Improving Machine Readable Codes Aesthetics: A Novel Iconographic Encoding Standard

This paper introduces the novel Icon- based Graphic Code (IbGC), which is a new paradigm for Machine Readable Code (MRC) with configurable aesthetics. In IbGC, data is encoded as a sequence of icons positioned over the code region. The design and position of the icons is designed for each application, allowing complete control of the final aesthetics of the MRC.