, 2010, 5:30 pm

  25. My Motorola Droid with the default Zebra Xing “Barcode Scanner” scanned it just fine.

    Posted by Rick Gillespie | May 4, 2010, 9:16 pm

  26. Nokia N95:
    Nokia app: ok
    Kaywa:ok
    i-nigma: ok
    upcode:ok
    Neoreader: ok

    beetag:KO

    Regards

    Posted by Mario Pucci | May 4, 2010, 11:31 pm

  27. I use Nokia 5800, have two scanning applications:

    i-nigma: OK
    Quickmark: OK

    Anyway, seems to be working for me… :-)

    Posted by Ivan Szekeres | May 8, 2010, 9:13 am

  28. Worked with:

    i-nigma
    qrmidlet

    on my really crappy nokia 6700C

    Posted by sh3-rg | May 12, 2010, 11:59 pm

  29. Worked with google goggles on my android phone (htc legend)

    Posted by Chris | June 12, 2010, 9:44 am

  30. Worked instantly on my Google Nexus One - using Zxing.

    Posted by Terence Eden | June 15, 2010, 10:00 am

  31. Yes, can scan using quickmark, SE X1.
    But with some delay.

    Posted by Yogu | June 17, 2010, 5:08 am

  32. I thought I would try the new reader from the creators of QR codes, Denso-Wave, as well as some other less known readers.

    Using iPhone 3g

    QRdeCODE - yes
    quiQR - yes
    iRobin - yes
    ScanMee - yes
    Mobiletag - yes
    2D Sense - yes
    Optiscan - yes
    BeeTagg Pro - no

    Posted by Rick | June 19, 2010, 5:37 am

  33. neoreader yes but gives an error on going through
    beetag no
    upcode yes
    ingima yes
    quickmark yes

    Posted by jeremy | June 24, 2010, 10:27 am

  34. I can read it with Barcode Scanner on Xperia x10

    Posted by Funvill | July 19, 2010, 1:39 am

  35. Yes, I scan using Android Legend with Android : Barcode Scanner v3.31

    Posted by Soso7 | July 24, 2010, 11:39 am

  36. All the scanners on my Nokia (native, BeeTag, Neo, I-nigma) worked

    Posted by Andy | September 10, 2010, 12:48 pm

  37. I coud scan with QR Scanner on iPhone 4/IOS 4.1, but some other software failed. It should be the software problem.

    Posted by ICAN | December 27, 2010, 7:59 am

  38. Works: Android - mobiScan.

    Output: http://2d-code.co.uk

    Posted by Aldo Gnocchi | May 16, 2011, 5:23 pm

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