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Implementation of a Digital Signature in Backward-Compatible QR Codes Using Subcell Division and Double Encoding

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The current version of a quick response (QR) code can be easily created by anyone and then used to perform an impersonation or forgery. As one countermeasure against this, methods that implement a digital signature algorithm for QR codes have been proposed. However, many of these methods store application data and the digital signature in the same area. From the viewpoint of compatibility, it is necessary for a digital signature to be stored in an area that is independent of the application data. Therefore, we propose a method of dividing a black cell into four subcells and implementing an elliptic curve digital signature algorithm using double encoding.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Terrara Code Research Institute, 53-25 Gochu Kagiya-Cho Tokai, Aichi, Japan

    Nobuyuki Teraura

  2. ISRD, NII 2-1-2, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Isao Echizen

  3. Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Shinjuku, Katsushika-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Keiichi Iwamura

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Correspondence to Nobuyuki Teraura .

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  1. Faculty of Information Engineering, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

    Leonard Barolli

  2. Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

    Fatos Xhafa

  3. School of Business, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Omar K. Hussain

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Teraura, N., Echizen, I., Iwamura, K. (2020). Implementation of a Digital Signature in Backward-Compatible QR Codes Using Subcell Division and Double Encoding. In: Barolli, L., Xhafa, F., Hussain, O. (eds) Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing . IMIS 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 994. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22263-5_45

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