Colour Icon Matrix Bar-Code

Abstract

Cimbar-Code is a proof-of-concept 2D data encoding format designed to be like QR Codes, JAB codes, and Microsoft's HCCB. It works by encoding data in a grid of coloured symbols. Each tile in the grid can have one of sixteen symbols, and each symbol can have one of a few colours. This allows Cimbar-Code to encode a significant amount of data in a small space. Cimbar-Code is designed to be transmitted from a computer screen to a cell phone camera. The decoder app on the phone can then extract the data from the encoded image. This makes Cimbar-Code a potential solution for transferring data between devices without using an internet connection. The Cimbar-Code can encode up to 10kb of data in a single image and it can transfer data at speeds of up to 100kb/s and it includes error correction capabilities to ensure that the data is transmitted accurately.