Add WIA Code to your existing scanner

For POS, kiosk, and scanner SDK teams already running a QR decoder. This is the shortest path to reading WIA Code alongside it — without touching the QR path you already ship.

How it fits

The existing QR path is untouched. WIA Code decoding runs alongside it, on the same frame.

Minimal integration

Same frame, one extra call. If your QR library finds nothing, hand the same ImageData to WiaScan.detectAuto().

async function onFrame(imageData) {
  // your existing decoder, unchanged:
  const qr = existingQrLib.decode(imageData);
  if (qr) return handleResult(qr.data);

  // same frame, handed to WIA Code:
  const wia = WiaScan.detectAuto(imageData, { psf: true, deep: true });
  if (wia && wia.decoded) return handleResult(wia.text);
}

This exact detectAuto() call was run against a real conformance vector (clean_square_url.png, evaluation kit) before this page was published, and decoded it correctly — this is not untested sample code.

Verify your own build the same way: run the reference engine against all 30 conformance vectors with node verify.js — evaluation kit ↗.

Which of your scanners can do this

This is a software change, not a hardware one — but only for scanners that capture an image in the first place.

scanner type	software-upgradable?	why
Camera-based 2D imager, phone/kiosk/webcam	Yes	It captures a real image frame — the same input the example above decodes.
Laser-based 1D/CCD laser barcode scanner	No	It never captures an image — it only measures reflected laser intensity along a line. There is no frame to hand to `detectAuto()`.

No exaggeration: a laser scanner will not read this with a firmware update. That is a physical limit of the sensor, not a gap on a roadmap.

Scanners you haven't integrated yet already work — today

Every WIA Code carries a small standard QR patch (the booster) that points to wiacode.com/s.html. Any existing QR reader — including yours, unmodified — can already scan that patch and reach the WIA web scanner in a browser. Native integration is what removes the extra step.

	booster only (not integrated)	native decode (this page)
steps to the payload	2 — scan the booster, load the page, point the camera at the code again	1 — your own pipeline decodes it directly
network	required — it loads a web page	none — fully offline
what you get	nothing directly — the booster only carries a fixed redirect URL	the exact original payload string, in your own app
shapes recognized	only the small embedded square patch	all 8 published silhouettes
decode latency	your QR read, plus a network round trip	single-frame decode — ≈386ms per frame measured on the reference engine's own debug HUD

Open pledge

Implementing WIA Code is free for everyone who passes the conformance test — no royalty, no exception carved out for a competing scanner. Read the full pledge and get the evaluation kit ↗

Questions after running the kit? Bulk issuance, partnership, and commercial adoption inquiries go to the same address. wiasoom@smilestory.ai