Message Embedded Barcode with Picturesque Representation

Two dimensional barcodes are wide used as an interface to attach potential customers and promotional material contents. However, the looks of a traditional 2nd barcode pattern is usually too obtrusive for group action into an esthetically designed promotional material. Besides, no human decipherable info is provided before the barcode is with success decoded. This paper proposes a brand new picture-embedding 2D barcode, known as PiCode, which mitigates these two limitations by mobilization a scannable 2D barcode with a picturesque look. PiCode is intended with careful concerns on each the sensory activity quality of the embedded image and therefore the decipherment lustiness of the encoded message. Comparisons with existing beautified 2nd barcodes show that PiCode achieves one among the simplest sensory activity quality for the embedded image, and maintains a more robust trade-off between image quality and decipherment lustiness in varied application conditions.