Leading manufacturer of automatic data capture equipment including bar code, 2D code readers.The excellent quality and advanced technology can contribute to improving business efficiency.
Bar codes are widely used in many places, such as convenience stores, supermarkets, bullet train kiosks, factories and express delivery tags. Bar code technology helps to increase work accuracy and speed by matching the flow of objects and information, which leads to productivity improvement and makes business activities more efficient. Bar code technology is expected to develop further amid calls for more effective IT strategies.
The QR code* developed by DENSO WAVE is a 2D code which instantly reads approximately 100 times as much information as a bar code. QR code is presently a world standard, and is also stipulated by JIS and ISO.
QR codes can be displayed on a cellular phone screen for the purpose of ticketless concert entry or cashless vending machine purchases.
These uses are creating a rapidly expanding new market for QR codes.
Approach to Developing Easier-to-Use Devices
Customer's needs are diversified, ranging from smaller and lighter scanners, to scanners capable of reading unclear codes, scanners with bigger display screens, and scanners with high speed wireless communication support. DENSO WAVE is continuing to develop a range of scanners to meet these needs.
Customer-oriented Sales and Marketing Activities
Our nation-wide sales network advises customers from a wide-range of industries, such as computer and equipment manufacturing, and systems companies, on which devices to introduce, what can be accomplished, and what kind of system can be designed to meet their demands.
Our partnership with affiliated companies has enabled us to develop our overseas market, expanding into Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America. Promoting activities in Asian counties in particular will be an important task for us in the future as QR codes, in addition to being an ISO standard, are adopted as the national standard in China and Korea.
The 180 members of the Automatic Data Capture Division continue their daily challenge to develop various usages for bar codes and QR codes.
What is QR Code?
QR code is a type of 2D code.
