Masahiro Hara

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    QR inventor
    
    Hara-san
    
  

  

  
  
The lead engineer at DENSO WAVE who invented the QR code in 1994. Hara's team designed the finder pattern's 1:1:3:1:1 ratio after studying the ratio of black-to-white areas in printed matter, finding this specific ratio had the lowest false positive rate.


  



  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

    
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      Finder Pattern
      
      DENSO WAVE
      
      1994 Invention
      
    

  

  
  

  
  
  

    
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