Scandit's lightning-fast and accurate Barcode Scanner is a valuable addition to any enterprise application. Watch Zack Gramama, Technical Lead - Xamarin Component Store, and Christian Floerkemeier, CTO and co-founder of Scandit, as they demonstrate how the Scandit component utilizes a unique blurry barcode scan technology that works across platforms to scan any barcode type from any angle.

1. Scandit SDK
Barcode Scanning Component For Xamarin
Christian Floerkemeier PhD,
CTO & Co-Founder
christian@scandit.com
@scandit
www.scandit.com
October 15th, 2013

2. INTRODUCTION
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In the past: barcode scanning = dedicated, costly
hardware
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Outstanding scanning performance
But users had to carry dedicated, clunky & costly devices
Smartphone + Built-In Camera + Imaging Software =
Barcode scanner in every consumer’s & employee’s
hands
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Source: http://www.intermec.com
Consumer use cases: Price
comparison, Coupons, Shopping Lists, ….
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Enterprise use cases: Mobile Point-Of-Sale, Asset
Management, Ticketing, Procurement, …..
Source: http://www.apple.com

3. OUR VISION @ SCANDIT
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Develop a smartphone
barcode scanner that
has laserlike, enterprise-grade
scanning performance

4. SCANDIT SDK
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Scandit SDK is the most user-friendly &
developer-friendly mobile barcode
scanning technology
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Highest scanning speed & robustness
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Supports iOS and Android devices
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Supports all major barcode formats
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Easy to integrate into your Xamarin app
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Attractive pricing plan (incl. free community
version)

5. SCANDIT DEMO VIDEO
http://www.scandit.com/video

6. BARCODE READER:
BARCODE SCANNING
CHALLENGES WITH
SMARTPHONES

7. CHALLENGE: NO AUTOFOCUS CAMERA
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8. CHALLENGE: LOW RESOLUTION
CAMERA MODULES
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Android low-end phones have
cheap camera modules
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Camera resolution can be as low
as 320x480
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In total, there are 100+ million
smartphone and tablets that have
fixed focus and low resolution
cameras

9. CHALLENGE: BLURRY IMAGES
WITH AUTOFOCUS DEVICES
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Wrong
focus point
Camera unable to
focus on objects
too close

10. CHALLENGE: AUTOFOCUS DELAY
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Autofocus duration on iPhone 4S: ~1 sec
Delay to start autofocus: ~0.3-1 sec
Time

11. CHALLENGE: ANDROID DIVERSITY
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Different Android devices
implement high-level
camera API differently
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Scandit provides regular
software updates to
address the Android
device idiosyncracies

12. CHALLENGE: PACKAGING, FORM
FACTOR & LIGHTING
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Non-uniform
background
Thin
barcode
Crumpled
surface
Transparent code
on round surface
Glare

13. CHALLENGE: USER INTERACTION
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Lack of visual cue from laser makes alignment of barcode difficult
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Detecting barcode orientations and high dynamic range is essential

14. UNDERLYING MAGIC: ADVANCED
IMAGE PROCESSING IN REAL-TIME
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brightness values along sharp scan line
brightness value
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position in scan line / pixels
brightness values along blurry scan line
brightness value
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position in scan line / pixels
500

15. BARCODE SYMBOLOGIES SUPPORTED
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Scandit SDK supports all major barcode symbologies:
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EAN13, UPC12, EAN8, UPC8, Code128, Code39, MSI, ITF,
QR, Datamatrix, PDF417(beta)

16. PLANS & PRICING
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17. CUSTOMIZATION

18. BARCODE DECODER CONFIGURATION
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Switch off all barcode symbologies
not supported by your app:
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e.g.:
picker.SetDataMatrixEnabled (false);
picker.SetQrEnabled (false);
picker.SetItfEnabled (false);

19. SCAN UI CONFIGURATION
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Customize the Scan UI via
OverlayController API:
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e.g.:
picker.OverlayController.ShowToolBar(true);
picker.OverlayController.ShowSearchBar(true);
picker.OverlayController.SetTorchEnabled(true);
picker.OverlayController.SetCameraSwitchVisibility(
SICameraSwitchVisibility.Always);

20. SCAN UI INTEGRATION
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Add your own elements:
UIToolbar toolbar = new UIToolbar(new RectangleF (0, 200, 320, 49));
picker.OverlayController.View.AddSubview (toolbar);
picker.OverlayController.View.BringSubviewToFront (toolbar);

21. INDUSTRY FEEDBACK
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Eliane Fiolet
Cheryl Morris
I was impressed by the speed of the
scanning technology …. the bar code
scanner is better [than RedLaser], …you
can capture a barcode even when it is
not positioned horizontally, and RedLaser
is unable to do it.
[…] tested the scanner through plastic wrapping, on
curved bottles and even with scratched
barcodes, and all were read successfully. [...]
BostInnovation also tested Scandit against competitor
Shopsavvy [...], which did not recognize one of the
item’s barcodes […]. Overall, Scandit is much faster
at recognizing items, […].
Nicholas Florin, CEO CH
Aaron Emigh, CTO
“The Scandit SDK provides the fastest and
most accurate barcode scanning
performance of all solutions we tested. We
can recommend Scandit SDK as a reliable
and easy-to-implement mobile phonebased barcode scanning solution.“
“Scandit is accurate and amazingly fast. It
provides a great user experience.
Furthermore, Scandit provides great support as
a partner.“

22. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
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
Scandit SDK
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Is the fastest and most accurate mobile barcode scanning
technology available today
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Maintains its excellent performance under
conditions where others fail:
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Devices without Autofocus/Low Resolution Cameras
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Shadows, warped surfaces, different color barcodes etc.
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With an outstanding developer support team
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Easy to integrate
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With an attractive price plan